Greek–English dictionary

ανταπαντώ

(legal) To file a document in response to a complaint. · adapado

ανταποδεικνύω

(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. · adapodeiknyo

ανταπόδοση

Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance. · adapodosi

ανταποκρίνομαι

(ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily. · adapokrinomai

ανταπόκριση

(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service. · adapokrisi

ανταποκριτής

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location. · adapokritis

ανταποκρίτρια

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location. · adapokritria

αντάρα

(countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.) · adara

Αντάρης

Alpha Scorpii (α Sco), the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. It is a M type red giant, and is a binary with a B type companion visible in greenish. · Adaris

Ανταρκτική

The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole. · Adarktiki

ανταρκτικός

Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions. · adarktikos

ανταρσία

An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers. · adarsia

αντάρτης

A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids. · adartis

αντάρτικο

(now, _, rare) A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war. · adartiko

αντάρτισσα

An outlaw or rebel. · adartissa

ανταρτοπόλεμος

(now, _, rare) A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war. · adartopolemos

ανταύγεια

A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface. · adavgeia

αντεκδίκηση

Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong. · adekdikisi

Άντεν

A port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen. · Aden

αντεπεξέρχομαι

(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult. · adepexerchomai

άντερα

(by extension, informal) Courage; determination. · adera

αντέχω

(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist. · adecho

αντηρίδα

(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it. · adirida

αντήχηση

(countable) A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle. · adichisi

αντηχητικός

Resounding, echoing. · adichitikos

αντηχώ

(ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell. · adicho

αντί

instead; in place · adi

αντι-

Against, opposed to. · adi-

αντιανεμικό

A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain. · adianemiko

αντιασθματικό

(pharmaceutical drug) Drug that relieves the symptoms of asthma. · adiasthmatiko

αντιασθματικός

(pharmaceutical effect) Relieving the symptoms of asthma. · adiasthmatikos

Αντιβάριον

A town and municipality of Montenegro. · Adivarion

αντίβαρο

A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge). · adivaro

αντιβασιλέας

One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.] · adivasileas

αντιβιοτικό

(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system. · adiviotiko

Αντίγκουα

The largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean. [from late 16th c.] · Adigoua

Αντιγόνη

(Greek mythology) the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in fiction and mythology · Adigoni

αντιγραφέας

A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator. · adigrafeas

αντιγραφικό μηχάνημα

A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator. · adigrafiko michanima

αντίγραφο

(computing, Internet) A website or server that contains replicated data from another site. · adigrafo

αντίγραφο ασφαλείας

(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed. · adigrafo asfaleias

αντιγράφω

(transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object. · adigrafo

αντιδημοτικός

Lacking popularity. · adidimotikos

αντιδιαστολή

Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined. · adidiastoli

αντιδικία

(legal) The conduct of a lawsuit. · adidikia

αντίδραση

(literal) A suddenly reversed or backward motion, such as of a rope or elastic band when it snaps under tension. · adidrasi

αντιδραστικός

(politics) Extremely conservative; opposing revolution (such as the French Revolution); favoring a return to a golden age of the past. · adidrastikos

αντιδράσω υπερβολικά

To react too much or too intensely. · adidraso ypervolika

αντίδωρο

(Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist. · adidoro

αντιεπαγγελματικός

Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent. · adiepangelmatikos

αντίζηλος

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor. · adizilos

αντιήρωας

(literature, RPG) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals. · adiiroas

αντίθεση

A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition. · adithesi

αντίθετα

(usually, humorous, emphatic) On the contrary. · aditheta

αντίθετα με την φορά των δεικτών του ρολογιού

(Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion. · aditheta me tin fora ton deikton tou rologiou

αντίθετο

Something opposite or contrary to something else. · aditheto

αντιιικό

(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses. · adiiiko

αντικαθιστώ

(transitive, now, _, rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another. [from 18th c.] · adikathisto

αντικανονικά

In an irregular manner; without rule, method, or order. · adikanonika

αντικαπιταλιστής

(politics) One who opposes capitalism or subscribes to anticapitalism. · adikapitalistis

αντικαπιταλιστικός

(politics) Against or opposed to capitalism; characterized by or involving such opposition. · adikapitalistikos

αντικαπιταλίστρια

(politics) One who opposes capitalism or subscribes to anticapitalism. · adikapitalistria

αντικαταθλιπτικό

(pharmaceutical drug) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression. · adikatathliptiko

αντικαταθλιπτικός

(pharmaceutical effect) Preventing or counteracting depression. · adikatathliptikos

αντικατάσταση

The act of replacing something. · adikatastasi

αντικαταστάτης

A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute. · adikatastatis

αντικατοπτρισμός

An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water. · adikatoptrismos

αντικειμενικά

In an impartial, objective manner. · adikeimenika

αντικειμενικός

The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined. · adikeimenikos

αντικειμενικός φακός

The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined. · adikeimenikos fakos

αντικειμενικότητα

The state of being objective, just, unbiased, and not influenced by irrational emotions or personal prejudices. · adikeimenikotita

αντικείμενο

A material object that physically exists. · adikeimeno

αντικειμενοφόρα πλάκα

(dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station, way station; a place appointed for a relay of horses. · adikeimenofora plaka

αντικίνητρο

That which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent. · adikinitro

αντικοινωνικός

Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people. · adikoinonikos

αντικρούομαι

(intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible. · adikrouomai

αντίκρουση

(countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting. · adikrousi

αντικρούω

To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it. · adikrouo

αντίκτυπος

(figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature. · adiktypos

αντιλαλώ

(computing, transitive) To repeat its input as input to some other device or system. · adilalo

αντιλαμβάνομαι

(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect. · adilamvanomai

αντιληπτός

Comprehensible by the mind; understandable. · adiliptos

αντίληψη

Understanding. · adilipsi

αντιλόπη

Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed. · adilopi

αντιμαγνητικός

(physics) Unable to be magnetized; unaffected by a magnetic field. · adimagnitikos

αντιμάμαλο

A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore. · adimamalo

αντιμεταθέτω

(transitive) To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange. · adimetatheto

αντίμετρο

Any action taken to counteract or correct another. · adimetro

αντιμετωπίζω

(transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face. · adimetopizo

αντιμετώπιση

The process or manner of treating someone or something. · adimetopisi

αντινομία

(countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms. · adinomia

αντιξιφισμός

(fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying an attack. · adixifismos

αντιξοότητες

(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity. · adixootites

αντίο

(colloquial) Goodbye. · adio

αντιοικονομικός

(finance) not economical · adioikonomikos

αντιοξικός

Counteracting or neutralizing acidity, especially in the stomach. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · adioxikos

αντιόξινο

An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · adioxino

αντιπάθεια

(uncountable) Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this. · adipatheia

αντιπαθής

(of a distinction) Offensively or unfairly discriminating. · adipathis

αντιπαθητικός

Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). [from 15th c.] · adipathitikos

αντιπαθώ

(transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.] · adipatho

αντίπαλος

An opponent or rival. · adipalos

αντίπαπας

(Christianity) A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope. · adipapas

αντιπαραβάλλω

(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint. · adiparavallo

αντιπαραγωγικός

More of a hindrance than a help. · adiparagogikos

αντιπαραδοσιακός

(sociology) Opposed to what is traditional. · adiparadosiakos

αντιπαράθεση

(uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate. · adiparathesi

αντιπαραθέτω

(ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.] · adiparatheto

αντιπατριωτικός

Opposing patriotism. · adipatriotikos

αντίπερα

On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest). · adipera

αντιπερισπασμός

(military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action. · adiperispasmos

αντιπλάγια

The punctuation mark \. · adiplagia

αντιπλοίαρχος

A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain. · adiploiarchos

αντιποίηση

The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority. · adipoiisi

αντίποινα

Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong. · adipoina

αντιπολίτευση

(politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power. · adipolitefsi

αντιπροοδευτικός

Opposing progress. · adiproodeftikos

αντιπροπαραλήγουσα

The syllable that comes two before the last in a word. · adiproparaligousa

αντιπροσωπεύω

(transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify. · adiprosopevo

αντιπρόσωπος

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them. · adiprosopos

αντιπροτελευταίος

Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series. · adiproteleftaios

αντιπτέριση

(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English. · adipterisi

αντίρρηση

An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority. · adirrisi

αντισημιτισμός

(narrower sense) Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia. · adisimitismos

αντισηπτικό

(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those that are used on living objects (as opposed to disinfectants) and aren't transported by the lymphatic system to destroy bacteria in the body (as opposed to antibiotics). · adisiptiko

αντισηψία

(hygiene) The science and practice of countering microbial infection, as with the use of antiseptics, and the use of aseptic technique. · adisipsia

αντίσκηνο

(British, Australia, NZ) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment. · adiskino

αντισταθμίζω

(transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond. · adistathmizo

αντιστάθμιση

A counterbalance. · adistathmisi

αντίσταση

(electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it. · adistasi

αντιστασιακός

One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army. · adistasiakos

αντιστάτης

(electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it. · adistatis

αντιστέκομαι

(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of. · adistekomai

αντίστοιχα

In a corresponding manner; conformably. · adistoicha

αντίστοιχος

that have a similar relationship · adistoichos

αντιστοιχώ

(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc. · adistoicho

αντιστοίχως

In a relative manner; often used when comparing array lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given. · adistoichos

αντιστροφή

(grammar) Deviation from standard word order, as for example by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs; in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis; and in other rhetorical devices or unusual situations. · adistrofi

αντίστροφο

The opposite of something. [from 14th c.] · adistrofo

αντισυλληπτικό

A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely. · adisylliptiko

αντισυλληπτικός

That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse. · adisylliptikos

αντισύλληψη

The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity. · adisyllipsi

αντισφαίριση

(sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. · adisfairisi

αντίσωμα

(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen. · adisoma

αντιτάσσω

(transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else. · aditasso

αντιτείνω

(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection. · aditeino

αντιτίθεμαι

(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection. · aditithemai

αντίτιμο

Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used. · aditimo

αντιτορπιλικό

(science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role. · aditorpiliko

αντιύλη

(physics) Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter. · adiyli