Greek–English dictionary

φλοιός

(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. · floios

φλόκι

Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding. · floki

φλόκος

Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding. · flokos

φλούδα

The outer covering of a fruit or seed. · flouda

φλυαρία

Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk. · flyaria

φλύαρος

Excessively or tiresomely talkative. · flyaros

φλυαρώ

(transitive) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble. · flyaro

Φλωρεντίνα

A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. · Floredina

φλωρεντινός

Of, from or relating to the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. · floredinos

φο

A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken. · fo

φοβάμαι

To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear. · fovamai

φοβερά

(US, Canada) Very, extremely. · fovera

φοβερός

Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively. · foveros

φόβητρο

(countable) Something or someone that causes such fear. · fovitro

φοβητσιάρης

A person who lacks courage. · fovitsiaris

φοβία

(countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone. · fovia

φοβίζω

A minor fright. · fovizo

φοβισμένος

(now, _, rare) Frightened; filled with terror. · fovismenos

φοβιστικός

Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary. · fovistikos

φοβιτσιάρα

(chiefly, derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy. · fovitsiara

φοβιτσιάρης

A person who lacks courage. · fovitsiaris

φόβος

(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat. · fovos

φόδρα

A covering for the inside surface of something. · fodra

φόεν

(meteorology) A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain. · foen

Φοίνικας

The Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia. · Foinikas

φοινικικά

The Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia. · foinikika

φοινικόπτερος

(countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes. · foinikopteros

Φοίνιξ

A white variety of grape of German origin used for winemaking. · Foinix

φοινόκιο

(culinary) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable. · foinokio

φοιτητική εστία

A building providing student accommodation at a university. · foititiki estia

φολίδα

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything · folida

φολιδοειδής

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. · folidoeidis

Φολκσβάγκεν

A car manufactured by Volkswagen. · Folksvagen

φον ντε τεν

(cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture. · fon de ten

φονεύω

(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of. · fonevo

φονιάς

A person who commits murder. · fonias

φονικός

Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal. · fonikos

φόνισσα

A person who commits murder. · fonissa

φόνος

The act of killing. · fonos

φονταμενταλισμός

(religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts. · fodamedalismos

φονταμενταλιστής

One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts. · fodamedalistis

φόντο

(computing, countable, uncountable) An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop. · fodo

φορά

One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same. · fora

φοράδα

An adult female horse. · forada

φοραδίτσα

A young female horse. · foraditsa

φορέας

(epidemiology) A carrier of a disease-causing agent. · foreas

φορείο

A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person. · foreio

φόρεμα

(clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist. · forema

φορετός

Able to be worn. · foretos

φορητός

(computing) Ellipsis of notebook computer (“laptop computer”). · foritos

φορητός υπολογιστής

(computing) A laptop computer. · foritos ypologistis

φορητότητα

The quality of being portable. · foritotita

φόρμα

The shape or visible structure of a thing or person. · forma

φορμαλδεΰδη

(organic compound) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin. · formaldeydi

φοροεισπράκτορας

A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity. [from 18th c.] · foroeispraktoras

φορολογουμένη

A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax. · forologoumeni

φορολογούμενος

A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax. · forologoumenos

φορολογώ

(transitive) To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company). · forologo

φόρος

Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles). · foros

φόρος τιμής

(countable) An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. · foros timis

φόρος υποτέλειας

A payment made by one nation to another in submission. · foros ypoteleias

φόρουμ

(Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion. · foroum

φορτάμαξα

(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage. · fortamaxa

φορτηγάκι

(chiefly, North America, Singapore) A light truck with an open cargo bed. · fortigaki

φορτηγίδα

(watercraft) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo. · fortigida

φορτηγό

(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage. · fortigo

φορτία

(often, in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount. · fortia

φορτίζω

To call to account; to challenge. · fortizo

φορτίο

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle. · fortio

φόρτιση

(electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge. · fortisi

φόρτος

The volume of work required to be performed. · fortos

φόρτος εργασίας

The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period. · fortos ergasias

φόρτωμα

A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time. · fortoma

φορτωμένος

Followed by with: carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative); accompanied by; entailing. · fortomenos

φορτώνω

To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers. · fortono

φόρτωση

(countable, uncountable) The process by which something is loaded. · fortosi

φου

Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise. · fou

φουαγιέ

A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc. · fouagie

φουγάρο

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue. · fougaro

φούγκα

(music) A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody. · fouga

φούντα

(uncountable, informal, originally, slang) Cannabis. · fouda

φουντούκι

The fruit of the hazel, especially Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially. · foudouki

φουντουκιά

(countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts. · foudoukia

φουρκέτα

A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together. · fourketa

φούρναρης

A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items. · fournaris

φουρνάρισσα

A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items. · fournarissa

φούρνος

A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold. · fournos

φούσκα

(by extension) Anything resembling a hollow sphere. · fouska

φουσκί

The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer. · fouski

φούσκωμα

An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid. · fouskoma

φουσκωμένος

protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease). · fouskomenos

φουσκώνω

(of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation. · fouskono

φούστα

(pejorative, slang) A woman. · fousta

φουστάνι

(pejorative, slang) A woman. · foustani

φούτερ

A loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel. · fouter

φούτερ (με κουκούλα)

A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front. · fouter (me koukoula)

φουτουρισμός

(art) An early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions. · foutourismos

φουτουριστής

(arts) An adherent to the principles of the artistic movement of futurism. · foutouristis

φουτουριστικά

In the style of futurism. · foutouristika

ΦΠΑ

(taxation) Initialism of value added tax. · FPA

φράγκα

(slang) Money. · fraga

Φράγκος

One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany. · Fragos

φραγκοστάφυλο

The berry borne by this shrub. · fragostafylo

φραγκοφονιάς

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch. · fragofonias

φράγμα

An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow. · fragma

φραγμένος

Confined or restricted to a certain place. · fragmenos

φραγμός

(countable) The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage. · fragmos

φράζειν

(transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words. · frazein

φράζω

To block or slow passage through (often with 'up). · frazo

φρακτή

(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached. · frakti

φράκτης με θάμνους

A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden. · fraktis me thamnous

φραμπουάζ

The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants. · frabouaz

φράντζα

(chiefly, _, US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead. · fradza

φράξια

(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group. · fraxia

φράουλα

The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria. · fraoula

φραουλί

A dark pinkish red color, like that of the fruit; strawberry red. · fraouli

φραουλιά

The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria. · fraoulia

φρασεολογία

(uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field. · fraseologia

φράση

(grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation. [from 15th c.] · frasi

φράση πρόσβασης

(computing) A password that comprises a whole phrase. · frasi prosvasis

φραστικά

In a verbal manner; with words; by speaking. · frastika

φρατέρκουλα

The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak. [from 17th c.] · fraterkoula

φρατζόλα

(also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking. · fratzola

φράχτης

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier. · frachtis

φρέαρ

A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine. · frear

φρέαρ κλιμακοστασίου

A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase. · frear klimakostasiou

φρεάτιο

A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine. · freatio

φρεγάδα

(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.] · fregada

φρεγάτα

(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.] · fregata

Φρειδερίκος

A en given name. · Freiderikos

φρέναρα

(intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking. · frenara

φρενάρω

(intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes. · frenaro

φρένες

A healthy mental state. · frenes

φρενιάζω

(intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger. · freniazo

φρενίτιδα

A state of wild activity or panic. · frenitida

φρένο

A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.] · freno

φρενοβλαβής

(chiefly, British Isles) Insane; crazy, mentally deranged. · frenovlavis

φρεσκάδα

The state or quality of being fresh. · freskada

φρέσκο

(countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster. · fresko

φρέσκος

(of food) Not dried, frozen, or spoiled. · freskos

Φρήντριχ

A en given name. · Fridrich

φρικτός

Very bad. · friktos

φριχτός

Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying. · frichtos

φρόνημα

The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others. · fronima

φροντίδα

(countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest. · frodida

φροντίζω

(transitive, obsolete) To give consideration to (someone or something); to heed, to pay attention, to regard. · frodizo

φροντισμένος

Arranged neatly and in order. · frodismenos

Φρόντο

A Latin form of Fróði, the name of a number of Danish kings. · Frodo

φροϋδικός

Relating to or influenced by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). · froydikos

φροϋδιστής

A follower of Freud or his methods. · froydistis