Greek–English dictionary

χατζ

(Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam. · chatz

Χατζής

(Islam) a honorific given to Muslim who has participated in a hajj. · Chatzis

Χάτζι

(Islam) a honorific given to Muslim who has participated in a hajj. · Chatzi

χαυλιόδοντας

A sharp point. · chavliododas

χαφιές

(espionage) An internal spy; a person who involves themself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within. · chafies

χάφτω

(transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe · chafto

χαχανητό

(mainly, UK, Ireland) A sly or snide laugh. · chachanito

χαχανίζω

To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner. · chachanizo

χάχανο

A high-pitched, silly laugh. · chachano

χαψιά

A lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat. · chapsia

χγ.

Abbreviation of manuscript. · chg.

Χέγκελ

A surname from German, notably borne by the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. · Chegel

χέδρωπας

(botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod. · chedropas

χεζάς

(slang, mildly, derogatory) A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person. · chezas

χεζού

(slang, mildly, derogatory) A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person. · chezou

χείλι

(countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. · cheili

χείλος

(geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet. · cheilos

χείμαρρος

(figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with. · cheimarros

χειμερία νάρκη

(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter. · cheimeria narki

χειμώνας

Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region. · cheimonas

χειραγώγηση

The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated. · cheiragogisi

χειραφέτηση

The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation). · cheirafetisi

χειραφετώ

To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate. · cheirafeto

χειραψία

The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement. · cheirapsia

χειρίζομαι

(transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters. · cheirizomai

χειρισμός

(medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments. [from 18th c.] · cheirismos

χειριστής

(informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods. · cheiristis

χειροβομβίδα

A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket. · cheirovomvida

χειρόγραφο

A manuscript in the author’s handwriting. · cheirografo

χειρόγραφος

Written with a person's hand, as opposed to typed. · cheirografos

χειροκίνητος

(of an activity) Performed with the hands. · cheirokinitos

χειροκρότημα

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. · cheirokrotima

χειροκροτώ

(transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands. · cheirokroto

χειρόκτιο

(clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers. · cheiroktio

χειροκτιοποιός

A person who makes or sells gloves. · cheiroktiopoios

χειρολαβή

The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved. · cheirolavi

χειρονομία

(obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture. · cheironomia

χειροπέδες

A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge. · cheiropedes

χειροπέδη

A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff; (by extension) a similar device put around an ankle to restrict free movement. · cheiropedi

χειροπιαστός

Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch. · cheiropiastos

χειροποίητος

Made by hand or using the hands, as opposed to by mass production or using machinery. · cheiropoiitos

χειροπράκτης

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic. · cheiropraktis

χειροπρακτικός

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic. · cheiropraktikos

χειροπράκτισσα

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic. · cheiropraktissa

χειροσφαίριση

(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. · cheirosfairisi

χειροτέρευση

A worse situation; an aggravation or deterioration · cheiroterefsi

χειροτέχνης

(rare, obsolete) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman. · cheirotechnis

χειροτεχνία

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft. · cheirotechnia

χειροτονία

The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication. · cheirotonia

χειρουργείο

(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body. · cheirourgeio

χειρουργήσιμος

Able to be treated by surgery. · cheirourgisimos

χειρουργική

(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body. · cheirourgiki

χειρουργικός

Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery. · cheirourgikos

χειρουργός

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals. · cheirourgos

χειρόφρενο

(mechanical engineering, automotive, railroading) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake. · cheirofreno

χειρώνακτας

(especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty. · cheironaktas

χέλι

Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes. · cheli

χελιδόνι

Hirundo rustica, the most widespread species of swallow in the world; a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings, is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. · chelidoni

χελιδονόχορτο

Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant. · chelidonochorto

χελώνα

Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly, North America) or the order Testudines (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India) , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators. · chelona

Χένρι

A en given name, popular in England since the Middle Ages. · Chenri

Χένρυ

A en given name, popular in England since the Middle Ages. · Chenry

χεντάι

(Japanese pornography) A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art. · chedai

χέρι

(anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand. · cheri

χεριά

That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once. · cheria

χερουβείμ

(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts. · cherouveim

χερουβικός

Of, or relating to a cherub; angelic. · cherouvikos

χερουβίμ

(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts. · cherouvim

χερούλι

The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved. · cherouli

χερσόνησος

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass. · chersonisos

χερτζ

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz · chertz

χέστης

(slang, mildly, derogatory) A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person. · chestis

χετμάνος

Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th century). · chetmanos

χημειοσύνθεση

the production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using the oxidation of chemical nutrients as a source of energy rather than sunlight; it is limited to certain bacteria and fungi · chimeiosynthesi

χημικός

Of or relating to chemistry. · chimikos

χήνος

A male goose. · chinos

χήρα

A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower. · chira

χήρος

(legal) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed. · chiros

χθες

On the day before today. · chthes

χθόνιος

Dwelling within the underworld. [from late 18th c.] · chthonios

χι

The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets. · chi

Χίθροου

An international airport in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London. · Chithroou

Χιλή

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago. · Chili

χίλια

A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 103 (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.) · chilia

Χιλιανή

A person from Chile or of Chilean descent. · Chiliani

χιλιανός

Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people. · chilianos

χιλιετηρίδα

(Christianity) The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations). · chilietirida

χιλιετία

(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000. · chilietia

χιλιο-

(computing, deprecated) . · chilio-

χιλιόγραμμο

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg · chiliogrammo

χιλιόκυκλος

(elliptically) A thousand cycles per second; a kilohertz. · chiliokyklos

χιλιόμετρο

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km · chiliometro

χιλιομετροδείκτης

A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median. · chiliometrodeiktis

χιλιοστό

One of a thousand equal parts of a whole. · chiliosto

χιλιοστόγραμμο

(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10−3 grams. Symbol: mg · chiliostogrammo

χιλιοστόλιτρο

(British spelling) A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml. · chiliostolitro

χιλιοστόμετρο

An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of 1⁄1000 of a metre. Symbol: mm · chiliostometro

χιλιοστός

last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth. · chiliostos

Χίμαιρα

(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon. · Chimaira

χιμαιρισμός

(genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes. · chimairismos

χιμπατζής

(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee. · chibatzis

χίντι

The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. These are also spoken in Fiji, Guyana and as a second language by Indians in many other countries. · chidi

χιονάνθρωπος

A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth). · chionanthropos

χιόνι

(uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer. · chioni

χιόνια

(uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television. · chionia

χιονίζω

(intransitive, impersonal) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere. · chionizo

χιονισμένος

Marked by snow, characterized by snow. · chionismenos

χιονοδρομώ

(transitive) To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport). · chionodromo

χιονοθύελλα

A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow. · chionothyella

χιονόμπαλα

A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter. · chionobala

χιονοπέδιλο

One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water. · chionopedilo

χιονόπτωση

(uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer. · chionoptosi

χιούμορ

(medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour. · chioumor

χιουμοριστικός

Showing humor; witty, jocular. · chioumoristikos

χίππης

(1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc. · chippis

χίππισσα

(1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc. · chippissa

χίπστερ

A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions. [from earlier 20th c.] · chipster

χιραγκάνα

(uncountable) The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings. · chiragana

Χιροσίμα

A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan. · Chirosima

χιτζάμπ

(countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck. · chitzab

Χίτλερ

Ellipsis of w:Adolf Hitler; Führer of the Nazi Party and chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945; particularly as the embodiment of Nazism. · Chitler

χλαμύδια

(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis. · chlamydia

χλαπακιάζω

(transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. · chlapakiazo

χλευάζω

(transitive) To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. · chlevazo

χλευασμός

The action of mocking; ridicule, derision. · chlevasmos

χλευαστικά

In a derisive manner; demeaningly, mockingly. · chlevastika

χλιαρός

Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool. · chliaros

χλιδή

Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money. · chlidi

χλιμιντρίζω

The cry of a horse. · chlimidrizo

χλοερός

Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation. · chloeros

Χλόη

A en given name. · Chloi

χλοοκοπτική μηχανή

A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions. · chlookoptiki michani

χλοοτάπητας

(countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc. · chlootapitas

χλωμός

Light in color. · chlomos

χλωρίδα

Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc. · chlorida

χλωρίνη

(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening. · chlorini

χλώριο

A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17. · chlorio

χλωρός

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

χλωροφόρμιο

(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic. · chloroformio

χλωροφύλλη

(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria. · chlorofylli

χμ

Indicates thinking or pondering. · chm

Χμερ

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia. · Chmer

χνάρι

A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track. · chnari

χνούδι

(botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle. · chnoudi

χνουδωτός

Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals. · chnoudotos

χοάνη

A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening. · choani

χόβολη

The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash. · chovoli

Χόγκουαρτς

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. · Chogouarts

χοινίκη

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. · choiniki

χοιρινό

(mostly, uncountable) The meat of a pig. · choirino