Greek–English dictionary

άτομο που ταξιδεύει με οτοστόπ

A person or thing that hitchhikes. · atomo pou taxidevei me otostop

ατομοκρατία

The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution. · atomokratia

ατονία

The state of being listless; apathetic indifference; lethargy. · atonia

άτονος

(music, voice) Without variations in pitch. · atonos

ατόρνευτος

Not machined. · atorneftos

ατού

(figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve. · atou

ατόφιος

Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials. · atofios

ατραγούδιστος

Not sung. · atragoudistos

ατρακτοειδής

(chiefly, _, botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end. · atraktoeidis

ατραπός

A road or other similar beaten path. · atrapos

ατριχόρνις

Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds. · atrichornis

ατρόμητος

Fearless; bold; brave. · atromitos

ατροπίνη

(poison, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils). · atropini

ατροφία

(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. [from early 17th c.] · atrofia

άτρωτος

Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible. · atrotos

ατσάλι

(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness. · atsali

ατσούμπαλος

(informal) A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler. · atsoubalos

Αττική

A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located. · Attiki

ατυχαίστατος

Not favored by fortune. · atychaistatos

ατύχημα

An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans. · atychima

ατυχία

(uncountable) Bad luck. · atychia

άτυχος

Not favored by fortune. · atychos

Αυγερινός

(astronomy) The second planet in the Solar system, named for the goddess. · Avgerinos

αυγή

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise. · avgi

αυγοτάραχα

Eggs of fish. · avgotaracha

αυγουστίνειος

Of, or relating to St Augustine of Hippo or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace. · avgoustineios

Αυγουστίνος

A en given name, notably borne by Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430), a church father and a writer. · Avgoustinos

Αύγουστος

The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September. · Avgoustos

αυθάδεια

(dated) Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass. · afthadeia

αυθάδης

Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy. · afthadis

αυθαδιάζω

To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive. · afthadiazo

αυθαίρετα

In an arbitrary manner. · afthaireta

αυθαίρετος

(usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random. · afthairetos

αυθεντία

(countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject. · afthedia

αυθεντικά συγγράμματα

The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic. · afthedika syngrammata

αυθεντικοποίηση

(computing) Proof of identity required by a user to log on to some network or access some resource. · afthedikopoiisi

αυθεντικός

Original. · afthedikos

αυθόρμητος

Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness. · afthormitos

αυλαία

A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater. · avlaia

αυλάκι

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. · avlaki

αυλακιά

The physical track on a record. · avlakia

αυλάκωση

A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression. · avlakosi

αυλή

An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings. · avli

αυλητής

A musician who plays a pipe. · avlitis

αυλικός

A person in attendance at a royal court. · avlikos

αυλόπορτα

A doorlike structure outside a house. · avloporta

άυλος

Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial. · aylos

αυλωτός

Shaped like a tube. · avlotos

αυνανίζομαι

(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm. · avnanizomai

αυνανισμός

Masturbation. · avnanismos

αυνανιστής

(sometimes, pejorative) Someone who masturbates. · avnanistis

αυξάνομαι

(intransitive, literary) To greaten. · afxanomai

αυξάνω

(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. · afxano

αύξηση

(countable) The act of increasing, rising, or proliferating; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement. · afxisi

αϋπνία

(medicine) A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep. · aypnia

Αυρήλιος

A en given name; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world. · Avrilios

αύριο

On the day after the present day. · avrio

αυστηρός

Strict or harsh. · afstiros

αυστηρότητα

Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. · afstirotita

Αυστραλέζα

A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent. · Afstraleza

Αυστραλέζος

A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent. · Afstralezos

Αυστραλή

A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent. · Afstrali

αυστραλιανός

Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages. · afstralianos

Αυστραλός

A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent. · Afstralos

Αυστρία

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna. · Afstria

Αυστριακή

A person from Austria or of Austrian descent. · Afstriaki

αυστριακός

Of, from, or pertaining to Austria. · afstriakos

αυτά

(demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. [from 9thc.] · afta

αυταγάπη

Regard for oneself; love of oneself. · aftagapi

αυταπάτη

The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody. · aftapati

αυταρέσκεια

Show; ostentation; glory. · aftareskeia

αυτάρεσκος

Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug. · aftareskos

αυταρχία

(uncountable) (A policy of) national economic self-sufficiency, aimed at ending reliance on foreign imports to sustain a domestic economy. · aftarchia

αυταρχικός

Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness. · aftarchikos

αυτές

(demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. [from 9thc.] · aftes

αυτή

(personal) The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied. · afti

αυτί

(countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle. · afti

αυτί της θάλασσας

(North America, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [mid 19th c.] · afti tis thalassas

αυτιστικό

An autistic person, a person with autism. · aftistiko

αυτιστικός

Having autism, or pertaining to autism. · aftistikos

αυτό

The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing. · afto

αυτό που

(fused relative) That which; those that; the thing(s) that. · afto pou

αυτο-

of, by, in or with oneself or itself · afto-

αυτοαπασχολούμενος

(intransitive) To work as a freelance. · aftoapascholoumenos

αυτοβελτίωση

The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character. · aftoveltiosi

αυτοβιογραφία

(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life. · aftoviografia

αυτοδικαίως

Legal; justified by right or by law, especially when in name only. · aftodikaios

αυτοεκτίμηση

Confidence in one's own worth; self-respect. · aftoektimisi

αυτοεξαιρούμαι

(reflexive, law) Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality. · aftoexairoumai

αυτοθαυμασμός

Excessive love of oneself. · aftothavmasmos

αυτοί

(demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. [from 9thc.] · aftoi

αυτοκίνητο

(US, Canada, Philippines, AU, NZ) A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. · aftokinito

αυτοκινητόδρομος

(US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated. · aftokinitodromos

αυτοκινητόδρομος με διόδια

(chiefly, US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway. · aftokinitodromos me diodia

αυτοκινητόδρομος υπερταχείας κυκλοφορίας

(UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each. · aftokinitodromos ypertacheias kykloforias

αυτοκινητοπομπή

A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures. · aftokinitopobi

αυτοκόλλητο

An adhesive label or decal. · aftokollito

αυτοκράτορας

Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor. · aftokratoras

αυτοκτονία

(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so. · aftoktonia

αυτολεξεί

Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source. · aftolexei

αυτόματο

(of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted. · aftomato

αυτόματος

(of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted. · aftomatos

αυτόμολος

One who defects. · aftomolos

αυτομολώ

(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party. · aftomolo

αυτονόητος

Easily understood or grasped by intuition. · aftonoitos

αυτόνομος

Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently. · aftonomos

αυτοπαθής

(grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject. · aftopathis

αυτοπεποίθηση

Self-assurance. · aftopepoithisi

αυτόπτης μάρτυρας

Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · aftoptis martyras

αυτός

(personal, sometimes, _, proscribed, see usage notes) They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant). · aftos

αυτοσυγκέντρωση

The ability to focus the thoughts. · aftosygedrosi

αυτοσυνείδηση

The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual. · aftosyneidisi

αυτοσχεδιάζω

(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. · aftoschediazo

αυτοσχεδιασμός

(music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo. · aftoschediasmos

αυτοσχεδίως

On the spur of the moment. · aftoschedios

αυτουργία

The act of perpetrating · aftourgia

αυτουργός

One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime. · aftourgos

αυτοφυλοφιλία

Sexual attraction toward oneself. · aftofylofilia

αυτοφωτογράφιση

(informal, mobile phones) A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone. · aftofotografisi

αυτόχειρας

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself. · aftocheiras

αυτοχειρία

(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so. · aftocheiria

αυτόχθονας

(formal) The earliest inhabitant of an area; an indigenous person. · aftochthonas

αυτόχθων

(potentially offensive) An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia or other land. [First attested in the 19th century.] · aftochthon

αυχένας

(anatomy) The back part of the neck. · afchenas

αφαίμαξη

(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person. · afaimaxi

αφαιμάσσω

(transitive) To let or draw blood from. · afaimasso

αφαίρεση

An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract. [First attested in the mid 16th century.] · afairesi

αφαιρούμαι

(transitive) To draw off (interest or attention). · afairoumai

αφαιρώ

(transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.] · afairo

αφαλατώνω

To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply · afalatono

αφαλός

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

αφάνα

Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil. · afana

αφάνεια

The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown. · afaneia

αφανής

Performed or happening in secret. · afanis

αφανίζω

(transitive) To destroy completely. · afanizo

αφανισμός

The act of destroying. · afanismos

αφανιστής

That which destroys something. · afanistis

αφανιστικός

Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed. · afanistikos

αφανίστρια

(Australia) A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts. · afanistria

άφαντος

Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible. · afados

αφασία

(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia. · afasia

άφατος

Beyond expression in words; unspeakable. [from 1450] · afatos

Αφγανή

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.] · Afgani

αφγάνι

The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul. · afgani

αφγανικός

Of, from or relating to Afghanistan. · afganikos

Αφγανιστάν

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768] · Afganistan

αφγανιστανός

Pashto, a language primarily spoken by Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. [from 1811] · afganistanos

Αφγανός

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.] · Afganos

αφειδής

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal. · afeidis

αφέλεια

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