Greek–English dictionary

βεγγαλέζικος

Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis. · vengalezikos

Βεγγαλέζος

A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent. · Vengalezos

Βεγγάλη

A geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal). · Vengali

βεγγαλικό

A hand-held firework that emits sparks. · vengaliko

βεγγαλικός

Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis. · vengalikos

βέδες

(Hinduism) Any of a large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism. · vedes

βεζίρης

(history) A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire. · veziris

Βεζούβιος

A volcanic mountain located on the Gulf of Naples in Italy. · Vezouvios

βέης

(historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions. · veis

βελάζω

To make the characteristic cry of a sheep. · velazo

βελάκι

A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.→). · velaki

βελανίδι

(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. · velanidi

βέλασμα

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep. · velasma

Βέλγα

A person from Belgium or of Belgian descent. · Velga

Βελγίδα

A person from Belgium or of Belgian descent. · Velgida

βελγικός

Of, from, or pertaining to Belgium or the Belgian people. · velgikos

Βέλγιο

A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels. · Velgio

Βέλγος

A person from Belgium or of Belgian descent. · Velgos

βελζεβούλ

(Christianity) Satan, the Devil. · velzevoul

βεληνεκές

The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.). · velinekes

Βελιγράδι

The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro. · Veligradi

βέλο

A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head) · velo

βελόνα

(entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia. · velona

βελονιά

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. · velonia

βελονίδα

Any of certain species of slender fish, principally of the family Belonidae, many usually found in shallow marine habitats. · velonida

βελονισμός

The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief. · velonismos

Βέλος

The first reindeer of Santa Claus. · Velos

βελούδο

A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side. · veloudo

βελτιστοποίηση

The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense. · veltistopoiisi

βελτιστοποιώ

(transitive) To make (something) optimal. · veltistopoio

βελτιώνομαι

(dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account. · veltionomai

βελτιώνω

(transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something). · veltiono

βελτίωση

The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. · veltiosi

βέμπερ

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb. · veber

Βενέδικτος

(countable) A en given name, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes. · Venediktos

Βενεζουέλα

A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas. · Venezouela

βενετικά

The Romance language spoken mostly in the Veneto region of Italy. · venetika

Βενετός

A native or inhabitant of the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy. · Venetos

Βενετσιάνα

A native or inhabitant of the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy. · Venetsiana

βενετσιάνικος

The Romance language spoken mostly in the Veneto region of Italy. · venetsianikos

Βενετσιάνος

A native or inhabitant of the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy. · Venetsianos

βενζίνη

(uncountable, North America, New Zealand, Philippines) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel. · venzini

βενζόλη

(organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds. · venzoli

βενζόλιο

(organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds. · venzolio

Βενιαμίν

The youngest child of a family. · Veniamin

Βένους

(Roman god) The goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality; · Venous

βεντάλια

A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. · vedalia

βεντέτα

A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud. · vedeta

Βέρα

A en given name. · Vera

Βερακρούς

A city in Veracruz, Mexico. · Verakrous

βεράντα

A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. [from 18th c.] · verada

βερβελιές

(usually, in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung. [late 16th C.] · vervelies

βερβένα

Any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena especially if used for medicinal purposes, primarily Verbena officinalis, common in Europe and formerly held to have medicinal properties. · vervena

βερβερικός

Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language. · ververikos

Βέρβερος

(potentially, _, offensive, occasionally, _, proscribed) A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa. · Ververos

βέργα

A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch. · verga

Βεργίλιος

Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid. · Vergilios

Βερενίκη

A en given name. · Vereniki

βερικοκί

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit. · verikoki

βερικοκιά

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca. · verikokia

βερίκοκο

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca. · verikoko

Βερμόντ

A state of the United States. · Vermod

Βερμούδες

An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean, 580 nautical miles (1074 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. · Vermoudes

βερμούτ

A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks. · vermout

Βερνάρδος

A en given name. · Vernardos

Βέρνη

A federal city of Switzerland; the capital city of Bern canton. · Verni

Βερολινέζα

A native or inhabitant of Berlin. · Verolineza

Βερολινέζος

A native or inhabitant of Berlin. · Verolinezos

Βερόνικα

A en given name. · Veronika

Βερσάιγ

A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France. · Versaig

Βερσαλλίες

A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France. · Versallies

βέρσους

Against; in opposition to. · versous

Βεσπασιανός

a Roman cognomen, notably borne by Titus Flavius Vespasianus, the Roman emperor from AD 69 to 79 · Vespasianos

Βέστα

(Roman god) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia. · Vesta

Βηθεσδά

(biblical) A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament. · Vithesda

βήμα

A step. · vima

βήμα προς βήμα

Gradually and steadily. · vima pros vima

βηματισμός

(machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs. · vimatismos

Βηρσαβεέ

(biblical character) In the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David. · Virsavee

βηρύλλιο

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications. · viryllio

βήρυλλος

(uncountable, mineral) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be3Al2Si6O18). · viryllos

Βηρυτός

The capital and largest city of Lebanon. · Virytos

βήτα

(of a person, object or action) Associated with the beta male/female archetype. · vita

βι

(cricket) The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat. · vi

βία

(legal) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion. · via

βιάζομαι

(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. · viazomai

βιάρισμα

(nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern. · viarisma

βιαστικός

Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty. · viastikos

βιασύνη

Rushed action. · viasyni

βιβλιάριο

A small or thin book. · vivliario

βιβλίο

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book. · vivlio

βιβλιογραφία

The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication. · vivliografia

βιβλιοδεσία

The art, craft or process of binding books. · vivliodesia

βιβλιοδέτης

A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books. · vivliodetis

βιβλιοδετική

The art, craft or process of binding books. · vivliodetiki

βιβλιοδετώ

(transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books. · vivliodeto

βιβλιοθηκάριος

The keeper, manager of a library. · vivliothikarios

βιβλιοθήκη

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books. · vivliothiki

βιβλιοθηκονόμος

The keeper, manager of a library. · vivliothikonomos

βιβλιολογία

The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication. · vivliologia

βιβλιοπωλείο

A shop that sells books. · vivliopoleio

βιβλιοσκώληξ

Any of various insects that infest books. · vivlioskolix

βιβλιοφάγος

Any of various insects that infest books. · vivliofagos

βιβλιόφιλος

One who loves books. · vivliofilos

Βίβλος

The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible. · Vivlos

βίδρα

An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae. · vidra

βίδωμα

(vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing. · vidoma

βιδώνω

(transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw. · vidono

Βιενέζα

An inhabitant or resident of Vienna. · Vieneza

Βιενέζος

An inhabitant or resident of Vienna. · Vienezos

Βιένη

A state of Austria, including the city, within the state of Lower Austria. · Vieni

Βιεννέζα

An inhabitant or resident of Vienna. · Vienneza

βιεννέζικος

Of or relating to Vienna (the capital of Austria). · viennezikos

Βιεννέζος

An inhabitant or resident of Vienna. · Viennezos

Βιέννη

A state of Austria, including the city, within the state of Lower Austria. · Vienni

Βιετκόνγκ

A communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States, South Korea, Australia, and the South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War and was supported by communist North Vietnam. · Vietkong

Βιετνάμ

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Capital: Hanoi. · Vietnam

Βιετναμέζικα

The Austroasiatic language spoken predominantly in Vietnam. · Vietnamezika

βιετναμικά

The Austroasiatic language spoken predominantly in Vietnam. · vietnamika

βίζα

A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited. · viza

βιζόν

(plural mink or minks) Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neogale vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola). · vizon

Βικέντιος

(countable) A en given name. · Vikedios

βίκι

A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it. · viki

Βικιλεξικό

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary). · Vikilexiko

Βίκινγκ

(historical) Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age. · Viking

Βικιπαίδεια

A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation. · Vikipaideia

Βίκο

A city and commune of Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France. · Viko

Βικτόρια

A state of Australia, located in the southeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1851 to 1901. Capital: Melbourne. · Viktoria

Βίκτωρας

A en given name. · Viktoras

Βικτωρία

A en given name. · Viktoria

βίλα

A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat. · vila

Βίνσεντ

(countable) A en given name. · Vinsed

βιντεογραφώ

to make a recording of something on videotape · videografo

βιντεοκάμερα

(computer graphics, video games) The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation. · videokamera

βιντεοκασέτα

A cassette containing a blank or prerecorded videotape on which visual images and sounds are recorded for use with a VCR. · videokaseta

βινύλιο

Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”). · vinylio

βινυλοχλωρίδιο

(organic compound, uncountable) The univalent radical CH2=CH−, derived from ethylene. · vinylochloridio

βιο-

life · vio-

βιοαποικοδομήσιμος

Capable of being decomposed by biological activity, especially by microorganisms. · vioapoikodomisimos

βιοαπορρύθμιση

(aviation) A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body. · vioaporrythmisi

βιογραφία

A person's life story, especially one published. · viografia

βιογράφος

The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies. · viografos

βιοδιασπάσιμος

Capable of being decomposed by biological activity, especially by microorganisms. · viodiaspasimos

βιόλα

(botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies. · viola

βιολέτα

A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers. · violeta

βιολετής

Of a violet colour. · violetis

βιολετί

The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour. · violeti

βιολί

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow. · violi

βιολιστής

A person who plays the violin. · violistis

βιολίστρια

A person who plays the violin. · violistria