Greek–English dictionary

κερασί

The wood of a cherry tree. · kerasi

κερασιά

The wood of a cherry tree. · kerasia

κέρασμα

An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others. · kerasma

κερασφόρος

Having horns. · kerasforos

κερατάς

A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact. · keratas

κερατίνη

(uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects. · keratini

κεράτινος

Hard or bony, like an animal's horn. · keratinos

κέρατο

Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar. · kerato

κερατοειδής χιτώνας

(anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. · keratoeidis chitonas

κεραυνοβόλος

Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning. · keravnovolos

κεραυνοβόλος πόλεμος

A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support. · keravnovolos polemos

κεραυνός

A discharge of this kind. · keravnos

Κέρβερος

(Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon. · Kerveros

κερδίζω

(transitive) To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate). · kerdizo

κέρδος

(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price. · kerdos

κερί

A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin. · keri

κέρινος

Made of wax. · kerinos

κερκίδα

(zoology) The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal. · kerkida

κέρλινγκ

(uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice). · kerling

κέρμα

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. · kerma

κερματίζω

To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. · kermatizo

κερνάω

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others. · kernao

κεταμίνη

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen. · ketamini

κέτσαπ

(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”). · ketsap

κετσές

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. · ketses

κεφάλαιο

(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system. · kefalaio

κεφαλαιοκράτης

The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person. · kefalaiokratis

κεφαλαιοκρατία

(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state. · kefalaiokratia

κεφαλαιοκράτισσα

The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person. · kefalaiokratissa

κεφαλαιοποιώ

(transitive, finance) To convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income. · kefalaiopoio

κεφαλαίος

(slang, dated) used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight. · kefalaios

κεφαλαιώδης

(slang, dated) used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight. · kefalaiodis

κεφαλαλγία

(pain) A pain or ache in the head. · kefalalgia

κεφαλάρι

A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement. · kefalari

κεφαλή

A headdress; a covering for the head. · kefali

κεφάλι

Of, relating to, or intended for the head. · kefali

κεφαλιά

A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward. · kefalia

κεφαλίδα

The upper portion of a page (or other) layout. · kefalida

κεφαλικός

Of or relating to the cephalon (the head of a trilobite). · kefalikos

κέφαλος

A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe. · kefalos

κέφι

Joyous elation, joyfulness, joyousness. · kefi

κεφτές

Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans. · keftes

κεχρί

Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world. · kechri

κεχριμπαρένιο

A yellow-orange colour. · kechribarenio

κεχριμπαρένιος

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber. · kechribarenios

κεχριμπάρι

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.] · kechribari

κηδεία

A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased. · kideia

κηδεμόνας

Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair. · kidemonas

κηδεμονία

The state of being under a guardian or a tutor; care or protection enjoyed; being a ward or a tutee. · kidemonia

κήλη

(diseases) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen. · kili

κηλίδα

A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage. · kilida

κηπευτική

The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening. · kipeftiki

κηπεύω

(intransitive) To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden. · kipevo

κήπος

(in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access. · kipos

κηπουρική

(horticulture) The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture. · kipouriki

κηπουρός

One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden. · kipouros

κηρήθρα

(uncountable) A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; (countable) a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance. · kirithra

κηροζίνη

A thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naphtha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas. · kirozini

κηρομπογιά

A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing. · kirobogia

κηροπήγιο

A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle. · kiropigio

κηρός

Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters. · kiros

κήρυγμα

(Christianity) A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter. · kirygma

κήρυκας

A messenger, especially one bringing important news. · kirykas

κηρώνω

(transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny. · kirono

κήτος

An animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales. · kitos

κηφήνας

A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen. · kifinas

κι

(now, colloquial, or, literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. · ki

κιάλι

An opera glass with a handle. · kiali

κιάλια

A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes. · kialia

κίβδηλος

False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. · kivdilos

κίβι

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand. · kivi

κιβώτιο

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid. · kivotio

κιβώτιο ταχυτήτων

That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected. · kivotio tachytiton

κιγκλίδωμα

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. · kiglidoma

κιθάρα

(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). · kithara

κιθαρίστας

Someone who plays a guitar. · kitharistas

κιθαριστής

Someone who plays a guitar. · kitharistis

κιθαρίστρια

Someone who plays a guitar. · kitharistria

κικ μπόξινγκ

(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches. · kik boxing

Κικέρων

The Roman statesman and orator Mārcus Tullius Cicerō (106–43 BC). · Kikeron

Κιλιμάντζαρο

A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet). · Kilimadzaro

κιλό

(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. · kilo

κιλότα

Underpants for women and girls. · kilota

κιμάς

(North America) Beef that has been finely chopped; minced beef. · kimas

Κιμμέριος

(Greek mythology) Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness. · Kimmerios

κιμονό

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions. · kimono

κιμπούτς

A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations. · kibouts

κιμωλία

(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3). · kimolia

Κίνγκστον

The capital and largest city of Jamaica; it is also the capital of its eponymous parish. · Kingston

κίνδυνος

Serious danger. · kindynos

Κινέζα

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent. · Kineza

κινέζικα

(uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China. · kinezika

κινεζική γλώσσα

(uncountable) The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects. · kineziki glossa

Κινέζικο Θεώρημα Υπολοίπων

(mathematics) Initialism of Chinese remainder theorem. · Kineziko Theorima Ypoloipon

Κινέζοι

(uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China. · Kinezoi

Κινέζος

(dated, now, offensive) A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent. · Kinezos

κίνημα

Physical motion between points in space. · kinima

κινηματογραφικός

Of or relating to the cinema. · kinimatografikos

κινηματογράφος

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house · kinimatografos

κινηματογραφώ

(ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film. · kinimatografo

κίνηση

(mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M). · kinisi

κινητήρας

A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.] · kinitiras

κινητήριος

That drives (a mechanism or process). · kinitirios

κινητική ενέργεια

(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed. · kinitiki energeia

κινητικός

Relating to motion and/or to its cause · kinitikos

κινητό

(US, NZ, AU, Philippines, informal) A cellular phone. · kinito

κινητό τηλέφωνο

(US, NZ, AU, Philippines, informal) A cellular phone. · kinito tilefono

κινητοποίηση

The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action. · kinitopoiisi

κινητοποιώ

(transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate. · kinitopoio

κινητός

(biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement. · kinitos

κίνητρο

Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. · kinitro

κινούμενα σχέδια

(animation) A cartoon series. · kinoumena schedia

κινούμενη άμμος

Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts. · kinoumeni ammos

κινούμενο σχέδιο

(animation) A cartoon series. · kinoumeno schedio

κινώ

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another · kino

κιονόκρανο

(countable, architectural element) The uppermost part of a column. · kionokrano

κιόσκι

A Turkish garden pavilion. · kioski

κιόσκι μικροπωλητή

(countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc. · kioski mikropoliti

κιοτής

A person who lacks courage. · kiotis

Κιότο

A prefecture of Japan. · Kioto

κιου

The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q. · kiou

κίουι

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand. · kioui

Κιούπιντ

(Roman god) The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros. · Kioupid

κιρκάδιος

(biology) Of, relating to, or showing rhythmic behaviour with a period of approximately 24 hours; especially of a biological process. · kirkadios

Κίρκη

(Greek mythology) An enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs. · Kirki

κιρκούτα

Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera · kirkouta

κίρρωση

(pathology) A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells. · kirrosi

κις

A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust. · kis

Κίσινγκερ

A surname. · Kisinger

κίσσα

A widespread species of jay, usually crested and with pinkish-brown plumage and a harsh screech (Garrulus glandarius). · kissa

κισσός

Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera. · kissos

κίτρινο

The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems. · kitrino

κιτρινορόδινο

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

κίτρινος

The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems. · kitrinos

κιτς

Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar. · kits

κιτσούνε

(Japanese mythology) A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails. · kitsoune

κιχώριον

(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names. · kichorion

κλαβιέ

(music) A component of many instruments, including the piano, organ, and harpsichord, consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck. · klavie

κλαγγάζω

(transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound. · klangazo

κλαγγή

(onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash. · klangi

κλαδεύω

(transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. · kladevo

κλαδί

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. · kladi

κλάδος

A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk. · klados

κλαίω

(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep. Especially in anger or sadness · klaio

κλαίω με λυγμούς

(intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps. · klaio me lygmous

κλάμα

A shedding of tears; the act of crying. · klama

κλαμπ

(countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation. · klab

κλάξον

(countable, automotive) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle. · klaxon

κλαρί

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. · klari

κλαρινέτο

(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high). · klarineto