Greek–English dictionary

μπανανιά

The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves. [from 1697] · banania

μπανγκαλόου

A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style. · bangaloou

Μπανγκλαντές

A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka. · Banglades

Μπανγκόκ

(exonym) The capital city of Thailand. · Bangok

μπανέλα

(physiology, uncountable) keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale (Mysticeti), which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry. · banela

μπανιάρισμα

The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath. · baniarisma

μπανιέρα

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub. · baniera

μπάνιο

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub. · banio

Μπανκόκ

(exonym) The capital city of Thailand. · Bankok

μπάντζο

A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings. · badzo

μπαούλο

A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe. · baoulo

μπαρ

A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level. · bar

μπαράζ

(military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them. · baraz

Μπαράκ

A en given name. · Barak

μπαράκι

A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room. · baraki

μπαρακούντα

Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators. · barakouda

Μπάρι

A metropolitan city of Apulia, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Bari. · Bari

μπαρκάρω

(transitive) To cover or enclose with bark. · barkaro

μπάρμαν

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · barman

Μπαρμπάντος

An island and country in the Caribbean. · Barbados

Μπαρμπαριά

(historical) The Mediterranean coastal areas of North Africa that were used as a base by pirates in the 16th to 19th centuries. · Barbaria

Μπάρμπι

A tall, slender female fashion doll. · Barbi

μπαρν

(nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10−28 square metres. · barn

μπαρόκ

(arts, music) A period in Western architecture, art, and music from c. 1600–1760 CE, known for its abundance of drama, rich color, and extensive ornamentation. · barok

μπαρούτι

An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulfur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks. · barouti

μπάσα

A low spectrum of sound tones. · basa

μπασίστας

A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar. · basistas

μπάσκετ

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. · basket

μπάσο

A low spectrum of sound tones. · baso

μπάσος

Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency. · basos

μπαστούνι

(obsolete) · bastouni

μπατ

The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang. · bat

μπαταρία

(electrical, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells. · bataria

μπάτης

A light, gentle wind. · batis

Μπάτμαν

A fictional hero and the main protagonist of DC Comics, noted for his intellect and stealth, who uses a bat-themed costume and equipment (including a belt with an array of utilities) and is assisted by his sidekick Robin. · Batman

μπατσίνα

(informal) A police officer or prison guard. · batsina

μπάτσος

(US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard. · batsos

μπάφος

(slang) A marijuana cigarette. · bafos

Μπαχ

(music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer. · Bach

Μπαχάμες

An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas. · Bachames

Μπαχρέιν

An archipelago, island, and country in West Asia in the Persian Gulf. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain. Capital: Manama. · Bachrein

μπε

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep. · be

Μπε-Εμ-Βε

A manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)). · Be-Em-Ve

μπεζ

A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool. · bez

μπέης

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

μπέιγκελ

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked. · beigel

μπέιζμπολ

The ball used to play the sport of baseball. · beizbol

μπέιμπι σίτερ

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians. · beibi siter

μπεκ

A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe. · bek

μπεκάτσα

A medium-small wading bird, (Scolopax rusticola) · bekatsa

μπεκατσίνι

A bird of the species Gallinago gallinago. · bekatsini

μπεκερέλ

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq · bekerel

μπεκρής

A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated. · bekris

μπεκρού

A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated. · bekrou

μπελάς

(figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem. · belas

μπελβεντέρε

(architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area. · belvedere

Μπελίζ

An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras. · Beliz

Μπελίζε

An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras. · Belize

μπελούγκα

A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean. · belouga

Μπέλφαστ

The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. · Belfast

μπέμπα

(informal) A form of address to a person considered to be attractive. · beba

μπενγκάλι

A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India. · bengali

Μπενελούξ

An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. · Beneloux

Μπενίν

A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey. · Benin

Μπέογουλφ

(poetic) An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of the poem, or to the poem itself. · Beogoulf

Μπέργκεν

A city and hamlet in North Dakota. · Bergen

μπέρδεμα

A lack of clarity or order. · berdema

μπερδεμένος

Thoroughly confused, puzzled · berdemenos

μπερδεύω

To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.] · berdevo

μπερέ

(headwear) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France. · bere

μπερές

(headwear) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France. · beres

Μπέρκλι

A city in Alameda County, California. · Berkli

Μπέρκσαϊρ

An inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire. · Berksair

Μπερλουσκόνι

A surname from Italian. · Berlouskoni

Μπετόβεν

A surname from German [in turn from Dutch], usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven. · Betoven

μπετόν

(countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand. · beton

μπηγμένος

partially buried in concrete or planted in earth · bigmenos

Μπητλς

An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s. · Bitls

μπι

The name of the Latin-script letter B/b. · bi

Μπι Μπι Σι

(preceded by “the”) Initialism of w:British Broadcasting Corporation. · Bi Bi Si

μπιζέλι

(culinary) The edible seed of Pisum sativum. · bizeli

μπικίνι

A brief bathing suit worn by men. · bikini

Μπίλι

(US, nickname) The B-25 twin-engine bomber aircraft used during World War Two, commonly called the "B-25 Mitchell" in honor of U.S. Army General William "Billy" Mitchell. · Bili

μπιλιάρδο

(games, British) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table. · biliardo

Μπιλμπάο

The largest city in the Basque Country, in northern Spain, and capital city of the province of Biscay, Spain. · Bilbao

μπιμπίκι

(Canada, US, slang) Pimple · bibiki

μπιντές

A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus. · bides

μπίρα

(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor. · bira

μπιρμπίλι

A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale. · birbili

μπισκ

A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables. · bisk

μπισκότο

(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes, Canada, rare) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie. · biskoto

μπιτ

(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0. · bit

μπίτκοϊν

(countable, computing, finance) A unit of the bitcoin (proper noun sense 1) cryptocurrency. · bitkoin

μπιφτέκι

The patty used in such a sandwich. · bifteki

Μπιχάρ

A state in eastern India. Capital: Patna. · Bichar

μπιχλιμπίδι

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw. · bichlibidi

Μπλάκ-μπερη

A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Limited. · Blak-beri

Μπλάκπουλ

A town, seaside resort, borough and unitary authority in Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3136). · Blakpoul

μπλε

(particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue. · ble

μπλέκω

(intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined. · bleko

μπλέντερ

A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients. · bleder

μπλιάχ

(slang) An imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain. · bliach

μπλοκ

A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance. · blok

μπλοκάρω

(transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass. · blokaro

μπλοκμπάστερ

(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb. · blokbaster

μπλούζα

(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women. · blouza

μπογιατζής

An artist who paints pictures. · bogiatzis

μποέμ

A person, especially an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional or nonconformist lifestyle. · boem

μποέμικος

Unconventional, especially in habit or dress. · boemikos

μποέμισσα

A person, especially an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional or nonconformist lifestyle. · boemissa

μποζόνιο

(particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion. · bozonio

μποϊκοτάζ

The act of boycotting. · boikotaz

Μπόινγκ

(aviation) A US aerospace company known for their commercial aircraft. · Boing

Μπόισι

The capital and largest city of Idaho, United States, and the county seat of Ada County; probably named for the river. · Boisi

μπολ

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items. · bol

μπόλι

(horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. · boli

Μπόλιγουντ

The Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai. · Boligoud

μπολονέζ

Of, from or relating to the city of Bologna, capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city. · bolonez

μπολσεβικισμός

The Communist political ideology adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Marxism-Leninism. · bolsevikismos

μπολσεβίκος

(historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917. · bolsevikos

Μπομπ

A en given name. · Bob

μπομπίνα

A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound. · bobina

μπόνους

Something extra that is good; an added benefit. · bonous

μπονσάι

(transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning. · bonsai

μποξ

(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout. · box

μποξέρ

A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes. · boxer

μπόουλινγκ

A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling · boouling

Μποπάλ

The state capital of Madhya Pradesh, India. · Bopal

Μπόρνμουθ

A large town, part of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England. · Bornmouth

Μπορντό

The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. · Bordo

Μπορντώ

The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. · Bordo

μπορς

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin. · bors

μπορώ

(modal, _, auxiliary, _, verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to. · boro

μπορώ να

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).] · boro na

μποτ

(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account. · bot

μποτιλιάρισμα

(countable) A blockage, congestion, or immobilization. · botiliarisma

μπότοξ

A toxic compound (generic name botulinum toxin type A) produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, that causes the paralysis of muscles, used in cosmetic surgery to conceal wrinkles and for muscle spasm relief and headache prevention. · botox

Μποτσουάνα

The Republic of Botswana, since 1966. · Botsouana

μπου

A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly. · bou

μπουγάδα

A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing. · bougada

μπουγιαμπέσα

A type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France. · bougiabesa

μπουκέτο

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together. · bouketo

μπουκιά

A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful. · boukia

μπουκώνομαι

(intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [with on] · boukonomai

μπουλντόγκ

A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs. · bouldog

μπουλντόζα

A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc. · bouldoza

μπουμ

Used to suggest the sound of an explosion. · boum

μπούμερανγκ

A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training. · boumerang

μπουμπούκι

(botany) A bud. · boubouki

μπουνιά

Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers. · bounia