Lithuanian–English dictionary

kaimenė

Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. [from 13th c.]

kaimietis

A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.

kaimiškas

From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.

kaimo

From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.

kaimynas

A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

kaimynė

A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

kaimynystė

The residential area near one's home.

kainuoti

(transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.

kairioji

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←

kaitinti

(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").

kaitmuo

(grammar) The last part of a word.

kaitra

(uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.

kaityti

(transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

kaizeris

An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.

kaka

(slang) Excrement.

kakava

The seed of this tree, the cocoa bean.

kakavmedis

A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

kaklaraištis

A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.

kaklas

(anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

kaktusas

(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

kaladė

(cards) A pack or set of playing cards.

kalakùtas

(countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).

kalakùtė

(countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).

kalakutíena

(uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

kalba

(uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.

kalbėti

(intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.

kalbininkas

(usually) One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science.

kalbinis

Of or relating to language.

kalbotyra

The systematic and scholarly study of language.

kalbotyrininkas

(usually) One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science.

kalcis

The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.

kalcitas

(mineral) A very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble.

kalė

A mammal of the family Canidae:

Kalėdos

(originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.

kalėjimas

A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.

kaliausė

An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. [from 1530s]

kalibras

Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long.

kalifas

The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.

kalifatas

Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.

Kalifornija

The most populous state of the United States. Capital: Sacramento. Largest city: Los Angeles.

kalinys

A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.

Kaliopė

(Greek god) The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo.

kalis

A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.

kaljanas

(recreational inhalants) A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.

kalkuliatorius

A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.

káltas

A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.

kaltis

(intransitive, of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.

kalva

An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.

kalvė

A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.

kalvis

A person who forges iron.

kalykla

A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

kamanė

Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.

kamanos

(equestrian) The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.

kambarëlis

(politics, often, capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

Kambodža

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Cambodia. Capital: Phnom Penh. Former name: Kampuchea.

kamera

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

Kamerūnas

A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Cameroon. Capital: Yaoundé. It also claims Ambazonia.

kamienas

A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.

Kamilė

A en given name.

kaminas

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.

kampainis

An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.

kampanija

A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.

kampanijoje

(intransitive) To take part in a campaign.

kamparas

(organic compound) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor.

kamščiatraukis

An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

kamštelis

The top or cover of a container.

kamuoti

(transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.

kamža

A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.

Kanada

A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto.

kanadiečių

Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people.

kanadietiškas

Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people.

kanadų kalba

The Dravidian language that is the official language of the state of Karnataka, India.

Kanadzava

The capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, central Honshū, Japan.

kanalas

An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.

kanapa

(furniture) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.

kanarėlė

(countable, uncountable) A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.

Kanbera

The capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory.

kančia

(countable, and, uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.

kancleris

The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.

kandidatas

(originally, jargon) A participant in an examination. [from 1690s]

kandidatė

(originally, jargon) A participant in an examination. [from 1690s]

kandis

Any of several small, yellowish or buff-colored moths of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles (wool, fur, feathers).

kandus

(informal, often humorous) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.

kandžioti

(intransitive) To attack with the teeth.

kandžiotis

(intransitive) To attack with the teeth.

kaneliūra

(architectural element, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.

kanifolija

(organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.

kanjonas

A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

kankinti

(transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

kankolas

(chiefly, US) Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.

kankorėžis

The fruit of a conifer.

kanonierius

(military unit) An artillery soldier who maintains and operates (historical) a cannon, or (now) some other piece of heavy artillery.

kanopa

The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

kantri

Ellipsis of country music. [from 20th c.]

kantrybė

The quality of being patient.

kapas

(narrowly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.

kapinės

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

kapitalas

(finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.

kapitalizmas

(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.

kapitelis

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

Kapitolijus

The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.

kapituliacija

The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.

kapituliuoti

(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]

kaplys

(when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.

kapoklė

A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.

kapšelis

(anatomy) The sac of skin and muscle that contains the testicles in most placental (boreoeutherian) mammals.

kapučìnas

(uncountable) An Italian coffee-based beverage made from espresso to which milk that has been steamed and/or frothed is added; (countable) a cup of this beverage.

kapueira

(uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.

kara

(geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.

karabinas

A rifle with a short barrel.

Karačis

The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.

Karakasas

The capital city of Venezuela.

karalienė

A female monarch.

karališkas

Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.

Karalių knyga

One of the various books called Kings in the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

karamelė

(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

karantinas

A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.

karaokė

(uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.

karatė

An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.

karčema

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

karčiai

Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion.

kardas

(British spelling, Canadian spelling) A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.

Kardifas

A city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales.

kardžuvė

A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.

kareivinės

(military, chiefly, in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

kareivis

A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

karieta

A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.

karinė prievolė

Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

karininkas

A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.

kariūnas

A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.

kariuomenė

The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines, and sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force.

karjera

One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously and/or over a long period of time.

karjeras

(mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.

karkasas

(bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.

karklavijas

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

karma

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.

Karnataka

A state in southern India. Capital: Bangalore.

karnavalas

A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.

karo laivas

Any ship built or armed for naval combat.

karo laivynas

(countable) A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel.

karo metas

(often, attributive) A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.

karoliai

(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.

Karolis

A en given name.

karpa

(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

karščiavimas

An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.

karstas

A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.

karšti

(transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

karštis

(uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.

Kartagina

(historical) An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia. [16th cent.]

kartais

On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always. [from 16th c.]