Lithuanian–English dictionary

kriptovaliuta

A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually having no central issuing or regulating authority.

kristi

To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

Kristus

(Christianity) A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy.

kriterijus

A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.

kritika

(uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed

kritinis mąstymas

The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.

kritulių kiekis

(meteorology) The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion

kroatas

An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.

kroatė

An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.

Kroatija

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

kroatiškas

Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.

kroatų

Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.

krokas

A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.

krokodilas

Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.

Krokuva

A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.

kronika

A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

krosnis

(countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).

krovinys

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

krucifiksas

An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.

krūmas

(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.

krūminis

Of or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.

krūmokšniai

A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.

krūtinė

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

krūtinės ląsta

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

krūtinkaulis

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

krūvà

A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.

kryptis

A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).

kryžiažodis

(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

kryžiuotis

(historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.

ksenofobija

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

ksenònas

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

ksilofonas

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

Kuba

A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.

kubilius

A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.

kūdra

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

kuisys

A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

kūjis

A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.

kuklus

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

kukulis

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

kukuoti

The sound of that particular bird.

kukurūzas

Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

kulinarija

The study of the relationship between food and culture.

kulkšnìs

The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

kulnas

(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.

kulnẽlis

The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

kultas

(chiefly, derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.

kultinis serialas

(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.

kumelė

An adult female horse.

kumeliukas

A young male horse.

kum̃pis

(uncountable) Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.

kumštis

A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.

kūnas

The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.

kunigas

(Protestantism) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.

Kunigų knyga

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.

kunilingas

Performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina.

kuoka

(countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.

kuopinis

(grammar) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.

Kupidonas

(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.

kupolas

(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.

kupra

A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.

kupranugaris

A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.

kuprinė

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.

kurapka

A game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix.

kuras

Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.

kurčias

Unable (or partially able) to hear.

kurdiškai

Family of Indo-Iranian languages of Kurdistan (in the Mesopotamia region, from the Zagros of mid-western Iran to the eastern extension of the chain of the Taurus Mountains).

Kurdistanas

A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

kurdų

Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.

kūrėja

(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

kūrėjas

(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

kurfiurstas

(historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.

kūrikas

A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.

kūriniai

(uncountable) All which exists.

kūrinys

(countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.

kuris

(interrogative) What, of those mentioned or implied.

kurjeris

One who brings messages.

kùrmiarausis

A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground.

kùrmrausis

A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground.

kurortas

A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.

kurpė

(footwear) A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.

kurpti

(transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.

Kùrskas

A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.

kūryba

(uncountable) The act of creating something.

kuždesys

The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.

kvadratas

(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.

kvadratu

(mathematics) Raised to the second power.

kvailas

(informal, pejorative, especially of a person) Stupid.

kvailys

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

kvalifikacija

An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. [from 17th c.]

kvantas

(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]

kvapas

A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.

kvarcas

(mineral) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.

kvarkas

(particle) In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quark–gluon plasmas.

kvartalas

A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. [from 16th c.]

Kvebekas

A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Quebec City. Largest city: Montreal.

kvepalai

A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.

kvėpavimas

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

kvepėjimas

A pleasant smell or odour.

kvėplė

(anatomy) A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.

kvėpuoti

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

kvidičas

A fictional ball game played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.

kviečiai

(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

kvietìmas

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

kvietys

(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

kvintesencija

A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.

kvintetas

Any group of five members

kvitas

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

kyšis

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

kyšulys

(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

labai

(informal, as an intensifier) Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb).

labas

A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

lãbas rýtas

Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.

labdara

(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.

labdarybė

(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.

labdarys

(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.

labirintas

A structure similar to a maze, but containing only one path with no branches, as distinguished from a maze which contains multiple branching paths

labradoro retriveris

The Labrador Sea: An arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Labrador.

Ladlou

A town and civil parish with a town council in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5174).

lagaminas

A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.

lagūna

A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

laidininkas

(physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.

laidotuvės

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

laidyti

(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

laikas

(linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

laikmatis

A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.

laikotarpis

The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. [from 17th c.]

laikraštinis popierius

(uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.

laikraštis

(countable, metonym) The news organization that produces such a publication.

laĩkrodis

(attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.

laikysena

(figurative) Disposition or state of mind.

laimas

Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.

laimei

It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.

laimėtoja

One who has won or often wins.

laimėtojas

One who has won or often wins.

laimingos kelionės

Used to wish someone a good journey.

laipsnis

The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent. [from 14th c.]

laipsniškas

Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees

laiptai

A series of steps; a staircase.

laiptas

A single step in a staircase.

laiptinė

A series of steps; a staircase.

Laiškai korintiečiams

(biblical) Either of the two books in the New Testament of the Bible that are written as epistles to the people of Corinth and which are attributed to Paul the Apostle, Sosthenes and Timothy.

Laiškai Timotiejui

Either of two books in the New Testament (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) which are epistles to Timothy.

laiškanešỹs

(North America) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

laiškas

A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.

Laiškas hebrajams

(biblical) The nineteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to the Hebrews.

Laiškas Titui

The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.

láiškininkas

(North America) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

laisvai

In a free manner.

laisvas

Not imprisoned or enslaved.

laisvė

(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.