Russian–English dictionary

купа́льник

A garment worn for swimming. · kupalnik

купа́льный костю́м

A garment worn for swimming. · kupalnyy kostyum

купа́ние

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

купа́ть

(transitive, Commonwealth) To wash a person or animal in a bath. · kupat

купа́ться

(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath. · kupatsya

купе́

A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle. · kupe

купе́ль

(Christianity) A large basin used for baptism in or near a church. · kupel

купе́ц

A person who traffics in commodities for profit. · kupets

Купидо́н

(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. · Kupidon

купи́ровать

(transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short. · kupirovat

купи́ть

(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done). · kupit

купи́ться

(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent. · kupitsya

купле́т

(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words. · kuplet

ку́пля

The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. · kuplya

ку́пля-прода́жа

The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. · kuplya-prodazha

ку́пол

In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed. · kupol

купо́н

A citation for a traffic violation. · kupon

Куприя́н

A surname from Spanish. · Kupriyan

ку́прум

(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29. · kuprum

кура́тор

A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo. · kurator

ку́рва

A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.] · kurva

курга́н

A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. · kurgan

курд

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan. · kurd

Курдиста́н

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

курдка

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan. · kurdka

ку́рдский

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

ку́рдский язы́к

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). · kurdskiy yazyk

ку́рево

(colloquial, countable) A cigarette. · kurevo

куре́ние

(colloquial, countable, never plural) An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act. · kureniye

куре́ц

A person who smokes tobacco habitually. · kurets

кури́льщик

A person who smokes tobacco habitually. · kurilshchik

кури́льщица

A person who smokes tobacco habitually. · kurilshchitsa

кури́ть

(transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints. · kurit

ку́рица

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food. · kuritsa

курку́ль

(historical) A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers. · kurkul

курку́ма

A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant. · kurkuma

курку́мин

A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant. · kurkumin

куро́к

A triggerfish of the western Atlantic, found from Nova Scotia to Argentina. · kurok

куропа́тка

(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris. · kuropatka

куро́рт

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

Куроса́ва

A surname from Japanese. · Kurosava

ку́рочка

A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl. · kurochka

курс

A series of lessons covering a single subject. · kurs

курс обучения

(US) The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university. · kurs obucheniya

курса́нт

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

курси́в

(countable) A cursive character, letter or font. · kursiv

курси́вный

(of writing) Having successive letters joined together. · kursivnyy

курси́ровать

(ambitransitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly. · kursirovat

Курск

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. · Kursk

курсова́я рабо́та

(education) An assignment, project or task that a student is required to complete as part of a particular course, which is then assessed and counts towards the grade given. · kursovaya rabota

курсо́р

A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position. · kursor

ку́рсы

(education) A learning programme · kursy

куртиза́нка

(literary) A prostitute. · kurtizanka

ку́ртка

A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. · kurtka

куртуа́зный

Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette. · kurtuaznyy

ку́ру

A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism. · kuru

курфю́рст

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

курчавый

(dated) Of hair: curling, especially in tight, stiff curls or ringlets; also (obsolete) , of a person: having hair curled in this manner. · kurchavyy

курьёз

A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity. · kuryoz

курьёзный

Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual. · kuryoznyy

курье́р

A person who delivers messages. · kuryer

курье́рская слу́жба

A company that delivers messages. · kuryerskaya sluzhba

куря́га

A person who smokes tobacco habitually. · kuryaga

куря́тина

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food. · kuryatina

куря́тник

A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals. · kuryatnik

курящий

A person who smokes tobacco habitually. · kuryashchiy

куса́ть

(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth. · kusat

куса́чки

Anything or anyone that clips. · kusachki

куску́с

A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina. · kuskus

кусок

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

кусо́чек

A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. · kusochek

куст

(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland. · kust

куст свай

(nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids. · kust svay

куста́рник

A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket. · kustarnik

кустарный

Involving skilled work, with comparatively little reliance on machinery. · kustarnyy

куста́рь

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. · kustar

кусто́дия

The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children. · kustodiya

кусь

An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab. · kus

Кутберт

A en given name. · Kutbert

кутёж

A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree. · kutyozh

кутёнок

A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog. · kutyonok

кутерьма́

(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things. · kuterma

кути́ла

A devotee of Bacchus. · kutila

кути́ть

(intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. [from 1550s] · kutit

ку́ттер

(nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop. · kutter

куту́зка

(slang, with the definite article) Prison, jail, or lockup. · kutuzka

кутюрье́

A person who designs haute couture (high fashion). · kutyurye

куха́рка

(cooking) A person who prepares food. · kukharka

ку́хня

(uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation. · kukhnya

ку́хонный шкаф

(UK) An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils. · kukhonnyy shkaf

ку́ча

A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump. · kucha

кучеря́вый

Having curls. · kucheryavyy

куш

An unexpected windfall or reward. · kush

куша́к

(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist. · kushak

ку́шанье

(metonym) A specific type of prepared food. · kushanye

ку́шать

(copulative, intransitive) To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good"). · kushat

куше́тка

(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa. · kushetka

кхмер

(countable) a person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent · kkhmer

кхме́рка

(countable) a person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent · kkhmerka

кхме́рский

of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language · kkhmerskiy

кшш!

(informal, demeaning) Go away! Clear off! · kshsh!

кыш

(informal, demeaning) Go away! Clear off! · kysh

кью

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

кья́нти

A Tuscan red wine. · kyanti

кэй

The name of the Latin-script letter K/k. · key

кэ́йго

A term of respect; respectful language. · keygo

Кэ́мерон

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. · Kemeron

Кэ́ндис

A en given name. · Kendis

кэндо́

A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo. · kendo

кэп

A nickname for the captain of a team, ship, etc. · kep

Кэрнс

A city and port in Queensland, Australia, named after William Cairns. · Kerns

Кэ́рол

A en given name, popular in the middle of the 20th century. · Kerol

Кэ́трин

A en given name. · Ketrin

кэ́тчер

(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher. · ketcher

кэш

(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium. · kesh

кюве́т

(analytical chemistry) a small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer · kyuvet

кюве́тка

A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. · kyuvetka

кюри

3.7×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci. · kyuri

Кю́сю

The third-largest of Japan's islands and the southwesternmost of its four main islands. · Kyusyu

кя́фи́р

(religious slur) A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians. · kyafir

л

Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant. · l

л. с.

Metric horsepower, a metric unit approximately equal to 735.5 watts. · l. s.

ла

Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant. · la

Ла́ба

A major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea. · Laba

лабири́нт

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

лабиринтообразный

Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze. · labirintoobraznyy

Лабрадо́р

(chiefly, historical) A geographic region, including the mainland portion of Newfoundland and Labrador and neighbouring regions of what is now the province of Quebec. · Labrador

ла́ва

The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth. · lava

лава́нда

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family. · lavanda

лава́ш

A soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor. Toasted sesame seeds and/or poppy seeds are sometimes sprinkled on it before baking. Traditionally made in Armenia and other countries of the Caucasus and the Middle East. · lavash

лави́на

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice. · lavina

лави́ровать

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event. · lavirovat

ла́вка

(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber. · lavka

ла́вочка

(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber. · lavochka

лавр

An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. · lavr

Лавре́нтий

A en given name. · Lavrentiy

ла́вровый вено́к

A crown of laurel. · lavrovyy venok

ла́вры

(figuratively, chiefly, in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame. · lavry

лаг

A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine. · lag

ла́гер

A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast. · lager

ла́герь

An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering. · lager

Ла́гос

The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State. · Lagos

лагу́н

(countable, nautical) Originally (now, chiefly, historical) , a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal) , a drinking fountain on a modern ship. · lagun

лагу́на

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

лад

(music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played. · lad

Ла́да

A make of car, produced by the Soviet/Russian automotive manufacturer AvtoVAZ; the car's name for the internal Soviet/Russian market is Zhiguli (Жигули́). · Lada

ла́дан

A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree. · ladan

Ладлоу

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

ла́дно

All right, acceptable, permitted. · ladno

ла́довый

(music) Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music. · ladovyy