Russian–English dictionary

лес

(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel. · les

лес на [[корень|корню́]]

(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. · les na [[koren|kornyu]]

леса́

A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building. · lesa

лесба

A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women. · lesba

ле́сби

A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women. · lesbi

лесби́йский

Lesbian, relating to lesbianism, or (broadly) to women who are attracted (not necessarily exclusively) to women. · lesbiyskiy

лесбия́нка

A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women. · lesbiyanka

ле́ска

A cord or line where the hook or lure is attached. · leska

лесна́я ко́шка

(UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat. · lesnaya koshka

лесни́к

A person entrusted with protecting and preserving public forested land. · lesnik

лесни́чество

The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit; forestry. · lesnichestvo

лесни́чий

A person entrusted with protecting and preserving public forested land. · lesnichiy

лесно́й

Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland. · lesnoy

лесно́й жи́тель

(obsolete, or, colloquial) A person who lives in a forest. · lesnoy zhitel

лесно́й кот

(UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat. · lesnoy kot

лесно́й оре́х

The fruit of the hazel, especially Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially. · lesnoy orekh

лесно́й пожа́р

A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland. · lesnoy pozhar

лесово́дство

The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit; forestry. · lesovodstvo

лесозаготовка

An act or instance of logging (cutting down trees). · lesozagotovka

лесо́к

A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse. · lesok

лесоматериа́л

(North America) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. [from 17th c.] · lesomaterial

лесопи́лка

A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber, or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone. · lesopilka

лесопи́льня

A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber, or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone. · lesopilnya

лесополоса

An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood. · lesopolosa

лесору́б

A worker whose occupation is to harvest trees. · lesorub

лессе-фе́р

(economics, politics) A policy of governmental non-interference in economic affairs. · lesse-fer

лессирова́ть

(transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating. · lessirovat

Ле́стер

A city, unitary authority, and borough in and the county town of Leicestershire, England. · Lester

ле́стница

(figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder. · lestnitsa

ле́стничная кле́тка

A flight of stairs; a stairway. · lestnichnaya kletka

ле́стничный коло́дец

A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase. · lestnichnyy kolodets

ле́стничный марш

A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down. · lestnichnyy marsh

ле́стный

In the nature of a compliment. · lestnyy

ле́сть

Flattery; fulsome praise. · lest

лет

(by extension) An orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star. · let

Ле́та

(Greek mythology) The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris. · Leta

лета́льный

Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal. · letalnyy

летарги́я

A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.] · letargiya

лета́тельный аппара́т

A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift. · letatelnyy apparat

лета́ть

(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like. · letat

лета́ющая таре́лка

A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee. · letayushchaya tarelka

лета́ющий диск

A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee. · letayushchiy disk

лете́ть

(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like. · letet

лётная [[кни́жка]]

(nautical) A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage. · lyotnaya [[knizhka]]

ле́тнее вре́мя года

The period or season of summer. · letneye vremya goda

ле́тний сезо́н

The period or season of summer. · letniy sezon

лётное де́ло

The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects · lyotnoye delo

лето

One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere. · leto

летопи́сец

A writer of annals; a chronicler; a historian. · letopisets

летопись

(book of the bible) A book of the Jewish Tanakh, divided into two Books of Chronicles in the Christian Bible. · letopis

лету́чая мышь

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding. · letuchaya mysh

летучесть

The state of being volatile. · letuchest

лётчик

A pilot of an aircraft. · lyotchik

ле́ха

A garden plot. · lekha

лече́бница

A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients. · lechebnitsa

лече́бный

Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain. · lechebnyy

лече́бный исто́чник

A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring. · lechebnyy istochnik

лече́ние

A method, device or medication that restores good health. · lecheniye

лечи́ть

(transitive) To restore to health. · lechit

лечь

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. · lech

ле́ший

(Slavic mythology) A male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests. · leshiy

лещ

(British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama. · leshch

ле́щадь

The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace. · leshchad

лещи́на

(countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts. · leshchina

лже-

False; not genuine; fake. · lzhe-

лжеантиви́рус

(computing) Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware. · lzheantivirus

лжесвиде́тель

(countable) A perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness. · lzhesvidetel

лжесвиде́тельство

(legal) The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath. · lzhesvidetelstvo

лжесвиде́тельствовать

(intransitive, or, reflexive) To commit perjury; to break an oath. · lzhesvidetelstvovat

лжец

A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie. · lzhets

лжи́вость

(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive. · lzhivost

ли

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. · li

лиа́на

(botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. · liana

либа́ция

The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity. · libatsiya

либера́л

One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism). · liberal

либера́льный

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: ← · liberalnyy

Либе́рия

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia. · Liberiya

либре́тто

(theatre) The script of a musical or opera. · libretto

Ливан

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Capital: Beirut. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon". · Livan

лива́нец

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent. · livanets

лива́нка

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent. · livanka

лива́нский

Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people. · livanskiy

ли́вень

(mechanics, chiefly, historical) A type of governor used in single-acting steam engines, where a flow of water through an opening regulates the stroke. · liven

ли́вень с урага́ном

A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall. · liven s uraganom

Ливерпу́ль

A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world. · Liverpul

ливи́ец

A person from Libya or of Libyan descent. · liviyets

ливи́йка

A person from Libya or of Libyan descent. · liviyka

ливи́йский

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya. · liviyskiy

Ливия

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity. · Liviya

ли́вневый дождь

A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall. · livnevyy dozhd

ливре́я

Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants. · livreya

ли́га

A group or association of cooperating members. · liga

лигаме́нт

(anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones. · ligament

лигату́ра

(countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature. · ligatura

лид

(chiefly, US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. [from mid 20th c.] · lid

ли́дер

The head of a political party in a given region or district. · lider

ли́дерство

(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game. · liderstvo

лиди́ровать

(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game. · lidirovat

Ли́дия

A en given name. · Lidiya

лидокаи́н

(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline compound C14H22N2O that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and as an antiarrhythmic agent. · lidokain

Ли́за

A en given name. · Liza

лиза́ние

The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. · lizaniye

лиза́ть

(transitive) To stroke with the tongue. · lizat

лизге́т

Performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina. · lizget

ли́зинг

(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold. · lizing

лизну́ть

(transitive) To stroke with the tongue. · liznut

лизоблю́д

One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates. · lizoblyud

лизоблю́дка

(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady. · lizoblyudka

лизоблюдство

The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness. · lizoblyudstvo

лик

(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area. · lik

ликантро́п

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon. · likantrop

ликвида́ция

(retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout. · likvidatsiya

ликвиди́ровать

(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.] · likvidirovat

ликви́дность

(economics, countable) An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash. · likvidnost

ликви́дный

(of an asset) Convertible into cash. · likvidnyy

ликёр

A liqueur prepared using the infusion process. · likyor

ликёро-во́дочный заво́д

A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits. · likyoro-vodochnyy zavod

ликова́ние

The act of exulting; great joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight · likovaniye

ликова́ть

(ambitransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts. · likovat

ликующий

Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure. · likuyushchiy

Лилиа́н

A en given name. · Lilian

Лилиа́на

A en given name. · Liliana

лилипу́т

(now, sometimes, _, offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition. · liliput

лилипу́тка

(sometimes, derogatory) A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison. [from early 19th c.] · liliputka

Лили́т

(mythology) A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death. · Lilit

Лилия

A en given name. · Liliya

Лилль

The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France. · Lill

лиловый

Having a pale purple colour. · lilovyy

Ли́ма

The capital city of Peru. · Lima

Лима́н

A city, the administrative centre of Lyman urban hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1667 or 1678. · Liman

лимб

(Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately. [from 15th c.] · limb

ли́мбо

(dances, also, attributively) A competitive dance originating from Trinidad and Tobago in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards. The bar is lowered with each round, and the competition is won by the dancer who passes under the bar in the lowest position without dislodging it or falling down. · limbo

ли́мерик

A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence. · limerik

лими́т

A boundary or limit. · limit

лимон

A yellowish citrus fruit. · limon

лимона́д

(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. · limonad

лимо́нка

A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket. · limonka

лимо́нница

The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family. · limonnitsa

Лимузе́н

A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. · Limuzen

лимузи́н

A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s] · limuzin

ли́мфа

(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets. · limfa

лимфати́ческий

(anatomy) Pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system. · limfaticheskiy

лимфо́ма

(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue. · limfoma

Лин

A en given name. · Lin

лингва́льный

(anatomy, dentistry, relational) Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue. · lingvalnyy

лингви́ст

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

лингвистика

The systematic and scholarly study of language. · lingvistika

лингвисти́ческий

Of or relating to language. · lingvisticheskiy

лингви́стка

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

Ли́нда

A en given name. · Linda