Russian–English dictionary

атакова́ть

(transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail. · atakovat

атаку́ющий

Someone who attacks. · atakuyushchiy

атаку́ющий уда́р

(volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block. · atakuyushchiy udar

атама́н

(historical) A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves. · ataman

ата́нда

(slang, dated, Britain) An imperative used as a warning to stop, hide, or flee · atanda

Ата́ри

(video games) An Atari video game system or computer, such as the Atari 2600 or Atari ST. · Atari

ата́с

(slang, dated, Britain) An imperative used as a warning to stop, hide, or flee · atas

атеи́зм

(broadly) A lack of belief in deities, or a belief that there is insufficient evidence to believe in a god. · ateizm

атеисти́ческий

Of or relating to atheists or atheism. · ateisticheskiy

а́тель

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · atel

ателье́

An artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works. · atelye

атеофо́бия

Fear or hatred of atheism or atheists. · ateofobiya

атипи́чный

Atypical. · atipichnyy

Атла́нт

(Greek god) The son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to the Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis. · Atlant

Атла́нта

The capital and largest city of Georgia, United States and the county seat of Fulton County, Georgia. · Atlanta

Атланти́да

A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean. · Atlantida

атланти́ческий

Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the United States. · atlanticheskiy

А́тлас

(Greek god) The son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to the Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis. · Atlas

атле́т

(US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson. · atlet

атле́тика

(sports, especially, _, US) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill. · atletika

атлети́ческий

(not comparable) Having to do with athletes. · atleticheskiy

атлети́чный

Physically active. · atletichnyy

атле́тка

(US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson. · atletka

атмосфе́ра

A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence. · atmosfera

атмосфе́рный

Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.] · atmosfernyy

ато́лл

A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. · atoll

атом

(chemistry, physics) The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. [from 16th c.] · atom

атомарный

(computing, of an operation) Guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads. · atomarnyy

а́томная ма́сса

(proscribed) atomic weight; the average mass of atoms of an element. · atomnaya massa

а́томное число́

(physics, chemistry) The number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z · atomnoye chislo

а́томный но́мер

(physics, chemistry) The number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z · atomnyy nomer

атомный остов

(physics) An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons). · atomnyy ostov

атона́льный

(music) Lacking a tonal center or key. · atonalnyy

а́тор

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · ator

атрибу́т

A characteristic or quality of a thing. · atribut

атриум

(palynology) A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain. · atrium

атропи́н

(poison, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils). · atropin

атрофи́ровать

(transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken. · atrofirovat

атрофи́роваться

(intransitive) To wither or waste away. [from early 18th c.] · atrofirovatsya

атрофи́я

(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. [from early 17th c.] · atrofiya

аттеста́т

A document containing a certified statement. · attestat

аттеста́ция

(business, finance) The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business records of an enterprise, public agency, or other organization. · attestatsiya

аттестова́ть

To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task. · attestovat

А́ттика

A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located. · Attika

аттракцио́н

The feeling of being attracted (to something). · attraktsion

ау́

A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected. · au

аудие́нция

A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary. [from 16th c.] · audiyentsiya

а́удио-

Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight. · audio-

аудиовизуа́льный

Containing both aural and visual elements. · audiovizualnyy

ауди́рование

Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language. · audirovaniye

ауди́т

A judicial examination. · audit

ауди́тор

One who audits bookkeeping accounts. · auditor

аудито́рия

A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. [from 15th c.] · auditoriya

аукцио́н

A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. · auktsion

аукциони́ст

An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor. · auktsionist

аукциони́стка

An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor. · auktsionistka

ау́л

A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals. · aul

а́ура

(figurative, with about, of) A distinctive atmosphere or quality surrounding or associated with something or someone. [from 1859] · aura

а́урум

☉ (alchemy) · aurum

аустра́ль

A former currency of Argentina. Its symbol was ₳. · austral

а́ут

(baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc. · aut

аутбэк

(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops. · autbek

аутентифика́ция

(computing) Proof of identity required by a user to log on to some network or access some resource. · autentifikatsiya

аутенти́чность

The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed. · autentichnost

аутенти́чный

Of the same origin as claimed; genuine. · autentichnyy

а́утинг

The act of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual or transgender without that person's consent. · auting

аути́ст

An autistic person, a person with autism. · autist

аутисти́ческий

Having autism, or pertaining to autism. · autisticheskiy

аутисти́чный

Having autism, or pertaining to autism. · autistichnyy

а́утлет

A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier. · autlet

аутоиммунный

(pathology, immunology) Of or pertaining to autoimmunity. · autoimmunnyy

аутопси́я

A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death. · autopsiya

аутосексуальность

Sexual attraction toward oneself. · autoseksualnost

аутофили́я

Sexual desire for one's own body. · autofiliya

аутохто́нный

Native to the place where found; indigenous. · autokhtonnyy

аутоэра́стия

Sexual desire for one's own body. · autoerastiya

аутоэроти́зм

Sexual activity involving oneself, including masturbation. · autoerotizm

аутса́йдер

(slang, sports) The person or team in last place. · autsayder

аутсо́рсинг

The transfer of a business function to an external service provider. · autsorsing

аутфи́лдер

(cricket, baseball) A player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field. · autfilder

а́уч

An expression of one's own physical pain. · auch

А́ушвиц

A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust. · Aushvits

афа́зия

(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia. · afaziya

афа́рский

A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. · afarskiy

афа́рский язы́к

A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. · afarskiy yazyk

Афга́н

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768] · Afgan

афга́нец

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.] · afganets

афга́ни

The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul. · afgani

Афганистан

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768] · Afganistan

афга́нка

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.] · afganka

афга́нская борза́я

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.] · afganskaya borzaya

афга́нский

Of, from or relating to Afghanistan. · afganskiy

афе́лий

(astronomy, also, figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun. · afeliy

афе́ра

A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship. · afera

афери́ст

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster. · aferist

афери́стка

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster. · aferistka

Афи́на

(Greek god) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva. · Afina

афи́нский

(Greek mythology) Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare. · afinskiy

Афи́ны

The capital city of Greece. · Afiny

афиня́нин

An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece. · afinyanin

афиня́нка

An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece. · afinyanka

афи́ша

A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.) · afisha

афони́ческий

Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak. · afonicheskiy

афони́чный

Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak. · afonichnyy

афористи́чный

Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic. · aforistichnyy

Африка

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica. · Afrika

африка́ндер

A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language. · afrikander

африка́нер

A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language. · afrikaner

африка́нец

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race. · afrikanets

африка́нка

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race. · afrikanka

африка́нский

Of or pertaining to Africa. · afrikanskiy

африка́нско-

African · afrikansko-

а́фро

hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape. · afro

а́фро-

African · afro-

афродизиа́к

Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect. · afrodiziak

Афроди́та

(Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea. · Afrodita

а́фтершок

(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock"). · aftershok

аффе́кт

(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.] · affekt

аффидави́т

(legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement. · affidavit

аффиде́вит

(legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement. · affidevit

а́ффикс

(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix. · affiks

аффрика́та

(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative. · affrikata

ах

Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm. · akh

Аха́в

A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible. · Akhav

Ахашверо́ш

A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes. · Akhashverosh

Ахи́лл

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp. · Akhill

Ахилле́с

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp. · Akhilles

ахине́я

Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning. · akhineya

Ахма́д

A en given name. · Akhmad

ахмади́

A follower of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (a new religious movement based on Twelver Shia Islam). · akhmadi

ахмадие́

An Islamic denomination, considered by some to be a separate religion, founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, who is considered to be the Mahdi. · akhmadiye

Ахме́д

A en given name. · Akhmed

ацетиле́н

A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight. · atsetilen

ацето́н

(organic compound) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent. · atseton

ацте́к

A Mexica. · atstek

а́ч

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · ach

ачивка

(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game. · achivka

Аш

A city in the western Czech Republic. · Ash

аш-тэ-эм-э́ль

Initialism of Hypertext Markup Language. · ash-te-em-el

ашра́м

(Hinduism) A secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage. · ashram

ашь

(archaic, dialectal) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. (if thou is the subject; not used with you) · ash

ащий

Used to form present participles of verbs. · ashchiy

аэро-

air or aircraft · aero-

аэро́бика

A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music. [1968] · aerobika

аэро́бный

Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria. · aerobnyy

аэровокза́л

An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals. · aerovokzal

аэродина́мика

The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere. · aerodinamika

аэродинами́ческий

Of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics. · aerodinamicheskiy

аэродро́м

An airfield: · aerodrom

аэрола́к

(uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc. · aerolak