Russian–English dictionary

Гад

(biblical character) The seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah. · Gad

гада́льный

Pertaining to divination. · gadalnyy

гада́ние

The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means. · gadaniye

гада́ние на ка́ртах

Fortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand. · gadaniye na kartakh

гада́тельный

Pertaining to divination. · gadatelnyy

гада́ть

(ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell. · gadat

гаде́й

(geology) The Hadean eon; part of the Precambrian supereon, spanning from around 4.6 to 4 billion years ago. · gadey

гадёныш

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue. · gadyonysh

га́джет

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. · gadzhet

га́дина

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue. · gadina

га́дкий

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350] · gadkiy

гадливый

(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin. · gadlivyy

га́дость

(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [from ca. 1150–1350] · gadost

га́дская кровь

(colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm. · gadskaya krov

гадю́ка

A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America · gadyuka

га́ечный ключ

(Commonwealth, UK, Irish) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts. · gayechnyy klyuch

газ

(vehicle) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed. · gaz

Га́за

A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City. · Gaza

газану́ть

(US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it. · gazanut

газе́ль

An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods. · gazel

газе́та

A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically. [from 1605] · gazeta

газетёнка

(newspapers) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of a broadsheet, especially characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news. [from early 20th c.] · gazetyonka

газе́тная бума́га

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

газе́тчик

One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press. · gazetchik

газе́тчица

One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press. · gazetchitsa

газиро́ванный

Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks. · gazirovannyy

газиро́вка

(idiomatic) Water that contains carbon dioxide dissolved in it under pressure and is intended for drinking. · gazirovka

газифици́ровать

To convert into gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes. · gazifitsirovat

газова́ть

(US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it. · gazovat

га́зовый

Relating to, or existing as gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma). · gazovyy

га́зовый фа́кел

(oil industry) A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery. · gazovyy fakel

газоли́н

(uncountable, North America) A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol. · gazolin

газо́н

(uncountable) A lawn. · gazon

газонокоси́лка

A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions. · gazonokosilka

газонокоси́льщик

A person who landscapes and in particular mows lawns. · gazonokosilshchik

газообра́зный

Relating to, or existing as gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma). · gazoobraznyy

газоохлади́тель

(process engineering) A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine. · gazookhladitel

газопоглотитель

(sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption. · gazopoglotitel

газопрово́д

A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc. · gazoprovod

Гаи́ти

A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti. · Gaiti

гаитя́нин

A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent. · gaityanin

гаитя́нка

A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent. · gaityanka

гаитя́нский

Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language. · gaityanskiy

га́ичка

A small passerine bird (songbird) of the genus Parus or the family Paridae. · gaichka

Гай

A en given name. · Gay

гайд

A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook. · gayd

га́йдзин

(from the perspective of a Japanese person) A non-Japanese person. · gaydzin

гак

The Southeast Asian fruit Momordica cochinchinensis, a reddish spiny gourd with high lycopene content. · gak

гала́ктика

(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.] · galaktika

галактический

(astronomy, specifically, sometimes capitalized) Relating to the Milky Way galaxy. · galakticheskiy

галантере́йный магази́н

A shop selling such goods. · galantereynyy magazin

галантерейщик

A dealer in ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods. · galantereyshchik

галантере́я

Ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop. · galantereya

гала́нтность

Courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women. · galantnost

гала́нтный

(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant. · galantnyy

галдёж

A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation. · galdyozh

Гале́н

An ancient Greek physician. · Galen

галео́н

A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks. · galeon

гале́ра

(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era. · galera

галере́йщик

The owner or operator of an art gallery · galereyshchik

галере́йщица

The owner or operator of an art gallery · galereyshchitsa

галере́я

(arts) An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon. · galereya

галери́ст

The owner or operator of an art gallery · galerist

галери́стка

The owner or operator of an art gallery · galeristka

гале́та

(especially, nautical) Any of several hard bread or breadlike foodstuffs, especially those formerly supplied to naval ships and armies, made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils. · galeta

Галиле́о

Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), an Italian thinker and key figure in the scientific revolution who improved the telescope, made astronomical observations, and put forward the basic principle of relativity in physics. · Galileo

Галиле́я

A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel. · Galileya

галиматья́

Senseless talk or writing; nonsense. · galimatya

Гали́на

A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína). · Galina

галио́тис

(North America, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [mid 19th c.] · galiotis

Гали́сия

A former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain. · Galisiya

гали́т

(mineral) Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt. · galit

галито́з

(medicine, dentistry, informal) Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled. · galitoz

Гали́ция

former kingdom and geographical area in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine. · Galitsiya

Галичина́

former kingdom and geographical area in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine. · Galichina

галл

A native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France. · gall

Галле́й

A surname from Irish. · Galley

Га́ллия

(chiefly, historic) A historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine. · Galliya

галло́н

A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints · gallon

галлюцинато́рный

Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination. · gallyutsinatornyy

галлюцина́ция

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens. · gallyutsinatsiya

галлюциноге́н

Any substance tending to induce hallucination. · gallyutsinogen

галлюциноге́нный

producing hallucinations · gallyutsinogennyy

гало́

A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere. · galo

гало́п

The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously. · galop

галопи́ровать

(intransitive) To ride at a galloping pace. · galopirovat

га́лочка

(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator. · galochka

гало́ша

(British) A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow. · galosha

галс

(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward. · gals

га́лстук

A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck. · galstuk

галу́н

A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.] · galun

галу́шка

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

гальванизи́ровать

(broadly, dated) To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means. · galvanizirovat

гальвани́ческий элеме́нт

A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile. · galvanicheskiy element

га́лька

A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water. · galka

галью́н

The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it. · galyun

гальюнная фигу́ра

(nautical) A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship. · galyunnaya figura

гам

Noisy shouting or uproar. · gam

гама́к

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends. · gamak

гама́ша

A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe. · gamasha

гамби́т

(chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage. · gambit

Га́мбург

The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany. · Gamburg

га́мбургер

(informal) A hamburger. · gamburger

гамбуржанин

A person from Hamburg. · gamburzhanin

гамбуржец

A person from Hamburg. · gamburzhets

Га́млет

The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge. · Gamlet

га́мма

The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ). · gamma

га́мма-фу́нкция

(mathematics) The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ. · gamma-funktsiya

Га́на

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Ghana. · Gana

Ганг

A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism. · Gang

гангре́на

The necrosis and rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply. · gangrena

га́нгстер

A member of a criminal or street gang. · gangster

гандбо́л

(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. · gandbol

Га́нди

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, and proponent of nonviolence. · Gandi

гандика́п

(sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success. · gandikap

Га́ндхи

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, and proponent of nonviolence. · Gandkhi

Гане́ша

(Hinduism) A Hindu god of intellect, wisdom, gates, and beginnings, son of Parvati and Shiva. · Ganesha

Ганниба́л

A en given name of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal, son of Hamilcar. · Gannibal

Ганно́вер

The capital city of Lower Saxony, Germany. · Gannover

ганс

(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male. · gans

гансли́нгер

(historical) A person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing. · ganslinger

ганте́ль

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end. · gantel

ганте́ля

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end. · gantelya

гань

One of the major varieties of Chinese, spoken in Jiangxi province. · gan

гаоля́н

Any of various Chinese varieties of sorghum. · gaolyan

гара́ж

A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items. · garazh

гара́нт

(colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor. · garant

гаранти́ровать

To give an assurance that something will be done right. · garantirovat

гара́нтия

Anything that assures a certain outcome. · garantiya

гаргу́йль

A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters. · garguyl

гаргу́лья

A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters. · gargulya

гарде́ния

Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers. · gardeniya

гардеро́б

(British, Irish, India) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport. · garderob

гардеро́бная

(obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.] · garderobnaya

гардеробное помещение

(British, Irish, India) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport. · garderobnoye pomeshcheniye

Га́рдиан

(newspapers) A British daily national newspaper. · Gardian

гарди́на

A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light. · gardina

гармонизировать

(transitive) To bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible; to reconcile; juggle. · garmonizirovat

гармо́ника

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds). · garmonika

гармони́ровать

(intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant. · garmonirovat

гармони́ческий

Pertaining to harmony. · garmonicheskiy

гармони́чно

In a harmonious manner; coordinately. · garmonichno

гармо́ния

(uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed. · garmoniya

гармо́нь

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds). · garmon

гарнизо́н

A permanent military post. · garnizon

гарни́р

(cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. · garnir

гарни́ровать

To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish. · garnirovat

гарниту́р

A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together. [from 16th c.] · garnitur

гарниту́ра

A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine. · garnitura

Га́рольд

A en given name. · Garold