Russian–English dictionary

гном

(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves. · gnom

гно́сис

(religion) An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics. · gnosis

гну́сная ложь

(informal) An outrageous or blatant lie. · gnusnaya lozh

гну́сность

(countable) An act of great injustice or unfairness; a sinful or wicked act; an unconscionable deed. · gnusnost

гну́сный

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] · gnusnyy

гну́тый

(Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented. · gnutyy

гнуть

(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast. · gnut

гну́ться

(intransitive) To become curved. · gnutsya

го

(board game) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters. · go

Го́а

A state in western India. Capital: Panaji. · Goa

гоа́нна

Any of various monitor lizards native to Australia. · goanna

Гоббс

A surname originating as a patronymic. · Gobbs

гобеле́н

A tapestry or wall hanging. · gobelen

Го́би

A large desert in Asia, spanning the countries of Mongolia and China. · Gobi

го́блин

(fantasy) A malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls. · goblin

гобо́й

(woodwind instrument) A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family. · goboy

говно́

(uncountable, euphemistic) Feces; excrement. · govno

го́вор

A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc. · govor

говоре́ние

One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language. · govoreniye

говори́те

Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember. · govorite

говори́ть

To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result). · govorit

говорли́вый

Excessively or tiresomely talkative. · govorlivyy

говоро́к

Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator. · govorok

говоря языком (чего-л.)

A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest. · govorya yazykom (chego-l.)

говоря́щий

Obvious, having a nature that makes it clear or that explains itself. · govoryashchiy

говя́жий

Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient. · govyazhiy

го́глы

Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face. · gogly

Го́голь

A Russian and Ukrainian surname. · Gogol

го́голь-мо́голь

A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas. · gogol-mogol

гогота́ть

(intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry. · gogotat

год

(uncountable) The state of being old; the latter part of life. · god

Годзи́лла

A fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films. · Godzilla

годи́на

(Christianity, in the plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them. · godina

годи́ться

(This entry is a translation hub.) To be fit, to be useful. · goditsya

годи́чный

Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual. · godichnyy

го́дный

Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something. · godnyy

го́дный в пи́щу

Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans. · godnyy v pishchu

годово́й

Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual. · godovoy

годовщи́на

(especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding. · godovshchina

гой

Non-Jewish. · goy

гол

A result that one is attempting to achieve. · gol

голево́й пас

(baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout. · golevoy pas

го́лем

(mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic. · golem

голени́ще

The part of a boot that is above the instep. · golenishche

го́лень

The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached. · golen

Голиа́ф

(biblical character) A giant who, according to the Bible, was vanquished in battle with King David. · Goliaf

голки́пер

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal. · golkiper

голла́ндец

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands. · gollandets

Голла́ндия

A traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland. · Gollandiya

голла́ндка

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands. · gollandka

голла́ндский

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language. · gollandskiy

голла́ндский кирпи́ч

A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. [from 17th c.] · gollandskiy kirpich

голла́ндцы

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands. · gollandtsy

Голлум

A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. · Gollum

голова́

(in the plural) Intellect. · golova

голова́стик

A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills. · golovastik

голове́шка

(archaic, or, poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder. · goloveshka

голо́вка

(anatomy) A structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris in humans and other mammals. · golovka

голо́вка полово́го чле́на

(slang) The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.) · golovka polovogo chlena

головна́я боль

(pain) A pain or ache in the head. · golovnaya bol

головно́й

Of or relating to the cephalon (the head of a trilobite). · golovnoy

головно́й мозг

(in the plural) Intellect. · golovnoy mozg

головно́й убо́р

(headwear) A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration. · golovnoy ubor

головня́

(archaic, or, poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder. · golovnya

голово́й вперёд

With the head first or down. · golovoy vperyod

головокруже́ние

A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear. · golovokruzheniye

головокружи́тельный

Producing giddiness. · golovokruzhitelnyy

головоло́м

Any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields. · golovolom

головоло́мка

A complex riddle or puzzle. · golovolomka

головомо́йка

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public. · golovomoyka

головоре́з

A hired thug. · golovorez

гологра́мма

A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography. · gologramma

голографический

In the form of a hologram or holograph. · golograficheskiy

гологра́фия

(physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms · golografiya

Го́лод

(mythology) The personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse. · Golod

голода́ть

(transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating. · golodat

голодня́к

(slang, with the definite article) Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of cannabis or alcohol consumption. · golodnyak

голодра́нец

A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin. · golodranets

голозадая

Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia. · golozadaya

голозадое

Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia. · golozadoye

голозадый

Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia. · golozadyy

го́лос

A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call. · golos

голосова́ние

The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting. · golosovaniye

голосова́ть

(intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election. · golosovat

голосово́й

(phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng. · golosovoy

голотанцовщик

Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment. · golotantsovshchik

голотанцовщица

Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment. · golotantsovshchitsa

голотанцор

Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment. · golotantsor

голотанцорка

Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment. · golotantsorka

голубёнок

A young dove or pigeon. · golubyonok

голуби́ное гнездо́

One of an array of open compartments for housing pigeons in a dovecote or pigeon loft. · golubinoye gnezdo

голуби́ный

(archaic) Pertaining to a dove or pigeon. · golubinyy

голу́бить

(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle. · golubit

голу́бка

(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae. · golubka

голубки́

Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other. · golubki

голубова́тый

Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue. · golubovatyy

голубо́й

Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky. · goluboy

голубо́к

Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other. · golubok

голу́бушка

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one. · golubushka

Голубь

(constellation) A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove. · Golub

го́лубь-верту́н

A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight. · golub-vertun

голубя́тина

(countable) A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa. · golubyatina

голубя́тня

(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France. · golubyatnya

Го́луэй

A city in County Galway, Ireland. · Goluey

го́лый

Naked, uncovered. · golyy

гольф

(sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes. · golf

голья́н

The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals. · golyan

голя́шка

The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. [from 17th c.] · golyashka

го́мбо

The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus. · gombo

гомеопати́ческий

Of or pertaining to homeopathy. · gomeopaticheskiy

гомеоста́з

(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature. · gomeostaz

Гоме́р

Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. · Gomer

го́мик

(Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. · gomik

го́мики

(dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900] · gomiki

гомици́д

(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional. · gomitsid

гомо-

Same, identical. · gomo-

гомоге́нный

(ring theory, of an element of a graded ring) Belonging to one of the summands of the grading (if the ring is graded over the natural numbers and the element is in the kth summand, it is said to be homogeneous of degree k; if the ring is graded over a commutative monoid I, and the element is an element of the ith summand, it is said to be of grade i) · gomogennyy

го́мон

Loud, confused noise, especially when coming from several sources. · gomon

Гомо́рра

(Biblical) A city in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, was destroyed by God (along with Sodom) for the sins of its inhabitants. · Gomorra

гомосе́к

(now, _, chiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual. · gomosek

гомосексуа́л

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc. · gomoseksual

гомосексуали́зм

Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897] · gomoseksualizm

гомосексуали́ст

(now, _, chiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual. · gomoseksualist

гомосексуальность

Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897] · gomoseksualnost

гомосексуа́льный

(of a person or other animal, formal, distancing, or, dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.) · gomoseksualnyy

гомосяцкий

(derogatory, colloquial, chiefly, UK) Homosexual. · gomosyatskiy

гомофи́л

(dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons of the same gender; used to emphasize love over sex. · gomofil

гомофи́лка

(dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons of the same gender; used to emphasize love over sex. · gomofilka

гомофо́б

One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia. · gomofob

гомофо́бия

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971] · gomofobiya

гомофо́бка

One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia. · gomofobka

гомофо́бный

Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes. · gomofobnyy

гому́нкул

A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm. · gomunkul

гому́нкулус

A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm. · gomunkulus

гон

(uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate. · gon

гона́да

(anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary. · gonada

гонг

(musical instruments) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer. · gong

гондо́ла

A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice. · gondola

гондо́н

(countable, North America, slang) A condom, especially an external condom. · gondon

Гондурас

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa. · Gonduras

гоне́ние

The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution. · goneniye

гоне́ц

One who brings messages. · gonets

го́нка

(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point. · gonka

го́нки

The sport of competing in races. · gonki

Гонолу́лу

A port on Oahu Island, the capital city of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America. · Gonolulu

го́нор

(uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.] · gonor

гонора́р

(formal) Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary. · gonorar

гонорати́в

A term of respect; respectful language. · gonorativ

гоноре́я

(slang, usually with "the") Gonorrhea. · gonoreya

гонча́р

One who makes pots and other ceramic wares. · gonchar