Russian–English dictionary

жа́бры

(zootomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals. · zhabry

жа́воронок

(idiomatic) A person who wakes early or arrives early, typically before most others. · zhavoronok

жадеи́т

(mineral) A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6, found in metamorphic rocks. · zhadeit

жа́дина

(by extension) Someone who does not give freely. · zhadina

жа́дничать

To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something). [from 16th c.] · zhadnichat

жа́дно

In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly. · zhadno

жа́дно пить

To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto. · zhadno pit

жа́дность

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth · zhadnost

жа́дный

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. · zhadnyy

жа́жда

Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing. · zhazhda

жа́жда крови

A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture. · zhazhda krovi

жажда́ть

(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously. · zhazhdat

жа́ждущий

(followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous · zhazhdushchiy

жаке́т

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

жале́йка

(woodwind instrument) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. [from 10th c.] · zhaleyka

жале́ть

To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something). [from 16th c.] · zhalet

жале́ющий

Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets. · zhaleyushchiy

жа́лить

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

жа́лкий

Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.] · zhalkiy

жа́ло

A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack. · zhalo

жа́лоба

(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based. · zhaloba

жа́лобный

Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness. · zhalobnyy

жалование

A meagre allowance of money or wages. · zhalovaniye

жа́ловать

(transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust. · zhalovat

жа́ловаться

(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment. · zhalovatsya

жа́лостно

In a pathetic manner; piteously. · zhalostno

жа́лостный

Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos. · zhalostnyy

жа́лость

(uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. · zhalost

жаль

(countable) Something regrettable. · zhal

жалюзи́

A blind consisting of overlapping horizontal, flat slats, usually made of metal, vinyl or wood, that can be tilted so as to let in more or less light. · zhalyuzi

жалящий

(informal) Stinging; able or inclined to sting. · zhalyashchiy

жамкать

To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal. · zhamkat

жанда́рм

A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties. · zhandarm

жандарме́рия

A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population. · zhandarmeriya

жанр

A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks. · zhanr

жар

Intense heat. · zhar

жар-пти́ца

(Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor · zhar-ptitsa

жара́

Intense heat. · zhara

жарго́н

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds. · zhargon

жа́реный

Having been cooked by roasting. · zharenyy

жа́рить

(transitive, intransitive) To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke food over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels. · zharit

жа́риться

(intransitive, North America) To be exposed to great heat. · zharitsya

жа́ркий

Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, and/or passion. · zharkiy

жа́рко

(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort. · zharko

жарко́е

A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus. · zharkoye

жарова́я труба́

A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace). · zharovaya truba

жаропрочный

Not affected by great heat. · zharoprochnyy

Жасми́н

A en given name. · Zhasmin

Жасми́на

A en given name. · Zhasmina

жасминовый

A yellow colour. · zhasminovyy

жа́тва

The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits. · zhatva

жа́тка

A machine that gathers the harvest (harvests the crop). · zhatka

жать

(informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift. · zhat

жать на газ

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

жа́ться

(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle. · zhatsya

жбан

A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal. · zhban

жва́ло

One of the anterior pair of mouthparts of an arthropod, designed for holding and cutting food. · zhvalo

жвачка

(countable) A single piece of chewing gum. · zhvachka

жгут

A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. · zhgut

жгу́тиковый

(biology) Having flagella. · zhgutikovyy

жгутиконо́сец

(biology) Any organism that has flagella. · zhgutikonosets

жгу́чий

Glowing, burning, very hot. · zhguchiy

ждать

(intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.] · zhdat

жду́щий

Marked by expectation. · zhdushchiy

же-

Used to form adjectives from nouns specifying time intervals, the adjectives having the sense of "occurring at such intervals". · zhe-

жева́ние жва́чки

The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud. · zhevaniye zhvachki

жева́ть

To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed. · zhevat

жева́ть жва́чку

(intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen. · zhevat zhvachku

жезл

(military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office. · zhezl

жела́емый

Wished for; desired; sought. · zhelayemyy

жела́ние

Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing. · zhelaniye

жела́нный

Much loved, dearly loved. · zhelannyy

жела́тельно

(auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating desirability. · zhelatelno

жела́тельный

Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable. · zhelatelnyy

желатиновый

Of or referring to gelatin. · zhelatinovyy

жела́то

An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form. · zhelato

жела́ть

To want; to wish for earnestly. · zhelat

жела́ю уда́чи!

Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction. · zhelayu udachi!

желвь

Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly, North America) or the order Testudines (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India) , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators. · zhelv

желе́

A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal. · zhele

желе́зистый

(medicine) Pertaining to a gland or glands. · zhelezistyy

желе́зная доро́га

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, and, Commonwealth) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods. · zheleznaya doroga

желе́зный

Durable; tough; resilient. · zheleznyy

желе́зный лом

(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk. · zheleznyy lom

железо

(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software. · zhelezo

жёлоб

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. · zhyolob

желобо́к

A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression. · zhelobok

желте́ть

(intransitive) To become yellow or yellower. · zheltet

жёлто-оранжевый

Having a yellow-orange colour. · zhyolto-oranzhevyy

желтовато-кори́чневый

A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn. · zheltovato-korichnevyy

желтова́тый

Being of a light yellow hue. · zheltovatyy

жёлтое пятно́

(anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision. · zhyoltoye pyatno

желто́к

The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young. · zheltok

желторотый

Untried or inexperienced. · zheltorotyy

желтофио́ль

Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers. · zheltofiol

желту́ха

(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.] · zheltukha

желтушник

A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird). · zheltushnik

жёлтый

Yellow-brown; yolk-colored. · zhyoltyy

жёлтый (свет)

(British, AU) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light. · zhyoltyy (svet)

жёлтый ко́рень

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

желтя́к

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

желу́док

An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion. · zheludok

желудочек

One of two lower chambers of the heart. · zheludochek

желудочковый

Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus. · zheludochkovyy

желу́дочный

Of or relating to the stomach. · zheludochnyy

жёлудь

(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. · zhyolud

же́лчный

(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.] · zhelchnyy

жёлчь

A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion. · zhyolch

жема́нничать

To dress or behave in a prissy manner · zhemannichat

жема́нный

Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular. · zhemannyy

же́мчуг

(literally) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery. · zhemchug

жемчу́жина

(figuratively) Any precious or highly valued thing or person. · zhemchuzhina

жена́

A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc. · zhena

жена́тый

In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband. · zhenatyy

Жене́ва

A canton of Switzerland. · Zheneva

Женевье́ва

A en given name. · Zhenevyeva

жени́тьба

The state of being married. [from 14th c.] · zhenitba

жени́ться

(transitive) To marry. · zhenitsya

жени́х

A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married. · zhenikh

женолюбие

Love or fondness for women. · zhenolyubiye

женолю́бка

(typically, formal, distancing, or, dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex. · zhenolyubka

женоненави́стник

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women. · zhenonenavistnik

женоненави́стнический

Of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny. · zhenonenavistnicheskiy

женоненави́стничество

Fear of or aversion to women or girls. · zhenonenavistnichestvo

женоподо́бный

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine. · zhenopodobnyy

женофо́б

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women. · zhenofob

же́нская грудь

A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders. · zhenskaya grud

же́нский

Of, relating to, or characteristic of women. · zhenskiy

же́нский род

(grammar) The feminine gender. · zhenskiy rod

же́нское ни́жнее бельё

Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive. · zhenskoye nizhneye belyo

же́нственность

The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood. · zhenstvennost

же́нственный

Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive. · zhenstvennyy

же́нщина

One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. · zhenshchina

же́нщина-полице́йский

(police) A female police officer. · zhenshchina-politseyskiy

Жера́р

A en given name. · Zherar

жердёла

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit. · zherdyola

жёрдочка

A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird. · zhyordochka

жердь

A thin pole for supporting bean vines. · zherd

жеребёнок

A young male horse. · zherebyonok

жеребе́ц

(informal) Agent noun of bed-hop: one who bed-hops; a person who is promiscuous or has multiple sexual partners. · zherebets

жереби́ться

(ambitransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring. · zherebitsya

жереби́ца

A young female horse. · zherebitsa

жере́бчик

A young male horse. · zherebchik

жеребьёвка

The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined. · zherebyovka

жерло́

(geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s] · zherlo

же́рло вулка́на

An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows. · zherlo vulkana

жермина́ль

(historical) The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20. · zherminal

жёрнов

A large round stone used for grinding grain. · zhyornov

же́ртва

(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion). · zhertva

Же́ртвенник

(constellation) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an altar. · Zhertvennik