Russian–English dictionary

же́ртвователь

One who makes a donation. · zhertvovatel

же́ртвовать

(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another. · zhertvovat

жертвоприноше́ние

The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed. · zhertvoprinosheniye

жест

An act or a remark that serves as a formality or as a sign of attitude. · zhest

жестикули́ровать

(intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking. · zhestikulirovat

жёсткий

(archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself. · zhyostkiy

жёстко

(manner, archaic) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner. · zhyostko

жесткокры́лый

Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest. · zhestkokrylyy

жёсткость

(uncountable) The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person; (countable, chiefly, in the plural) a deeply hostile or resentful feeling; an animosity, a hatred. · zhyostkost

жесто́кий

Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous. · zhestokiy

жесто́ко

In a cruel manner. · zhestoko

жестоковыйный

Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something. · zhestokovyynyy

жесто́кость

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice. · zhestokost

жесть

(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc. · zhest

жестя́нка

(Internet slang, derogatory, jocular, originally, science fiction) A robot or artificial intelligence. · zhestyanka

жестяной

Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron. · zhestyanoy

жето́н

A token used in a special establishment like a casino. · zheton

жечь

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire. · zhech

жжение́

A sensation resembling such an injury. · zhzheniye

жжёный

(of food) Carbonised. · zhzhyonyy

жи

The name of the Latin-script letter J/j. · zhi

живая изгородь

A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden. · zhivaya izgorod

жива́я приро́да

(often, attributive) undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild. · zhivaya priroda

живительный

giving strength, energy and vitality · zhivitelnyy

жи́во

Vibrantly, vividly. · zhivo

живо́го ме́ста не оста́вить

(transitive) To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner. · zhivogo mesta ne ostavit

живодёр

One who or that which flays. · zhivodyor

живо́й

Brisk; lively. · zhivoy

живопи́сец

An artist who paints pictures. · zhivopisets

живопи́сный

Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful. · zhivopisnyy

живопись

an illustration or artwork using paint · zhivopis

жи́вость

Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm. · zhivost

живо́т

(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.] · zhivot

животво́рный

Invigorating or life-giving. · zhivotvornyy

живо́тик

(colloquial, often childish) Stomach or belly. · zhivotik

животи́на

(science) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants). · zhivotina

живо́тное

(science) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants). · zhivotnoye

живо́тное-компаньо́н

An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use. · zhivotnoye-kompanon

животный

Of or relating to animals. · zhivotnyy

живо́тный мир

(uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. [from late 18th c.] · zhivotnyy mir

живу́честь

The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force. · zhivuchest

живучий

(rare) Difficult to kill. · zhivuchiy

живу́чка

A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga. · zhivuchka

живьём

(broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens. · zhivyom

жи́голо

A male prostitute who sells his services to men. · zhigolo

Жигули́

A make of car, produced by the Soviet/Russian automotive manufacturer AvtoVAZ; the car's name for the internal Soviet/Russian market is Zhiguli (Жигули́). · Zhiguli

жид

A member or descendant of the Jewish people. · zhid

жи́дкий

(not comparable) Of or relating to fluid. · zhidkiy

жи́дкий гипно́з

(slang, often, in the plural) Rohypnol. · zhidkiy gipnoz

жи́дкий наво́з

(agriculture) A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc. · zhidkiy navoz

жидкий стул

The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements. · zhidkiy stul

жи́дкость

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma. · zhidkost

жи́дкость для полоска́ния го́рла

A liquid used to clean one's mouth. · zhidkost dlya poloskaniya gorla

жи́дкость для полоска́ния рта

A liquid used to clean one's mouth. · zhidkost dlya poloskaniya rta

жидо́вка

A member or descendant of the Jewish people. · zhidovka

жидо́вский

Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures. · zhidovskiy

жи́жа

Slimy mud, sludge. · zhizha

Жизель

A en given name. · Zhizel

жи́зненность

The capacity to live and develop. · zhiznennost

жи́зненный

Having life; alive. · zhiznennyy

жизнеописа́ние

A person's life story, especially one published. · zhizneopisaniye

жизнера́достность

(by extension) Resilience or cheerfulness. · zhizneradostnost

жизнера́достный

(chiefly, Scotland, elsewhere, _, dated, or, literary) Cheerful, happy. · zhizneradostnyy

жизнеспосо́бность

(chiefly, Scotland) Strength, power. · zhiznesposobnost

жизнеспособный

Able to be sustained. · zhiznesposobnyy

жизнесто́йкость

The capacity to live and develop. · zhiznestoykost

жизнь

(uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. · zhizn

жизнь в палатке

(uncountable) The recreational or educational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation. · zhizn v palatke

жизнь после [[смерть|сме́рти]]

A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews. · zhizn posle [[smert|smerti]]

жиклёр

A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid. · zhiklyor

жила

(uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc. · zhila

жиле́т

(North America) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat. · zhilet

жиле́тка

(North America) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat. · zhiletka

жилец

A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant). · zhilets

жи́листый

Thin, muscular and flexible. · zhilistyy

жилица

A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant). · zhilitsa

жили́ще

(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.] · zhilishche

жили́щный

Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places. · zhilishchnyy

жилка

(uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc. · zhilka

жило́й

Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation. · zhiloy

жильё

A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home. · zhilyo

жим

(countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs. · zhim

жи́молость

Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia · zhimolost

жи́пег

(computer graphics) An image using the JFIF image file format, containing an image compressed using JPEG compression. · zhipeg

жир

(uncountable, informal, chiefly, derogatory, and, offensive) A person's fat tissue, usually when regarded as excessive and unsightly. · zhir

жираф

A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, making them the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones. · zhiraf

жира́фа

A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, making them the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones. · zhirafa

жирдя́й

(coarse, slang, pejorative) A rotund, overweight, or obese person. · zhirdyay

жире́ние

The act of making something fatter, particularly in reference or allusion to livestock. · zhireniye

жире́ть

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. · zhiret

жи́рный

Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty. · zhirnyy

жирови́к

(pathology) A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells. · zhirovik

жиртре́ст

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight. · zhirtrest

жи́тель

Somebody from a certain country. · zhitel

жи́тель Восто́ка

(archaic) A person from the eastern region of a place. [15th–19th c.] · zhitel Vostoka

жи́тель Ира́ка

A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent. · zhitel Iraka

жи́тельница

Somebody from a certain country. · zhitelnitsa

жи́тельница Восто́ка

(archaic) A person from the eastern region of a place. [15th–19th c.] · zhitelnitsa Vostoka

жи́тельница Ира́ка

A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent. · zhitelnitsa Iraka

житие́

(uncountable) The study of saints and the documentation of their lives. · zhitiye

жи́тница

The region that produces the food for a particular population. · zhitnitsa

жи́то

(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley. · zhito

жить

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.] · zhit

жить в [[палатка|пала́тке]]

(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete. · zhit v [[palatka|palatke]]

житьё

(uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. · zhityo

жлоб

(derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor. [from 14th c.] · zhlob

жме́ня

The amount that a hand will grasp or contain. · zhmenya

жмот

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

жму́рик

(slang) A cadaver; a dead person. · zhmurik

жму́риться

(intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression. · zhmuritsya

жмых

The solid residue remaining after any oilseed has been pressed to remove the vegetable oil; it is used, with other ingredients, as animal food. · zhmykh

жне́йка

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

жнец

(dated) A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop). · zhnets

жнивьё

An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been mowed; also, a field of such growth. · zhnivyo

жни́ца

(dated) A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop). · zhnitsa

жовиальный

(comparable) Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry. · zhovialnyy

Жозефи́на

A en given name. · Zhozefina

жоке́й

One who rides racehorses competitively. · zhokey

жонглёрство

The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. · zhonglyorstvo

жонгли́рование

The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. · zhonglirovaniye

жонгли́рование с партнёром

A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings. · zhonglirovaniye s partnyorom

жо́па

(anatomy) The orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected. · zhopa

жопе́нь

(US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's. · zhopen

жор

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

жратва́

(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. · zhratva

жрать

(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously. · zhrat

жре́бий

Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will. · zhrebiy

жрец

A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple. · zhrets

жри́ца

A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions. · zhritsa

жужжа́льце

(entomology) A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight. · zhuzhzhaltse

жужжа́ние

A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones. · zhuzhzhaniye

жужжа́ть

(intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. · zhuzhzhat

жук

Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest. · zhuk

Жу́ков

A transliteration of the Russian surname Жу́ков (Žúkov). · Zhukov

жу́лик

(card games) A professional cheater at card games. · zhulik

жулье́н

(cooking) A garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips. · zhulyen

жульничать

(ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object) · zhulnichat

жу́льничество

(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain. · zhulnichestvo

жу́пел

(by extension) Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract; a real threat greatly exaggerated for those purposes. · zhupel

жура́вль

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. · zhuravl

жури́ть

(ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily. · zhurit

журна́л

(law enforcement) A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station. · zhurnal

журнали́ст

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

журнали́стика

The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news media, or printed newspapers or periodicals, for the purpose of informing the audience, relying on a style of writing characteristic for this purpose, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events and (depending on type) either with or without analysis or interpretation. · zhurnalistika

журнали́стка

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

журнали́стский

Related to journalism or journalists. · zhurnalistskiy

журча́ние

A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions. · zhurchaniye

журча́ть

(intransitive) To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones. · zhurchat

жу́ткий

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

жу́тко

(literary, _, or, _, dated) So as to cause terror or awe. · zhutko