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All Russian words, A–Z

зажи́ть
(intransitive) To become better or healthy again. · zazhit
зазвуча́ть
(intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise. · zazvuchat
заземле́ние
(British) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner. · zazemleniye
заземлённый
(electricity, North America) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed. · zazemlyonnyy
заземли́ть
(UK, transitive) To connect electrically to the earth. · zazemlit
заземля́ть
(UK, transitive) To connect electrically to the earth. · zazemlyat
зазна́йка
(informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.] · zaznayka
зазо́р
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting. · zazor
зазубренный
Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses. · zazubrennyy
зазубрина
A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off. · zazubrina
заи́грывание
Movements to gain favour; advances. · zaigryvaniye
заи́грывать
(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.] · zaigryvat
заика́ться
(intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking. · zaikatsya
заикну́ться
(intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking. · zaiknutsya
заимода́вец
(finance) A person to whom a debt is owed. · zaimodavets
заимода́тель
(finance) A person to whom a debt is owed. · zaimodatel
заи́мствование
A word directly taken into one language from another one. · zaimstvovaniye
заи́мствовать
To adopt (an idea) as one's own. · zaimstvovat
заинтересо́ванная сторона́
(business) A person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise. · zainteresovannaya storona
заинтересо́ванный
Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity). · zainteresovannyy
заинтересова́ть
(obsolete, often, _, impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite. · zainteresovat
заинтересова́ться
(obsolete, often, _, impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite. · zainteresovatsya
заинтригова́ть
(transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate. · zaintrigovat
Заи́р
(historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997. · Zair
заи́скивать
(intransitive) To act in a servile manner. · zaiskivat
заи́скивать пе́ред
(figurative, by extension) To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means. · zaiskivat pered
зайти́
(colloquial) To visit informally and spontaneously. · zayti
за́йчик
(informal, childish) A rabbit, especially a juvenile one. · zaychik
зайчи́ха
A female hare. · zaychikha
зайчо́нок
A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc. · zaychonok
зака́дровый
Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen · zakadrovyy
зака́з
A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation. · zakaz
заказа́ть
(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use. · zakazat
зака́зник
An area set aside for protection. · zakaznik
заказной
(archaic) Accustomed; usual. · zakaznoy
зака́зчик
A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. · zakazchik
зака́зчица
A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. · zakazchitsa
зака́зывать
(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use. · zakazyvat
закалённый
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. · zakalyonnyy
закали́ть
To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal. · zakalit
закаля́ть
To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal. · zakalyat
закамуфли́ровать
(transitive) To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing its appearance. · zakamuflirovat
зака́нчивать
(intransitive) To finish; to come to an end. · zakanchivat
зака́нчиваться
(idiomatic, intransitive) To stop; to cease; to no longer continue. · zakanchivatsya
зака́пывать
To place in the ground. · zakapyvat
За́кари
A en given name, English vernacular form of Zacharias, Zachariah and Zechariah. · Zakari
зака́т
The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset. · zakat
закатать рукава
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently. · zakatat rukava
заква́сить
To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven. · zakvasit
заква́ска
Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. · zakvaska
заква́шивать
To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven. · zakvashivat
заки́дывать
(nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18th c.] · zakidyvat
заки́дываться
(transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower. · zakidyvatsya
заки́нуть
(nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18th c.] · zakinut
заки́нуться
(transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower. · zakinutsya
закипа́ть
(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. · zakipat
закипе́ть
(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. · zakipet
закла́д
A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event). · zaklad
закла́дка
A strip of material used to mark a place in a book. · zakladka
закла́дывать
(transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan. · zakladyvat
заклёпка
Any of several fastenings. · zaklyopka
заклина́ние
A formula of words used as above. · zaklinaniye
заклина́тель
(sometimes, derogatory) A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts. · zaklinatel
заклинатель дождя
Someone or something that causes or attempts to cause rain to fall. · zaklinatel dozhdya
закли́нивать
(intransitive) (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning). · zaklinivat
закли́нить
(intransitive) (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning). · zaklinit
заключа́ть
(transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision. · zaklyuchat
заключа́ть в тюрьму́
(chiefly, US, transitive, ) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law. · zaklyuchat v tyurmu
заключать договор
(intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant. · zaklyuchat dogovor
заключа́ть под стра́жу
(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. · zaklyuchat pod strazhu
заключать соглашение
(intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant. · zaklyuchat soglasheniye
заключе́ние
The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail. · zaklyucheniye
заключённая
A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient). · zaklyuchyonnaya
заключённый
A person deported to a penal colony. · zaklyuchyonnyy
заключи́тельный
Pertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others. · zaklyuchitelnyy
заключи́ть
(transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision. · zaklyuchit
заключи́ть в тюрьму́
(chiefly, US, transitive, ) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law. · zaklyuchit v tyurmu
закля́тый
Not able to be placated or appeased. · zaklyatyy
закля́тый враг
A principal enemy. · zaklyatyy vrag
закова́ть
(transitive, archaic) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. · zakovat
зако́вывать
(transitive, archaic) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. · zakovyvat
закоди́ровать
(cryptography) To encode. · zakodirovat
заколдо́ванный
Under a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched. · zakoldovannyy
зако́лка
A clasp or clip for gathering and holding the hair. · zakolka
заколо́ть
(transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon. · zakolot
закомменти́ровать
(transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment. · zakommentirovat
закомплексованный
Excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour. · zakompleksovannyy
зако́н
(law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute. · zakon
зако́н О́ма
(physics) Ohm's observation that the direct current flowing in an electrical circuit consisting only of resistances is directly proportional to the voltage applied. · zakon Oma
зако́нно
As permitted by law; not contrary to law. · zakonno
законнорождённый
(of a child) Lawfully begotten, i.e. born to a married couple or later legitimated. [from mid-14th c.] · zakonnorozhdyonnyy
зако́нность
Lawfulness. · zakonnost
зако́нный
(legal) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society. · zakonnyy
законове́дение
(legal) The theoretical study of law. · zakonovedeniye
законода́тель
Someone who creates or enacts laws. · zakonodatel
законода́тельная власть
A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws. · zakonodatelnaya vlast
законода́тельница
Someone who creates or enacts laws. · zakonodatelnitsa
законода́тельный
Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking. · zakonodatelnyy
законода́тельный о́рган
A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power. · zakonodatelnyy organ
законода́тельство
The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation. · zakonodatelstvo
закономе́рность
The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity. · zakonomernost
законопрое́кт
A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law. · zakonoproyekt
законотво́рчество
The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation. · zakonotvorchestvo
законсерви́ровать
(transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can. · zakonservirovat
зако́нченнность
The state or condition of being complete. · zakonchennnost
зако́нченный
Completed; effected; established. · zakonchennyy
зако́нчить
(intransitive) To finish; to come to an end. · zakonchit
зако́нчиться
(idiomatic, intransitive) To stop; to cease; to no longer continue. · zakonchitsya
закопа́ть
To place in the ground. · zakopat
закопти́ть
(transitive) To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke. · zakoptit
закопчённый
Pertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky. [from 16th c.] · zakopchyonnyy
закорачивать
(transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something). · zakorachivat
закорене́лый
(formal) Having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual. · zakorenelyy
закорки
On somebody's back or shoulders. · zakorki
закоротить
(transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something). · zakorotit
закорю́чка
A small mindless sketch, etc. · zakoryuchka
закосне́лый
Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent. · zakosnelyy
закостене́лый
Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone or a bone-like mass). · zakostenelyy
закоу́лок
A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre. · zakoulok
закрепи́тель
(photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions. · zakrepitel
закрепи́ть
To grip tightly. · zakrepit
закрепле́ние
An understanding, grasp of something. · zakrepleniye
закрепля́ть
To grip tightly. · zakreplyat
закрича́ть
(intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc. · zakrichat
закро́йка
(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut. · zakroyka
за́кром
A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib. · zakrom
закрома́
A granary; a store of grain. · zakroma
закруглённый
Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish. · zakruglyonnyy
закрыва́тель
One who shuts or closes something. · zakryvatel
закрыва́тельница
One who shuts or closes something. · zakryvatelnitsa
закрыва́ть
(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. · zakryvat
закрыва́ющая
One who shuts or closes something. · zakryvayushchaya
закрыва́ющий
One who shuts or closes something. · zakryvayushchiy
закры́лок
(aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag. · zakrylok
закры́тие
An end or conclusion. · zakrytiye
закры́тый
Not public. · zakrytyy
закры́ть
(intransitive) To end or suspend an event. · zakryt
заксобра́ние
A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws. · zaksobraniye
закули́сно
Out of view of the public. · zakulisno
заку́пка
An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip. · zakupka
закупоривать
(transitive) To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell. · zakuporivat
заку́порить
(transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole. · zakuporit
закуси́ть
To eat a light meal. · zakusit
заку́ска
An Italian starter for a meal; normally a cold assortment of salami, cheese, seafood, and vegetables. · zakuska
заку́сочная
A small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine. · zakusochnaya
заку́сывать
To eat a light meal. · zakusyvat
закуто́к
A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. · zakutok
зал
A large room for public meetings or performances. · zal
зал ожида́ния
A dedicated area in an airport which offers, for selected passengers, comforts beyond those afforded in the main parts of the airport. · zal ozhidaniya
зал суда́
The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury. · zal suda

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