| lab {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory | :: |
| labefaction {n} (act of shaking orweakening or the resulting state; overthrow, ruination) | :: oslabení {n}, pád {m} |
| label {n} (small ticket or sign giving information) | :: štítek {m}, etiketa {f}, značka {f} |
| label {n} (name categorising someone as part of a group) | :: nálepka {f} |
| label {v} (put a ticket or sign on) | :: označit |
| labial {adj} (pertaining to the lips) | :: retný |
| labor {n} (labor) SEE: labour | :: |
| labor {v} (labor) SEE: labour | :: |
| laboratory {n} (room, building or institution equipped for scientific research) | :: laboratoř {f} |
| laboratory {n} (place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured) | :: laboratoř {f} |
| laborer {n} (One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly) | :: dělník {m} |
| laborious {adj} (industrious) SEE: industrious | :: |
| laborious {adj} (requiring much physical effort) | :: pracný {m} |
| laboriously {adv} (with great expenditure of effort) | :: pracně |
| laboriousness {n} (the condition of being laborious) | :: pracnost |
| labor market {n} (market consisting of workers) | :: trh práce {m} |
| labor union {n} (labor union) SEE: trade union | :: |
| labour {n} (work) | :: práce {f}, námaha {f} |
| labour {n} (workers) | :: dělnictvo {n}, pracovní síly |
| labour {n} (giving birth) | :: porod {m}, porodní bolesti |
| Labourite {n} (member or supporter of the Labour Party) | :: labourista {m} |
| Labrador retriever {n} (breed of dog) | :: labradorský retrívr {m} |
| Labrador Sea {prop} (arm of the Atlantic) | :: Labradorské moře {n} |
| labyrinth {n} (maze) | :: labyrint {m}, bludiště {n} |
| labyrinth {n} (part of inner ear) | :: labyrint {m} |
| lace {n} (fabric) | :: krajka {f} |
| lace {v} (fasten with laces) | :: zavázat {pf}, zašněrovat {pf} |
| lace {v} (add something harmful to) | :: otrávit {pf} |
| lace {n} (cord for fastening a shoe) SEE: shoelace | :: |
| laceration {n} (an irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue) | :: lacerace {f} |
| lack {n} (deficiency, need) | :: nedostatek {m} |
| lack {v} (be without, need, require) | :: postrádat |
| lackey {n} (liveried male servant) | :: lokaj {m} |
| lacking {n} (absence of something) SEE: lack | :: |
| lackluster {adj} (Having no shine or lustre; dull) | :: matný {m} |
| lackluster {adj} (Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest) | :: nevýrazný {m}, nezajímavý {m} |
| lackluster {adj} (Having no vitality) | :: mdlý {m} |
| laconic {adj} (using as few words as possible) | :: lakonický |
| lacquer {n} (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) | :: lak {m} |
| lacrosse {n} (the sport) | :: lakros {m} |
| lactase {n} (A β-galactosidase enzyme) | :: laktáza {f} |
| lactate {n} (any salt or ester of lactic acid) | :: mléčnan {m} |
| lactation {n} (secretion of milk) | :: laktace {f} |
| lactic acid {n} (2-hydroxy-propanoic acid (CH3.CHOH.CO2H)) | :: kyselina mléčná {f} |
| lactose {n} (disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products) | :: laktóza {f} |
| lad {n} (a boy) | :: chlapec {m} |
| Lada {prop} (a female name) | :: Lada {f} |
| Lada {prop} (a Russian car) | :: Lada {f} |
| ladder {n} (climbing tool) | :: žebřík {m} |
| ladies and gentlemen {n} (phrase used to address an audience of men and women) | :: dámy a pánové |
| Ladislaus {prop} (male given name) | :: Ladislav {m}, Vladislav {m} |
| ladle {n} (deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle) | :: naběračka {f} |
| lady {n} (woman of breeding and authority) | :: dáma {f} |
| lady {n} (wife of a lord) | :: dáma {f} |
| lady {n} (polite term referring a woman) | :: dáma {f} |
| ladybird {n} (member of Coccinellidae) | :: slunéčko {n}, sluníčko {n}, beruška {f} [colloquial] |
| ladybug {n} (ladybird) SEE: ladybird | :: |
| lady-in-waiting {n} (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends he as a personal assistant) | :: dvorní dáma {f} |
| lady-killer {n} (uncaring womanizer) | :: sukničkář {m}, lamač dívčích srdcí, Casanova {m} |
| lady's man {n} (womanizer) SEE: womanizer | :: |
| Lagash {prop} (ancient city) | :: Lagaš {m} |
| lager {n} (type of beer) | :: ležák {m} |
| lagoon {n} (shallow body of water) | :: laguna {f} |
| lagopode {n} (ptarmigan) SEE: ptarmigan | :: |
| Lagos {prop} (former capital of Nigeria) | :: Lagos {m} |
| laid-back {adj} (relaxed and easy-going) | :: pohodový |
| lair {n} (of an animal) | :: doupě {n} |
| Laius {prop} (father of Oedipus and husband of Jocasta) | :: Láios {m} |
| lake {n} (body of water) | :: jezero {n} |
| Lake Constance {prop} (Lake) | :: Bodamské jezero {n} |
| Lake District {prop} (Lake District) | :: jezerní oblast |
| Lakshmi {prop} (Hindu goddess of wealth) | :: Lakšmí {f} |
| La-La Land {prop} (a fictional, nonphysical place) | :: vzdušné zámky {m-p}, tramtárie {f} |
| Lalibela {prop} (town in Ethiopia) | :: Lalibela |
| lama {n} (master of Tibetan Buddhism) | :: láma |
| lamb {n} (young sheep) | :: jehně {n}, beránek {m} |
| lamb {n} (flesh of lamb as food) | :: jehněčí {n} |
| lambada {n} (Brazilian dance) | :: lambada {f} |
| lambda {n} (name of the Greek letter) | :: lambda |
| lambda calculus {n} (algebraic system) | :: lambda kalkul {m} |
| Lamb of God {prop} (Jesus, symbolized as a sacrifice) | :: Beránek Boží {m} |
| lamb's lettuce {n} (corn salad) SEE: corn salad | :: |
| lame {adj} (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) | :: chromý {m} |
| lame {adj} (slang: unconvincing) | :: chabý {m} |
| lame duck {n} (a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled) | :: mrzák {m} |
| lame duck {n} (an official who is marking time until leaving their office) | :: chromá kachna {f} |
| lamella {n} (gill of a mushroom) SEE: gill | :: |
| Lamentations {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Pláč {f} |
| lamia {n} (monster in mythology) | :: lamia |
| laminar flow {n} (flow) | :: laminární proudění {n} |
| laminate {n} (Material formed of thin sheets) | :: laminát {m} |
| lammergeier {n} (bird) | :: orlosup {m} |
| lammergeyer {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier | :: |
| lamp {n} (device producing light) | :: lampa {f} |
| lamp {n} (oil device producing light) | :: lampa {f} |
| lampoon {n} (written satirical attack) | :: pamflet {m}, hanopis {m} |
| lamprey {n} (a fish) | :: mihule {f} |
| lampshade {n} (cover over a lamp) | :: stínítko {n}, stínidlo {n} |
| lance {n} (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting) | :: dlouhé kopí {n} |
| lance corporal {n} (lance corporal) | :: svobodník {m} |
| lancet arch {n} (a sharp pointed arch used in doors and windows, etc.) | :: gotický oblouk {m} |
| land {n} (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) | :: země {f} |
| land {n} (someone's homeplace) | :: vlast {f} |
| land {v} (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) | :: přistávat {impf}, přistát {pf} |
| land {v} (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) | :: přistát |
| land {v} (to deliver) SEE: deliver | :: |
| -land {suffix} (territory, country or region (suffix)) | :: -ie {f}, -sko {n} |
| landfall {n} (arrival of a ship at the shore) | :: přistání {n} |
| landfill {v} (to dispose of waste) | :: skládka {f} |
| landfill {n} (site at which refuse is buried) | :: skládka {f} |
| landfill {n} (material so disposed of) | :: odpad {m} |
| landgrave {n} (renderings of Landgraf) | :: lankrabě {m} |
| -landia {suffix} (territory, country or region (suffix)) SEE: -land | :: |
| landing {n} (corridor) | :: chodba {f}, koridor {m} |
| landing {n} (coming to earth, as of an airplane) | :: přistání {n} |
| landing {n} (an in-between platform) | :: podesta {f} |
| landing {n} (a place on a shoreline where a boat lands) | :: přístaviště {n} |
| landing strip {n} (auxiliary or temporary runway for aircraft) | :: přistávací plocha {f} |
| landline {n} (fixed telephone communications cable) | :: pevná linka {f} |
| landline {n} (telephone connected by such a fixed wire) | :: pevná linka {f}, [informal] stabil |
| landlocked {adj} (surrounded by land) | :: vnitrozemský |
| landlord {n} (person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo) | :: pronajímatel {m} |
| landlord {n} (owner or manager of a public house) | :: hospodský {m} |
| landlouper {n} (vagabond) SEE: vagabond | :: |
| Land of the Rising Sun {prop} (Japan) | :: Země vycházejícího slunce {f} |
| landrail {n} (Crex crex) SEE: corncrake | :: |
| landscape {n} (portion of land or territory) | :: krajina {f} |
| Landsknecht {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) SEE: lansquenet | :: |
| lane {n} (division of roadway) | :: pruh {m} |
| lane {n} (division of racetrack) | :: dráha {f} |
| Langobard {n} (Lombard) SEE: Lombard | :: |
| langos {n} (traditional Hungarian fried dough) | :: langoš {m} |
| language {n} (body of words used as a form of communication) | :: jazyk {m}, řeč {f} |
| language {n} (the ability to communicate using words) | :: jazyk {m}, řeč {f} |
| language {n} (nonverbal communication) | :: jazyk {m}, řeč {f} |
| language {n} (vocabulary of a particular field) | :: jazyk {m}, řeč {f} |
| language {n} (computer language, see also: computer language) | :: jazyk {m} |
| language family {n} (set of languages) | :: jazyková rodina {f} |
| languish {v} (to lose strength and become weak) | :: zeslábnout |
| languish {v} (to live in miserable conditions) | :: živořit |
| languor {v} (to languish) SEE: languish | :: |
| lansquenet {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) | :: lancknecht {m} |
| lantern {n} (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light) | :: lucerna {f} |
| lanthanum {n} (metallic element) | :: lanthan |
| Lao {n} (person) | :: Laosan {m} |
| Lao {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language) | :: laoský |
| Laocoön {prop} (Trojan or Argonaut) | :: Láokoón |
| Laos {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: Laos {m} |
| Laotian {n} (Laotian person) SEE: Lao | :: |
| Lao-Tzu {prop} (Laozi) SEE: Laozi | :: |
| Laozi {prop} (influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism) | :: Lao-c' {m} |
| laparoscopy {n} (examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity) | :: laparoskopie {f} |
| La Paz {prop} (capital city of Bolivia) | :: La Paz |
| lapidation {n} (act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death) | :: kamenování |
| lapis lazuli {n} (precious blue stone) | :: lazurit {m} |
| Laplace distribution {n} (probability distribution) | :: Laplaceovo rozdělení {n} |
| Laplacian {adj} (of, or relating to Laplace) | :: laplaceovský |
| Lapland {prop} (region in Scandinavia) | :: Laponsko {n} |
| Lapp {n} (person) | :: Laponec {m} |
| Lapp {adj} (from Lapland) | :: laponský |
| Lappland {prop} (Lapland) SEE: Lapland | :: |
| lapti {n} (bast shoes) | :: láptě {p} |
| laptop {n} (computing: a laptop computer) | :: notebook |
| laptop computer {n} (laptop) SEE: laptop | :: |
| lapwing {n} (bird belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae) | :: čejka {f} |
| larboard {n} (port) SEE: port | :: |
| larch {n} (a coniferous tree) | :: modřín {m} |
| lard {n} (bacon) SEE: bacon | :: |
| lard {n} (fat from the abdomen of a pig) | :: sádlo {n}, vepřové sádlo {n} |
| large {adj} (of greater size, see also: big) | :: velký |
| large intestine {n} (bodily organ) | :: tlusté střevo {n} |
| largen {v} (enlarge) SEE: enlarge | :: |
| largesse {n} (generosity in the giving of gifts or money) | :: štědrost {f} |
| largesse {n} (the gifts or money given in such a way) | :: dar {m} |
| large tortoiseshell {n} (butterfly) | :: babočka jilmová {f} |
| lark {n} (bird) | :: skřivan {m} |
| larkspur {n} (Delphinium) | :: stračka {f} |
| larva {n} (a stage of growth) | :: larva {f} |
| larva {n} (an animal in such stage of growth, see also: tadpole) | :: larva {f} |
| laryngeal {adj} (of or pertaining to larynx) | :: hrtanový, laryngální |
| laryngeal {n} (in Proto-Indo-European linguistics, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants) | :: laryngála {f} |
| laryngitis {n} (inflammation of the larynx) | :: laryngitida {f} |
| larynx {n} (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production) | :: hrtan {m} |
| lasagna {n} (baked dish) | :: lasagne {f-p}, lazaně {f-p} [rare, nonstandard] |
| lasagne {n} (lasagna) SEE: lasagna | :: |
| lascivious {adj} (wanton) | :: lascivní |
| laser {n} (device producing beam of light) | :: laser {m} |
| laser {n} (laser printer) SEE: laser printer | :: |
| laser printer {n} (computer printer) | :: laserová tiskárna {f} |
| lash {n} (eyelash; hair growing from the eyelid) SEE: eyelash | :: |
| lass {n} (a young woman or girl) | :: dívka {f}, děvenka {f}, děvče {n} |
| lass {n} (sweetheart) SEE: sweetheart | :: |
| lasso {n} (a long rope with a sliding loop) | :: laso {n} |
| lasso {v} (to catch with a lasso) | :: zalasovat |
| last {adj} (final) | :: poslední |
| last {adj} (most recent) | :: minulý |
| last {adv} (after everything else) | :: nakonec |
| last {adv} (finally) | :: nakonec |
| last {v} (to endure, continue over time) | :: trvat |
| last {v} (to hold out) | :: vydržet |
| last but not least {adv} (An expression to start the last item of a list) | :: v neposlední řadě |
| last but one {adj} (penultimate) SEE: penultimate | :: |
| last name {n} (surname) SEE: surname | :: |
| last night {n} (previous evening or night) | :: včerejší večer |
| last night {adv} (during the night before today) | :: včera večer |
| last straw {n} (small additional burden) | :: poslední kapka |
| last year {adv} (year before this one, see also: yesteryear) | :: loni, vloni |
| late {adj} (near the end of a period of time) | :: pozdní |
| late {adj} (near the end of the day) | :: pozdní |
| late {adj} (associated with the end of a period) | :: pozdní {m} |
| late {adv} (proximate in time) | :: pozdě |
| lately {adv} (recently) SEE: recently | :: |
| Late Middle Ages {prop} (Translations) | :: pozdní středověk {m} |
| latency {n} (delay) | :: latence {f}, zpoždění {n} |
| latent {adj} (existing or present but concealed or inactive) | :: latentní |
| lateral {adj} (of or pertaining to the side) | :: postranní, boční |
| lateral {adj} (pertaining to the left or right of the body) | :: laterální |
| lateral {adj} (linguistics: pertaining to certain sounds) | :: laterální |
| Lateran {prop} (church and palace in Rome) | :: Laterán |
| lathe {n} (machine tool used to shape a piece of material) | :: soustruh {m} |
| lathe {v} (to shape with a lathe) | :: soustružit |
| lather {n} (foam of soap and water) | :: mydliny {f-p}, mýdlová pěna {f} |
| lather {n} (foam from profuse sweating) | :: pěna {f} |
| lather {v} (to cover with lather) | :: namydlit |
| lather {v} (to beat or whip) | :: našlehat |
| Latin {adj} (Roman Catholic) SEE: Roman Catholic | :: |
| Latin {adj} (of the language) | :: latinský {m} |
| Latin {adj} (of descendants from ancient Romans) | :: latina {f} |
| Latin {prop} (language of the ancient Romans) | :: latina {f} |
| Latin {n} (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire) | :: Říman {m} |
| Latin alphabet {n} (the 26-letter alphabet) | :: Latinka {f} |
| Latin America {prop} (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) | :: Latinská Amerika {f} |
| Latin American {n} (A native or inhabitant of Latin America) | :: Latinoameričan {m} |
| Latin American {adj} (Of or relating to Latin America) | :: latinskoamerický |
| Latin Church {prop} (one of the particular churches) | :: Latinská církev {f} |
| Latinism {n} (Latinism) | :: latinismus {m} |
| Latinization {n} (act or process of Latinizing) | :: latinizace {f}, polatinštění {n} |
| latitude {n} (angular distance north or south from the equator) | :: šířka {f} |
| lative {n} (case) | :: lativ {m} |
| latrine {n} (a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench, see also: toilet; outhouse) | :: latrína {f}, záchod |
| latrine {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| latter-day {adj} (modern, recent) SEE: modern | :: |
| lattice {n} (flat panel constructed with strips of wood or other material) | :: mřížka {f} |
| lattice {n} (partially ordered set) | :: svaz {m} |
| Latvia {prop} (country) | :: Lotyšsko {n} |
| Latvian {adj} (pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language) | :: lotyšský |
| Latvian {n} (Baltic language of Latvia) | :: lotyština {f} |
| Latvian {n} (person pertaining to Latvia) | :: Lotyš {m}, Lotyška {f} |
| Latvian SSR {prop} (Soviet republic) | :: Lotyšská SSR {f} |
| laudanum {n} (the tincture of opium once widely used) | :: laudanum {n} |
| laugh {n} (expression of mirth peculiar to the human species) | :: smích {m} |
| laugh {v} (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds) | :: smát se |
| laugh {v} (be or appear cheerful) | :: smát se |
| laugh {v} (make an object of laughter or ridicule) | :: posmívat se |
| laughable {adj} (fitted to exite laughter) | :: směšný |
| laughing kookaburra {n} (Dacelo novaeguineae) | :: ledňák obrovský {m} |
| laughter {n} (sound (as) of laughing) | :: smích {m} |
| laughter {n} (movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | :: smích {m} |
| launch {v} (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force) | :: hodit |
| laundress {n} (A woman whose employment is laundering) | :: pradlena {f} |
| laundry {n} (laundering; washing) | :: praní {n} |
| laundry {n} (place or room where laundering is done) | :: prádelna {f} |
| laundry {n} (that which needs to be laundered) | :: prádlo {n} |
| laureate {n} (one crowned with laurel) | :: nositel {m}, laureát {m} |
| laurel {n} (Laurus nobilis) | :: vavřín {m} |
| Laurence {prop} (male given name) | :: Vavřinec |
| lava {n} (molten rock) | :: láva {f} |
| lava {n} (magma) SEE: magma | :: |
| lavatory {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| lavatory {n} (sink) SEE: sink | :: |
| lavender {n} (plant) | :: levandule {f} |
| LaVeyan Satanism {prop} (the religion of the Church of Satan) | :: LaVeyův satanismus |
| law {n} (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) | :: právo {n}, zákon {m} |
| law {n} (any rule that must or should be obeyed) | :: zákon {m} |
| law {n} (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) | :: zákon {m} |
| law {n} (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions) | :: zákon |
| lawlessness {n} (lack of law and order) | :: nezákonnost {f}, bezpráví {n} |
| lawmaker {n} (legislator) SEE: legislator | :: |
| lawman {n} (lawyer) SEE: lawyer | :: |
| lawn {n} (ground covered with grass) | :: trávník {m} |
| lawn mower {n} (machine for cutting grass) SEE: lawnmower | :: |
| lawn-mower {n} (lawnmower) SEE: lawnmower | :: |
| lawnmower {n} (a device to cut grass) | :: sekačka {f}, sekačka na trávu {f} |
| law of large numbers {prop} (statistical tendency) | :: zákon velkých čísel {m} |
| law of nature {n} (physical law) SEE: physical law | :: |
| law of nature {n} (natural law) SEE: natural law | :: |
| Lawrence {prop} (male given name) SEE: Laurence | :: |
| lawrencium {n} (chemical element) | :: lawrencium |
| lawsuit {n} (case where a court is needed to resolve differences) | :: soudní proces {m}, proces {m}, soudní pře {f} |
| lawyer {n} (professional person authorized to practice law) | :: právník {m}, právnička {f}, advokát {m}, advokátka {f} |
| lawyer's wig {n} (Coprinus comatus) | :: hnojník obecný {m} |
| lax {adj} (not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation) | :: uvolněný, laxní |
| lax {adj} (loose; not tight or taut) | :: volný |
| laxative {n} (substance with a laxative effect) | :: projímadlo {n} |
| lay {v} (to deposit an egg) | :: snést {pf}, snášet {impf} |
| lay {adj} (non-professional) | :: laický |
| layabout {n} (lazy person) | :: pecivál, flákač {m} |
| layer {n} (single thickness of some material covering a surface) | :: vrstva {f} |
| layer {n} (item of clothing worn under or over another) | :: vrstva {f} |
| layer {n} (deposit) | :: vrstva {f} |
| lay figure {n} (jointed model) SEE: dummy | :: |
| layman {n} (someone who is not an ordained cleric) | :: laik {m} |
| layman {n} (someone who is not a professional in a given field) | :: laik {m} |
| lay off {v} (to dismiss workers from employment) | :: propustit |
| layout {n} (structured arrangement of items) | :: rozvržení, struktura, rozmístění {n} |
| layout {n} (plan for such arrangement) | :: plán, návrh, nákres |
| layout {n} (act of laying out) | :: rozložení, rozprostření, rozmístění {n} |
| layout {n} (map or a drawing of a construction site) | :: plán |
| Lazarus {prop} (New Testament characters) | :: Lazar {m} |
| laze {v} (be lazy, waste time) | :: zahálet |
| laziness {n} (quality of being lazy) | :: lenost {f} |
| Lazio {prop} (Italian region) | :: Lazio |
| lazurite {n} (lapis lazuli) SEE: lapis lazuli | :: |
| lazy {adj} (unwilling to work) | :: líný {m} |
| lazybones {n} (person who is lazy) | :: lenoch {m} |
| lazy eye {n} (amblyopia) SEE: amblyopia | :: |
| lea {n} (open field, meadow) | :: louka {f} |
| lead {n} (chemical element) | :: olovo {n} |
| lead {v} (printing: place leads between the lines of) | :: odsadit |
| lead {v} (guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection) | :: [abstract] vodit, [concrete] vést |
| leaden {adj} (made of lead) | :: olověný {m} |
| leaden {adj} (pertaining to or resembling lead) | :: olověný {m} |
| leader {n} (one having authority) | :: vedoucí, velitel, vůdce {m}, šéf {m} |
| leadership {n} (capacity to lead) | :: vůdcovství {n} |
| leading diagonal {n} (main diagonal) SEE: main diagonal | :: |
| leading edge {n} (aeronautics: frontmost edge of an airfoil) | :: náběžná hrana {f} |
| lead someone up the garden path {v} (to deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone) SEE: deceive | :: |
| leaf {n} (part of a plant) | :: list {m} |
| leaf {n} (sheet of a book) | :: list {m} |
| leaf {n} (tea leaves) SEE: tea leaf | :: |
| leaflet {n} (small plant leaf) | :: leták {m} |
| leaf through {v} (to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random) | :: prolistovat {pf} |
| league {n} (a group or association of cooperating members) | :: liga {f}, třída {f}, svaz {m} |
| league {n} (organization of sports teams) | :: liga {f} |
| League of Nations {prop} (international organization) | :: Společnost národů {f} |
| leak {n} (hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape) | :: díra {f} |
| leak {n} (entrance or escape of a fluid) | :: průsak {m} |
| leak {n} (divulgation, or disclosure, of information) | :: únik {m} |
| lean {v} (to press against) | :: opřít |
| Leaning Tower of Pisa {prop} (the leaning bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa) | :: šikmá věž v Pise {f}, šikmá věž {f} |
| leap {v} | :: skočit, přeskočit |
| leap {n} | :: skok {m} |
| leap day {n} (extra day in a leap year) | :: přestupný den {m} |
| leap year {n} (366-day year in the Gregorian calendar) | :: přestupný rok {m} |
| learn {v} (to acquire knowledge or ability) | :: učit se |
| learn {v} (to attend educational activity) | :: učit se |
| learn {v} (to make use of a bad experience) | :: učit se, poučit se |
| learn {v} (to improve) | :: učit se, zlepšovat se, zdokonalovat se |
| learn {v} (to be studying) | :: učit se, studovat |
| learn {v} (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out) | :: zjistit, dovědět se, dozvědět se |
| learned {adj} (having much learning) | :: učený {m} |
| learned {adj} (acquired by learning) | :: naučený {m} |
| learning difference {n} (learning disability) SEE: learning disability | :: |
| learning difficulty {n} (learning disability) SEE: learning disability | :: |
| learning disability {n} (disability which prevents the sufferer from learning in a typical manner) | :: specifické poruchy učení {p} |
| learningless {adj} (uneducated) SEE: uneducated | :: |
| leash {n} (long cord for dogs) | :: vodítko {n} |
| least {determiner} (the smallest amount of) | :: nejméně |
| least auklet {n} (bird) | :: alkounek nejmenší |
| least flycatcher {n} (Empidonax minimus) | :: tyranovec malinký |
| least weasel {n} (Mustela nivalis) | :: lasice {f}, kolčava {f} |
| leather {n} (material produced by tanning animal skin) | :: kůže {f} |
| leather {adj} (made of leather) | :: kožený |
| leatherette {n} (type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather) | :: koženka {f} |
| leave {v} (to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting) | :: nechat {pf}, nechávat {impf} |
| leave {v} (to transfer possession after death) | :: zanechat |
| leave {v} (to transfer responsibility or attention) | :: nechat, přenechat |
| leave {v} (to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with) | :: opustit {pf} |
| leave {v} | :: zbýt |
| leave {n} (absence from work) | :: dovolená {f} |
| leave of absence {n} (absence from work) SEE: leave | :: |
| leave out {v} (to leave out or to not include) SEE: omit | :: |
| leave someone in the lurch {v} (to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation) | :: nechat ve štychu |
| Lebanese {n} (A person from Lebanon) | :: Libanonec {m}, Libanonka {f} |
| Lebanese {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language) | :: libanonský |
| Lebanese Republic {prop} (official name of Lebanon) | :: Libanonská republika {f} |
| Lebanon {prop} (Lebanese Republic) | :: Libanon {m} |
| lebensraum {n} (living space) | :: životní prostor {m} |
| Lechitic {adj} (related to the Polish language group) | :: lechický |
| lecithin {n} (lecithin) | :: lecitin {m} |
| lectern {n} (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service) | :: ambona {f} |
| lectern {n} (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes) | :: řečnický pultík {m} |
| lecture {n} (a spoken lesson) | :: přednáška {f} |
| lecture {v} (to teach) | :: přednášet |
| lecture hall {n} (lecture theatre) SEE: lecture theatre | :: |
| lecturer {n} (person who gives lectures) | :: přednášející |
| lecture theatre {n} (room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor) | :: posluchárna {f} |
| ledger {n} (book for keeping notes) | :: účetní kniha {f} |
| ledger {n} (large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb) | :: kamenná deska {f} |
| ledger {n} (collection of accounting entries) | :: hlavní kniha {f} |
| leech {n} (annelid) | :: pijavice {f}, pijavka {f} |
| leech {n} (person who derives profit from others) | :: pijavice {f} |
| leech {n} (physician) SEE: physician | :: |
| leek {n} (vegetable) | :: pórek {m}, pór zahradní {m} |
| left {adj} (the west side of the body when one is facing north) | :: levý {m}, levá {f}, levé {n} |
| left {adj} (pertaining to the political left) | :: levicový {m} |
| left {adv} (on the left side) | :: nalevo, vlevo |
| left {adv} (towards the left side) | :: doleva |
| left {n} (the ensemble of left-wing political parties) | :: levice {f} |
| left {v} (remaining) | :: zbývající {m} |
| left-hander {n} (a person who is left-handed) | :: levák {m}, levačka {f} |
| leftish {adj} (left-wing) SEE: left-wing | :: |
| leftist {n} (a person who holds views associated with the political left) | :: levičák {m} |
| leftist {adj} (Pertaining to the political left) | :: levicový |
| left-wing {adj} (favoring social equality) | :: levicový |
| lefty {n} (left-hander) SEE: left-hander | :: |
| leg {n} (lower limb from groin to ankle) | :: noha |
| legacy {n} (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will) | :: dědictví {n} |
| legal {adj} (relating to the law or to lawyers) | :: právní |
| legal {adj} (allowed or prescribed by law) | :: legální, zákonný |
| legal certainty {n} | :: právní jistota {f} |
| legal entity {n} (organisation that the law treats as a legal person) SEE: legal person | :: |
| legal person {n} (organization or group of people) | :: právnická osoba {f} |
| legend {n} (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events) | :: pověst {f}, legenda {f} |
| leghorn {n} (small white chicken breed) | :: leghornka {f} |
| legibility {n} (property that makes legible or easily readable) | :: čitelnost {f} |
| legible {adj} (clear enough to be read) | :: čitelný |
| legion {n} (the major unit or division of the Roman army) | :: legie {f} |
| legionary {n} (member of a legion) | :: legionář {m} |
| legionnaire {n} (a member of a legion) SEE: legionary | :: |
| legislation {n} (the act of legislating) | :: zákonodárství {n} |
| legislative {adj} (having the power to make laws) | :: zákonodárný {m}, legislativní |
| legislative process {n} (process) | :: legislativní proces {m} |
| legislator {n} (who creates or enacts laws) | :: zákonodárce {m}, zákonodárkyně {f} |
| legislature {n} (governmental body) | :: zákonodárný sbor {m}, legislativa {f} |
| legist {n} (legislator) SEE: legislator | :: |
| legitimate {adj} (lawful) | :: legitimní |
| legless {adj} (without legs) | :: beznohý |
| leguaan {n} (iguana) SEE: iguana | :: |
| legume {n} (fruit or seed of leguminous plants) | :: luštěnina {f} |
| Leibnizian {adj} (of or relating to Leibniz) | :: leibnizovský |
| Leipzig {prop} (city in Saxony, Germany) | :: Lipsko {n} |
| leishmaniasis {n} (pathology) | :: leishmanióza |
| leisure {n} (freedom provided) | :: volnost {f}, volno {n} |
| leisure {n} (time free) | :: volný čas {m} |
| Leitha {prop} (river in Austria) | :: Litava {f} |
| lemma {n} (linguistics: lexeme) SEE: lexeme | :: |
| lemma {n} (mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition) | :: lemma {n} |
| lemma {n} (linguistics: canonical form of a term) | :: lemma {n} |
| lemmatisation {n} (process of finding the lemma that corresponds to an inflected form of a word) | :: lemmatizace {f} |
| lemming {n} (rodent) | :: lumík {m} |
| lemon {n} (citrus fruit) | :: citrón {m}, citron |
| lemon {n} (tree) | :: citroník {m} |
| lemonade {n} (still beverage) | :: limonáda {f} |
| lemon balm {n} (Melissa officinalis) | :: meduňka {f} |
| lemur {n} (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea) | :: lemur {m} |
| Lena {prop} (Lena River) | :: Lena {f} |
| lend {v} (to allow to be used temporarily) | :: půjčovat {impf}, půjčit {pf} |
| lend {v} ((proscribed) to borrow) SEE: borrow | :: |
| length {n} (distance along the longest dimension) | :: délka {f} |
| lengthen {v} (to make longer) | :: prodloužit |
| lengthen {v} (to become longer) | :: prodloužit se |
| lengthwise {adj} (adjective: in the long direction) | :: podélný |
| lengthy {adj} (long of time) | :: zdlouhavý {m} |
| lenient {adj} (tolerant; not strict) | :: shovívavý {m} |
| Leningrad {prop} (name of Saint Petersburg, 1924-1991) | :: Leningrad {m} |
| Leningrad {prop} (Leningrad oblast) | :: Leningradská oblast {f} |
| Leninism {n} (the political philosophy named after Vladimir Lenin) | :: leninismus {m} |
| lens {n} (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it) | :: čočka {f} |
| lens {n} (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams) | :: čočka {f} |
| lens {n} (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye) | :: čočka {f} |
| Lent {n} (Christian period of penitence before Easter) | :: Velký půst {m} |
| lentigo {n} (pigmented spot on the skin) SEE: freckle | :: |
| lentil {n} (plant Lens culinaris) | :: čočka jedlá {f} |
| lentil {n} (seed used as food) | :: čočka {f} |
| Leo {prop} (male given name) | :: Lev |
| Leona {prop} (female given name) | :: Leona {f} |
| leonine {adj} (of or like a lion) | :: lví |
| leopard {n} (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus) | :: levhart {m}, leopard {m} |
| leopard cat {n} (wild cat) | :: kočka bengálská |
| Leopold {prop} (male given name) | :: Leopold |
| leotard {n} (skin-tight one piece suit of clothing) | :: body {n} |
| lepidopterology {n} (scientific study of butterflies and moths) | :: lepidopterologie {f} |
| leprechaun {n} (one of a race of Irish elves) | :: leprikón {m}, irský skřítek {m} |
| leprosy {n} (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae) | :: malomocenství {n}, lepra {f} |
| leprous {adj} (relating to leprosy) | :: leprozní |
| leptospirosis {n} (disease) | :: leptospiróza {f} |
| lesbian {adj} (of a woman: preferring women partners) | :: lesbický {m} |
| lesbian {adj} (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality) | :: lesbický |
| lesbian {adj} (intended for lesbians) | :: lesbický {m} |
| lesbian {n} (homosexual woman) | :: lesbička {f} |
| Lesbian {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesbian {adj} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| lesbo {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesbos {prop} (island) | :: Lesbos |
| leshy {n} (a woodland spirit in Slavic mythology) | :: lesní mužík {m}, lešij {m} [of a Russian leshy] |
| lesion {n} (an infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part) | :: léze {f} |
| Lesotho {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Lesotho {n} |
| l'esprit de l'escalier {n} (phenomenon when a conversational rejoinder or remark only occurs to someone after the opportunity to make it has passed) | :: esprit de l'escalier {m}, opožděná duchaplnost {f} |
| less {adv} (to a smaller extent or degree) | :: méně |
| -less {suffix} (lacking) | :: bez- |
| lessen {v} (to make less) | :: zmenšit |
| lessen {v} (to become less) | :: zmenšit se |
| lesser black-backed gull {n} (Larus fuscus) | :: racek žlutonohý {m} |
| lesser celandine {n} (a European perennial herb, Ranunculus ficaria) | :: orsej {m} |
| lesser panda {n} (Ailurus fulgens) SEE: red panda | :: |
| Lesser Poland {prop} (a historical region of Poland) | :: Malopolsko {n} |
| lesser roadrunner {n} (bird of genus Geococcyx) SEE: roadrunner | :: |
| lesser spotted eagle {n} (Clanga pomarina) | :: orel křiklavý {m} |
| lesser spotted woodpecker {n} (Dendrocopoes minor) | :: strakapoud malý |
| lesser yellowlegs {n} (Tringa flavipes) | :: vodouš žlutonohý {m} |
| less is more {proverb} (less is more) | :: méně je více |
| lesson {n} (section of learning or teaching) | :: lekce, vyučovací hodina |
| lesson {n} (something learned) | :: ponaučení |
| lesson {n} (something that serves as a warning or encouragement) | :: ponaučení |
| less-than-stellar {adj} (not very good) SEE: poor | :: |
| less-than-stellar {adj} (mediocre) SEE: mediocre | :: |
| lest {conj} (for fear that) | :: ze strachu, že ..., v případě, že ... |
| lest {conj} (that [...] not) | :: aby ... ne |
| let {v} (to allow) | :: nechat, dovolit {pf} |
| let {v} (to put up for rent) | :: pronajmout {pf} |
| let alone {conj} (to say nothing of) | :: natož |
| let bygones be bygones {v} (to disregard a past offense) | :: co bylo, bylo |
| let down {v} (to allow to descend) | :: spouštět, spustit |
| lethal {adj} (deadly) | :: smrtící, smrtonosný |
| lethargy {n} (pathological state of fatigue) | :: letargie {f} |
| lethargy {n} (state of extreme torpor or apathy) | :: letargie {f} |
| let know {v} (inform) | :: dát vědět |
| let's go {phrase} (hortative of go) | :: pojďme |
| let's go {phrase} (hurry up) | :: dělej, dělejte |
| letter {n} (a symbol in an alphabet) | :: písmeno {n} |
| letter {n} (written message) | :: dopis {m} |
| letterpress {n} (printing process) | :: knihtisk {m} |
| letterpress {n} (machine) | :: knihtisk {m} |
| let the cat out of the bag {v} (to disclose a secret, often inadvertently) | :: prořeknout se, vybreptat to |
| let there be light {phrase} (let there be light) | :: budiž světlo |
| Lettic {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| Lettish {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| Lettish {n} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| lettuce {n} (an edible plant, Lactuca) | :: hlávkový salát {m} |
| lettuce {n} (the leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable or dish) | :: hlávkový salát {m} |
| Letzeburgesh {prop} (Germanic language) SEE: Luxembourgish | :: |
| leucine {n} (essential amino acid; C6H13NO2) | :: leucin {m} |
| leucocytosis {n} (raised white blood cell count) | :: leukocytóza {f} |
| leukaemic {adj} (characteristic of, or associated with leukaemia) | :: leukemický |
| leukemia {n} (cancer of blood forming tissue) | :: leukemie {f}, leukémie {f} |
| leukemic {adj} (relating to leukemia) | :: leukemický |
| leukocyte {n} (a white blood cell) | :: leukocyt {m} |
| leukotriene {n} (any of several physiologically active lipids) | :: leukotrien {m} |
| lev {n} (currency of Bulgaria) | :: lev {m} |
| levant {v} (to abscond or run away) | :: prásknout do bot [idiom] |
| Levant {prop} (the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea) | :: Levanta {f} |
| Levantine {adj} (of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean) | :: levantský |
| levee {n} (embankment to prevent inundation) | :: hrázka |
| level {adj} (same height at all places) | :: vodorovný |
| level {adj} (at the same height as some reference) | :: vodorovný |
| level {adj} (being unvaried) | :: vyrovnaný |
| level {n} (tool) | :: vodováha {f}, libela {f} |
| level {n} (distance relative to a given reference elevation) | :: úroveň {f}, level |
| level {n} (degree or amount) | :: úroveň {f} |
| level {n} (gaming: discrete segment of a game) | :: úroveň {f} |
| level {n} (gaming: numeric value for a character's experience and power) | :: úroveň {f} |
| level {n} (floor of a building) | :: podlaží {n} |
| level {v} (to adjust so as to make level) | :: urovnat |
| level {v} (to destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze) | :: srovnat |
| level {v} (to progress to the next level) | :: postoupit |
| level {v} (to aim or direct) | :: zamířit |
| level crossing {n} (at-grade crossing) | :: železniční přejezd {m}, úrovňové křížení |
| level junction {n} (an at-grade junction between two crossing railroad tracks) | :: úrovňové křížení {n} |
| level playing field {n} | :: rovné podmínky {f-p} |
| Levenshtein distance {n} ((computer science) the number of edits required to change one string into another) | :: Levenshteinova vzdálenost {f} |
| lever {n} (rigid piece) | :: páka {f} |
| lever {adv} (rather) SEE: rather | :: |
| leveret {n} (a young hare) | :: mladý zajíc {m} |
| levigate {v} (to belittle) SEE: belittle | :: |
| levitate {v} (to be suspended in the air) | :: levitovat |
| levitation {n} (raising of something without apparent physical cause) | :: levitace {f} |
| levitation {n} (technical suspension without mechanical support) | :: vznášení se {n}, vznášení {n} |
| Leviticus {prop} (the book of the Bible and Torah) | :: Leviticus |
| levity {n} (lightness of manner or speech) | :: lehkomyslnost {f} |
| levity {n} (state or quality of being light) | :: lehkost {f} |
| levity {n} (lighthearted or frivolous act) | :: lehkovážnost {f}, frivolnost {f} |
| Lewis {prop} (male given name) SEE: Louis | :: |
| lexeme {n} (unit of vocabulary, the different forms of the same lemma) | :: lexém {m} |
| lexical {adj} (of a language's vocabulary) | :: lexikální |
| lexical {adj} (of a dictionary) | :: lexikální |
| lexical category {n} (linguistic category of words) | :: slovní druh {m} |
| lexical item {n} (term that acts as a unit of meaning) | :: lexikální jednotka {f} |
| lexicalize {v} (to convert to a single lexical unit) | :: lexikalizovat |
| lexical unit {n} (term that acts as a unit of meaning) SEE: lexical item | :: |
| lexicographer {n} (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) | :: lexikograf {m}, slovníkář {m} |
| lexicography {n} (art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries) | :: lexikografie {f}, slovníkářství {n} |
| lexicological {adj} (pertaining to lexicology) | :: lexikologický |
| lexicologist {n} (an expert at lexicology) | :: lexikolog {m} |
| lexicology {n} (linguistic discipline) | :: lexikologie {f} |
| lexicon {n} (vocabulary of a language) | :: lexikum {n}, slovní zásoba {f} |
| Leyden jar {n} (glass jar used to accumulate static electricity) | :: leidenská láhev {f} |
| Lezghian {prop} (Lezgi) SEE: Lezgi | :: |
| Lezgi {prop} (language) | :: lezgičtina {f} |
| LGBT {n} (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transexual) | :: LGBT |
| Lhasa {prop} (Capital of Xizang (Tibet)) | :: Lhasa {f} |
| Lhotse {prop} (Himalayan mountain) | :: Lhoce {f} |
| liability {n} (debt) | :: pasivum {n} |
| liability insurance {n} (insurance against liability) | :: pojištění odpovědnosti za škodu |
| Liaoning {prop} (province of China) | :: Liao-ning |
| liar {n} (one who tells lies) | :: lhář {m}, lhářka {f} |
| libation {n} (act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice) | :: úlitba {f} |
| libel {n} (defamatory false written statement) | :: hanopis {m} |
| libel {n} (act or crime) | :: pomluva {f} |
| libel {v} (to defame someone) | :: pomluvit |
| liberal arts {n} (the trivium and the quadrivium) | :: svobodná umění {n-p} |
| liberalism {n} (political movement) | :: liberalizmus {m} |
| liberalism {n} (economic theory) | :: liberalizmus {m} |
| liberate {v} (to free) | :: osvobozovat {impf}, osvobodit {pf} |
| liberated {adj} (free from traditional ideas) | :: osvobozený, svobodný |
| liberation {n} (act of liberating or the state of being liberated) | :: osvobození {n} |
| liberator {n} (person who frees or liberates) | :: osvoboditel {m} |
| Liberec {prop} (city in the Czech Republic) | :: Liberec {m} |
| Liberia {prop} (country in Western Africa) | :: Libérie {f} |
| Liberian {n} (A person from Liberia) | :: Liberijec {m} |
| Liberian {adj} (pertaining to Liberia) | :: liberijský |
| libertarianism {n} (political philosophy) | :: libertarianismus {m} |
| liberty {n} (condition of being free) | :: svoboda {f} |
| libidinous {adj} (having lustful desires) | :: libidózní |
| librarian {n} (the manager of a library) | :: knihovník {m}, knihovnice {f} |
| librarian {n} (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library) | :: knihovník {m}, knihovnice {f} |
| librarian {n} (a person who processes and organizes information) | :: knihovník {m}, knihovnice {f} |
| librarianship {n} (the act of operating of a library; service as a librarian) | :: knihovnictví {n} |
| library {n} (institution which holds books etc.) | :: knihovna {f} |
| library {n} (collection of books) | :: knihovna {f} |
| library {n} (collection of records) | :: fonotéka {f} |
| library {n} (collection of subprograms) | :: knihovna {f} |
| library and information science {n} (library science) | :: knihovnictví a informační věda {f} |
| library science {n} (interdisciplinary science) | :: knihovnictví {n} |
| libre {adj} ((software): with very few limitations on distribution or improvement) | :: svobodný |
| librettist {n} (person who writes a libretto) | :: libretista {m} |
| libretto {n} (text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera) | :: libreto {n} |
| libretto {n} (book containing such a text) | :: libreto {n} |
| Libya {prop} (country in Northern Africa) | :: Libye {f} |
| Libyan {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language) | :: libyjský |
| Libyan {n} (person) | :: Libyjec {m} |
| licence {n} (license) SEE: license | :: |
| licence {v} (license) SEE: license | :: |
| license {n} (legal document giving official permission to do something) | :: licence {f} |
| license {n} (legal terms of product usage) | :: licence {f} |
| license plate {n} (an identifying plate attached to a vehicle) | :: státní poznávací značka {f} |
| lich {n} (undead being) | :: lich {m}, kostěj {m} |
| lichen {n} (something which spreads across something else, causing damage) SEE: cancer | :: |
| lichen {n} (symbiotic association of algae and fungi) | :: lišejník {m} |
| lick {n} (the act of licking) | :: lízání {n} |
| lick {n} (amount obtainable with a single lick) | :: liz {m} |
| lick {n} (place where animals lick minerals from the ground) | :: liz {m} |
| lick {n} (colloquial: a bit) | :: jako když plivne |
| lick {v} (to stroke with the tongue) | :: lízat {impf}, líznout {pf} |
| licorice {n} (plant) | :: lékořice {f} |
| lid {n} (top or cover) | :: víko {n} |
| lido {n} (outdoor swimming pool) | :: koupaliště {n} |
| lie {v} (be in horizontal position) | :: ležet |
| lie {v} (be situated) | :: ležet |
| lie {v} (tell an intentional untruth) | :: lhát |
| lie {n} (intentionally false statement) | :: lež {f} |
| Liechtenstein {prop} (Principality of Liechtenstein) | :: Lichtenštejnsko {n} |
| lie down {v} (assume a reclining position) | :: lehnout si |
| lien {n} (right to take and hold debtor’s property) | :: zadržovací právo {n}, retenční právo {n} |
| lie through one's teeth {v} (To tell a gross or egregious untruth) | :: lhát, jako když tiskne |
| lieu {n} (in lieu, in lieu of) SEE: in lieu | :: |
| lieutenant {n} (lowest commissioned officer rank) | :: poručík {m} |
| lieutenant colonel {n} (military rank) | :: podplukovník {m} |
| lieutenant commander {n} (naval officer) | :: korvetní kapitán {m} |
| life {n} (the state of being alive) | :: život {m}, žití {n} |
| life {n} (the essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being) | :: život {m} |
| life {n} (the subjective and inner manifestation of the individual) | :: život {m} |
| life {n} (the world in general, existence) | :: život {m} |
| life {n} (a worthwhile existence) | :: život {m} |
| life {n} (something inherently part of a person's existence) | :: život {m} |
| life {n} (life sentence) | :: doživotí {n} |
| life {n} (duration) | :: životnost {f} |
| life-affirming {adj} (appearing to have an optimistic quality) SEE: optimistic | :: |
| life after death {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| life assurance {n} (insurance policy) SEE: life insurance | :: |
| life belt {n} (buoyant ring) | :: záchranný kruh {m} |
| lifeboat {n} (a boat to save shipwrecked people) | :: záchranný člun {m} |
| lifeguard {n} (attendant) | :: plavčík {m} |
| lifeguard {n} (bodyguard) SEE: bodyguard | :: |
| life insurance {n} (form of insurance) | :: životní pojištění {n} |
| life jacket {n} (An article of protective clothing) | :: plovací vesta {f} |
| lifelong {adj} (extending for the entire duration of life) | :: celoživotní |
| life sentence {n} (sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life) | :: doživotí {n} |
| life style {n} (lifestyle) SEE: lifestyle | :: |
| life-style {n} (lifestyle) SEE: lifestyle | :: |
| lifestyle {n} (style of living) | :: životní styl {m}, způsob života {m} |
| lifetime {n} (duration of the life of someone or something) | :: doba života {f}, životnost |
| lift {v} (to raise or rise) | :: zvednout, zdvihnout, zvedat {impf}, zdvihat {impf} |
| lift {v} (to steal) | :: krást {impf}, ukrást {pf} |
| lift {v} (to remove a ban, restriction) | :: uvolnit {pf} |
| lift {v} (to lift weights, see also: weight-lift) | :: vzpírat {impf}, vzepřít {pf} |
| lift {v} (to elevate or improve in rank) | :: povýšit {pf}, povyšovat {impf} |
| lift {v} (to bear, support) | :: podpírat {impf}, podepřít {pf} |
| lift {v} (to collect, as moneys due) | :: vybrat {pf}, zinkasovat {pf} |
| lift {n} (act of lifting or raising) | :: zdvihání {n}, zdvihání {n} |
| lift {n} (the act of transporting someone in a vehicle) | :: svezení {n} |
| lift {n} (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people) | :: výtah {m} |
| lift {n} (upward force) | :: vztlak {m} |
| lift {n} (thief) SEE: thief | :: |
| lifter {n} (spatula) SEE: spatula | :: |
| lifter {n} (weightlifter) SEE: weightlifter | :: |
| lifting {n} (weightlifting) SEE: weightlifting | :: |
| ligament {n} (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position) | :: vaz {m} |
| ligature {n} (typography: character that combines multiple letters) | :: slitek {m}, ligatura {f} |
| Liège {prop} (province in Belgium) | :: Lutych {m} |
| light {v} (to start (a fire)) | :: zapálit |
| light {v} (to illuminate) | :: osvětlit, osvítit |
| light {adj} (having light) | :: světlý |
| light {adj} (pale in colour) | :: světlý {m} |
| light {adj} (of low weight) | :: lehký |
| light {adj} (low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.) | :: dietní |
| light {n} (electromagnetic waves) | :: světlo {n} |
| light {n} (source of illumination) | :: světlo {n} |
| light as a feather {adj} (extremely light, having minimal weight) | :: lehký jako pírko, lehký jako peříčko |
| lightboat {n} (lightship) SEE: lightship | :: |
| light bulb {n} (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament that produces light) | :: žárovka {f} |
| lighter {n} (fire making device) | :: zapalovač {m} |
| light globe {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| lighthouse {n} (building containing a light to warn or guide ships) | :: maják {m} |
| lightly {adv} (in a light manner) | :: lehce |
| light-minded {adj} (not given to heavy thoughts or thinking) | :: lehkomyslný |
| lightning {n} (flash of light) | :: blesk {m} |
| lightning bug {n} (firefly) SEE: firefly | :: |
| lightning conductor {n} (metallic conductor) SEE: lightning rod | :: |
| lightning rod {n} (metallic conductor that protects from lightning) | :: hromosvod {m}, bleskosvod {m} |
| lightning rod {n} (metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target) | :: hromosvod {m} |
| lightsaber {n} (a fictional type of sword) | :: světelný meč {m} |
| lights, camera, action {phrase} (traditional cue at a beginning of a take) | :: kamera, klapka, jedeme! |
| lightship {n} (lightship) | :: majáková loď {f} |
| lights-out {n} (the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime) | :: večerka {f} |
| lights-out {n} (the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital) | :: večerka {f} |
| light spectrum {n} (range of colors) SEE: spectrum | :: |
| light therapy {n} (phototherapy) SEE: phototherapy | :: |
| lightvessel {n} (lightship) SEE: lightship | :: |
| light year {n} (astronomical distance) | :: světelný rok {m} |
| lignin {n} (aromatic polymer) | :: lignin {m} |
| lignite {n} (coal) | :: hnědé uhlí {n}, lignit {m} |
| Liguria {prop} (region) | :: Ligurie {f} |
| Ligurian {adj} (Of or pertaining to Liguria) | :: ligurský |
| like {v} (enjoy) | :: mít rád, líbit se [with subject and object reversed] |
| like {v} (find attractive) | :: mít rád, líbit se [with subject and object reversed] |
| like {prep} (similar to) | :: jako, jak |
| like {prep} (such as) | :: jako |
| like a bull in a china shop {adj} (clumsy, aggressive) | :: jako slon v porcelánu |
| likely {adv} (similarly) SEE: similarly | :: |
| likely {adv} (probably) SEE: probably | :: |
| likeness {n} (similarity) SEE: similarity | :: |
| like water off a duck's back {prep} (without effects; in a manner having no effect) | :: jedním uchem tam, druhým ven |
| likewise {adv} (also; moreover; too) SEE: too | :: |
| likewise {adv} (in like manner) | :: podobně |
| lilac {n} (shrub) | :: šeřík {m} |
| lilac {n} (flower) | :: šeřík {m} |
| Lilian {prop} (female given name) | :: Liliana {f} |
| Liliana {prop} (female given name) SEE: Lilian | :: |
| Lille {prop} (city in France) | :: Lille {n} |
| Lillian {prop} (female given name) SEE: Lilian | :: |
| lily {n} (flower in the genus Lilium) | :: lilie {f} |
| lily of the valley {n} (Convallaria majalis) | :: konvalinka vonná |
| limb {n} (major appendage of human or animal) | :: končetina {f} |
| limb {n} (branch of a tree) | :: větev {f} |
| limber {adj} (flexible) SEE: flexible | :: |
| limbic system {n} (Part of the human brain) | :: limbický systém {m} |
| limbo {n} (place for innocent souls) | :: předpeklí {n} |
| Limburgian {prop} (Limburgish) SEE: Limburgish | :: |
| Limburgic {prop} (Limburgish) SEE: Limburgish | :: |
| Limburgish {prop} (the Germanic language) | :: limburština {f} |
| lime {n} (linden tree) SEE: linden | :: |
| lime {n} | :: vápno {n} |
| lime {v} (to treat with lime) | :: vápnit |
| lime {n} (green citrus fruit) | :: limetka {f}, limeta {f} |
| limekiln {n} (a furnace used to produce lime from limestone) | :: vápenka {f} |
| limelight {n} (type of stage lighting) | :: reflektor {m} |
| limestone {n} (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) | :: vápenec {m} |
| limit {n} (boundary) | :: mez {f}, limit {m} |
| limit {n} (mathematics: value to which a sequence converges) | :: limita {f} |
| limit {v} (restrict) | :: omezit |
| limit cycle {n} (closed trajectory in phase space) | :: limitní cyklus {m} |
| limited {adj} (with certain limits placed upon it) | :: omezený {m} |
| limited liability company {n} (type of company) | :: společnost s ručením omezeným {f} |
| limnology {n} (science of lakes) | :: limnologie {f} |
| limo {n} (limousine) SEE: limousine | :: |
| limousine {n} (luxury sedan/saloon car) | :: limuzína {f} |
| limp {v} (to walk lamely) | :: kulhat |
| limpet {n} (a small mollusc) | :: přílipka {f} |
| limpid {adj} (clear) | :: čirý |
| linchpin {n} (securing pin) | :: zákolník |
| linden {n} (tree) | :: lípa {f} |
| line {n} (path through two or more points, threadlike mark) | :: čára {f}, lajna {f} |
| line {n} (geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure) | :: přímka {f} |
| line {n} (geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure) | :: úsečka {f} |
| line {n} (telephone or network connection) | :: vedení {n} |
| line {n} (single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.) | :: řádek {m} |
| lineage {n} (descent) | :: rod {m} |
| linear {adj} (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial) | :: lineární {m} |
| linear algebra {n} (branch of mathematics) | :: lineární algebra |
| linear logic {n} | :: lineární logika |
| linearly dependent {adj} (algebra) | :: lineárně závislý |
| linear programming {n} (branch of mathematics) | :: lineární programování {n} |
| linear space {n} (vector space) SEE: vector space | :: |
| linear system {n} (mathematical model of a system) | :: lineární systém {m} |
| linen {n} (thread or cloth made from flax fiber) | :: plátno {n} |
| lineout {n} (set piece in rugby) | :: vhazování {n} |
| lineout {n} (lineup of rugby players) | :: autové seřazení {n} |
| line segment {n} (part of a line) | :: úsečka {f} |
| ling {n} (Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva) | :: mník {m} |
| ling {n} (Any of various varieties of heather or broom) | :: vřes {m} |
| linger {v} (to stay or remain in a place or situation) | :: zdržovat se {impf}, prodlévat {impf} |
| linger {v} (to remain alive or existent) | :: přežívat {impf} |
| linger {v} (to consider or contemplate) | :: promýšlet si {impf}, uvažovat {impf} |
| lingerie {n} (women's underwear or nightclothes) | :: prádélko {n} |
| lingual {adj} (related to language) SEE: linguistic | :: |
| linguist {n} (one who studies linguistics) | :: jazykovědec {m}, jazykovědkyně {f}, lingvista {m}, lingvistka {f} |
| linguistic {adj} (of or relating to language) | :: jazykový, lingvistický |
| linguistic {adj} (of or relating to linguistics) | :: lingvistický |
| linguistics {n} (scientific study of language) | :: jazykověda {f}, jazykozpyt {m}, lingvistika {f} |
| lining {n} (covering for the inside of something) | :: podšívka {f}, výstelka {f} |
| link {n} (connection) | :: spojení {n}, propojení {n} |
| link {n} (element of a chain) | :: článek {m} |
| link {n} (computing: short for hyperlink, see also: hyperlink) | :: odkaz {m} |
| link {v} (to contain a hyperlink to another page) | :: odkazovat |
| linkage {n} (connection or relation between things or ideas) SEE: link | :: |
| linker {n} (computer program that assembles objects) | :: sestavovací program {m} |
| linker {n} (short oligonucleotide) | :: linker {m} |
| linnet {n} (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa) | :: konopka {f} |
| linoleic acid {n} (fatty acid) | :: kyselina linolová {f} |
| linseed {n} (seed of the flax plant) | :: lněné semeno {n} |
| linseed oil {n} (oil extracted from flax seeds) | :: lněný olej {m} |
| lintel {n} (horizontal structural beam) | :: překlad {m} |
| Linz {prop} (city) | :: Linec {m} |
| lion {n} (big cat Panthera leo) | :: lev {m} |
| lion {n} (heraldic charge) | :: lev {m} |
| lion cub {n} (young lion) | :: lvíče {n} |
| lioness {n} (female lion) | :: lvice {f} |
| lionet {n} (lion cub) SEE: lion cub | :: |
| Lionheart {prop} (nickname of Richard I of England) | :: Lví Srdce |
| lion's share {n} (the majority; a large or generous portion) | :: lví podíl {m} |
| lip {n} (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth) | :: ret {m} |
| lip {n} (rim of an open container) | :: okraj {m} |
| lipase {n} (group of enzymes) | :: lipáza {f} |
| lip balm {n} (substance topically applied to the lips of the mouth) | :: balzám na rty |
| Lipetsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Lipeck {m} |
| lipid {n} (organic compound) | :: lipid {m} |
| lipidosis {n} (disorder) | :: lipidóza {f} |
| liplessness {n} (medical condition) | :: acheilie |
| lipoma {n} (benign tumor) | :: lipom {m} |
| liposuction {n} (cosmetic surgery procedure in which bodily fat is removed by suction) | :: liposukce {f} |
| lipread {v} (determine what a person is saying by watching how their lips move) | :: odezírat [ze rtů] |
| lipstick {n} (make-up for the lips) | :: rtěnka {f} |
| lipstick {n} (stick of this make-up) | :: rtěnka {f} |
| lip sync {n} (synchronization of music with lips) | :: playback {m} |
| liquefaction {n} (Process of being made liquid) | :: zkapalnění {n} |
| liquefy {v} (make into a liquid) | :: zkapalnit |
| liquescent {adj} (liquescent) SEE: melting | :: |
| liqueur {n} (a flavored alcoholic beverage) | :: likér {m} |
| liquid {n} (substance that is liquid) | :: kapalina {f}, tekutina {f} |
| liquid {adj} (fluid; not solid and not gaseous) | :: tekutý, kapalný |
| liquid {adj} ((of an asset) easily sold or disposed of) | :: likvidní |
| liquidatable {adj} (capable of being liquidated) | :: likvidní |
| liquidate {v} (to kill someone) | :: vylikvidovat |
| liquid crystal {n} (phase of matter) | :: tekutý krystal {m} |
| liquidity {n} (state of being liquid) | :: tekutost {f} |
| liquidity {n} (property of being able to be easily converted into cash) | :: likvidita {f} |
| liquidity {n} (finance: availability of cash over short term) | :: likvidita {f} |
| liquorice {n} (plant) SEE: licorice | :: |
| liquorice {n} (confection) SEE: licorice | :: |
| lira {n} (basic unit of currency in Turkey) | :: lira {f} |
| lira {n} (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) | :: lira {f} |
| Lisbon {prop} (capital of Portugal) | :: Lisabon {m} |
| Lisboner {adj} (from Lisbon) | :: lisabonský {m} |
| Lisbonite {n} (Lisboner) SEE: Lisboner | :: |
| lisp {n} (The habit or an act of lisping.) | :: šišlání {n}, šišlavost {f} |
| lisp {v} (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly) | :: šlapat si na jazyk |
| list {n} (enumeration or compilation of items) | :: seznam {m} |
| list {n} (computing: codified representation of a list) | :: seznam {m} |
| listen {v} (to pay attention to a sound) | :: poslouchat {impf}, poslechnout {pf} |
| listen {v} (to expect or wait for a sound) | :: naslouchat |
| listen {v} (to accept advice or obey instruction) | :: poslouchat |
| listen {v} (to hear (something)) | :: slyšet |
| listener {n} (someone who listens) | :: posluchač {m} |
| listen in {v} (to listen secretly) | :: odposlouchávat |
| lit {adj} (Lighted) | :: osvětlený |
| litchi {n} (lychee) SEE: lychee | :: |
| -lite {suffix} (forms names of rocks or minerals) | :: -lit |
| liter {n} (cubic decimeter) SEE: litre | :: |
| literacy {n} (ability to read and write) | :: gramotnost {f} |
| literacy {n} (understanding of something) | :: gramotnost {f} |
| literal {adj} (exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation) | :: doslovný |
| literal {adj} (following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties) | :: doslovný |
| literal {n} (programming: value written in the source code) | :: literál {m} |
| literally {adv} (not metaphorically) | :: doslova |
| literary {adj} (relating to literature) | :: literární |
| literary agent {n} (person who represents writers) | :: literární agent {m} |
| literary criticism {n} (study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation) | :: literární kritika {f} |
| literary theory {n} | :: literární teorie {f} |
| literate {adj} (able to read, having literacy) | :: gramotný |
| literature {n} (body of all written works) | :: literatura {f} |
| lithic {adj} (stone) | :: kamenný |
| lithium {n} (chemical element) | :: lithium {m} |
| lithium hydride {n} (chemical compound, LiH) | :: hydrid lithný |
| lithographic {adj} (related to lithography) | :: litografický |
| lithographical {adj} (lithographic) SEE: lithographic | :: |
| lithography {n} (printing method) | :: litografie {f}, kamenotisk {m} |
| lithology {n} (the study of rocks) | :: litologie {f} |
| lithosphere {n} (The outer layer of the Earth) | :: litosféra {f} |
| Lithuania {prop} (country) | :: Litva {f} |
| Lithuanian {adj} (referring to Lithuania) | :: litevský |
| Lithuanian {n} (language) | :: litevština {f} |
| Lithuanian {n} (person from Lithuania) | :: Litevec {m}, Litevka {f} |
| Lithuanian SSR {prop} (Soviet republic) | :: Litevská SSR {f} |
| litmus {n} (dyestuff from lichen) | :: lakmus {m} |
| litmus paper {n} | :: lakmusový papírek {m} |
| litre {n} (unit of fluid measure) | :: litr {m} |
| litter {n} (platform designed to carry a person or a load) | :: nosítka {n-p} |
| litter {n} (layer of dead leaves and other organic matter) | :: mrť {f} |
| little {adj} (small in size) | :: malý |
| little {adj} (very young) | :: malý |
| little {adj} ((of a sibling) younger) | :: malý, mladý |
| little {adv} (not much) | :: málo |
| little {determiner} (small amount) | :: málo |
| little black dress {n} (woman's short black dress) | :: malé černé {n} |
| little finger {n} (outermost and smallest finger of the hand) | :: malík {m}, malíček {m} |
| little girl {n} (a female child) | :: holčička {f} |
| little owl {n} (species of owl) | :: sýček {m} |
| Little Red Riding Hood {prop} (a folktale) | :: Červená karkulka {f} |
| Little Red Riding Hood {prop} (the main character in this story) | :: Červená karkulka {f} |
| little stint {n} (Calidris minuta) | :: jespák malý {m} |
| little toe {n} (smallest toe of the foot) | :: malíček {m} |
| liturgic {adj} (liturgical) SEE: liturgical | :: |
| liturgical {adj} (Pertaining to liturgy) | :: liturgický |
| liturgy {n} (a predetermined or prescribed set of rituals) | :: liturgie {f} |
| live {v} (be alive) | :: žít {impf} |
| live {v} (have permanent residence) | :: žít {impf}, bydlet {impf} |
| live {v} (survive, persevere, continue) | :: žít |
| live {adj} (having life) | :: živý |
| live {adv} (as it happens) | :: živě, v přímém přenose |
| live by the sword, die by the sword {proverb} (one who uses violence can expect a violent response) | :: kdo s čím zachází, s tím také schází |
| livelihood {n} (means of supporting oneself) | :: obživa {f}, živobytí {n} |
| live paycheck to paycheck {v} (to spend all that one earns without saving anything) | :: žít z ruky do huby, žít z ruky do úst |
| liver {n} (organ of the body) | :: játra {n-p} |
| liver {n} (organ as food) | :: játra {n} |
| Liverpool {prop} (Liverpool, England) | :: Liverpool {m} |
| Liverpool {prop} (NY, Canada or Australia) | :: Liverpool {m} |
| liverwurst {n} (liver sausage) | :: jitrnice {f} |
| livery {n} (distinctive uniform worn by a group) | :: livrej {f} |
| livestock {n} (farm animals) | :: dobytek {m} |
| live up {v} (to fulfil the expectations placed upon) | :: splnit, naplnit, dostát, odpovídat |
| living fossil {n} (species believed extinct but later found living) | :: živoucí fosílie {f} |
| living room {n} (room in a private house) | :: obývací pokoj {m}, obývák {m} [colloquial] |
| living standard {n} (standard of living) SEE: standard of living | :: |
| Livonia {prop} (historical region) | :: Livonsko {n} |
| Livonian {prop} (language) | :: livonština {f} |
| Livonian {n} (person) | :: Livonec {m} |
| Livonian {adj} (pertaining to Livonia or Livonians) | :: livonský {m} |
| Livorno {prop} (city in Italy) | :: Livorno {n} |
| lizard {n} (reptile) | :: ještěrka {f}, ještěr {m} |
| lizard {n} (coward) SEE: coward | :: |
| Ljubljana {prop} (Capital city of Slovenia) | :: Lublaň {f} |
| llama {n} (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) | :: lama {f} |
| LLC {n} (Limited Liability Company) | :: s r.o. |
| lo {interj} (look, see, behold) | :: hle, ejhle, ajta |
| loach {n} (fish of the family Cobitidae) | :: mřenka {f} |
| load {v} (to put a load on or in) | :: naložit |
| loader {n} (person or device that loads) | :: nakladač {m} |
| loader {n} (program that prepares other programs for execution) | :: zavaděč {m} |
| loaf {n} (block of bread) | :: bochník {m}, pecen {m} |
| loaf {v} (do nothing) | :: zahálet |
| loan {n} (borrowed sum of money or other property) | :: půjčka {f} |
| loan {v} (to lend) | :: půjčit |
| loan translation {n} (calque) SEE: calque | :: |
| loanword {n} (word taken from another language) | :: přejaté slovo {n} |
| loath {adj} (angry, hostile) SEE: angry | :: |
| loathe {v} (to detest, hate, revile) | :: ošklivit si, hnusit si |
| lob {n} (lump) SEE: lump | :: |
| lobbyist {n} (A person paid to influence politicians) | :: lobbista {m} |
| lobe {n} (division of the brain) | :: lalok {m} |
| lobotomy {n} (surgical operation) | :: lobotomie {f} |
| lobster {n} (crustacean) | :: humr {m} |
| lobule {n} (small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe) | :: lalůček {m} |
| local {adj} (of a nearby location) | :: místní |
| local {adj} (computing: having limited scope) | :: lokální |
| locality {n} (neighbourhood) | :: lokalita {f} |
| locally {adv} (with respect to place) | :: lokálně |
| location {n} (place) | :: poloha {f}, umístění, místo |
| locative {n} (locative case) SEE: locative case | :: |
| locative case {n} (case used to indicate place, or the place where) | :: šestý pád {m}, lokál {m}, lokativ {m} |
| lochia {n} (post-partum vaginal discharge) | :: lochie {f-p}, očistky {m-p} |
| Loch Ness monster {prop} (hypothetical creature) | :: lochnesská příšera {f} |
| lock {n} (something used for fastening) | :: zámek {m} |
| lock {n} (segment of a canal) | :: zdymadlo {n}, plavební komora {f} |
| lock {n} (firing mechanism of a gun) | :: zámek {m} |
| lock {n} (a player in the second row of the scrum in Rugby) | :: druhořadník, hráč druhé řady |
| lock {v} (to fasten with a lock) | :: zamknout |
| lock {n} (length of hair) | :: lokna {f}, kadeř {f} |
| Lockean {adj} (of or pertaining to John Locke) | :: lockovský |
| locker room {n} (locker room) SEE: changing room | :: |
| lockjaw {n} (disease) | :: tetanus {m} |
| locksmith {n} (one who practices locksmithing) | :: zámečník |
| lockup {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| locomotive {n} (self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails) | :: lokomotiva {f} |
| locus {n} (place or locality) | :: místo {n} |
| locust {n} (type of grasshopper) | :: saranče {n} |
| lode {n} (vein of metallic ore) | :: rudná žíla {f} |
| Lode Star {prop} (Polaris) SEE: Polaris | :: |
| lodge {n} (inn) SEE: inn | :: |
| lodge {n} (local chapter of freemasons) | :: lóže {f} |
| lodging {n} (place to live or lodge) | :: ubytování {n}, nocleh {m} [lodging for the night] |
| Lodz {prop} (city in Poland) | :: Lodž {f} |
| loess {n} (sediment of eolian origin) | :: spraš {m} |
| loft {n} (an attic or similar space) | :: půda {f} |
| loftiness {n} (arrogance) SEE: arrogance | :: |
| log {n} (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) | :: kmen {m}, kláda {f} |
| log {n} (bulky piece of timber) | :: poleno {n} |
| logarithm {n} (The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number) | :: logaritmus {m} |
| loge {n} (upscale seating region in theatres or similar) | :: lože {f} |
| loge {n} (stall) SEE: stall | :: |
| logic {n} (method of human thought) | :: logika {f} |
| logic {n} (mathematical study) | :: logika {f} |
| logic {n} (any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness) | :: logika {f} |
| logical {adj} (in agreement with the principles of logic) | :: logický |
| logical {adj} (reasonable) | :: logický |
| logical {adj} (of or pertaining to logic) | :: logický |
| logical fallacy {n} (clearly defined error in reasoning) | :: logický klam {m} |
| logically {adv} (in a logical manner) | :: logicky |
| logician {n} (person who studies or teaches logic) | :: logik {m} |
| log in {v} (gain access to a computer system) | :: přihlásit se |
| logion {n} (a saying that is attributed to Jesus but which is not in the Bible) | :: logion |
| -logist {suffix} (person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy) | :: -log {m}, -ložka {f} |
| logistical {adj} (relating to logistics) | :: logistický |
| logistic curve {n} (S-shaped curve that models the growth of many ecosystems) | :: logistická křivka {f} |
| logistics {n} (planning and implementing the flow of goods and services) | :: logistika {f} |
| logo {n} (visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an entity) | :: logo {n} |
| log off {v} (log out) SEE: log out | :: |
| log on {v} (log in) SEE: log in | :: |
| logopedics {n} (study and correction of speech defects) | :: logopedie {f} |
| logopedist {n} (logopedist) | :: logoped {m} |
| logotype {n} (single type two letters, a ligature) | :: slitek {m}, ligatura {f} |
| log out {v} (to exit an account in a computing system) | :: odhlásit se |
| logwood {n} (Haematoxylum campechianum) | :: kreveň obecná {f}, kampeškový strom {m} |
| -logy {suffix} (branch of learning) | :: -logie {f} |
| Loire {prop} (river) | :: Loira {f} |
| loiter {v} (to stand about without any aim or purpose) | :: lelkovat, okounět {impf} |
| lokun {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor | :: |
| lol {interj} (Used to express laughter) SEE: LOL | :: |
| LOL {interj} (denotes light-heartedness or unseriousness) | :: lol |
| lolita {n} (sexually alluring girl) | :: lolita {f} |
| lollapalooza {n} (outstanding; extreme; outrageous example of its kind) | :: úlet {m}, cufíl |
| lollipop {n} (confectionery on a stick) | :: lízátko {n} |
| lolly {n} (money) SEE: money | :: |
| lolly {n} (lollipop) SEE: lollipop | :: |
| lollygag {v} (dawdle; to avoid work) | :: lelkovat, chytat lelky |
| Lombard {n} (native of Lombardy) | :: Lombarďan {m} |
| Lombard {n} (banker or moneylender) SEE: banker | :: |
| Lombard rate {n} (interest rate) | :: lombardní sazba {f} |
| Lombardy {prop} (region in northern Italy) | :: Lombardie {f}, Lombardsko {n} |
| London {prop} (in the United Kingdom) | :: Londýn {m} |
| London {prop} (of, from or pertaining to London in the UK) | :: londýnský |
| Londoner {n} (person from or inhabitant of London) | :: Londýňan {m}, Londýňanka {f} |
| Londonian {n} (Londoner) SEE: Londoner | :: |
| London Underground {prop} (the London underground) | :: metro v Londýně {n} |
| loneliness {n} (condition of being lonely) | :: osamělost {f} |
| lonely {adj} (of person: unhappy by feeling isolated) | :: osamělý {m} |
| lonely {adj} (of place: desolate) | :: osamělý {m} |
| lonely {adj} (solitary) SEE: solitary | :: |
| loner {n} (one who lacks or avoids company) | :: samotář {m} |
| long {adj} (having much distance from one point to another) | :: dlouhý {m} |
| long {adj} (having great duration) | :: dlouhý |
| long {adv} (over a great distance) | :: daleko |
| long {adv} (particular duration) | :: dlouho |
| long {adv} (long duration) | :: dlouho |
| long {v} (to wait, to aspire) | :: toužit, dychtit, přát si |
| long {adj} (not short) SEE: tall | :: |
| long ago {adv} (at a time in the distant past) | :: dávno |
| long as one's arm {adj} (very long) | :: dlouhý jako Lovosice |
| long-billed dowitcher {n} (Limnodromus scolopaceus) | :: slukovec dlouhozobý {m} |
| long-eared owl {n} (Asio otus) | :: kalous |
| longevity {n} (the quality of being long-lasting, especially of life) | :: dlouhověkost {f} |
| longhouse {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse | :: |
| longhouse {n} (communal dwelling) | :: dlouhý dům {m} |
| longing {n} (melancholic desire) | :: touha {f}, tesknění {n} |
| longitude {n} (angular distance) | :: délka {f} |
| longitudinal {adj} (running in the direction of the long axis of a body) | :: podélný |
| long jumper {n} (athlete) | :: dálkař {m} |
| long-legged {adj} (having long legs) | :: dlouhonohý, nohatý |
| long live {v} (prosper) | :: ať žije |
| long-lived {adj} (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time) | :: dlouhověký {m} |
| long pepper {n} (Piper longum, or its fruit) | :: pepř dlouhý {m} |
| long since {adv} (long ago) SEE: long ago | :: |
| long-tailed jaeger {n} (Stercorarius longicaudus) | :: chaluha malá {f} |
| long-tailed shrike {n} (Lanius schach) | :: ťuhýk královský {m} |
| long-tailed tit {n} (bird) | :: mlynařík dlouhoocasý {m} |
| long-term {adj} (extending over a relatively long time period) | :: dlouhodobý |
| long time no see {interj} (idiomatic: I (or we) have not seen you for a long time) | :: dlouho jsme se neviděli |
| long-toed stint {n} (Calidris subminuta) | :: jespák dlouhoprstý {m} |
| long-winded {adj} (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose) | :: rozvláčný |
| Longyearbyen {prop} (settlement) | :: Longyearbyen |
| loo {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| loofah {n} (tropical vine) | :: lufa {f} |
| look {v} (to try to see) | :: dívat se {impf}, podívat se {pf} |
| look {v} (to appear, to seem) | :: vypadat {impf} |
| look {v} (give an appearance of being) | :: dívat se |
| look {n} (action of looking) | :: pohled |
| look {n} (physical appearance) | :: vzhled {m} |
| look {n} (facial expression) | :: pohled {m} |
| look after {v} (to watch, to protect) | :: pohlídat |
| lookalike {n} (person physically resembling another person) | :: dvojník {m} |
| look at {v} | :: koukat |
| look before you leap {proverb} (think before taking action) | :: dvakrát měř, jednou řež |
| look down on {v} (to regard or treat as inferior) | :: dívat se spatra {impf}, povyšovat se |
| looker {n} (slang: good-looking one) | :: fešák {m} |
| look for {v} (search; seek) | :: hledat {impf} |
| look forward to {v} (anticipate, expect, or wait for) | :: těšit se |
| looking-glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror | :: |
| look into {v} (to investigate, explore, or consider) | :: prozkoumat, zvážit |
| look on {v} (to watch; to observe) | :: přihlížet {impf} [plus dative] |
| lookout {n} (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area) | :: pozorovatelna {f}, vyhlídka {f}, rozhledna {f} |
| lookout {n} (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.) | :: hlídka {f}, pozorovatel {m} |
| look up {v} (to obtain information about something from a text source) | :: vyhledat |
| look up to {v} (To show respect for) | :: vzhlížet k(e) |
| loom {n} (weaving frame) | :: [frame] tkalcovský stav {m}, [machine] tkací stroj {m} |
| loom {n} (bird of order Gaviiformes) SEE: loon | :: |
| loon {n} (bird of order Gaviiformes) | :: potáplice {f} |
| loony {adj} (very silly) SEE: silly | :: |
| loop {n} (length of thread, line or rope) | :: smyčka {f} |
| loop {n} (programmed sequence of instructions) | :: cyklus {m} |
| loophole {n} (method of escape) | :: mezera {f} |
| loose {adj} (not fixed tightly) | :: volný {m} |
| loose {adj} (not fitting tightly) | :: volný {m} |
| loose {adj} (not compact) | :: sypký {m} |
| loose {adj} (relaxed) | :: uvolněný {m} |
| loose cannon {n} (unpredictable person) | :: neřízená střela {f} |
| loosehead {n} (rugby player) | :: levý pilíř {m} |
| loosely {adv} (not tightly) | :: volně |
| loosen {v} (to make less tight) | :: uvolnit {pf} |
| lop {v} (cut off) | :: osekat {pf} |
| lope {v} (to travel an easy pace with long strides) | :: klusat |
| lopsided {adj} (not balanced) | :: nesouměrný {m}, nevyvážený {m} |
| lopsided {adj} (biased) | :: předpojatý {m}, zaujatý {m}, neobjektivní |
| loquacious {adj} (talkative, chatty) | :: povídavý |
| loratadine {n} (antihistamine drug used to treat allergies) | :: loratadin {m} |
| lord {n} (ruler, one having mastery over others) | :: pán {m} |
| lord {n} (aristocrat) | :: pán {m}, aristokrat {m} |
| Lord {prop} (God) | :: Pán {m} |
| lordosis {n} (excessive backwards curvature of the spine) | :: hyperlordóza {f} |
| Lord's Prayer {prop} (the prayer taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples) | :: otčenáš {m} |
| lorikeet {n} (any of various parrots) | :: lori |
| Lorraine {prop} (region west of Alsace) | :: Lotrinsko {n} |
| Lorrainer {n} (native or inhabitant of Lorraine) | :: Lotriňan {m} |
| lorry {n} (motor vehicle) SEE: truck | :: |
| lory {n} (small parrot) | :: lori |
| Los Angeles {prop} (largest city in California) | :: Los Angeles |
| lose {v} (cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability) | :: ztrácet {impf}, ztratit {pf} |
| lose {v} ((transitive) fail to win) | :: ztratit |
| lose {v} (shed (weight)) | :: ztratit, shodit, zhubnout |
| lose {v} (fail to be the winner) | :: prohrát |
| lose face {v} (lose respect of others) | :: ztratit tvář |
| lose one's way {v} (get lost) SEE: get lost | :: |
| lose weight {v} (to become less heavy or obese) | :: zhubnout |
| loss {n} (defeat, see also: defeat) | :: prohra {f} |
| loss {n} (financial: the sum lost on balance) | :: ztráta {f} |
| loss {n} | :: ztráta {f} |
| lossless {adj} (not losing information) | :: bezeztrátový |
| lossmaking {adj} (unprofitable) | :: ztrátový |
| lost generation {prop} | :: ztracená generace {f} |
| lot {n} (large quantity or number) SEE: a lot | :: |
| Lothario {n} (seducer) | :: lamač dívčích srdcí, svůdník {m} |
| lots {n} (lots) SEE: a lot | :: |
| lottery {n} (scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance) | :: loterie {f} |
| lottery ticket {n} (slip of paper drawn in a lottery) | :: los {m} |
| lotus {n} (Nymphaea) SEE: water lily | :: |
| lotus {n} (plant of the genus Nelumbo) | :: lotos {m} |
| loud {adj} (of a sound) | :: hlasitý |
| loud {adj} (noisy) | :: hlasitý, hlučný |
| loud {adj} (of a colour, clothing, etc.) | :: křiklavý |
| loudly {adv} (in a loud manner) | :: hlasitě |
| loudness {n} (perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure) | :: hlasitost {f} |
| loudspeaker {n} (transducer) | :: reproduktor {m} |
| Louis {prop} (male given name) | :: Ludvík {m} |
| Louisiana {prop} (US state) | :: Louisiana {f} |
| lour {v} (to frown; to look sullen) | :: mračit se {impf}, chmuřit se {impf} |
| louse {n} (insect) | :: veš {f} |
| lousewort {n} (plant of the genus Pedicularis) | :: všivec {m} |
| lousy {adj} (Infested with lice) | :: zavšivený |
| Louvain {prop} (Belgian city) | :: Lovaň |
| Louvre {prop} (an art museum in France) | :: Louvre {m} |
| lovable {adj} (inspiring love) | :: líbezný |
| lovage {n} (a Mediterranean herb) | :: libeček {m} |
| love {n} (strong affection) | :: láska {f} |
| love {n} (object of one's romantic feelings; darling or sweetheart) | :: lásko {f} |
| love {n} | :: láska {f} |
| love {v} (have a strong affection for) | :: milovat {impf}, mít rád {impf} |
| love {v} ((euphemistic): to have sex with) | :: milovat se |
| love at first sight {n} (an instantaneous attraction) | :: láska na první pohled {f} |
| lovebird {n} (a parrot of the genus Agapornis) | :: agapornis, papoušík |
| love bite {n} (swelling on the skin) | :: cucflek {m} |
| love letter {n} (letter about the author's love) | :: milostný dopis {m}, líbesbríf {m} |
| love life {n} (individual's amorous life) | :: milostný život {m} |
| lovely {adj} (Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.) | :: líbezný |
| lover {n} (one who loves another person) | :: milenec {m}, milenka {f} |
| lover {n} (sexual partner) | :: milenec {m}, milenka {f} |
| lover {n} (person who loves something) | :: milovník {m}, milovnice {f} |
| love rat {n} (adulterer) SEE: adulterer | :: |
| love triangle {n} (situation in which two people vie for the love of a third) | :: milostný trojúhelník {m} |
| loving {adj} (expressing a large amount of love) | :: milující |
| low {adj} (in a position comparatively close to the ground) | :: nízký |
| low {adj} (small in height) | :: nízký {m} |
| low {n} (flame) SEE: flame | :: |
| low {v} (moo) SEE: moo | :: |
| low-budget {adj} (Achieved with a relatively small financial outlay) | :: nízkorozpočtový {m} |
| lowdown {n} (the whole truth) | :: holá pravda {f} |
| lower {v} (let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail) | :: spustit |
| lower {v} (reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney) | :: snížit |
| lower arm {n} (section of an arm) SEE: forearm | :: |
| Lower Austria {prop} (the northeasternmost state of Austria) | :: Dolní Rakousy |
| lower chamber {n} (lower house) SEE: lower house | :: |
| lower esophageal sphincter {n} (sphincter) | :: dolní jícnový svěrač {m} |
| lower house {n} (part of a parliament) | :: dolní sněmovna {f} |
| lower lip {n} | :: spodní ret {m} |
| Lower Lusatian {prop} (Lower Sorbian) SEE: Lower Sorbian | :: |
| Lower Saxony {prop} (state) | :: Dolní Sasko {n} |
| Lower Sorbian {prop} (a Slavic language spoken in part of Brandenburg) | :: dolnolužická srbština {f}, dolnolužičtina {f} |
| lowest common denominator {n} (smallest multiple of several denominators) | :: nejnižší společný jmenovatel {m} |
| low-grade fever {n} (slight fever) | :: subfebrilie {f} |
| lowland {n} (area which is lower than surroundings) | :: nížina {f} |
| low tide {n} (the tide at its lowest level) | :: odliv {m} |
| loyal {adj} (firm in allegiance to a person or institution) | :: věrný, loajální |
| loyalness {n} (loyalty) SEE: loyalty | :: |
| loyalty {n} (the state of being loyal; fidelity) | :: věrnost {f} |
| Ltd. {n} | :: spol. s r. o. |
| lube {n} (lubricant) SEE: lubricant | :: |
| lube {v} (lubricate) SEE: lubricate | :: |
| lubricant {n} (substance used to reduce friction) | :: mazivo {n} |
| lubricate {v} (to make slippery or smooth) | :: mazat |
| Lucas {prop} (male given name) SEE: Luke | :: |
| Lucerne {prop} (city) | :: Lucern |
| Lucia {prop} (female given name) SEE: Lucy | :: |
| lucid dream {n} (lucid dream) | :: lucidní sen |
| lucidity {n} (property of being lucid) | :: osvícenost {f} |
| Lucifer {prop} (Venus, the morning star) | :: jitřenka {f} |
| luck {n} (something that happens to someone by chance) | :: štěstí {n} |
| luckily {adv} (in a lucky manner) | :: šťastně |
| lucky {adj} (of people, having good fortune) | :: mít štěstí, mít kliku, být klikař |
| lucky {adj} (being good by chance) | :: šťastný |
| lucrative {adj} (producing a surplus; profitable) | :: výnosný {m}, lukrativní |
| lucrativeness {n} (property of being lucrative) | :: výnosnost {f}, lukrativnost {f} |
| Lucy {prop} (female given name) | :: Lucie |
| Luddite {n} (19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery) | :: ludita {m} |
| Luddite {n} (one opposing technological change) | :: ludita {m} |
| Ludo {n} (board game) | :: člověče nezlob se |
| Lugansk {prop} (Luhansk) SEE: Luhansk | :: |
| luggage {n} (traveller's containers) | :: zavazadlo {n}, zavazadla {n-p} |
| Luhansk {prop} (city) | :: Luhansk {m}, Lugansk {m} |
| Luhansk People's Republic {prop} (secessionist state in Luhanshchyna, the Ukraine) | :: Luhanská lidová republika {f} |
| Lukas {prop} (given name) SEE: Luke | :: |
| Lukashenko {prop} (surname) | :: Lukašenko, Lukašenka |
| Luke {prop} (given name) | :: Lukáš |
| Luke {prop} (evangelist) | :: Lukáš |
| Luke {prop} (gospel of Luke) | :: Lukáš |
| lukewarm {adj} (temperature) | :: vlažný {m} |
| lukewarm {adj} (not very enthusiastic) | :: vlažný {m} |
| lull {v} (to cause to rest) | :: ukolébat {pf} |
| lullaby {n} (a soothing song to lull children to sleep) | :: ukolébavka {f} |
| lumbago {n} (lumbar-region backache, see also: backache) | :: houser {m}, bederní ústřel {m} |
| lumbar {adj} (related to the lower back or loin) | :: bederní |
| lumbar puncture {n} (procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid) | :: lumbální punkce {f} |
| lumber {n} (wood as building material) | :: řezivo {n} [uncountable] |
| lumberjack {n} (person who fells trees) | :: dřevorubec {m} |
| lumbermill {n} (mill for processing lumber) SEE: sawmill | :: |
| lumen {n} (SI-unit for luminous flux) | :: lumen {m} |
| luminescence {n} (emission) | :: luminiscence {f} |
| luminescent {adj} (emitting light by luminescence) | :: luminiscenční |
| lump {n} (something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group) | :: škraloup {m} |
| Luna {prop} (Earth's moon) SEE: Moon | :: |
| lunar {adj} (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon) | :: lunární, měsíční |
| lunar eclipse {n} (when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon) | :: zatmění měsíce {n} |
| lunar phase {n} (any one of the aspects presented by the moon) | :: fáze měsíce {f} |
| lunatic {n} (insane person) | :: šílenec {m}, blázen {m} |
| lunatic asylum {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
| lunch {n} (meal around midday) | :: oběd {m} |
| lunch {v} (to eat lunch) | :: obědvat |
| luncheon {n} (a formal term for lunch) SEE: lunch | :: |
| lunette {n} (crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door) | :: luneta |
| lung {n} (organ that extracts oxygen from the air) | :: plíce {f} |
| lung cancer {n} (cancer of the lung(s)) | :: karcinom plic {m}, rakovina plic {f} |
| lunokhod {n} (a Soviet lunar rover) | :: lunochod {m} |
| Luo {prop} (language) | :: luoština |
| lure {n} (tempting or attractive object) | :: lákadlo {n}, vějička {f} |
| lure {n} (artificial fishing bait) | :: návnada {f}, třpytka {f} |
| lurid {adj} (melodramatic) SEE: melodramatic | :: |
| lurk {v} (to remain concealed in order to ambush) | :: číhat {impf} |
| lurk {v} (to remain unobserved) | :: skrývat se {impf}, skrýt se {pf}, ukrýt se {pf} |
| lurk {v} (to hang out or wait around a location) | :: potloukat se {impf}, poflakovat se {impf} |
| Lusaka {prop} (capital of Zambia) | :: Lusaka {f} |
| Lusatia {prop} (region) | :: Lužice |
| Lusatian Neisse {prop} (river) | :: Lužická Nisa {f} |
| lush {adj} (dense, teeming with life) | :: bujný |
| lust {n} (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature) | :: chtíč {m} |
| luster {n} (a shine, polish or sparkle) | :: lesk {m} |
| luster {n} (brilliance, attractiveness or splendor) | :: lesk {m}, zářivost {f} |
| luster {n} (refinement, polish or quality) | :: lesk {m} |
| lustre {n} (luster) SEE: luster | :: |
| lustre {v} (luster) SEE: luster | :: |
| lute {n} (stringed instrument) | :: loutna {f} |
| lutenist {n} (one who plays the lute) | :: loutnista {m} |
| lutetium {n} (chemical element with atomic number of 71) | :: lutecium |
| Lutheran {adj} (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) | :: luteránský |
| Lutheran {n} (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) | :: luterán {m} |
| Lutheranism {n} (branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther) | :: luteránství {n} |
| Lutsk {prop} (city) | :: Luck {m} |
| lux {n} (the derived unit of illuminance) | :: lux {m} |
| Luxembourg {prop} (country) | :: Lucembursko {n} |
| Luxembourg {prop} (capital city) | :: Lucemburk {m} |
| Luxembourger {n} (person from Luxembourg) | :: Lucemburčan {m}, Lucemburčanka {f} |
| Luxembourgian {n} (Luxembourger) SEE: Luxembourger | :: |
| Luxembourgian {adj} (Luxembourgish) SEE: Luxembourgish | :: |
| Luxembourgish {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Luxembourg or its people) | :: lucemburský |
| Luxembourgish {prop} (language of Luxembourg) | :: lucemburština {f} |
| Luxemburger {n} (Luxembourger) SEE: Luxembourger | :: |
| Luxor {prop} (city in Egypt) | :: Luxor {m} |
| Lviv {prop} (Lviv) | :: Lvov {m} |
| löwchen {n} (Löwchen) SEE: Löwchen | :: |
| Löwchen {n} (Löwchen) | :: lvíček {m} |
| lycanthrope {n} (werewolf) SEE: werewolf | :: |
| lychee {n} (fruit) | :: liči {n} |
| Lycia {prop} (ancient region) | :: Lýkie {f} |
| Lycian {prop} (language) | :: lykijština {f} |
| Lycian {adj} (relating to Lycia) | :: lykijský |
| Lydia {prop} (female given name) | :: Lýdie |
| lye {n} (caustic alkaline solution) | :: louh {m} |
| lye {n} (potassium or sodium hydroxide) | :: hydroxid draselný {m}, hydroxid sodný {m} |
| Lyme disease {n} (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) | :: lymská borelióza {f} |
| lymph {n} (the fluid carried by the lymphatic system) | :: míza {f} |
| lymphatic {adj} (pertaining to lymph or lymphatic system) | :: mízní, lymfatický {m} |
| lymphatic system {n} (network of lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes) | :: lymfatický systém {m} |
| lymph node {n} (filtrating oval bodies of the lymphatic system) | :: lymfatická uzlina {f} |
| lymphocyte {n} (type of white blood cell) | :: lymfocyt {m} |
| lymphoma {n} (malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue) | :: lymfom {m} |
| lynch {v} (execute without a proper legal trial) | :: lynčovat |
| lynx {n} (wild cat) | :: rys {m} |
| Lyon {prop} (city in France) | :: Lyon |
| lyonnaise {adj} (in a style typical to Lyons) | :: lyonský |
| lyre {n} (stringed musical instrument) | :: lyra {f} |
| lyric {n} (words of a song) SEE: lyrics | :: |
| lyrics {n} (the words to a song) | :: slova {n-p}, text {m} |
| lysergic {adj} (psychedelic) SEE: psychedelic | :: |
| lysergic acid diethylamide {n} (a powerful hallucinogen) | :: diethylamid kyseliny lysergové {m} |
| lysine {n} (essential amino acid, C6H14N2O2) | :: lysin |
| -lysis {suffix} (decomposition or breakdown) | :: -lýza {f} |
| lysosome {n} (digestive organelle) | :: lyzozom {m} |
