| cab {n} (taxi) SEE: taxi | :: |
| cabbage {n} (plant) | :: כרוב {m} /kruv/ |
| cabbage {n} (leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable) | :: כרוב {m} /kruv/ |
| Cabernet Sauvignon {n} (variety of red grape) | :: קברנה סוביניון {m} /kaberné sovinyón/ |
| Cabernet Sauvignon {n} (wine) | :: קברנה סוביניון {m} /kaberné sovinyón/ |
| cabinet {n} (group of advisors) | :: קבינט {m} /kabinet/ |
| cabinet {n} (group of ministers) | :: קבינט {m} /kabinet/ |
| cable {n} (large wire, rope) | :: כבל {m} /kével/, כבל {m} /kábel/ |
| cable {n} (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic) | :: כבלים {p} /kvalím/ |
| cable {n} | :: כבל {m} /kevel/, plural: כבלים {m} /kvalym/ |
| cable car {n} (hanging carriage) | :: רכבל {m} /rakével, coloquially rachbál/ |
| Cabo Verde {prop} (Cape Verde) SEE: Cape Verde | :: |
| cacao {n} (cacao tree) | :: קקאו {m} /kaká'o/ |
| caciocavallo {n} (Italian cheese type) | :: קשקבל |
| cacophony {n} (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance) | :: קקופוניה {f} /kakofonyah/ |
| cactus {n} (member of the Cactaceae) | :: צבר {m} /tsabar/ |
| cadmium {n} (chemical element) | :: קדמיום /kádmiyum/ |
| Caesar {prop} (ancient Roman family name) | :: קיסר {m} /qeysar/ |
| Caesarea {prop} (any of the places called Caesarea) | :: קיסריה {f} |
| caesium {n} (a metallic chemical element) | :: צזיום /tsezyum/ |
| café {n} (coffee shop) | :: בית קפה {m} /beit kafé/ |
| cafe {n} (café) SEE: café | :: |
| cafeteria {n} (restaurant) | :: מזנון {m} /miznon/, קפיטריה {f} /kafitéria/, קנטינה {f} /kantina/ |
| cafeteria {n} (dining area) | :: אתר הסעדה {m} /atár has'adá/, קפיטריה {f} /kafitéria/ |
| caffeine {n} (alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants) | :: קפאין {m} /kafe'in/ |
| cage {n} (enclosure) | :: כלוב {m} /kluv/ |
| Cain {prop} (son of Adam and Eve) | :: קין {m} /Qáyin/ |
| cairn {n} (monument) | :: גלעד {m} /gal'éd/ |
| Cairo {prop} (capital of Egypt) | :: קהיר /Kahīr/ |
| cake {n} (a sweet dessert) | :: עוגה {f} /uga/ |
| cake {n} | :: עוגה {f} /uga/ |
| cake {n} (a trivially easy task or responsibility) SEE: piece of cake | :: |
| calamari {n} (as mollusk) SEE: squid | :: |
| calamus {n} (quill) SEE: quill | :: |
| calcium {n} (chemical element of atomic number 20) | :: סידן /sidán/, קלציום /qáltzium/ |
| calculate {v} ((transitive) to determine value) | :: חישב /khishév/ |
| calculation {n} (act or process of calculating) | :: חשוב \ חישוב {m} /khishuv/ |
| calculation {n} (result of calculating) | :: חשוב \ חישוב {m} /khishuv/ |
| calculation {n} (reckoning, estimate) | :: חשוב \ חישוב {m} /khishuv/ |
| calculator {n} (electronic device that performs mathematical calculations) | :: מחשבון {m} /makhsh'vón/ |
| calculator {n} (mechanical device that performs mathematical calculations) | :: מונה {m} /mone/ |
| calculator {n} (dated: a person who performs mathematical calculations) | :: חשבונאי {m} (kheshbona'y), חשבונאית {f} (kheshbona'yt) |
| calculator {n} (set of mathematical tables) | :: טבלת חישובים {f} /t'avlat khishuvym/ |
| calculus of variations {n} (a form of calculus) | :: חשבון וריאציות |
| caldography {n} (screen printing) SEE: screen printing | :: |
| Caleb {prop} (biblical character) | :: כלב /kalév/ |
| calendar {n} (system by which time is divided) | :: לוח שנה {m} /lúakh shaná/ |
| calendar {n} (means to determine the date) | :: לוח שנה {m} /lúakh shaná/, יומן {m} /yomán/ |
| calendar {n} (list of planned events) | :: לוח זמנים {m} /luakh zmanym/, לו״ז {m} /luz/ |
| calf {n} (young cow or bull) | :: עגל {m} /‘egel/ |
| Calgary {prop} (city) | :: קלגרי /qalgari/ |
| Cali {prop} (California) SEE: California | :: |
| calibrate {v} (to check or adjust by comparison with a standard) | :: כייל /kiyél/ |
| California {prop} (state of the United States of America) | :: קליפורניה {f} /qalifornia/ |
| californium {n} (chemical element) | :: קליפורניום /kalifórniyum/ |
| caliginous {adj} (dark, obscure) SEE: dark | :: |
| caliph {n} (political leader of the Muslim world) | :: ח׳ליפה {m}, חליף {m} /khalif/, כליף {m} /kalif/ |
| call {n} (telephone conversation) | :: צלצול {m} /tziltzul/ |
| call {n} (cry or shout) | :: קריאה {f} /kri'a/ |
| call {n} (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal) | :: ציוץ {m} /tziutz/ |
| call {n} (beckoning or summoning) | :: קריאה {f} /kri'a/ |
| call {v} (to request, summon, or beckon) | :: קרא /kará/ |
| call {v} (to cry or shout) | :: קרא /kará/ |
| call {v} (to contact by telephone) | :: צלצל /tsiltsél/, התקשר /hitkashér/ |
| call {v} (to name or refer to) | :: קרא /kará/ |
| calligraphy {n} (art of writing with decorative strokes) | :: כתיבה תמה {f} /ktiva tama/, קליגרפיה {f} /kaligráfya/ |
| calling card {n} (printed card identifying the bearer) SEE: business card | :: |
| calling name {n} (nickname) SEE: nickname | :: |
| callow {adj} (bald) SEE: bald | :: |
| call the police {phrase} (call the police) | :: הזעיקו משטרה /haz-iku mishtarah/ |
| calm {adj} (free from anger and anxiety) | :: רגוע {m} /ragua/ |
| calm {adj} (free of noise and disturbance) | :: שלוו /shalev/ |
| calm {adj} ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface) | :: דממת רוח {f} /dimemat ruakh/, גליני {m} /galeyney/, שטיל {m} /shtil/ |
| calm {n} (condition of being unworried and free from anger) | :: רוגע {m} /roga/ |
| calm {n} (the state with absence of noise and disturbance) | :: שלווה {f} /shalva/ |
| calm {v} (to make calm) | :: הרגיע /hirgía/ |
| calm {v} (to become calm) | :: נרגע /nirgá/ |
| calm before the storm {n} (peace before a disturbance or crisis) | :: השקט שלפני הסערה |
| calm down {v} (To become less excited) | :: נרגע /nirgá/ |
| calm down {v} (To cause to become less excited) | :: הרגיע /hirgía/ |
| calvous {adj} (lacking most or all of one's hair) SEE: bald | :: |
| cam {n} (camera) SEE: camera | :: |
| Cambodia {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: קמבודיה {f} /kambodia/ |
| Cambodian {n} (the language of the Cambodian people) SEE: Khmer | :: |
| Cambrian explosion {prop} (the rapid appearance, around 541 million years ago, of most major animal phyla) | :: הפיצוץ הקמבריוני |
| Cambrian symbol {n} (literary: vegetable emblematic of Wales) SEE: leek | :: |
| Cambridge {prop} (city) | :: קיימברידג' |
| camel {n} (beast of burden) | :: גמל {m} /gamál/ |
| camelopard {n} (giraffe) SEE: giraffe | :: |
| camera {n} (still camera) | :: מצלמה {f} /matzlemá/ |
| camera {n} (movie camera) | :: מצלמה {f} /matzlemá/, מצלמת וידאו {f} /matslemat video/ |
| camera flash {n} (a device that produces a short flash of light) SEE: flash | :: |
| camera obscura {n} (darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface) | :: לשכה אפלה {f} /lishká afelá/ |
| Cameron {prop} (surname) | :: קמרון |
| Cameroon {prop} (country in Central Africa) | :: קמרון /kamerun/ |
| camouflage {n} | :: הסוואה {f} /hasva'á/ |
| camouflage {v} (hide, disguise) | :: הסווה /hisvá/ |
| camp {n} (outdoor place) | :: מחנה {m} /maḥané/ |
| camp {n} (base) | :: מחנה {m} /maḥané/ |
| camp {n} (group) | :: מחנה {m} /maḥané/ |
| camp {v} (to live in a tent) | :: חנה /ḥaná/ |
| camp {v} (to stay in an advantageous location in a video game) | :: דגר /dagár/ |
| camp {n} (summer camp) SEE: summer camp | :: |
| campaign {n} (series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal) | :: מערכה {f} /ma'arakha/ |
| camphor {n} (white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone) | :: קמפור |
| camping {n} (recreational activity) | :: קמפינג {m} /kémping/ |
| campus {n} (grounds or property of a school, etc) | :: קמפוס {m} /kampus/ |
| camshaft {n} (a shaft fitted with cams) | :: גל פיקות {m} /gal pikot/, גל זיזים {m} /gal zizim/ |
| can {v} (to be able) | :: יכול \ יכל {m} /yakhól/, מסוגל \ מסגל {m} /m'sugál/ |
| can {v} (may) | :: יכול \ יכל {m} /yakhól/ |
| can {n} (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids) | :: פחית {f} /paẖít/ |
| can {n} (a tin-plate canister) | :: קופסת שימורים {f} /qufsát shimurím/, פחית {f} /paẖít/ |
| can {n} | :: שירותים {m-p} /shirutym/, בית שימוש {m} /beit shimush/ |
| can {v} (to shut up) | :: סתם /satám/ |
| can {v} (to fire or dismiss an employee) | :: פיטר /pitér/ |
| can {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| Canaan {prop} (historic region) | :: כנען {m} /k'ná'an/ |
| Canaan {prop} (grandson of Noah) | :: כנען {m} /k'ná'an/ |
| Canaan Dog {n} (Canaan Dog) | :: כלב כנעני {m} |
| Canaanite {n} (member of ancient Semitic people) | :: כנעני /k'na'aní/ |
| Canaanite {adj} (of or pertaining to this sect or its followers) | :: כנעני /k'na'aní/ |
| Canada {prop} (country in North America) | :: קנדה {f} /kánada/ |
| Canadian {n} (person from Canada) | :: קנדי {m} /kanádi/ |
| canal {n} (artificial waterway) | :: תעלה {f} /te'ala/ |
| canary {n} (bird from the Canary Islands) | :: כנרית |
| Canary Islands {prop} (an archipelago off the coast of north-western Africa) | :: האיים הקנריים {m-p} /ha'i'ym ha'qanari'ym/ |
| Canberra {prop} (Capital of Australia) | :: קנברה {f} /qanbera/ |
| cancel {v} (invalidate, annul) | :: ביטל /bitél/ |
| cancellation {n} (act of cancelling) | :: ביטול \ בטול {m} /bitúl/ |
| cancelled {adj} (No longer planned or scheduled) | :: מבוטל {m} /mevut'al/ |
| cancer {n} (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation) | :: סרטן /sartán/ |
| Cancer {prop} (constellation) | :: סרטן {m} /sartán/ |
| Cancer {prop} (astrological sign) | :: סרטן {m} /sartán/ |
| candid {adj} (impartial and free from prejudice) | :: אוביקטיבי {m} /obyektivi/ |
| candid {adj} (straightforward, open and sincere) | :: כנה {m} /kene/ |
| candidate {n} (person running in an election) | :: מועמד {m} /mo'amad/, מועמדת {f} /mu'amedet/ |
| candle {n} (a light source) | :: נר {m} /ner/ |
| candle holder {n} (candle holder) SEE: candlestick | :: |
| candlestick {n} (a holder with a socket or spike for a candle) | :: פמוט /pamot'/ |
| candlewick {n} SEE: candle | :: |
| candy {n} (piece of candy) | :: סוכריה / סכריה {f} /sukari'a/ |
| candy {v} (to cook, or coat with sugar or syrup) | :: סיכר /sikér/ |
| candy apple {n} (apple with a hard sugar candy coating) | :: תפוח מסוכר |
| candy cane {n} (candy in the shape of a cane) | :: מקל סבא {m} /makél sába/ |
| candy floss {n} (sweet) | :: שערות סבתא {m} /se'arot sav'ta/ , צמר גפן מתוק {m} /tsemer geffen matok/ |
| cane {n} (slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo) | :: קנה {m} /qané/ |
| cane {n} (plant itself) | :: קנה {m} /qané/ |
| cane {n} (a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment) | :: מקל {m} /maqél/ |
| cane {n} (the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane) | :: מלקות {f-p} /malqot/ |
| cane {n} (walking stick) SEE: walking stick | :: |
| cane {n} (sugar cane) SEE: sugar cane | :: |
| canine {n} (canine tooth) SEE: canine tooth | :: |
| canine tooth {n} (tooth) | :: ניב {m} /niv/ |
| cannabis {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| cannibal {n} (an organism which eats others of its own species) | :: קניבל {m} /kanibál/ |
| Cannizzaro reaction {n} (reaction) | :: תגובת קניזרו {f} /teguvát kanizáro/ |
| cannoli {n} (tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta) | :: קנולי {m} /kanóli/ |
| cannon {n} (artillery piece) | :: תותח {m} /totakh/ |
| cannon {n} | :: תותח {m} /totakh/ |
| canny {adj} (pleasant, nice) SEE: pleasant | :: |
| canoe {n} (small long and narrow boat) | :: קנו |
| canteen {n} (small cafeteria or snack bar) | :: קנטינה /kantina/ |
| Canticle of Canticles {prop} (Song of Songs) SEE: Song of Songs | :: |
| Canticles {prop} (Song of Songs) SEE: Song of Songs | :: |
| canton {n} (state of Switzerland) | :: קנטון {m} (qant'on) |
| cantor {n} (singer) | :: חזן \ חזן {m} /khazán/ |
| canvass {v} (to campaign) SEE: campaign | :: |
| canyon {n} (a valley cut in rock by a river) | :: קניון {m} /kanyon/ |
| cap {n} (head covering) | :: כובע {m} |
| capacitor {n} (electronic component) | :: קבל {m} /kabal/ |
| capacity {n} (capability; the ability to perform some task) | :: יכולת, כושר |
| caper {n} (crime) SEE: crime | :: |
| caper {v} (to jump about playfully) | :: לקפץ /lekapétz/ |
| caper {n} (Dutch vessel) SEE: privateer | :: |
| Capernaum {prop} (The biblical town) | :: כפר נחום |
| Cape Verde {prop} (country in Western Africa) | :: כף ורדה |
| capillary {n} (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins) | :: נים {m} /nim/ |
| capital {n} (money and wealth) | :: הון {m} /hon/ |
| capital {n} (uppermost part of a column) | :: כותרת {m}, צפת {f} /tsefet/ |
| capital {n} (capital city) SEE: capital city | :: |
| capital city {n} (city designated as seat of government) | :: בירה {f} /birá/ |
| capitalism {n} (socio-economic system based on private property rights) | :: קפיטליזם {m} /kapitalízm/ |
| capital ship {n} (warship) | :: אניה ראשית {f} /oniya rashit/ |
| capitol {n} (Capitoline temple of Jupiter) SEE: Capitol | :: |
| capitol {n} (particular capitol buildings) SEE: Capitol | :: |
| Capitol {prop} (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) | :: הקפיטול (qapit'ol) |
| Cappadocia {prop} (ancient region) | :: קפדוקיה |
| cappuccino {n} (beverage) | :: קפוצ׳ינו {m} |
| cappuccino {n} (cup of this beverage) | :: קפוצ׳ינו {m} |
| Capricorn {prop} (constellation) SEE: Capricornus | :: |
| Capricorn {prop} (astrological sign) | :: גדי {m} /gdi/ |
| Capricornus {prop} (constellation) | :: גדי {m} /g'dí/ |
| Capricornus {prop} (astrological sign) SEE: Capricorn | :: |
| capsicum {n} (plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)) | :: פלפלת |
| capsicum spray {n} (pepper spray) SEE: pepper spray | :: |
| capsule {n} (weasel) SEE: weasel | :: |
| captain {n} (An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major) | :: סרן {m} /séren/ |
| captain {n} (The person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel) | :: קברניט {m} /qvarnít/, רב חובל {m} /rav ẖovél/ |
| captain {n} (The person lawfully in command of an airliner) | :: קברניט {m} /qvarnít/ |
| captain {n} (One of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions) | :: קפטן {m} /qépten/ |
| car {n} (automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver) | :: מכונית {f} /m'khonít/, אוטו {m} /óto/ [colloquial] |
| car {n} (passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not) | :: קרון {m} /karon/ |
| car {n} (moving, load-carrying component of an elevator) | :: תא {m} /Ta/ |
| car {n} (railway car, railroad carriage) SEE: carriage | :: |
| Caracalla {prop} (emperor) | :: קרקלה /qaraqala/ |
| carambola {n} (fruit) SEE: star fruit | :: |
| caramel {n} (confection) | :: קרמל {m} /qaramel/ |
| carat {n} (weight) | :: קראט {m} /qarat'/ |
| carat {n} (measure of the purity of gold) | :: קראט {m} /qarat'/ |
| caravan {n} (convoy or procession) | :: שיירה {f} /shaiara/, אורחה {f} /orkha/ |
| caravan {n} (vehicle) | :: קרוון {m} /qaravan/ |
| caravel {n} (light lateen-rigged sailing vessel) | :: קרוולה {f} |
| caraway {n} | :: קימל {m} |
| carbon {n} (chemical element) | :: פחמן {m} /pakhmán/ |
| carbonado {v} (to cut or hack) SEE: cut | :: |
| carbonado {n} (impure form of polycrystalline diamond) | :: קרבונדו |
| carbon dioxide {n} (CO₂) | :: פחמן דו חמצני {m} /paḥmán du ḥamtzaní/, דו תחמצת הפחמן {m} /du taḥmótzet hapaḥmán/ |
| carboxylic acid {n} (organic compound containing a carboxyl functional group) | :: חומצה קרבוקסילית |
| carbuncle {n} (precious stone) | :: נפך {m} /nófech/ |
| carburetor {n} (a device in an internal combustion engine) | :: מאיד {m} |
| carburettor {n} (motor car part) SEE: carburetor | :: |
| carcass {n} (body of a dead animal) | :: נבלה {f} /nevelá/, פגר {m}, גויה /gviyá/ |
| carcass {n} (body of a dead human) SEE: corpse | :: |
| card {n} (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) | :: כרטיס {m} /kartís/ |
| card {n} (playing card) SEE: playing card | :: |
| cardamom {n} (plant) | :: קרדמון {m} /kardamon/ |
| cardamom {n} (spice) | :: הל {m} /hel/ |
| cardboard {n} (material resembling heavy paper) | :: קרטון {m} /karton/ |
| cardinality {n} ((set theory)) | :: עצמה {f} |
| cardplayer {n} (one who plays cards) | :: קלפן |
| cardshark {n} (cardsharp) SEE: cardsharp | :: |
| cardsharp {n} (cheater at cards) | :: קלפן, קלפן נוכל, נוכל קלפים, רמאי קלפים |
| Care Bear {n} (fictional animal) SEE: Care Bears | :: |
| Care Bears {n} (Fictional cartoon bears) | :: דובוני אכפת לי {m-p} /Dubonei ekhpat li/ |
| career {n} (one's calling in life; a person's occupation) | :: קרירה / קריירה {f} /karyéra/ |
| career {n} (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan) | :: קרירה / קריירה {f} /karyéra/ |
| carefree {adj} (worry free, light hearted, etc.) | :: חסר-דאגות {m} /khasar-daagot/, חסרת-דאגות {f} /khasrat-daagot/ |
| careful {adj} (cautious) | :: זהיר {m} /zahyr/, זהירה {f} /zehira/ |
| care killed the cat {proverb} (curiosity killed the cat) SEE: curiosity killed the cat | :: |
| careless {adj} (not giving sufficient attention or thought) | :: רשלן {m} /rashlan/ |
| careless {adj} (not concerned or worried) SEE: carefree | :: |
| cargo {n} (freight carried by a ship) | :: מטען {m} /mit'an/ |
| Caribbean {adj} (Pertaining to the sea and region bounded by the American continent and the West Indies) | :: קריבי {m} /qarybi/, קריבית {f} /qarybit/ |
| Caribbean {prop} (sea) | :: הים הקריבי {m} /ha-yam ha-qarybi/ |
| Caribbean Sea {prop} (a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere) | :: הים הקריבי |
| caricature {n} | :: קריקטורה (qariqat'ura) {f} - noun |
| caricaturist {n} (person who draws caricatures) | :: קריקטוריסט {m} |
| Carl {prop} (male given names cognate to Carl) SEE: Charles | :: |
| Carl {prop} (transliterations and equivalents of "Carl") | :: קרל {m} /qarl/ |
| carmine {n} (purplish-red pigment) | :: כרמיל {m} /karmíl/ |
| carnage {n} (death and destruction) | :: מרחץ דמים |
| carnation {n} (flower) | :: צפרן {f} /tzippóren/ |
| carnival {n} (festive occasion marked by parades) | :: קרנבל {m} |
| carob {n} (tree) | :: חרוב {m} /ḥaruv/ |
| carob {n} (fruit) | :: חרוב {m} /ḥaruv/ |
| carp {n} (Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae) | :: קרפיון {m} /qarpion/ |
| car park {n} (outdoor parking area) SEE: parking lot | :: |
| carpe diem {proverb} (seize the day) | :: קרפה דיים |
| carpenter {n} (carpentry person) | :: נגר {m} /nagar/ |
| carpentry {n} (trade of cutting and joining timber) | :: נגרות {f} /nagarut/ |
| carpet {n} (a fabric used as a floor covering) | :: שטיח {m} /shatíakh/ |
| carpet shark {n} (ferret) SEE: ferret | :: |
| carrack {n} (ship) | :: קאראק |
| carriage {n} (wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power) | :: עגלה {f} /'agalá/ |
| carriage {n} (railroad car) | :: קרון {m} /karon/ |
| carrier {n} (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) | :: נשא {m} /nɑsɑʾ/, נשאית {f} /nɑsɑʾit/ |
| carrier wave {n} (wave that can be modulated to transmit signals) | :: גל נושא |
| carrion {n} (dead flesh; carcasses) | :: נבלה {f} /nevelá/, פגר {m} /péger/ |
| carrot {n} (Daucus carota ssp. sativus) | :: גזר {m} /gezer/ |
| carry {v} (to carry) SEE: bear | :: |
| carry {v} (to transport by lifting) | :: נשא /nasá/, סחב /sakháv/ |
| cart {n} (small, open, wheeled vehicle, see also: wagon) | :: עגלה {f} /'agala/ |
| carte de visite {n} (business card) SEE: business card | :: |
| cartel {n} (group of businesses or nations that collude to fix prices) | :: קרטל {m} /kart'el/ |
| Carthage {prop} (ancient city in North Africa) | :: קרתגו /qartago/ |
| cartilage {n} (dense connective tissue) | :: סחוס {m} /skhus/ |
| cartography {n} (creation of charts and maps) | :: קרטוגרפיה {f} /qart'ografia/ |
| cartoonist {n} (creator of cartoons or strip cartoons) | :: קריקטוריסט {m} |
| Casablanca {prop} (city) | :: קזבלנקה {f} |
| case {n} (instance or event as a topic of study) | :: מקרה {m} /miqre/ |
| case {n} (legal proceeding) | :: תיק {m} /tyq/ |
| case {n} (suitcase) | :: מזוודה {f} |
| case {n} (grammatical case) SEE: grammatical case | :: |
| case dependent {adj} (case sensitive) SEE: case sensitive | :: |
| case sensitive {adj} | :: מותנה רישיות |
| case study {n} (research performed in detail on a single case) | :: חקר מקרה {m} |
| case study {n} (case used in such research) | :: מקרה בוחן {m} |
| cash {n} (money in the form of notes/bills and coins) | :: מזומן \ מזמן {m} /mezumán/ |
| cash dispenser {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| cashew {n} (cashew nut) SEE: cashew nut | :: |
| cashew nut {n} (the seed of the cashew tree) | :: אגוז קשיו {m} /eGOZ kushYOO/ |
| cashier {n} | :: קופאי {m} /qupa'y/, קופאית {f} /qupa'yt/ - noun |
| cash in {v} (to die) SEE: die | :: |
| cash machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| cashpoint {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| casino {n} (public building or room for entertainment, especially gambling) | :: קזינו /kazino/ |
| cask {n} (a large barrel for the storage of liquid) | :: חבית {f} /khavít/ |
| casket {n} (coffin) SEE: coffin | :: |
| Caspar {prop} (one of the Magi) | :: גזבר {m} /Gizbár/ |
| Caspian Sea {prop} (landlocked sea) | :: הים הכספי /ha-yam ha-kaspi/ |
| cassata siciliana {n} (Sicilian cake with liqueur, ricotta, candied fruit and chocolate) | :: קסאטה {f} /kasátah/, קסאטה סיצ׳יליאנה {f} /kasátah sichil'yánah/ |
| cast {v} | :: ללהק /le'laheq/ |
| castaway {n} (discarded person or thing) | :: פסולת |
| caste {n} (hereditary social class) | :: קאסטה {f} /kasta/ |
| Castilian {n} (native of Castile) | :: קסטילי |
| casting {n} (selection of performers) | :: ליהוק {m} /lihúk/ |
| cast iron {n} (hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon) | :: יצקת {f} |
| castle {n} (fortified building) | :: טירה {f} /tirá/ |
| castle {n} (chess piece) SEE: rook | :: |
| castle in the air {n} (desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized) | :: מגדלים באוויר /Migdalim BaAvir/ |
| castling {n} (move in chess) | :: הצרחה {f} |
| castrate {v} (remove the testicles of) | :: סירס /serés/ |
| castration {n} (act of removing the testicles) | :: סירוס {m} /sirus'/ |
| casualty {n} (person) | :: חלל {m} /ḥalál/ |
| cat {n} (spiteful woman) SEE: bitch | :: |
| cat {n} (type of fish) SEE: catfish | :: |
| cat {n} (domestic species) | :: חתול {m} /khatúl/, חתולה {f} /khatulá/ |
| cat {n} (member of the family Felidae) | :: חתול /khatúl/ |
| catabolism {n} (destructive metabolism) | :: קטבוליזם |
| Catalan {n} (The language of Catalonia) | :: קטלונית |
| Catalonia {prop} (autonomous community in Spain) | :: קטלוניה /qat'alunia/ |
| Catalonian {adj} (Catalan) SEE: Catalan | :: |
| Catalonian {n} (Catalan) SEE: Catalan | :: |
| catamaran {n} (twin-hulled boat) | :: קטמרן {m} /katamaran/ |
| catapult {n} (slingshot) SEE: slingshot | :: |
| catapult {n} (device for launching large objects) | :: קטפולטה {f} /katapulta/ |
| catapult {v} (to increase the status rapidly) | :: הזניק /hizník/ |
| catastrophe {n} (any large and disastrous event of great significance) | :: קטסטרופה {f} /katastrófa/, אסון {m} /ason/ |
| catastrophe {n} | :: אסון {m} /ason/ |
| catch {n} (the act of catching a ball) | :: תפיסה {f} /tfisa/ |
| catch {n} (a hidden difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation) | :: עוקץ {m} /'oqetz/ |
| catch {v} (to intercept an object in the air etc. ) | :: תפס /tafás/ |
| catch {v} (to perceive and understand ) | :: תפס /tafás/ |
| catch {v} (to reach in time to leave ) | :: תפס /tafás/ |
| catch up {v} (To reach something that had been ahead) | :: השיג /hisíg/, הדביק /hidbíq/ |
| categorize {v} (to assign a category) | :: לקטלג /le'qat'leg/ |
| category {n} (group) | :: סוג {m} /sug/ |
| category {n} (collection in math) | :: מחלקה {f} /makhlaká/ קטגוריה {f} /kategórya/ |
| catenary {n} (curve of a flexible chain) | :: קו שרשרת {m} /kav sharshéret/ |
| caterpillar {n} (larva of a butterfly) | :: זחל {m} /zakhal/ |
| caterpillar track {n} (continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt) | :: זחליל {m} /zakhlíl/ |
| catfish {n} (type of fish) | :: שפמנון {m} /sfamnún/ |
| catharsis {n} (in drama, a release of emotional tension) | :: קתרזיס {m} /qatarzis/ |
| cathedral {n} (principal church of a bishop's diocese) | :: קתדרלה {f} /katedrala/ |
| catheter {n} (small tube inserted into a body cavity) | :: צנתר |
| Catholic {adj} (of the Roman Catholic church) | :: קתולי /katóli/ |
| Catholic Church {n} (24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome) | :: הכנסייה הקתולית {f} /ha-knesiá ha-qatólit/ |
| Catholicism {n} (faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church) | :: קתוליות |
| catholicity {n} (Catholicism) SEE: Catholicism | :: |
| cat's cradle {n} (children's game) | :: סבתא סורגת |
| cattail {n} (any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha) | :: סוף {m} /suf/ |
| cattle {n} (domesticated bovine animals) | :: בקר /baqár/ |
| cattle {n} (certain other livestock) | :: מקנה /miqné/ |
| cattle {n} (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) | :: בהמה /behemá/ |
| Caucasian {n} (native of the Caucasus region) | :: קווקזי {m} /qavqazi/, קווקזית {f} /qavqazít/ |
| Caucasus {prop} (geographic region) | :: קווקז {m} /kaukaz/ |
| caucus {n} (a meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party) | :: כינוס {m} /kinús/, כנס {m} /kénes/ |
| caucus {n} (a grouping from the same party) | :: סיעה {f} /siá/ |
| cauldron {n} (large bowl-shaped pot) | :: קדרה {f} /qderá/ |
| cauliflower {n} | :: כרובית {f} (kruvít) |
| causate {v} (cause) SEE: cause | :: |
| cause {n} (source or reason of an event or action) | :: סיבה \ סבה {f} /sibá/ |
| cause {n} (goal, aim, principle) | :: מטרה {f} /matará/ |
| cause {v} (to set off an event or action) | :: גרם /garám/ |
| caution {n} | :: זהירות {f} /zehirut/ |
| cavalry {n} (military service that fights with riding horses) | :: חיל-פרשים {m} /kheil-parashym/ |
| cave {n} (large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground) | :: מערה {f} /me'ara/ |
| caveat {n} (warning) | :: אזהרה |
| cavity {n} (hollow area within the body) | :: חלל {m} /ḥalál/ |
| cavy {n} (guinea pig) SEE: guinea pig | :: |
| cayenne pepper {n} (hot chilli pepper) | :: פלפל קאיין |
| cayenne pepper {n} (spice) | :: פלפל קאיין |
| Cayman Islands {prop} (British territory in the Caribbean) | :: איי קיימן /iyey kayman/ |
| cease {v} (transitive) | :: חדל /khadál/ |
| cease-fire {n} (in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose) | :: הפסקת־אש {f} /hafsakát-ésh/ |
| cedar {n} (coniferous tree in genus Cedrus) | :: ארז {m} /érez/ |
| ceil {n} (ceiling) SEE: ceiling | :: |
| ceiling {n} (upper limit of room) | :: תקרה {f} /tik'ráh/ |
| celebrate {v} | :: לחגוג /lakhgog/ |
| celebration {n} (act or process of showing gratitude, appreciation or remembrance) | :: חגיגה {f} /khagiga/ |
| celebratory {adj} (In the manner of, or forming part of, a celebration) | :: חגיגי /khagigí/ |
| celebrity {n} (famous person) | :: ידוען {m} /yadu`án/, סלבריטי {m} /selébriti/, סלב {m} /seléb/ |
| celery {n} (herb) | :: כרפס {m} /karpás/, סלרי {m} /seléri/ |
| celestial {adj} (relating to heaven (religious)) | :: שמיימי {m} /Shmey'mi/ |
| celestial {adj} (relating to sky) | :: שמימי {m} /shmeimy/, שמימית {f} /shmeimyt/ |
| celestial sphere {n} (abstract sphere of infinite radius) | :: כיפת השמים {m} /kipet ha-shemayim/ |
| celibacy {n} (state of being unmarried) | :: פרישות {f} /prīshūth/ |
| cell {n} (room in a prison for containing inmates) | :: תא {m} /ta/ |
| cell {n} (small group of people forming part of a larger organization) | :: תא {m} /ta/ |
| cell {n} (basic unit of a living organism) | :: תא {m} /ta/ |
| cell {n} (informal: a cellular telephone, see also: mobile phone) | :: סלולרי {m} /selolári/ |
| cellar {n} (underground space) | :: מרתף {m} |
| cell nucleus {n} (cytology: large organelle found in cells) SEE: nucleus | :: |
| cello {n} (musical instrument) | :: צ'לו |
| cell phone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| cellular {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| cellular {adj} (of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells) | :: תאי {m} /taí/ |
| cellular phone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| cellulose {n} (the polysaccharide cellulose) | :: תאית |
| Celsius {adj} (related to a metric scale of temperature) | :: צלסיוס /tselsius/ |
| Celt {prop} (ancient) | :: קלטי {m} (qelti), קלטית {f} (qeltit) |
| cembalo {n} (cembalo) SEE: harpsichord | :: |
| cement mixer {n} (device to make concrete) | :: מערבל בטון {m} /me'arbel beton/ |
| cemetery {n} (a place where the dead are buried) SEE: graveyard | :: |
| cenotaph {n} (monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere) | :: אנדרטה {f} /andárta/ |
| censor {n} (official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content) | :: צנזור {m} /tzenzor/ |
| censor {n} | :: צנזור (tzenzor) {m}, צנזורית (tzenzoryt) {f} |
| censor {v} (to remove objectionable content) | :: צינזר {m} /tzinzer/, צנזר |
| censorship {n} (use of state or group power to control freedom of expression) | :: צנזורה |
| censurer {n} (censor) SEE: censor | :: |
| cent {n} (subunit of currency in US and elsewhere) | :: סנט {m} /sent/ |
| center {n} (point equidistant from all points on the perimeter of a circle) | :: מרכז {m} /merkáz/ |
| center {n} (point equidistant from all points on the surface of a sphere) | :: מרכז {m} /merkaz/ |
| center {n} (point on a line midway between the ends) | :: מרכז {m} /merkáz/ |
| center {n} (point in the interior of figure with mean coordinates) | :: מרכז כובד {m} |
| center {n} (place where a function or activity occurs) | :: מרכז {m} /merkaz/ |
| center {v} (cause to occupy the center) | :: מרכז /mirkéz/ |
| centi- {prefix} (10-2) | :: -סנטי (sant'i-) |
| centimetre {n} (one-hundredth of a metre) | :: סנטימטר {m} /sant'imet'er/ |
| centipede {n} (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda) | :: נדל {m} /nadal/ |
| centisecond {n} (unit of time equal to 0.01 seconds) | :: סנטישנייה (me'it-shni'a) {f} |
| central {adj} | :: מרכזי {m} /merkazy/, מרכזית {f} /merkazyt/ |
| Central African Republic {prop} (country in Central Africa) | :: הרפובליקה המרכז־אפריקנית {f} /ha-republika ha-merkaz afrikanit/ |
| Central Asia {prop} (smaller area of Central Asia) | :: מרכז אסיה |
| central bank {n} (the principal monetary authority of a polity) | :: בנק מרכזי {m} /bank merkazí/ |
| centre {n} (center) SEE: center | :: |
| centre {v} (center) SEE: center | :: |
| century {n} (100 years) | :: מאה {f} /me'a/ |
| century {n} (Roman army type unit) | :: קנטוריה {f} /qent'uria/ |
| CEO {n} (chief executive officer) | :: מנכ״ל /mankal/ |
| cephalalgia {n} (headache) SEE: headache | :: |
| ceramic {n} (material) | :: קרמיקה {f} /qeramiqa/ |
| cereal {n} (breakfast cereal) SEE: breakfast cereal | :: |
| cerebellum {n} (part of the hindbrain in vertebrates) | :: המוח הקטן |
| cerebral hemisphere {n} (region of the brain) | :: אונה {f} /unah/ |
| cerebral palsy {n} (group of non-contagious conditions) | :: שיתוק מוחין |
| ceremony {n} (official gathering to celebrate) | :: טקס {m} /t'eqes/ |
| cerium {n} (chemical element) | :: סריום /seryum/ |
| certainly {adv} (with certainty) | :: בוודאות /bevada'út/ |
| certainly {adv} (without doubt, surely) | :: בוודאות /bevada'út/, בוודאי |
| certainly {adv} (emphatic affirmative answer) | :: בוודאי /be'vadai/, כמובן |
| certainty {n} (state of being certain) | :: ודאות {f} (vada'ut) |
| certify {v} (to attest as to) | :: וידא /vidé/ |
| certitude {n} (sureness, certainty) | :: ודאות {f} /vada'ut/ |
| cervix {n} (neck) SEE: neck | :: |
| c'est la vie {phrase} (such is life) SEE: such is life | :: |
| Ceylon {prop} (Sri Lanka) SEE: Sri Lanka | :: |
| cf. {v} (compare) | :: השו׳ |
| Chabad {prop} (Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidism) | :: חב״ד |
| Chabadnik {n} (member of Chabad) | :: חב״דניק, חבדניק |
| Chad {prop} (country) | :: צ׳אד /chad/ |
| chaff {n} (inedible parts of grain plant) | :: מוץ /mótz/ |
| chain {n} (series of interconnected rings or links) | :: שרשרת {f} /sharshéret/ |
| chain {n} (series of interconnected things) | :: שרשרת {f} /sharshéret/ |
| chain {n} (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name) | :: רשת {f} /réshet/ |
| chain {v} (to link together) | :: לשרשר /lesharshér/ |
| chain letter {n} (a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients) | :: מכתב שרשרת {m-p} /mikhtáv sharshéret/ |
| chain reaction {n} (type of nuclear reaction) | :: תגובת שרשרת {f} /tguvát sharshéret/ |
| chair {n} (furniture) | :: כיסא \ כסא {m} /kisé/ |
| chair {n} | :: כיסא {m} /kise'/ |
| chair {n} (chairperson) SEE: chairperson | :: |
| chairman {n} (person presiding over a meeting) | :: יושב־ראש {m} /yoshev-rosh/ |
| chairperson {n} (a person who presides over a meeting, a board) | :: יושב ראש {m} /yoshév rosh/ |
| chalcedony {n} (form of fine-grained quartz) | :: כלקדון |
| Chaldean {adj} (of Chaldea) | :: כשדי |
| chalice {n} (large drinking cup) | :: גביע {m} /gavia'/ |
| chalk {n} (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard) | :: גיר {m} /gir/ |
| challah {n} (traditional braided bread) | :: חלה {f} |
| challenge {n} | :: אתגר {m} /etgar/ |
| challenge {v} (to dare someone) | :: אתגר /itgér/ |
| challenging {adj} (difficult; hard to do) | :: מאתגר /me'atger/ |
| Chamaeleon {prop} (small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky) | :: זקית {f} /ziqit/ |
| chamber {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| chambermaid {n} (a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom) | :: חדרנית {f} /khadranyt/ |
| chamber pot {n} (a container used for urination and defecation, see also: urinal; chemical toilet) | :: סיר לילה {m} /sir layla/ |
| chameleon {n} (reptile) | :: זקית / זיקית {f} /ziqit/ |
| champagne {n} (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) | :: שמפניה {f} /shampania/ |
| Champagne {n} (champagne) SEE: champagne | :: |
| champian {n} (field of inquiry or study) SEE: field | :: |
| champian {n} (flat expanse of land) SEE: plain | :: |
| champian {n} (species of landscape) SEE: plain | :: |
| champian {n} (level open countryside) SEE: plain | :: |
| champian {n} (battlefield) SEE: battlefield | :: |
| champion {n} (someone who has been winner in a contest) | :: אלוף {m} /aluf/, אלופה {f} /alufa/ |
| championship {n} (competition to determine a champion) | :: אליפות {f} /alifut/ |
| championship {n} (position of champion, or winner) | :: אליפות {f} /alifut/ |
| chance {n} (an opportunity or possibility) | :: סיכוי {m} /sikúi/ |
| chance {n} (random occurrence) | :: מקרה {m} /miqre/ |
| chandelier {n} (branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling) | :: נברשת {f} /nivréshet/ |
| Chandigarh {prop} (Chandigarh, India) | :: צ'אנדיגאר |
| change {v} (to become something different) | :: השתנה /hishtaná/ |
| change {v} (to make something into something different) | :: שינה /shiná/ |
| change {v} (to replace) | :: החליף /hekhlíf/ |
| change {n} (the process of becoming different) | :: שנוי {m} /shinui/, השתנות {f} /hishtanut/ |
| change {n} (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination) | :: עדף {m} /'odef/ |
| change {n} (a replacement) | :: החלפה {f} /hakhlafa/ |
| change {n} (money given back) | :: עדף {m} /'odef/ |
| Chang Jiang {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze | :: |
| channel {n} (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water) | :: תעלה {f} /teala/ |
| channel {n} (navigable part of a river) | :: נתיב שיט {m} /netiv shayit/ |
| channel {n} (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television) | :: ערוץ {m} /'arutz/ |
| chanoyu {n} (tea ceremony) SEE: tea ceremony | :: |
| chaos {n} (state of disorder) | :: תוהו /tóhu/, תוהו ובוהו /tóhu vavóhu/, כאוס /kéos/ |
| chaos theory {n} (chaos theory) | :: תורת הכאוס |
| chaotic {adj} (Filled with chaos) | :: כאוטי /ka'óti/ |
| chaotic {adj} (Extremely disorganized or in disarray) | :: כאוטי /ka'óti/ |
| chapter {n} (section in a book) | :: פרק {m} /perek/ |
| character {n} (being in a story) | :: דמות {f} /dmut/ |
| character {n} (distinguishing feature) | :: מאפיין {m} /me`afyen/, תכונה {f} /tkhuná/ |
| character {n} (moral strength) | :: אופי {m} /ófi/ |
| character {n} (notable or eccentric person) | :: אישיות {f} /ishiyút/ |
| character {n} (symbol for a sound or a word) | :: אות {f} /ot/, תו {m} /tav/ |
| character {n} ((computing) basic element in a text string) | :: תו {m} /tav/ |
| character {n} ((informal) unknown or suspicious person) | :: דמות {f} /dmut/, טיפוס {m} /tipús/ |
| characteristic {n} (distinguishing feature) | :: סממן {m} /sam'mán/ |
| charcoal {n} (substance) | :: פחם עץ /pecham 'etz/ |
| charcoal drawing {n} (charcoal drawing) SEE: charcoal | :: |
| charge {n} (amount of money levied for a service) | :: חיוב {m} /khiuv/ |
| charger {n} (a device that charges or recharges) | :: מטען {m} /mat'én/ |
| chariot {n} (vehicle used in warfare) | :: מרכבה {f} /merkavá/ |
| charisma {n} (personal charm or magnetism) | :: כריזמה {f} |
| charity {n} (providing of goods or money) | :: צדקה {f} /ts'daká/ |
| charivari {n} (cacaphonous noise, hubbub) SEE: cacophony | :: |
| charlady {n} (woman who cleans houses and offices) SEE: charwoman | :: |
| charlatan {n} (malicious trickster) | :: שרלטן {m} /šarletan/ |
| Charles {prop} (given name) | :: צ'ארלס |
| Charles's law {prop} (physical law stating the density of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its temperature at constant pressure) | :: חק שארל {m} /khók Shárl/ |
| charm {n} (something with magic power) | :: קסם {m} /qesem/ |
| charm {n} (quality of inspiring delight or admiration) | :: חן {m} /chen/ |
| charm {v} (seduce, entrance or fascinate) | :: הקסים /hiksím/ |
| charm {v} (use a magical charm) | :: הקסים /hiksím/ |
| charming {adj} (pleasant, charismatic) | :: מקסים {m} /maksím/ |
| Charon {prop} (the ferryman of Hades) | :: כארון |
| chart {n} (map) SEE: map | :: |
| chart {n} (graph) SEE: graph | :: |
| chart {n} (table) SEE: table | :: |
| charwoman {n} (awoman employed to do housework) | :: עוזרת בית {f} /ozéret báit/ |
| chase {n} (hunt) SEE: hunt | :: |
| chase {v} (to hunt) SEE: hunt | :: |
| chase {n} (action of the verb "to chase") | :: מרדף {m} /mirdaf/ |
| chase {v} (to pursue, to follow at speed) | :: רדף /radáf/ |
| chasma {n} (aurora) SEE: aurora | :: |
| chaste {adj} (innocent) SEE: innocent | :: |
| chasten {v} (discipline) SEE: discipline | :: |
| chat {n} (exchange of text or voice messages in real time) | :: צ׳אט {m} /chat/ |
| chauvinism {n} (excessive patriotism) | :: שוביניזם {m} /shovinizm/ |
| chauvinism {n} (unwarranted bias) | :: שוביניזם {m} /shovinizm/ |
| chav {n} (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education) | :: ערס {m} |
| chavrusa {n} (a pair who study topics in Judaism together) | :: חברותא /khavrúta/ |
| chavrusa {n} (the system of studying Judaism with a partner) | :: חברותא /khavrúta/ |
| cheap {adj} (low in price) | :: זול {m} /zol/, זולה {f} /zola/ |
| cheat {v} (violate rules to gain advantage) | :: רימה |
| cheat {v} (being unfaithful) | :: בגד |
| cheat {n} (unfair advantage in a computer game) | :: צ'יט {m} /chit/ |
| cheater {n} (cheat) SEE: cheat | :: |
| Cheboksary {prop} (city) | :: צ'בוקסרי |
| Chechen {prop} (language) | :: צ'צ'נית {f} /chechenít/ |
| Chechnya {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: צ׳צ׳ניה |
| check {n} (chess: when the king is directly threatened by an enemy piece) | :: שח {m} /shákh/ |
| check {n} (a mark like a v or sometimes x used as an indicator) | :: וי {m} /ví/, סימון \ סמון /simún/ (literally: a mark) |
| check {n} (a bill, particularly at a restaurant) | :: חשבון {m} /kheshbón/ |
| check {n} (an inspection or examination) | :: בדיקה /bdiká/ |
| check {v} (to inspect, examine) | :: בדק /badák/ |
| check {v} (to mark with a checkmark) | :: סימן /simén/, עשה וי /asá ví/ [literally, to make a 'v'] |
| check {v} (to verify or compare with a source of information) | :: בדק /badák/, וידא /vidé/ |
| check {n} (bank order) SEE: cheque | :: |
| checkbook {n} (chequebook) SEE: chequebook | :: |
| checkers {n} (draughts) SEE: draughts | :: |
| checkmate {interj} (said when making the conclusive move in chess) | :: מט /mat/ |
| checkmate {n} (conclusive victory in a game of chess) | :: מט /mat/ |
| checkpoint {n} (point along a road or on a frontier) | :: נקודת ביקורת |
| checksum {n} (number serving to detect error) | :: סכום ביקורת {m} |
| Cheddar {prop} (Cheddar cheese) SEE: Cheddar cheese | :: |
| Cheddar cheese {n} (cheese) | :: צ'דר |
| cheder {n} (school) | :: חדר {m} /khéder/ |
| cheek {n} (part of face) | :: לחי {m} /lekhi/ |
| cheer {n} (A cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy) | :: תשואות (tshu'ot) {f-p} |
| cheers {interj} (toast when drinking) | :: לחיים /le'khaim/ |
| cheese {n} (dairy product) | :: גבינה {f} /g'viná/ |
| cheese {interj} (said while being photographed) | :: גבינה |
| cheeseburger {n} (hamburger with cheese) | :: צ'יזבורגר {m} |
| cheesecake {n} (dessert food) | :: עוגת גבינה \ עגת גבינה {f} /'ugát g'viná/ |
| cheetah {n} (Acinonyx jubatus) | :: ברדלס {m} /bardelás/, צ'יטה {f} /chíta/ |
| chef {n} (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant) | :: שף {m} /shef/ |
| Chelyabinsk {prop} (city) | :: צ'ליאבינסק |
| chemical {adj} (relating to chemistry) | :: כימי {m} /chími/ |
| chemical {n} (any specific element or chemical compound) | :: כימיקל {m} /chimiqál/ |
| chemical equilibrium {n} (state of a reversible reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same) | :: שיווי משקל כימי |
| chemist {n} (pharmacy) SEE: pharmacy | :: |
| chemist {n} (pharmacist) SEE: pharmacist | :: |
| chemistry {n} (branch of natural science) | :: כימיה {f} /khímya/ |
| chemist's {n} (pharmacy) SEE: pharmacy | :: |
| Chennai {prop} (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India) | :: צ'נאי |
| Cheops {prop} (pharaoh) | :: ח'ופו /Cheopu/ |
| cheque {n} (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity) | :: המחאה {f} /hamkha`á/, צ׳ק {m} /chéq/, שיק {m} /shéq/ |
| chequebook {n} (folder containing cheques) | :: פנקס צ׳קים {m} /pinqas cheqim/ |
| Cherkessk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: צ'רקסק |
| Chernivtsi {prop} (city) | :: צ׳רנוביץ /tshernovits/ |
| Chernobyl {n} (city in Ukraine) | :: צ'רנוביל |
| Chernovtsy {prop} (Chernivtsi) SEE: Chernivtsi | :: |
| cherry {n} (fruit) | :: דובדבן \ דבדבן {m} /duvd'van/ |
| cherry {n} (tree) | :: עץ דובדבן {m} /'etz duvdevan/ |
| cherry {n} (wood) | :: עץ דובדבן /'etz duvdevan/ |
| cherub {n} (winged creature represented in the Bible as attending on God) | :: כרוב {m} /kerúv/ |
| cherub {n} | :: כרוב (keruv) {m} |
| cherubim {n} (plural of cherub) | :: כרבים (keruvym) m pl |
| cherubs {n} (plural of cherub) | :: כרבים (keruvym) m pl |
| Cheshire cat {prop} (fictional grinning cat) | :: חתול צ׳שיר {m} /khatúl Cheshiyér/ |
| Cheshire cheese {n} (type of cheese) | :: גבינת־ צ'שייר {f}, גבינת־ צ'שר {f} |
| Cheshvan {prop} (second month of the Jewish calendar) | :: חשון {m} /kheshván/ |
| chess {n} (two-player board game) | :: שחמט {m} /shakhmát/ |
| chessboard {n} (square board used in the game of chess) | :: לוח-שחמט {m} /luakh-shakhmat'/ |
| chest {n} (thorax) | :: חזה {m} /khaze/ |
| chest {n} (coffin) SEE: coffin | :: |
| chestnut {n} (nut of the chestnut tree) | :: ערמון {m} /armon/ |
| chew {v} (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing) | :: לעס /la'ás/ |
| chewing gum {n} (flavoured preparation for chewing) | :: גומי לעיסה {m} /gumi le'isa/, מסטיק {m} /mástik/ [colloquial] |
| chi {n} (Greek letter) | :: כי {f} /chi/ |
| chi {n} (the fundamental life-force or energy) | :: צ׳י /chi/ |
| Chianti {n} (Tuscan red wine) | :: קיאנטי {m} /ki'ánti/ |
| chiaroscuro {n} (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts) | :: קיארוסקורו {m} /kiyaroskúro/ |
| Chicago {prop} (large US city) | :: שיקגו /Shiqago/ |
| chick {n} (young bird) | :: אפרוח {m} /efróaḥ/ [independent at birth], גוזל {m} /gozál/ [helpless at birth] |
| chick {n} (young chicken) | :: אפרוח {m} /'efróak/ or פרגית {f} /pargít/ |
| chick {n} (young woman) | :: פרגית {f} /pargith/ |
| chicken {n} (bird) | :: תרנגול {m} /tarnegol/, תרנגולת {f} /tarnegolet/ |
| chicken {n} (meat) | :: עוף {m} /'of/ |
| chicken {n} (coward) | :: שפן {m} /shafán/ |
| chicken-or-egg question {n} (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) | :: פרדוקס ה ביצה והתרנגלת {m} /på̄rå̄ḏōqəs ha bēṣå̄h wahattarnəḡōlɛṯ/ |
| chicken pox {n} (childhood disease) | :: אבעבועות רוח {f-p} /ava'abu'ot ruakh/ |
| chickpea {n} (plant) | :: חומוס {m} /ḥumuṣ/ |
| chief of state {n} (the titular head of a nation) SEE: head of state | :: |
| Chihuahua {n} (breed of dog) | :: צ'יוואווה {m} {f} /chivavá/ |
| child {n} (a female or male child, a daughter or son) | :: ילד {m} /yéled/ (male child or child in general), ילדה {f} /yaldá/ (female child), בן {m} /ben/ (son), בת {f} /bat/ (daughter) |
| child {n} (member of a tribe, a people or a race of beings) | :: בן {m} /ben/ |
| child {n} (a minor) | :: ילד {m} /yéled/, ילדה {f} /yaldá/ |
| child-fucker {n} (contemptible person) SEE: motherfucker | :: |
| child-fucker {n} (one who engages in sex with a child) SEE: pedophile | :: |
| childhood {n} (state of being a child) | :: ילדות {f} /yaldút/ |
| childhood {n} (time when one is a child) | :: ילדות {f} /yaldút/ |
| childish {adj} (suitable for a child) | :: ילדותי /yalduti/ |
| childish {adj} (behaving immaturely) | :: ילדותי {m} /yalduti/ |
| childlikeness {n} (the state or quality of being childlike) | :: ילדות, ילדותיות |
| chile {n} (chili) SEE: chili | :: |
| Chile {prop} (country in South America) | :: צ׳ילה /chile/ |
| Chilean {n} (person from Chile) | :: צ'יליאני {m} /chiliani/, צ'יליאנית {f} /chilianit/ |
| chili {n} (spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum) | :: פלפלת צ'ילי |
| chili pepper {n} (fruit) | :: פלפל חריף {m} /pilpel ḥaríf/ |
| chill {n} (moderate, but uncomfortable coldness) | :: צנה {f} /tziná/ |
| chill {n} (sudden penetrating sense of cold) | :: קרירות {f} /qrirut/, צנה {f} /tziná/ |
| chill {adj} (moderately cold or chilly) | :: קריר {m} /qaryr/, קרירה {f} /qrira/ |
| chilli {n} (chili) SEE: chili | :: |
| Chimera {prop} (mythical monster) | :: כימרה |
| chimney {n} (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue) | :: ארובה \ ארבה {f} /'arubá/ |
| chimpanzee {n} (ape) | :: שימפנזה {m} /shimpanze/ |
| chin {n} (bottom of a face) | :: סנטר /santér/ |
| china {n} (porcelain) | :: חרסינה {f} /kharsina/ |
| China {prop} (country in east Asia) | :: סין {f} /sin/ |
| Chinatown {n} (a Chinese district outside China) | :: צ׳יינהטאון {m} /chaynataun/ |
| Chinese {n} (any language spoken in China, see also: Literary Chinese; Mandarin; Cantonese; Wu; Min Nan) | :: סינית {f} /sínit/ |
| Chinese {n} (the people of China) | :: סיני {m} /síni/, סינית {f} /sínit/ |
| Chinese {n} (person born in China) | :: סיני {m} /síni/, סינית {f} /sínit/ |
| Chinese {adj} (relating to China) | :: סיני {m} /síni/, סינית {f} /sínit/ |
| Chinese {n} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin | :: |
| Chinese cabbage {n} (bok choy) SEE: bok choy | :: |
| Chinese Crested Dog {n} (Chinese Crested Dog) | :: כלב סיני מצויץ {m} |
| Chinese grapefruit {n} (pomelo) SEE: pomelo | :: |
| Chinese parsley {n} (coriander) SEE: coriander | :: |
| Chinese red {adj} (vermilion) SEE: vermilion | :: |
| Chinese whispers {n} (game) | :: טלפון שבור {m} /télefon shavúr/ |
| chip {n} (fried strip of potato, french fry) | :: טוגנים {p} /tuganim/ |
| chip {n} (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) | :: צ׳יפס {m-p} /chips/ |
| chirp {n} (birds) | :: ציוץ {m} /tsiyúts/ |
| chirp {n} (insects) | :: ציוץ {m} /tsiyúts/ |
| chisel {v} (to cheat) SEE: cheat | :: |
| chisel {n} (tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal) | :: אזמל {m} /izmel/ |
| Chisinau {prop} (capital city and a municipality of Moldova) | :: קישינב |
| Chita {prop} (city in Russia) | :: צ'יטה |
| Chittagong {prop} (the city of Chittagong) | :: צ'יטגונג |
| chive {n} (plant) | :: עירית {f} /'yrit/ |
| chivvy {v} (to coerce) SEE: coerce | :: |
| chlorine {n} (chemical element) | :: כלור {m} /khlór/ |
| chocolate {n} (food made from ground roasted cocoa beans) | :: שוקולד {m} /shokolád/ |
| chocolate cake {n} (cake containing chocolate) | :: עוגת שוקולד |
| chocolate milk {n} (milk drink flavored with chocolate) | :: שוקו {m} /shóko/ |
| choice {n} (option or decision) | :: ברירה {f} /brera/ |
| choice {n} (selection or preference) | :: בחירה {f} /bkhira/ |
| choice {adj} (especially good or preferred) | :: מובחר {m} /muvkhar/, מובחרת {f} /muvkheret/ |
| choir {n} (singing group) | :: מקהלה {f} /maqhela/ |
| choke {v} (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe) | :: נחנק /nikhnáq/ |
| choke {v} (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them) | :: חנק /khanáq/ |
| cholecyst {n} (gall bladder) SEE: gall bladder | :: |
| cholent {n} (meat stew) | :: חמין {m} /khamín/ |
| cholera {n} (infectious disease) | :: כולרה {f} /koléra/, חלירע /kholéra/ |
| Chol HaMoed {prop} (intermediate days) | :: חול המועד /khol hamo'ed/ |
| choose {v} (to choose) SEE: take | :: |
| choose {v} (to pick) | :: בחר /bakhár/ |
| choose {v} (to elect) | :: בחר /bakhár/ |
| choosy {adj} (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements) | :: בררן {m} /barerán/, בררנית {f} /bareranít/ |
| chopper {n} (helicopter (formal translations)) SEE: helicopter | :: |
| chopper {n} (axe/ax) SEE: axe | :: |
| chopping board {n} (a sturdy board, upon which one chops and prepares food) | :: קרש חתוך / קרש חיתוך |
| chopstick {n} (single eating utensil) | :: מקלות אכילה {m-p} /mak'lót akhilá/ |
| chord {n} (combination of three or more notes) | :: אקורד {m} /akord/ |
| chore {n} (a difficult, unpleasant, or routine task) | :: מטלה |
| chorus {n} | :: מקהלה (maqhela) {f} |
| chosenness {n} (quality of being chosen) | :: בחירת |
| Christ {prop} (title for Jesus of Nazareth) | :: המשיח {m} |
| Christian {n} (member of the Christian religion) | :: נוצרי {m} /notsrí/, נוצריה {f} /notsriyá/ |
| Christian {prop} (male given name) | :: כריסטיאן /krístiyan/ |
| Christian {adj} (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) | :: נוצרי {m} /notsrí/, נוצרית {f} /notsrít/ |
| Christianity {prop} (monotheistic religion) | :: נצרות {f} /natsrút/ |
| Christmas {prop} (Christian holiday) | :: חג המולד /khag ha'molad/ |
| Christmas Eve {prop} (evening before Christmas Day) | :: ערב חג המולד {m} /érev khág hamolád/ |
| Christmas Eve {prop} (day before Christmas Day) | :: ערב חג המולד {m} /érev khág hamolád/ |
| Christmas tree {n} (tree used during the Christmas holiday season) | :: עץ חג המולד {m} |
| Christopher {prop} (a male given name) | :: כריסטופר /krístofer/ |
| chromatophore {n} (pigment-bearing cell or structure) | :: כרומטופור {m} /kromatofor/ |
| chromium {n} (chemical element) | :: כרום /krom/ |
| chromosome {n} (structure in the cell nucleus) | :: כרומוזום /kromosom/ |
| Chronicles {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: דברי הימים /divrei ha'iamym/ |
| chronologic {adj} (chronological) SEE: chronological | :: |
| chronological {adj} (in order of time from the earliest to the latest) | :: כרונולוגי |
| chronology {n} (determining the order of events) | :: כרונולוגיה {f} /khronológya/ |
| chronology {n} (arrangement into chronological order) | :: כרונולוגיה {f} /khronológya/ |
| chubby {n} (erection) SEE: boner | :: |
| chubby {adj} (of a person, somewhat fat) | :: שמנמן /sh'manmán/ |
| chubby {adj} | :: שמנמן {m} /shmanman/, שמנמנה {f} /shmanmana/ |
| Chukotka {prop} (short for Chukchi Peninsula, see also: Chukchi Peninsula) | :: צ'וקוטקה |
| Chukotka {prop} (short for Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, see also: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | :: צ'וקוטקה |
| Chukotka {prop} | :: צ'וקוטקה |
| Chumash {prop} (one of the Five Books of Moses) | :: חומש |
| Chumash {prop} (the Five Books of Moses) | :: חומש, חמישה חומשי תורה {m-p} |
| chumminess {n} (state of being chummy) SEE: folksiness | :: |
| chur {interj} (voicing of thanks) SEE: thanks | :: |
| chur {interj} (parting salutation) SEE: bye | :: |
| church {n} (house of worship) | :: כנסייה \ כנסיה {f} /knesiyá/ |
| church {n} (a religious organization) | :: כנסייה \ כנסיה {f} /knesiyá/ |
| Church Father {n} (authoritative ancient male Christian author) | :: אבי הכנסייה {m} |
| Churchill {prop} (placename or surname) | :: צ'רצ'יל |
| churchman {n} (a person of authority in a religious organization; a cleric) | :: איש-כנסיה {m} /ysh-knesia/ |
| Church of England {prop} (established Christian church in England) | :: הכנסייה האנגליקנית {f} /he-knesia h-angliqonit/ |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints {prop} (major denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement) | :: כנסיית ישו המשיח של קדושי אחרית הימים |
| Church of Scotland {prop} (national Presbyterian church of Scotland) | :: הכנסייה של סקוטלנד {f} /he-knesiá shel Sqotland/ |
| churn {n} (vessel for churning) | :: נטישה |
| churro {n} (fried pastry) | :: צ׳ורוס {m} |
| chutney {n} (condiment) | :: צ׳טני /chatni/ |
| chutzpah {n} (nearly arrogant courage) | :: חוצפה {f} /chutzpa/ |
| ciao {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| ciao {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| cicatrice {n} (scar) SEE: scar | :: |
| cicatrix {n} (scar that remains after the development of new tissue) SEE: scar | :: |
| cider {n} (alcoholic beverage) | :: סיידר |
| cigar {n} (tobacco product) | :: סיגר {m} /sigár/ |
| cigarette {n} (cigarette) | :: סיגריה {f} /sigárya/ |
| cigarette lighter {n} (lighter) SEE: lighter | :: |
| Cincinnati {prop} (city in Ohio) | :: סינסינטי |
| cinder {n} (ember) SEE: ember | :: |
| Cinderella {prop} (fairy tale) | :: סינדרלה {f} /Sinderela/, לכלוכית {f} /Likhlukhit/ |
| Cinderella {prop} (main character in this fairy tale) | :: סינדרלה {f} /Sinderela/, לכלוכית {f} /Likhlukhit/ |
| cinema {n} (movie) SEE: movie | :: |
| cinema {n} (a film/movie theatre) | :: בית קולנוע {m} /beit kolnóa'/ |
| cinema {n} (film or movies as a group) | :: קולנוע {m} /kolnóa'/ |
| cinema {n} (the film and movie industry) | :: קולנוע {m} /kolnoa/ |
| cinema {n} (the art of making films and movies) | :: קולנוע {m} /qolnóa/ |
| cinnamon {n} (spice) | :: קינמון {m} /qinamon/ |
| cipher {n} (obsolete: zero) SEE: zero | :: |
| circa {prep} (approximately, about) | :: בקירוב /be'qiruv/ |
| Circassian {prop} (language) | :: צ׳רקסית {f} /cherkesit/ |
| Circassian {n} (a native or inhabitant of Circassia) | :: צ׳רקסי {m} /cherkesi/ |
| Circassian {adj} (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) | :: צ׳רקסי /cherkesi/ |
| circle {n} (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center) | :: מעגל {m} /ma'agál/ |
| circle {n} (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) | :: מעגל {m} /ma'agál/, עיגול {m} /igúl/, דיסקה {f} /díska/ |
| circle {n} (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures) | :: כדור {m} /kadúr/ |
| circle {n} (curve approximating part or all of a circle) | :: סיבוב {m} /sivúv/ |
| circle {n} (specific group of persons) | :: חוג {m} /khug/ |
| circle {v} (travel around along a curved path) | :: סב /sav/ |
| circle {v} (surround) | :: הקיף /hikíf/ |
| circle {v} (place or mark a circle around) | :: הקיף בעיגול /hikíf b'igúl/ |
| circle {v} (travel in circles) | :: הסתובב /histovév/ |
| circle {n} (orbit) SEE: orbit | :: |
| circle segment {n} (circular arc) SEE: circular arc | :: |
| circular {n} (notice for mass distribution) | :: פלייר {m} /fláyer/ |
| circular arc {n} (continuous section of the circumference of a circle) | :: קשת {f} /késhet/, חלק ממעגל {m} /khélek mima'agál/ |
| circulate {v} | :: לסובב (le'sovev) transitive ; להסתובב (le'histovev) intransitive ; להפיץ (le'hafytz) transitive |
| circumcision {n} (removal of foreskin from penis) | :: מילה {f} /mila/ |
| circumcision {n} | :: ברית מילה {f} /brit mila/ |
| circumference {n} (length of such line) | :: הקף /hekeif/ |
| circumflex {n} (circumflex accent) | :: גג {m} /gag/ |
| circumscribe {v} (to draw a line around; encircle) | :: תחם /takhám/ |
| circumscribe {v} (to limit narrowly; restrict) | :: הגביל /higbíl/ |
| circumscription {n} (electoral district) SEE: electoral district | :: |
| circumstance {n} (that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event) | :: נסיבות {f-p} /nesibot/ |
| circus {n} (company that travels) | :: קרקס {m} /kirkas/ |
| cirque {n} (something in the shape of a circle) SEE: circle | :: |
| cirque {n} (curved depression in a mountainside) | :: קרקס קרחוני |
| cistern {n} (reservoir for holding water) | :: גב {m} /gev/ |
| citadel {n} (a strong fortress that sits high above a city) | :: מצודה {f} /metzudá/ |
| citation {n} (the act of citing a passage from a book) | :: ציטוט {m} /tzitut/ |
| citation {n} (the passage or words quoted; quotation) | :: ציטוט {m} /tzitut/ |
| citation needed {phrase} (A portion of a wiki needs to be validated by a source.) | :: דרוש מקור |
| cite {v} (quote) SEE: quote | :: |
| cite {n} (citation) SEE: citation | :: |
| citizen {n} (legal member of a state) | :: אזרח {m} /ezrákh/ |
| citizen {n} | :: אזרח {m} /ezrakh/, אזרחית {f} /ezrakhyt/ |
| citizenship {n} (state of being a citizen) | :: אזרחות {f} /ezrakhut/ |
| citron {n} (fruit) | :: אתרוג /etrog/ |
| citrus {n} (fruit) SEE: citrus fruit | :: |
| citrus fruit {n} (fruit of genus Citrus) | :: פרי הדר {m} /pri hadár/ |
| city {n} (large settlement) | :: עיר {f} /ir/ |
| civet coffee {n} (coffee made from eaten berries) SEE: kopi luwak | :: |
| civics {n} (study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community) | :: אזרחות {f} /ezrakhút/ |
| civil {adj} | :: ציבורי {m} /tzibury/, ציבורית {f} /tziburyt/ |
| civilian {n} (non-military person) | :: אזרח {m} /ezrakh/, אזרחית {f} /ezrakhyt/ |
| civilian {adj} (not related to the military armed forces) | :: אזרחי /ezrakhí/ |
| civilization {n} (organized culture) | :: ציויליזציה / ציוויליזציה {f} /tsivilizátsia/ |
| civilization {n} (human society) | :: ציויליזציה / ציוויליזציה {f} /tsivilizátsia/ |
| civil law {n} (legal system contrasting with common law) | :: המשפט הקונטיננטלי, משפט אזרחי |
| civil war {n} (war between factions within a single country) | :: מלחמת אזרחים |
| Civil War {prop} (civil war) SEE: civil war | :: |
| civvies {n} (mufti (dress)) SEE: mufti | :: |
| claim {n} (new statement of truth made about something) | :: טענה {f} /t'a'na/, טיעון {m} /t'i'un/ |
| claim {n} (demand of ownership for previously unowned land) | :: תביעה {f} /tvi'a/ |
| claim {v} (to state a new fact) | :: טען /ta'án/ |
| claim {v} (to demand ownership or right to use for land) | :: תבע /tavá/ |
| claimant {n} (party who initiates a lawsuit) SEE: plaintiff | :: |
| clam {n} (mollusc, see also: mollusc; oyster; mussel) | :: צדף {m} /tzédef/, צדפה {f} /tzidpá/ |
| clamor {n} | :: זעקה {f}, צעקה {f} |
| clap {n} (The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together) | :: מחיאת כף {f} /meẖiát kaf/ |
| clap {v} (To applaud by clapping the hands) | :: מחא כפיים /makhá kapayim/ |
| clapper {n} (the tongue of a bell) | :: ענבל {m} /inbal/ |
| clarify {v} (to make clear) | :: הבהיר /hibhír/ |
| clarinet {n} (woodwind musical instrument) | :: קלרנית {f} /klarnit/ |
| clarity {n} (the state or measure of being clear) | :: בהירות {f} /behirut/ |
| class {n} (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) | :: מעמד {m} /ma'mad/ |
| class {n} (division of society into classes) | :: מעמדות {m-p} /ma'amadot/ |
| class {n} (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) | :: כיתה \ כתה {f} /kita/ |
| class {n} (series of classes covering a single subject) | :: קורס {m} /kurs/ |
| class {n} (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) | :: שכבה {f} /shikhva/ |
| class {n} (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) | :: מחלקה {f} /makhlaqa/ |
| classic {adj} (exemplary of a particular style) | :: קלאסי {m} /klasi/ |
| classical mechanics {n} (physical laws of nature that account for the behaviour of the normal world) | :: מכניקה קלאסית {f} /mekhanika k'lasit/ |
| clause {n} | :: סעיף {m} /sa'yf/ |
| claustrophobia {n} (fear of closed, tight places) | :: קלאוסטרופוביה |
| clavicle {n} (collar bone) | :: עצם הבריח {f} /etsem ha-brikhe/ |
| claw {n} (curved horny nail) | :: טופר {m} /tofer/, טפר {m} /tofer/ |
| claw {n} | :: טפר |
| clay {n} (mineral substance) | :: חומר \ חמר /khómer/, טיט /tít/ (ש״ע) |
| clean {adj} (not dirty) | :: נקי /nakí/ |
| clean {adj} (pure, especially morally or religiously) | :: טהור /tahór/ |
| clean {v} ((transitive) to tidy up) | :: מנקה {m} /menakeh/ |
| clean {v} | :: לנקות /lenaqot/ |
| cleanliness {n} (the property of being cleanly) | :: ניקיון {m} /niqaion/ |
| cleanse {v} (clean, purify) | :: איבק /ibék/ |
| cleanse {v} (spiritually purify) | :: נטהר /nithár/ |
| cleanup {n} (the act of cleaning or tidying) | :: ניקוי {m} /niqui/ |
| clear {adj} (transparent in colour) | :: צלול /tzalul/ |
| clear {adj} (bright, not obscured) | :: נקי /nakí/ |
| clear {adj} (free of obstacles) | :: פנוי /panúi/ |
| clear {adj} (without clouds) | :: בהיר /bahír/ |
| clear {adj} (free of ambiguity or doubt) | :: ברור /barúr/ |
| clear {adj} (free of guilt or suspicion) | :: נקי /nakí/ |
| clear {v} (to remove obstructions or impediments) | :: סילק \ סלק /silék/, פינה \ פנה /piná/ |
| clear {v} (to eliminate ambiguity or doubt; to clarify) | :: הבהיר /hivhír/ |
| clear {v} (to remove from suspicion) | :: ניקה \ נקה /niká/ |
| clear {v} (to become clear) | :: התבהר /hitbahér/ |
| clear as day {adj} (quite clear) | :: ברור כשמש /barúr kashémesh/ |
| cleavable {adj} (capable of being cleaved) | :: בתיק {m} |
| cleavage {n} (separation between breasts) | :: מחשוף {m} /maẖsóf/ |
| cleaver {n} (a squarish knife used for hacking) | :: קופיץ /kufitz/ |
| cleft {n} (opening made or as if made by splitting) | :: שסע {m}, בקע {m} |
| clement {adj} (lenient or merciful; charitable) | :: רחום {m} /ráhoom/ |
| clerk {n} (one working with records etc.) | :: פקיד {m} /paqyd/, פקידה {f} /pqida/ |
| Cleveland {prop} (city in Ohio) | :: קליבלנד {f} /klívland/ |
| clever {adj} (mentally quick or sharp) | :: פיקח /piqe'akh/, חכם /khakhám/ |
| clever {adj} | :: פיקח {m} /piqe'akh/, פיקחית {f} /piqkhyt/ |
| clew {n} (clue) SEE: clue | :: |
| cliché {n} (overused phrase or expression) | :: קלישאה {f} /qlišaa/ |
| cliché {n} (anything (other than a phrase) that is overused) | :: קלישאה {f} |
| cliche {n} (cliché) SEE: cliché | :: |
| click {v} (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) | :: הקליק /hiklík/ |
| client {n} (person who receives help or advice from a professional person) | :: לקוח {m} /laqoakh/, לקוחה {f} /lequkha/ |
| clientele {n} (body of clients who frequent an establishment) | :: קליינטורה {f} /qlient'ura/ |
| cliff {n} (a (near) vertical rock face) | :: צוק {m} /tsuq/ |
| climate {n} (long-term atmospheric conditions) | :: אקלים {m} /aklím/ |
| climatology {n} (science) | :: קלימטולוגיה |
| climax {n} (the peak of sexual pleasure) SEE: orgasm | :: |
| climb {v} (to ascend, to go up) | :: עלה /alá/, האמיר /ha'amír/ |
| climb {v} (to mount, to move upwards on) | :: טיפס /tipés/ |
| climber {n} (one who climbs) | :: מטפס {m} /met'apes/, מטפסת {f} /met'apeset/ |
| clinic {n} (medical facility) | :: מרפאה {f} /mirpaa/ |
| clinical psychology {n} (branch of psychology) | :: פסיכולוגיה קלינית |
| clipper {n} (fast sailing ship) | :: קליפר {m} /klipper/ |
| clique {n} (subgraph) | :: קליקה {f} /klíka/ |
| clitoris {n} (elongated erectile organ) | :: דגדגן {m} /dagdegan/ |
| cloaca {n} (anatomical feature of birds etc) | :: ביב {m} /biv/ |
| cloakroom {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| cloakroom {n} (room for coats) | :: מלתחה {f} /meltakha/ |
| clock {n} (instrument to measure or keep track of time) | :: שעון {m} /sha'on/ |
| clog {n} (a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel) | :: קבקב {m} /qavqáv/ |
| close {v} (obstruct (an opening)) | :: סגר /sagár/ |
| close {v} (move (a door)) | :: סגר /sagár/ |
| close {v} (put an end to) | :: סגר /sagár/ |
| close {adj} (at a little distance) | :: קרוב {m} /karóv/, קרובה {f} /k'rová/ |
| closed {adj} (not open) | :: סגור {m} /sagúr/, סגורה {f} /sgurá/ |
| closed {adj} (not operating or conducting trade) | :: סגור {m} /sagúr/, סגורה {f} /sgurá/ |
| closed {adj} (not public) | :: סגור {m} /sagúr/, סגורה {f} /sgurá/ |
| closed {adj} | :: סגורה {f} /sgurá/ |
| closemouthed {adj} (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) | :: שתקן |
| closet {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| closet {n} (furniture) | :: ארון /arón/ |
| cloth {n} (woven fabric) | :: בד {m} /bad/ |
| cloth {n} (piece of cloth) | :: בד {m} /bad/ |
| cloth {n} (form of attire) | :: תלבושת {f} /tilbóshet/, מדים /madím/ |
| clothes {n} (apparel) | :: בגדים {m-p} /bgadím/ |
| clothes don't make the man {proverb} (clothes don't make the man) | :: הבגד עושה את האדם /habéged 'osé et haadám/ [opposite meaning] |
| clothes dryer {n} (appliance) | :: מייבש כביסה |
| clothesline {n} (rope or cord for drying clothes) | :: חבל-כביסה {m} /khevel-kvisa/ |
| clothing {n} (clothes) | :: ביגוד, בגדים {p} /b'gadim/ |
| cloud {n} (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air) | :: ענן {m} /anán/ |
| cloud {n} | :: ענן {m} /’anan/ |
| cloudy {adj} (covered with or characterised by clouds) | :: מעונן /me'unan/ |
| clove {n} (spice) | :: צפרן {f} /tzippóren/ |
| clove {n} (constitutive bulb of garlic) | :: שן שום {m} /shen shum/, שני שום {m-p} /shinéy shum/ |
| clove pink {n} (carnation) SEE: carnation | :: |
| clover {n} (plant in genus Trifolium) | :: תלתן {m} /tiltán/ |
| clown {n} (performance artist working in a circus) | :: ליצן {m} /leitsán/, ליצנית {f} /leytsanit/ |
| club {n} (weapon) | :: אלה {f} /alá/, נבוט {m} /nabút/ |
| club {n} (association of members) | :: מועדון {m} /mo'adón/, חוג {m} /ḥug/ |
| club {n} (nightclub) | :: מועדון {m} /mo'adón/ |
| club {n} (playing card symbol, ♣) | :: תלתן {m} /tiltán/ |
| club {n} (hitting implement) | :: מחבט {m} /maḥbét/, אלה {f} /alá/ |
| club {v} (to hit with a club) | :: חבט /ḥavát/ |
| clubs {n} (plural of club) SEE: club | :: |
| clue {n} (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion) | :: רמז {m} /remez/ |
| clumsy {adj} | :: גמלוני |
| clutch {n} (A device to interrupt power transmission) | :: מצמד {m} /matsméd/, קלאץ׳ {m} /k'lách/ [slang] |
| c'mere {contraction} (here) SEE: here | :: |
| c'mere {contraction} (come) SEE: come | :: |
| coach {n} (rail passenger car) | :: קרון נוסעים {m} /karon nosim/, קרונות נוסעים {m-p} /kronot nosim/ |
| coach {n} (trainer) | :: מאמן \ מאמן {m} /meamén/, מאמנת \ מאמנת {f} /meaménet/ |
| coach {v} (sports: train) | :: אימן /imén/ |
| coal {n} (uncountable: carbon rock) | :: פחם {m} /pekhám/ |
| coal {n} | :: פחם {m} /pekham/ |
| coarse {adj} (containing large particles) | :: גס {m} /gas/ |
| coarse {adj} (of inferior quality) | :: גס {m} /gas/; נחות {m} /nakhut/ |
| coarse {adj} (not refined) | :: גס {m} /gas/ |
| coast {n} (edge of land meeting ocean, sea, gulf, bay) | :: שפת הים, חוף ים, חוף |
| coat {n} (outer garment covering the upper torso and arms) | :: מעיל /m'íl/ |
| coating {n} (a thin outer layer) | :: מעטה {m} /ma'até/ |
| coat of arms {n} (hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon) | :: שלט אצלה {m} /shelet atzullah/ |
| cob {n} (gull) SEE: gull | :: |
| cobalt {n} (chemical element) | :: קובלט /qóbalt/ |
| co-brother-in-law {n} (one's spouse's brother-in-law) | :: גיסן |
| cobweb {n} (a spider’s web) SEE: spiderweb | :: |
| coca {n} (the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)) | :: קוקה {f} /koka/ |
| Coca-Cola {prop} (particular carbonated soft drink) | :: קוקה-קולה /kóka-kóla/ |
| cocaine {n} (the narcotic) | :: קוקאין {m} /koka'ín/ |
| cock {n} (slang: penis) SEE: dick | :: |
| cock {n} (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) SEE: rooster | :: |
| cock-a-doodle-doo {interj} (cry of the rooster) | :: קוקוריקו /kukurikú/ |
| cockatoo {n} (a bird) | :: קקדו {m} |
| cockpit {n} (space for pilot and crew in an aircraft) | :: תא-הטייס {m} /ta-ha't'aias/, קוקפיט {m} /kokpit/ |
| cockpit {n} (nautical: well, where the helm is) | :: קוקפיט {m} /kokpit/ |
| cock ring {n} (sex aid) | :: טבעת פין |
| cockroach {n} (type of insect) | :: ג׳וק {m} /juk/, תיקן {m} /tikan/ |
| cockscomb {n} (fleshy red crest of a rooster) | :: כרבלת {f} /karbólet/ |
| cocktail {n} (alcoholic beverage) | :: קוקטיל {m} /kokteyl/ |
| cocoa {n} (hot drink) | :: קקאו {m} /qaqao/ |
| cocoa {n} (powder) SEE: cocoa powder | :: |
| cocoa powder {n} (powder from cocoa solids) | :: קקאו {f} /qaqáo/ |
| coconut {n} (fruit of coco palm) | :: קוקוס {m} /kokus/ |
| cocoon {n} (protective case) | :: פקעת {f} /pqá'at/ |
| code {n} (cryptographic system) | :: קוד {m} /kod/ |
| code {n} (source code) SEE: source code | :: |
| codex {n} (bound book) | :: קודקס {m} /kodeks/ |
| coeliac disease {n} (auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten) | :: כרסת |
| coerce {v} | :: לכפות (likhpot) |
| coercion {n} (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person) | :: כפייה {f} /kfi'a/ |
| coetaneous {adj} (contemporary) SEE: contemporary | :: |
| coexist {v} (Exist contemporaneously) | :: התקיים בצוותא /hitkayém b'tzavta/ |
| coexistence {n} (two or more things existing together) | :: [coexistence of two things] דו־קיום {m} /du-kiyúm/ |
| co-father-in-law {n} (father of one's son- or daughter-in-law) | :: מחותן {m} /m'khután/ |
| coffee {n} (beverage) | :: קפה {m} /qafé/ |
| coffee {n} (beans) | :: פולי קפה {m-p} /poléi qafé/ |
| coffee {n} (plant) | :: קפה {m} /qafé/ |
| coffee {n} (colour) | :: קפה {m} /qafé/ |
| coffee {adj} (of a pale brown colour) | :: קפה {m} /qafé/ |
| coffee bar {n} (establishment that sells coffee) SEE: café | :: |
| coffeehouse {n} (café) SEE: café | :: |
| coffee shop {n} (café) SEE: café | :: |
| coffee table {n} (type of table) | :: שולחן קפה \ שלחן קפה {m} /shulkhán kafé/ |
| coffin {n} (box in which a dead person is buried) | :: ארון /arón/, גלוסקמה {f} /glosqemá/ |
| cognac {n} (type of brandy) | :: קוניק {m} /konyak/ |
| cognition {n} (process of knowing) | :: הכרה {f} /hakara/ |
| cognitive dissonance {n} (conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs) | :: דיסוננס קוגניטיבי {m}, צריר הכרני {m} |
| cognitive psychology {n} (branch of psychology) | :: פסיכולוגיה קוגניטיבית |
| coherent {adj} | :: ברור (bɑrur), עקבי (ʿikvi), קוהרנטי (coherɑnti) |
| cohort {n} (colleague) SEE: colleague | :: |
| coiffure {n} (hairstyle) SEE: hairstyle | :: |
| Coimbra {prop} (city and municipality in Coimbra, Portugal) | :: קוימברה |
| coin {n} ((currency) a piece of currency) | :: מטבע {m} /matbéa'/ |
| coinage {n} (currency) SEE: currency | :: |
| coincidence {n} (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not) | :: צירוף-מקרים {m} /tzerúf-mikrím/ |
| coitus {n} (sexual interaction, see also: sexual intercourse) | :: בעילה {f} /be'ilá/ |
| cojones {n} ((slang) testicles) | :: ביצים {f-p} [slang] |
| cojones {n} ((slang) courage) | :: ביצים {f-p} [slang] |
| cola {n} (drink) | :: קולה {f} /qola/ |
| Colchester {prop} (town in England) | :: קולצ'סטר |
| cold {adj} (having a low temperature) | :: קר {m} /kar/, צונן {m} /tsonén/ |
| cold {adj} (of the weather) | :: קר {m} /kar/ |
| cold {adj} (unfriendly) | :: קר {m} /qar/, צונן {m} /tzonén/ |
| cold {n} (low temperature) | :: קר {m} /qor/ |
| cold {n} (illness) | :: הצטננות {f} /hitztanenút/ |
| cold fusion {n} (hypothetical form of nuclear fusion) | :: היתוך קר |
| coldness {n} (the relative lack of heat) | :: קור {m} /qor/ |
| coldness {n} (the sensation) | :: קור {m} /qor/ |
| coldness {n} (limited enthusiasm or affection) | :: קרירות {f} /qrirut/ |
| cold war {n} (a period of hostile relations) | :: מלחמה קרה {f} /milkhamah karah/ |
| Cold War {prop} (a period of history from 1945-1991) | :: מלחמה קרה {f} /milkhamah karah/ |
| cole {n} (cabbage) SEE: cabbage | :: |
| collaborate {v} (to work together on a piece of work) | :: שיתף פעולה /shitéf p'ula/ |
| collaborate {v} (to cooperate treasonably) | :: שיתף פעולה /shitéf p'ula/ |
| collaboration {n} | :: שיתוף פעולה (shituf pe'ula) {m} |
| collapse {v} | :: להתמוטט /le'hitmot'et'/, לקרוס /liqros/ ; לקרוס /liqros/ |
| collapse {n} (act of collapsing) | :: התמוטטות {f} /hitmot'et'ut/, קריסה {f} /qrisa/ |
| collar {n} (fabric garment part fitting around throat) | :: צווארון {m} /tzavaron/, צווארון {m} /tzavaron/ |
| collar {n} (device for restraining animal) | :: קולר {m} /qolar/ |
| collar {v} (to arrest) SEE: arrest | :: |
| collarbone {n} (clavicle) SEE: clavicle | :: |
| collateral damage {n} (collateral damage) | :: נזק נלווה |
| colleague {n} (fellow member of a profession) | :: עמית {m} /'amit/, עמיתה {f} /'amita/ |
| collect {v} (to gather together) | :: אסף /asáf/ |
| collect {v} (to get from someone) | :: גבה /gavá/ |
| collect {v} (to accumulate items for a hobby) | :: אסף /asáf/ |
| collected {adj} (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) | :: מיושב בדעתו, שקול |
| collection {n} (set of items) | :: אוסף {m} /osef/ |
| collection {n} (activity of collecting) | :: איסוף {m} /ysuf/ |
| collective {adj} | :: שתופי /shitûphi/ |
| collector {n} (person or thing that collects) | :: אספן {m} /asfan/, אספנית {f} /asfanyt/ |
| college {n} (institution of higher education) | :: מכללה {f} /mikhlalá/ |
| college {n} (institution of higher education teaching undergraduates) | :: מכללה {f} /mikhlalá/ |
| college {n} (non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university) | :: מכללה {f} /mikhlalá/ |
| collide {v} (to impact directly, especially if violent) | :: התנגש /hitnagésh/ |
| collision {n} (collision) SEE: wreck | :: |
| collision {n} (instance of colliding) | :: התנגשות {f} /hitnagshut/ |
| Cologne {prop} (city in Germany) | :: קלן /Keln/ |
| Colombia {prop} (country in South America) | :: קולומביה {f} /kolombia/ |
| Colombian {n} (A person from Colombia) | :: קולומביאני {m} /qolombiani/, קולומביאנית {f} /qolombianit/ |
| Colombo {prop} (capital of Sri Lanka) | :: קולומבו /qolombo/ |
| colon {n} (punctuation mark) | :: נקודתיים {f-p} /nekudataim/ |
| colony {n} (region or governmental unit) | :: מושבה {f} /moshava/, קולוניה {f} /qōlōnəyå̄h / |
| color {n} (spectral composition of visible light) | :: צבע {m} /tséva/ |
| color {n} (particular set of the visible spectrum) | :: צבע {m} /tzéva/ |
| color {n} | :: צבע /tséva/ |
| color {adj} (conveying color) | :: צבעוני {m} /tziv'ony/, צבעונית {f} /tziv'onyt/ |
| color {v} (give something color) | :: צבע /tsavá/ |
| color {v} (become red through increased blood flow) | :: הסמיק /hismík/ |
| Colosseum {prop} (ancient stadium in Rome) | :: קולוסיאום |
| colostrum {n} (a form of milk) | :: קולוסטרום |
| column {n} (upright supporting member) | :: עמוד {m} /amúd/ |
| column {n} (newspaper column) | :: טור {m} /tur/ |
| coma {n} (Deep sleep) | :: תרדמת {f} /tardemet/ |
| comatose {adj} (asleep) SEE: asleep | :: |
| comb {n} (toothed implement for grooming the hair) | :: מסרק {m} /masrek/ |
| comb {v} (to groom the hair with a toothed implement) | :: סרק /saráq/, סרק /seréq/ |
| comb {v} (to search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb) | :: סרק /saráq/ |
| combat {n} (a battle; a fight; a struggle for victory) | :: נפתולים {m} |
| combine {v} (bring two or more things or activities together) | :: ערבב /irbév/ [things]; שילב /shilév/ [activities] |
| combine {v} (have two or more things or properties that function together) | :: שילב /shilév/ [properties] |
| combine {n} (combine harvester) SEE: combine harvester | :: |
| combine harvester {n} (combine) | :: קומביין תבואות, קומביין, קצרדש |
| combust {v} (be consumed by fire) SEE: burn | :: |
| come {v} (to move nearer) | :: בא /ba/ |
| comedy {n} (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) | :: קומדיה {f} /qomedia/ |
| comedy {n} (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) | :: קומדיה {f} /qomedia/ |
| comedy {n} (the genre of such works) | :: קומדיה {f} /qomedia/ |
| come in {v} (to enter) SEE: enter | :: |
| come on {interj} (expression of encouragement) | :: יאללה /yálla/ |
| comet {n} (a celestial body, generally with a tail) | :: שביט {m} /shavit/, כוכב שביט {m} /kokháv shavít/ |
| comfort {n} | :: נוחות {f} (nokhut) |
| comfort {v} (console) SEE: console | :: |
| comfortable {adj} | :: נוח {m} /noakh/, נוחה {f} /nokha/ |
| comfort food {n} (food consumed to feel comfort) | :: אוכל מנחם \ אכל מנחם {m} /okhél m'nakhém/ |
| comic {adj} (being funny) | :: קומי {m} /qomi/ |
| comic {adj} (related to comedy) | :: קומי {m} /qomi/ |
| comic {n} (comedian) | :: קומיקאי {m} /qomiqai/, קומיקאית {f} /qomiqait/ |
| comical {adj} | :: קומי (qomi) {m}, קומית (qomit) {f} |
| Comintern {prop} (international association of Communist parties) | :: קומינטרן |
| comma {n} (punctuation mark ',') | :: פסיק {m} /p'sik/ |
| command {n} (order) | :: פקדה {f} /pquda/, מצוה {f} |
| commander {n} (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) | :: מפקד {m} /mefaqed/, מפקדת {f} /mefaqedet/ |
| commanding {adj} (tending to give commands) | :: פוקד, שולט |
| commanding {adj} (impressively dominant) | :: חולשת מרשים |
| commandment {n} (a command or edict) | :: מצווה {f} /mitsvá/ |
| comme ci comme ça {adj} (neither good nor bad) | :: [slang] ככה-ככה {f} /kakhah-kakhah/ |
| comment {n} | :: הערה {f} /he'ara/ |
| comment {v} | :: להעיר /le'ha'yr/ |
| commentary {n} (A series of comments or annotations) | :: פרוש {f} /perúsh/ |
| commentary {n} (A brief account of transactions or events written hastily) | :: הערות {f-p} /he'arot/ |
| commentary {n} (An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs) | :: דווח {m} /divuah/ |
| commerce {n} (large scale trade) | :: סחר {m} /sakhar/, מסחר {m} /miskhar/ |
| commercial {n} (advertisement in a common media format) | :: פרסומת {f} /pirsómet/ |
| commercial {adj} (of or pertaining to commerce) | :: מסחרי {m} /miskhary/, מסחרית {f} /miskharyt/ |
| commercial at {n} (at sign) SEE: at sign | :: |
| commie {n} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| commissioned officer {n} (an officer who derives authority directly from a sovereign power) | :: קצין {m} /katsín/ |
| commitment {n} (promise or agreement to do something in the future) | :: מחויבות {f} /mekhuiavut/ |
| commitment {n} (being bound emotionally/intellectually) | :: מחויבות {f} /mekhuiavut/ |
| commitment {n} (state of being pledged or engaged) | :: מחויבות {f} /mekhuiavut/ |
| commitment {n} (trait of sincerity and focused purpose) | :: מחויבות {f} /mekhuiavut/ |
| commitment {n} | :: מחויבות (mekhuiavut) {f} |
| commit suicide {v} (to kill oneself) | :: התאבד /hit'abéd/ |
| committed {adj} (obligated by a pledge to some course of action) | :: מחויב {m} /mekhuiav/, מחויבת {f} /mekhuievet/ |
| committee {n} (group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose) | :: ועדה {f} /v'adá/ |
| commo {n} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| commo {n} (communication) SEE: communication | :: |
| commodity {n} (anything movable traded) | :: סחורה {f} /s'khorá/ |
| commodore {n} (a naval officer) | :: קומודור {m} /komodor/, קברניט {m} /kabarnit/ |
| common {adj} (mutual) | :: משותף {m} /meshutaf/, משותפת {f} /meshutefet/ |
| common {adj} (usual) | :: שכיח {m} /shakhíakh/, שכיחה {f} /shkhikha/ |
| common {adj} (found in large numbers or in a large quantity) | :: נפוץ {m} /nafótz/, נפוצה {f} /nefotza/, שכיח {m} /shakhíakh/, שכיחה {f} /shkhikha/ |
| common {adj} (ordinary) | :: רגיל {m} /ragíl/, רגילה {f} /regila/ |
| common blackbird {n} (Turdus merula) SEE: blackbird | :: |
| common sense {n} (ordinary understanding) | :: שכל הישר {m}, היגיון פשוט {m} |
| commonwealth {n} (form of government) | :: קהילייה {f} /qehilia/ |
| Commonwealth of Independent States {prop} (alliance of former Soviet republics) | :: חבר המדינות |
| communal {adj} (pertaining to a community) | :: קהילתי {m} /qehilaty/, קהילתית {f} /qehilatyt/ |
| commune {n} (small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community) | :: קבוצה {f} /qvutzá/, קבוץ {m} /qibbútz/ |
| communicate {v} | :: לתקשר (le'taqsher) |
| communication {n} (concept of exchanging information) | :: תקשורת {f} /tiqshóret/, קשר {m} /qésher/ |
| communication {n} (a message) | :: מסר {m} /méser/, הודעה {f} /hoda`á/ |
| communication {n} (instance of data transfer) | :: מסר {m} /méser/, הודעה {f} /hoda`á/ |
| communication {n} (passageway or opening) | :: מעבר {m} /ma`avár/ |
| communism {n} (philosophy) | :: קומוניזם {m} /komunízm/ |
| communism {n} | :: קומוניזם /komunizm/ |
| communist {n} (person who follows a communist philosophy) | :: קומוניסט {m} /komuníst/, קומוניסטית {f} /komunistít/ |
| Communist {n} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| Communist {adj} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| community {n} (group sharing a common understanding) | :: קהילה \ קהלה {f} /k'hilá/ |
| community {n} (residential or religious collective) | :: קהילה \ קהלה {f} /k'hilá/ |
| community {n} ((ecology) group of interdependent organisms) | :: חברה {f} /khevrá/ |
| community {n} | :: קהילה {f} (qehila) |
| Comoros {prop} (country in Eastern Africa) | :: קומורו /qomoro/ |
| co-mother-in-law {n} (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law) | :: מחותנת /mekhutenet; mechuteynesteh/ |
| compact {adj} (closely packed) | :: דחוס /dakhús/ |
| compact {adj} (topological sense) | :: קומפקטי /kompákti/ |
| compact {v} (make more dense) | :: דחס /dakhás/ |
| companionway {n} (staircase or ladder) | :: ירדה {f} /yardah/ |
| company {n} (in legal context, a corporation) | :: חברה {f} /khevrá/ |
| company {n} (military unit) | :: פלוגה {f} /plugá/ |
| comparable {adj} (similar) SEE: similar | :: |
| compare {v} (to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another) | :: השווה \ השוה /hishvá/ |
| comparison {n} (act of comparing or the state of being compared) | :: השוואה {f} /hashva'á/ |
| comparison {n} (evaluation of the similarities and differences of two (or more) things) | :: השוואה /hashva'á/ |
| comparison {n} (state of being similar or alike) | :: השוואה {f} /hashva'á/ |
| comparison {n} | :: השוואה {f} /hashvaa/ |
| compass {n} (instrument to determine cardinal directions) | :: מצפן {m} /matzpen/ |
| compass {n} (pair of compasses) SEE: pair of compasses | :: |
| compassion {n} (deep awareness of the suffering of another) | :: רחמים {m-p} /rakhamím/; חמלה {f} /khemlá/; אמפתיה {f} /empatiá/ |
| compassionate {adj} (having, feeling or showing compassion) | :: רחמן /rakhamán/, רחום /rakhúm/ |
| compatibility {n} (the capability to exist without mutual interference) | :: תאימות {f} |
| compensate {v} (to pay someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration) | :: לתגמל /le'tagmel/ |
| compensate {v} (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill) | :: לפצות /le'fatzot/ |
| compensation {n} | :: פיצוי {m} (pitzui) (for loss or lack of something else); תגמול {m} (tagmul) (for work or service) |
| compete {v} (to contend) | :: התחרה /hitkhará/ |
| competence {n} (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.) | :: יכולת {f} /yekhólet/, סמכות {f} /samkhút/ |
| competence {n} (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.) | :: סמכות {f} /samkhút/ |
| competency {n} | :: כשירות (kshirut) {f} |
| competition {n} (action of competing) | :: תחרות {f} /takharút/ |
| competitive {adj} | :: תחרותי /takharuti/ |
| competitor {n} (person against whom one is competing) | :: מתחרה {m} /mitkhare/, מתחרה {f} /mitkhara/ |
| competitor {n} (participant in a competition) | :: מתחרה {m} /mitkhare/, מתחרה {f} /mitkhara/ |
| compile {v} (produce executable) | :: קימפל /kimpél/ |
| complain {v} (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment) | :: התלונן |
| complain {v} | :: להתלונן /le'hitlonen/ |
| complaint {n} | :: תלונה {f} /tluna/ |
| complement {v} (to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides) | :: השלים /hishlím/ |
| complete {v} (to finish) | :: סיים /siyém/ |
| complete {v} | :: להשלים /le'hashlym/ |
| completely {adv} (in a complete manner) | :: לגמרי /le'gamre'/ |
| completeness {n} (state or condition of being complete) | :: שלמות {f} /shlemut/ |
| complex {adj} (intricate) | :: מורכב /murkav/ |
| complex {adj} (not simple or straightforward) | :: מורכב /murkav/ |
| complex {n} (collection of buildings) | :: קריה {f} /qiryá/ |
| complex {n} (problem) SEE: problem | :: |
| complexity {n} (The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement) | :: מורכבות {f} /murkavut/ |
| complex number {n} (number of the form a + bi) | :: מספר מרוכב |
| complicate {v} (to combine intricately) | :: סיבך /sibékh/ |
| complicated {adj} (difficult or convoluted) | :: מסובך {m} /mesubakh/, מסובכת {f} /mesubekhet/, מורכב {m} /murkav/ |
| compliment {n} (expression of praise, congratulation or respect) | :: מחמאה {f} /makhma'á/ |
| compliment {v} (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion) | :: החמיא /hekhmí/ |
| comply {v} (to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree) | :: נענה /na'aná/ |
| component {n} (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) | :: מרכיב {m} /markiv/, רכיב {m} /rekhiv/ |
| compose {v} (to construct by mental labor; to think up) | :: חיבר /khibér/ [literary work], הלחין /hilkhín/ [music] |
| composer {n} (one who composes music) | :: מלחין {m} /malkhin/ |
| composer {n} | :: מחבר {m} [mekhaber], מחברת {f} (mekhaberet) [creator of literary works]; מלחין {m} [malkhyn], מלחינה {f} (malkhina) [creator of musical works] |
| composite {adj} (made up of multiple components; compound or complex) | :: מורכב /murkáv/ |
| composite {adj} (not prime; having factors) | :: פריק /parík/ |
| compost {v} | :: רקבובית (raqbuvyt) {f} (noun) |
| compound {n} (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements) | :: תרכובת {f} /tirkovet/ |
| compound {v} (to put together) | :: לשלב |
| comprador {n} (intermediary) SEE: intermediary | :: |
| comprehension {n} (thorough understanding) | :: הבנה {f} /havaná/ |
| compressor {n} (device that squeezes) | :: מדחס {m} /mad'khes/ |
| comprise {v} (be made up of) | :: כלל /kalál/ |
| comprise {v} (include) | :: הכיל /hekhíl/ |
| compromise {n} (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions) | :: פשרה {f} /pshara/ |
| compromise {v} | :: להתפשר (le'hitpasher) (to settle differences by concessions); לייתר (le'iater) |
| compulsory {adj} (mandatory) | :: חובה {f} /khova/ |
| computation history {n} (a sequence of steps) | :: היסטוריית חישוב {f} /históryat chishúv/ |
| computer {n} (device) | :: מחשב {m} /makhshév/ |
| computer game {n} (electronic game) | :: משחק מחשב /miskhak makhshev/ |
| computer graphics {n} (representation and manipulation of pictures by computer) | :: גרפיקה מחשבית {f} /g'rafiká makh'shevít/ |
| computerization {n} (the act of computerizing) | :: מחשוב {m} /mikhshuv/ |
| computer science {n} (study of computers and their architecture) | :: מדעי המחשב |
| computer virus {n} (program) SEE: virus | :: |
| computing {n} (calculation) SEE: calculation | :: |
| comrade {n} (fellow socialist or communist) | :: חבר {m} /khavér/, חברה {f} /khaverá/ |
| comrade {n} (title used in leftist circles) | :: חבר {m} /khavér/, חברה {f} /khaverá/ |
| concede {v} (to yield or suffer; to surrender) | :: קיבל /kibél/, ויתר /vitér/ |
| conceit {n} (overly high self-esteem) | :: התנפחות /hitnapkhût/ |
| concentrate {v} | :: לרכז /le'rakez/ |
| concentrate {n} (A substance that is in a condensed form) | :: תרכיז {m} /tarkyz/ |
| concentrated {adj} | :: מרוכז {m} /merukaz/, מרוכזת {f} /merukezet/ |
| concentration {n} (proportion of substance in a mixture) | :: ריכוז {m} /rikuz/ |
| concentration {n} (The act or process of concentrating) | :: ריכוז {m} /rikuz/ |
| concentration {n} | :: ריכוז, rikuz, {m} |
| concentration camp {n} (camp where large numbers of persons are detained) | :: מחנה ריכוז \ מחנה רכוז {m} /makhané rikúz/ |
| concept {n} (something understood and retained in the mind) | :: מושג \ משג {m} /muság/ |
| concept album {n} (album) | :: אלבום קונספט /álbum konsept/ |
| concern {n} (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) | :: דאגה {f} /d'aga/ |
| concern {v} (to make somebody worried) | :: הדאיג /hid'íg/ |
| concerning {prep} (Regarding) | :: -בנוגע ל /b'nogéa` l'-/ |
| concert {n} (a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part) | :: קונצרט |
| concertina {n} (the musical instrument) | :: מפוחית יד |
| concise {adj} (brief and precise) | :: תמציתי {m} /tamtzity/, תמציתית {f} /tamtzityt/ |
| concord {n} ((grammar) Agreement of words with one another) SEE: agreement | :: |
| concordance {n} (agreement) SEE: agreement | :: |
| concrete mixer {n} (cement mixer) SEE: cement mixer | :: |
| concubine {n} (mistress) SEE: mistress | :: |
| condensed milk {n} (milk that has been reduced to syrup) | :: חלב מרוכז /chalav/ |
| condenser {n} (capacitor) SEE: capacitor | :: |
| condescending {adj} (assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude) | :: מתנשא {m} /mitnasé/ |
| condiment {n} (something used to enhance flavor) | :: תבלין {m} /tavlyn/ |
| condition {n} (logical clause or phrase) | :: תנאי {m} /tnai/ |
| condition {n} (requirement, term or requisite) | :: תנאי {m} /t'nái/ |
| condom {n} (flexible sleeve worn on the penis) | :: קונדום {m} /kondóm/ |
| conduction {n} (conveying of heat or electricity through material) | :: הולכה {f} /holakha/ |
| conductivity {n} (ability to conduct) | :: מוליכות {f} /molikhut/ |
| conductor {n} (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble) | :: מנצח {m} /menatzé'akh/, מנצחת {f} /menatzákhat/ |
| conductor {n} (person who takes tickets on public transportation) | :: כרטיסן {m} /kart'isan/, כרטיסנית {f} /kart'isanyt/ |
| conductor {n} (something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound) | :: מוליך {m} /molykh/ |
| cone {n} (surface of revolution) | :: חרוט {m} /kharut/ |
| cone {n} (fruit of conifers) | :: אצטרובל {m} /itztrubal/ |
| conference {n} (a meeting of people) | :: ועידה {f} /ve'ida/, התוועדות {f} /hitva'adut/, כנס {m} /kénes/ |
| confess {v} (to admit to the truth) | :: התוודה /hitvadá/ |
| confession {n} (open admittance) | :: וידוי {m} /vidúi/ |
| confession {n} (disclosure of one's sins to a priest) | :: וידוי {m} /vidúi/ |
| confidence {n} | :: ביטחון {m} /bit'akhon/ |
| confidence game {n} (swindle) SEE: con game | :: |
| confidence trick {n} (con game) SEE: con game | :: |
| confident {adj} (being very sure of or positive about something) | :: בטוח {m} /bat'uakh/, בטוחה {f} /bet'ukha/ |
| confidential {adj} (meant to be kept secret within a certain circle) | :: חסוי /khasui/ |
| confidentiality {n} (something told in confidence) SEE: secret | :: |
| confine {v} (arrest) SEE: arrest | :: |
| confirm {v} | :: לאשר (le'asher) |
| confirmation {n} | :: אישור {m} /yshur/ |
| confirmed {adj} (having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual) | :: מועד /mu'ad/ [confirmed as wrongdoer] |
| confirmed {adj} (verified or ratified) | :: מאושר /meushar/ |
| confiscate {v} (take possession of by authority) | :: החרים /hekhrím/ |
| conflagration {n} (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) | :: דליקה {f} /dleiqa/, שריפה {f} /sreifa/ |
| conflict {n} (clash or disagreement) | :: סכסוך {m} /sikhsúkh/ |
| conflict {n} (incompatibility) | :: התנגשות {f} /hitnagshút/, חוסר התאמה {m} /khóser hat`amá/ |
| conflict {v} (be at odds (with)) | :: התנגש /hitnagésh/ |
| conflict {v} (overlap with, as in a schedule) | :: התנגש /hitnagésh/ |
| conflict of interest {n} (conflicting interests in position of trust) | :: ניגוד אינטרסים |
| confluence {n} (point where two rivers or streams meet) | :: מפגש נהרות /mifgash neharot/ |
| confront {v} (to engage in confrontation) | :: התעמת /hit'amét/ |
| confrontation {n} (The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) | :: עימות {f} /'ymut/ |
| Confucius {prop} (Chinese philosopher) | :: קונפוציוס {m} |
| confuse {v} (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody) | :: בלבל {m} /bilbel/ |
| confuse {v} (to mix up / muddle up one thing with another; to mistake one thing for another) | :: בלבל {m} /bilbel/ |
| confused {adj} (chaotic, jumbled or muddled) | :: מבולבל {m} /mevulbal/, מבולבלת {f} /mevulbelet/ |
| confusing {adj} (difficult to understand) | :: מבלבל {m} /m'valbél/ |
| confusion {n} (lack of clarity or order) | :: (bilbul) בלבול {m} |
| con game {n} (malicious breach of trust) | :: הונאה {f} /hona'ah/ |
| congeal {v} | :: הקפיא /hikpí/ |
| congenital {adj} (present since birth) | :: מולד /mulad/ |
| congestion {n} (accumulation, buildup) | :: גודש {m} |
| congestion {n} (excess of traffic) | :: עומס תנועה {m} |
| Congo {prop} (country with Brazzaville as capital) | :: קונגו /kongo/ |
| Congo {prop} (country with Kinshasa as capital) | :: קונגו /kongo/, הרפובליקה הדמוקרטית של קונגו /ha'republika ha'demokrat'it shel kongo/ |
| Congo {prop} (river) | :: קונגו /qongo/ |
| Congo-Brazzaville {prop} (Congo) SEE: Congo | :: |
| Congo-Kinshasa {prop} (Congo) SEE: Congo | :: |
| congratulate {v} (to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for) | :: ברך /berákh/ |
| congratulation {n} (act of congratulating) | :: כל הכבוד /kol ha-kavod/ (all the honor) |
| congratulations {interj} (expressing approbation) | :: מזל טוב /mazál tóv/, כל הכבוד /kól hakavód/ |
| congregation {n} (corporate body) | :: עדה {f} /'eda/ |
| congregation {n} (large gathering of people) | :: קהל {m} /kaal/ |
| congress {n} (sexual intercourse) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| congress {n} (conference) | :: כנס {m} /kénes/ |
| conjecture {n} (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) | :: השערה {f} /hash'ará/ |
| conjugate {v} (to inflect (a verb) for each person) | :: היטה /hitá/ |
| conjugation {n} (act of conjugating a verb) | :: הטיה {f} /hat'aia/, נטיה {f} /n'tiyah/ |
| conlang {n} (constructed language) SEE: constructed language | :: |
| Conley {prop} (Transliterations of the surname) | :: קונלי /Kónli/ |
| connect {v} (to join two or more pieces) | :: חיבר /khibér/ |
| connect {v} (to join an electrical or telephone line) | :: חיבר /khibér/ |
| connected {adj} (topology: cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets) | :: קשיר /kashír/ |
| connectedness {n} (state or quality of being connected) | :: קשירות {f} /kshirút/ |
| Connecticut {prop} (a state of the United States of America) | :: קונטיקט /Qonet'iqet'/ |
| connecting rod {n} (rod that transmits power or motion) | :: טלטל {m} /taltal/ |
| connection {n} (act of connecting) | :: קישור {m} /qishur/, חיבור {m} /khibur/ |
| connection {n} (point at which two or more things are joined) | :: קשר {m} /qesher/ (the result of connecting, a link between connected people or things) |
| connective tissue {n} (type of tissue) | :: רקמת חיבור {m} |
| connector {n} (mating pair of devices) | :: מחבר {m} /makhbar/ |
| Connemara {prop} (district of western County Galway) | :: קונמארה {f} /Konemára/ |
| connexion {n} (connection) SEE: connection | :: |
| conning tower {n} (structure of submarine) | :: צריח נחיה {m} /tsriakh nekhiyah/ |
| connoisseur {n} (specialist whose opinion is valued) | :: מומחה {m} |
| conquer {v} (defeat in combat) | :: כבש /kavásh/ |
| conquer {v} (overcome abstract obstacle) | :: כבש /kavásh/ |
| conquest {n} (victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy) | :: כיבוש {m} /kibúsh/ |
| consanguinity {n} (a blood relationship) | :: קרבת-דם /qirvat-dam/ |
| conscience {n} (moral sense) | :: מצפון {m} /matspún/ |
| conscious {adj} | :: בהכרה /be'hakara/ ; מודע /muda/ |
| consciousness {n} (awareness) | :: מודעות (muda'ut) {f} |
| conscript {v} (To enrol(l) compulsorily) | :: גייס /giyés/ |
| consecrate {v} (to declare, or otherwise make something holy) | :: קידש \ קדש /kidésh/ |
| consecution {n} (sequence) SEE: sequence | :: |
| consecution {n} (sequel) SEE: sequel | :: |
| consent {v} | :: להסכים /le'haskym/ |
| consent {n} (voluntary agreement) | :: הסכמה {f} /haskama/ |
| consequence {n} (that which follows something on which it depends) | :: תוצאה {f} /totzaa/ |
| consequence {n} (result of actions, especially unpleasant) | :: תוצאה {f} /totzaa/ |
| conservation {n} (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) | :: שימור {m} /shimur/ [preservation] |
| conservative {n} (one who favors the status quo) | :: שמרן {m} /shamran/, שמרנית {f} /shamranyt/ |
| conservative {n} (political conservative) | :: שמרן {m} /shamran/, שמרנית {f} /shamranyt/ |
| conservative {n} (social conservative) | :: שמרן {m} /shamran/, שמרנית {f} /shamranyt/ |
| conservative {adj} (tending to resist change) | :: שמרני {m} /shamrany/, שמרנית {f} /shamranyt/ |
| Conservative Judaism {prop} (a moderate traditional form of Judaism) | :: יהדות קונסרבטיבית {f} /yahadut konservativit/, יהדות מסורתית {f} /yahadut masortit/ |
| consider {v} (think about seriously) | :: שקל /shakál/, לקח בחשבון /lakákh b'kheshbón/ |
| consider {v} (think of doing) | :: שקל /shakál/ |
| consider {v} (assign some quality to) | :: החשיב /hekhshív/ |
| considerably {adv} (significantly) | :: במידה ניכרת /be'mida nikeret/ |
| considerate {adj} (thoughtful) | :: מתחשב /mitkhashev/ |
| consideration {n} (tendency to consider others) | :: התחשבות {f} /hitkhashvut/ |
| consideration {n} (recompense for something done) | :: תמורה |
| consignment {n} (A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent) | :: משגור {m} /mishgór/ |
| console {n} | :: קונסולה /consola/ |
| consolidation {n} (the act or process of consolidating) | :: גיבוש (gibush) {m} (the act of causing other people or things to consolidate); התגבשות (hitgabshut) {f} (the act of becoming consolidated) |
| consonant {n} (sound) | :: עיצור {m} /itsúr/, עצור {m} /itsúr/ |
| consonant {n} (letter) | :: עיצור {m} /itsúr/, עצור {m} /itsúr/ |
| conspicuous {adj} (noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive) | :: בולט (bolet') {m}, בולטת (bolet'et) {f} |
| conspiracy {n} (act of working in secret to obtain some goal) | :: קנוניה {f} /qnunia/, קשר {m} /qesher/ |
| constant {adj} | :: קבוע {m} (qavua), קבועה {f} (qvu'a) ; תמידי {m} (tmidy), תמידית {f} (tmidyt) |
| Constantinople {prop} (Constantinople) | :: קונסטנטינופול /qonst'ant'inopol/ |
| constellation {n} | :: מזל {m} /mazal/ |
| consternation {n} (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay) | :: תדהמה, בלבול, חרדה, פחד |
| constipation {n} (state of bowels) | :: עצירות |
| constituent {n} (part, or component of a whole) | :: מרכיב {m} /markiv/ |
| constitute {v} (to make up; to compose; to form) | :: היווה /hivá/ |
| constitution {n} (act or process of setting something up, or establishing something; composition, structure, makeup) | :: הרכב {m} /herkev/ [composition] |
| constitution {n} (formal or informal system of primary principles and laws regulating a government or other institutions) | :: חוקה \ חקה {f} /khuká/ |
| constitution {n} (legal document describing such a formal system) | :: חוקה \ חקה {f} /khuká/ |
| constitutional {adj} (relating to the constitution) | :: חוקתי {m} /khuqaty/, חוקתית {f} /khuqatyt/ |
| constitutional monarchy {n} (monarchy limited by laws and a constitution) | :: מונרכיה חוקתית {f} /monárhya khoqátit/ |
| construct {n} (something constructed from parts) | :: קומפוזיציה /kompozitsia/, קונסטרוקציה /konstructsia/ |
| construct {n} (concept or model) | :: מבנה /mivneh/, דגם /degem/, מודל /model/ |
| construct {v} (build or form by assembling parts) | :: הרכיב /hirkív/ |
| construct {v} (build (a sentence or argument)) | :: בנה /baná/ |
| constructed language {n} (an artificially created language) | :: שפה מתוכננת {f} |
| construction {n} (process of constructing) | :: בנייה {f} /bni'a/ |
| construction {n} (trade of building) | :: בניין {m} /binian/ |
| construction {n} (structure) | :: מבנה {m} /mivne/ |
| constructiveness {n} (creativity) SEE: creativity | :: |
| construct state {n} (a noun form, associated with the genitive) | :: סמיכות {f} /smikhút/ |
| construe {v} (to translate) SEE: translate | :: |
| consul {n} (official who protects the interests of citizens) | :: קונסול /konsul/, קונסולית {f} /konsulit/ |
| consulate {n} (the residency of a consul) | :: קונסוליה {f} /konsulia/ |
| consult {v} (deliberate together) | :: התייעץ /hitya'éts/ |
| consult {v} (ask advice) | :: התייעץ /hitya'étz/ |
| consultant {n} (person or party that is consulted) | :: יועץ {m} /yo'éts/ |
| consume {v} (to use) | :: צרך /tsarákh/ |
| consume {v} (to eat) | :: צרך /tsarákh/ |
| consumer {n} (person purchasing goods) | :: צרכן {m} /tzarchan/, צרכנית {f} /tzarchanyt/ |
| consummate {v} (to make a marriage complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse) | :: בעל /ba'ál/ [biblical] |
| consumption {n} (the act of consuming something) | :: צריכה {f} /tzrikha/ [act of consuming goods] |
| contact {n} (someone with whom one is in communication) | :: איש קשר |
| contact {v} (establish communication with) | :: יצר קשר /yatsár késher/ |
| contacts {n} (Plural form of contact) SEE: contact | :: |
| contain {v} (to contain) SEE: hold | :: |
| contain {v} (To hold inside) | :: הכיל /heikhíl/ |
| contain {v} (To include as a part) | :: כלל /kalál/ |
| container {n} (a very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods) | :: מיכל {m} /meikhal/ |
| contemn {v} (to treat or regard with contempt) | :: בז /baz/ |
| contemporary {adj} (from the same time period) | :: בן דור /ben dor/ |
| contemporary {adj} (modern) | :: עכשוי {m} /akhshaví/, בן זמננו {m} /ben zmanénu/ |
| contempt {n} (a feeling or attitude) | :: בוז {m} /buz/ |
| contemptible {adj} (deserving contempt) | :: בזוי {m} /bazui/, בזויה {f} /bzuia/ |
| content {n} (that which is contained) | :: תכולה {f} /tkhula/ |
| contest {n} (competition, see also: competition) | :: תחרות {f} /takharút/ |
| contest {v} (to contend) | :: התחרה /hitkhará/ |
| contest {n} (combat) SEE: combat | :: |
| contested {adj} (controversial) SEE: controversial | :: |
| context {n} (circumstances or settings) | :: הקשר {m} /heqsher/ |
| continent {n} (each of main land-masses on earth's surface) | :: יבשת {f} /yabeshet/ |
| continental {adj} (of or relating to a continent or continents) | :: יבשתי {m} /yabashty/, יבשתית {f} /yabashtyt/ |
| continental drift {n} (continental drift) | :: נדידת היבשות |
| continental shelf {n} (the area of sea around a land mass) | :: מדף יבשתי {m} |
| continually {adv} (in a continuous manner) | :: עוד /od/ |
| continuation {n} (act or state of continuing) | :: המשך /hemshekh/ |
| continue {v} (transitive: proceed) | :: המשיך /himshíkh/ |
| continue {v} (intransitive: resume) | :: נמשך /nimshákh/ |
| continuity {n} (lack of interruption) | :: המשכיות {f} /hemshekhiut/ |
| continuous {adj} (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) | :: רציף /ratsíf/ |
| continuous {adj} (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) | :: רציף /ratsíf/ |
| continuous {adj} (in mathematical analysis) | :: רציף /ratsíf/ |
| continuum {n} (continuous series or whole) | :: רצף {m} /rétsef/ |
| continuum {n} (continuous extent) | :: רצף {m} /rétsef/ |
| continuum {n} (set of real numbers) | :: רצף {m} /rétsef/ |
| contraceptive {adj} (that acts to prevent conception) | :: אמצעי מניעה {m} /emtza'i meni'a/ |
| contraceptive {n} (means by which impregnating a woman can be prevented) | :: אמצעי מניעה {m} ('emtza'y meni'a) |
| contract {n} (agreement that is legally binding) | :: חוזה {m} /khozé/ |
| contract {v} (intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen) | :: התכווץ /hitkavétz/ |
| contract {v} (gain or acquire (an illness)) | :: נדבק /nidbák/ |
| contraction {n} (reversible reduction in size) | :: התכווצות {f} /hitkavtzut/ |
| contraction {n} (shortening of a muscle when it is used) | :: התכווצות {f} /hitkavtzut/ |
| contractor {n} (A person or company that constructs or improves buildings) | :: קבלן בניין \ קבלן בנין {m} /kab'lán binyán/ |
| contractor {n} (A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects) | :: קבלן {m} /kab'lán/, קבלנית {f} /kab'lanít/ |
| contradict {v} (deny the truth of (a statement or statements)) | :: סתר /satár/ |
| contradiction {n} (statement that contradicts itself) | :: סתירה {f} /stira/ |
| contradictory {adj} | :: סותר {m} /soter/, סותרת {f} /soteret/ , מנוגד {m} /menugad/, מנוגדת {f} /menugedet/ |
| contrariwise {adv} (on the other hand) SEE: on the other hand | :: |
| contrariwise {adv} (on the contrary) SEE: on the contrary | :: |
| contrary to {prep} (despite) SEE: despite | :: |
| contrast {n} (difference between two objects, people or concepts) | :: ניגוד {m} /nigud/ |
| contrast {v} (to set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between) | :: הנגיד /hingíd/ |
| contribute {v} (to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole) | :: תרם /tarám/ |
| contribution {n} (something given or offered that adds to a larger whole) | :: תרומה {f} /truma/ |
| contribution {n} (an amount of money given toward something) | :: [an amount of money given for charity] תרומה {f} /truma/ |
| contribution {n} (the act of contributing) | :: תרומה {f} /truma/ |
| contributor {n} (a benefactor; someone who gives to charity or some cause) | :: תורם {m} /torem/, תורמת {f} /toremet/ |
| control {v} (to exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of) | :: לשלוט /lishlot'/ |
| control {n} (in an experiment) | :: בקרת / ביקורת {f} /biqóret/ |
| control {n} | :: שליטה {f} (shlit'a) |
| controller {n} | :: בקר {m} |
| control tower {n} (airport control tower) | :: מגדל פיקוח {m} /migdal fiquh/ |
| controversial {adj} (arousing controversy) | :: שנוי במחלקת {m} /shanúy bemaḥlóqet/, שנויה במחלקת {f} /shnuya bemaḥlóqet/ |
| controversy {n} (debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | :: מחלוקת {f} /makhloqet/, חילוקי דעות {m-p} /khiluqei de'ot/ |
| convection {n} (process of conveying something) | :: הובלה {f} /hovala/ |
| convection {n} (transmission of heat by the circulation of currents) | :: הולכה {f} /holakha/ |
| convene {v} | :: להתכנס (le'hitkanes) ; לכנס (le'khanes) |
| convenience {n} (quality of being suitable, useful or convenient) | :: נוחות {f} /nokhut/ |
| convenient {adj} (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) | :: נוח {m} /noakh/, נוחה {f} /nokha/ |
| convention {n} (meeting or a gathering) | :: כנס {m} /kenes/ |
| convention {n} (generally accepted principle, method or behaviour) | :: אמנה {f} /amana/ (a protocol of international agreement); מוסכמה {f} /muskama/ (a preferred method of accomplishing a task), שיטה רשמית {f} /shita rishmit/ |
| conversant {adj} (familiar) | :: בקיא {m} /baqy/, בקיאה {f} /beqi'a/ |
| conversation {n} (expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people) | :: שיחה {f} /sikha/ |
| converse {v} (to engage in conversation) | :: שוחח /sokhéakh/ |
| conversely {adv} (from another point of view) SEE: on the other hand | :: |
| conversion {n} (the act of having converted something or someone) | :: המרת דת {f} /hamarat dat/ [to replace one religious faith with another] |
| convert {v} (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) | :: המיר /Hemir/ |
| convert {v} (exchange for (something) of equal value) | :: החליף /Hichlif/ |
| convert {n} (person who has converted religion) | :: מומר {m} /mumar/, מומרת {f} /mumeret/ |
| convex {adj} (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle) | :: קעור /qa'ur/ |
| convey {v} (to carry) | :: הוביל /hovíl/; העביר /he'evír/ |
| convey {v} (to communicate) | :: מסר /masár/ |
| convey {v} (to transfer legal rights) | :: העביר /he'evír/ |
| convict {v} (to find guilty) | :: הרשיע /hirshía/ |
| conviction {n} (judgement of guilt) | :: הרשעה {f} /harsha'a/ |
| convince {v} (to make someone believe, or feel sure about something) | :: שכנע /shikhnéa/ |
| convinced {adj} (In a state of believing, especially from evidence) | :: משוכנע {m} /meshukhna/, משוכנעת {f} /meshukhna'at/ |
| convincing {adj} (effective as proof or evidence) | :: משכנע {m} /meshakhnea/, משכנעת {f} /meshakhna'at/ |
| convolvulus {n} (plants of the genus Convolvulus) | :: חבלבל {m} /khavalbal/ |
| cook {n} (a person who prepares food for a living) | :: טבח {m} /tabakh/, טבחית {f} /tabakhít/ |
| cook {v} (to prepare (food) for eating) | :: בישל \ בשל /bishél/ |
| cook {v} (to prepare food) | :: בישל \ בשל /bishél/ |
| cook {v} (to become ready for eating) | :: התבשל /hitbashél/ |
| cookbook {n} (book of cooking recipes) | :: [] |
| cooked {adj} (of food, that has been prepared by cooking) | :: מבושל {m} /mevushal/, מבושלת {f} /mevushelet/ |
| cooker {n} (appliance or utensil for cooking) | :: כיריים {f-p} /kiráyim/, כירה {f} /kirá/ |
| cookie {n} (bun) SEE: bun | :: |
| cookie {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: biscuit) | :: עוגיה / עוגייה {f} /ugi'a/, ביסקויט / ביסקוויט {m} /biskuit/ |
| Cookie Monster {prop} (Sesame Street character) | :: עוגיפלצת {m} /'ugiflétset/ |
| cooking {n} (the process of preparing food by using heat) | :: בשול {m} /bishúl/ |
| cooking {n} (the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine) | :: בישול \ בשול {m} /bishúl/ |
| Cook Islands {prop} (self-governing country in Oceania) | :: איי קוק /Iyey quq/ |
| cool {adj} (having a slightly low temperature) | :: צונן /tzonen/, קריר (karir) |
| cool {adj} (colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation) | :: מגניב |
| cool {adj} (colloquial: in fashion) | :: מגניב |
| cool {adj} (colloquial: all right, acceptable) | :: סבבה (sababa) |
| cooling {n} (refrigeration) | :: קירור {m} /qirur/ |
| cooling glasses {n} (sunglasses) SEE: sunglasses | :: |
| cooperate {v} (to work together) | :: לשתף פעולה /leshatef pe'ula/ |
| cooperation {n} (act of cooperating or being cooperative) | :: שיתוף פעולה {m} /shitúf p'ulá/ |
| cooperation {n} (association for mutual benefit) | :: שיתוף פעולה {m} /shitúf p'ulá/ |
| cooperative {adj} (ready to work with another) | :: שתופי /shitûfy/ |
| coordination {n} (the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect) | :: תיאום {m} /ti'um/ |
| cootie {n} (louse) SEE: louse | :: |
| cooze {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
| cop {n} (police officer) | :: שוטר {m} /shotér/, שוטרת {f} /shotéret/ |
| copacetic {adj} (fine, excellent, going just right, swell) | :: בסדר {m} {m-p} {f} {f-p} |
| co-parent-in-law {n} | :: [] /machetunim/ [often used broadly] |
| Copenhagen {prop} (capital of Denmark) | :: קופנהאגן |
| copernicium {n} (chemical element) | :: קופרניקיום |
| copper {n} (chemical element) | :: נחושת \ נחשת {f} /nekhóshet/ |
| coppern {adj} (made of copper) SEE: copper | :: |
| copra {n} (dried kernel of coconut) | :: קופרה {f} |
| coprime {adj} ((of two or more positive integers) having no factors in common) | :: זר /zar/ |
| coprime {adj} ((of a positive integer) having no factor in common with...) | :: זר /zár/ |
| copse {n} (thicket of small trees or shrubs) | :: סבך {m} |
| copulate {v} (to have sexual intercourse with) SEE: bed | :: |
| copulate {v} (copulate) SEE: cover | :: |
| copulation {n} (copulation) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| copy {n} | :: עותק {m} /'oteq/, העתק {m} /he'eteq/ , חיקוי {m} /khiqui/ |
| copy {v} (produce something identical) | :: הכין עותק /hekhín ótek/, העתיק |
| copy {v} (imitate) | :: חיקה /khiká/ |
| copy {n} (writing paper of a particular size) SEE: bastard | :: |
| copying {n} | :: העתקה {f} /ha'ataqa/ |
| coquetry {n} (affectation of amorous tenderness) | :: התיפות /hityafot/ |
| coral {n} (substance) | :: אלמג \ אלמוג {m} /almóg/ |
| coral {n} (colony) | :: אלמוג {m} /almóg/ |
| coral island {n} (coral island) | :: אי אלמוגים {m} /í almugím/ |
| cor anglais {n} (woodwind instrument) | :: קרן אנגלית {f} /qɛrɛn ʾangəlīṯ/ |
| cordierite {n} (a cyclosilicate) | :: קורדיאריט |
| cordless {adj} (without a cord) | :: אלחוטי |
| corduroy {n} (heavy fabric with vertical ribs) | :: קורדרוי {m} /korderoy/ |
| core {n} | :: ליבה (liba) {f} ; לב (lev) {m} |
| Corfu {prop} (island) | :: קורפו /qurfu/ |
| coriander {n} (Coriandrum sativum plant) | :: כסברה {f} /kusbára/, גד {m} /gad/ |
| Corinth {prop} (city in Greece) | :: קורינתוס |
| cork {n} (bottle stopper) | :: שעם /sha'am/, פקק /p'kak/ |
| Cork {prop} (city) | :: קורק |
| corn {n} (maize) SEE: maize | :: |
| corn {n} (the fruits of a cereal crop) | :: דגן {m} /dagán/ |
| corner {n} (point where two converging lines meet) SEE: angle | :: |
| corner {n} (space in the angle between converging lines or walls) | :: פינה \ פנה {f} /piná/ |
| corner {n} (intersection of two streets) | :: פינה {f} /piná/ |
| corner {v} (to trap in a difficult position) | :: דחק לפינה /dakhák l'finá/, סגר (על) /sagár (al)/ |
| corner {n} (football: corner kick) SEE: corner kick | :: |
| corner kick {n} (in soccer) | :: קרן {m} /qeren/ |
| cornerstone {n} (ceremonial stone) | :: אבן פינה |
| cornett {n} (wind instrument) | :: קורנטו {m} /korenéto/ |
| cornetto {n} (cornett) SEE: cornett | :: |
| Cornish {prop} (A Celtic language) | :: קורנית |
| cornmeal {n} (dried corn milled to a coarse meal) | :: קמח תירס {m} /kemakh tiras/ |
| corollary {n} (proposition which follows easily) | :: מסקנה {f} /maskaná/ |
| coronation {n} (the act or solemnity of crowning) | :: הכתרה {f} /hakhtará/, המלכה {f} /hamlakhá/ |
| corpse {n} (dead body) | :: גופה {f} /gufá/, גויה / גוויה {f} /gviyá/ |
| corpus {n} (body) SEE: body | :: |
| correct {adj} (free from error) | :: נכון {m} /nakhon/, נכונה {f} /nekhona/ |
| correct {v} (To make something wrong become right) | :: תיקן /tikén/ |
| correction {n} (act of correcting) | :: תיקון {m} /tiqun/ |
| correspondence {n} (postal or other written communications) | :: התכתבות {f} |
| corridor {n} (narrow hall or passage) | :: מסדרון {m} /misd'rón/, פרוזדור {m} /prozdor/ |
| corrigendum {n} (list of errors in a printed work) SEE: errata | :: |
| corrupt {adj} (in a depraved state) | :: מושחת (mushkhat) {m}; מושחתת (mushkhetet) {f} |
| corrupt {v} (to change from good to bad) | :: השחית /hishkhít/ |
| corruption {n} | :: שחיתות /shkitut/ |
| corset {n} (woman's garment) | :: מחוך {m} /makhokh/ |
| Corsica {prop} (island in the Mediterranean) | :: קורסיקה /qorsiqa/ |
| Corunna {prop} (A Coruña) SEE: A Coruña | :: |
| corvette {n} (modern warship) | :: קורבטה {f} |
| cos {conj} (because) SEE: because | :: |
| cosmic {adj} (of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe) | :: קוסמי {m} /qosmi/, קוסמית {f} /qosmit/ |
| cosmocrat {n} (a ruler of the world) | :: אדון עולם |
| cosmodrome {n} (a site for launching spacecraft) | :: קוסמודרום |
| cosmology {n} (study of the physical universe) | :: קוסמולוגיה {f} /qosmologia/ |
| cosmonaut {n} (an astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one, see also: astronaut) | :: קוסמונאוט {m} /qosmonaut'/, קוסמונאוטית {f} /qosmonaut'it/ |
| cosmopolitan {adj} | :: קוסמופוליטי {m} /qosmopolit'i/, קוסמופוליטית {f} /qosmopolit'it/ [senses 1,2,3] |
| Cossack {n} (member of a population) | :: קוזאק {m} /kozak/ |
| cost {v} (to incur a charge, a price) | :: עלה /alá/ |
| cost {n} (amount of money, time, etc.) | :: עלות {f} /'alut/ |
| costa {n} (rib) SEE: rib | :: |
| Costa Rica {prop} (country) | :: קוסטה ריקה /kosta rika/ |
| costume {n} (dress of a particular country, period or people) | :: לבוש {m} /levúsh/ |
| costume {n} (disguise) | :: תחפושת {f} /takhpóset/ |
| costume {n} (set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion) | :: חליפה {f} /khalifá/ |
| coterie {n} (exclusive group) SEE: clique | :: |
| cottage cheese {n} (cheese curd product) | :: קוטג׳ {m} /kótej/, גבינת קוטג׳ {f} /g'vinát-kótej/ |
| cotton {n} (plant) | :: כתנה / כותנה {f} /kutna/ |
| cotton {n} (fabric) | :: כתנה / כותנה {f} /kutna/ |
| cotton candy {n} (cotton candy) SEE: candy floss | :: |
| cotton swab {n} (a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod) | :: מקל נקוי אזנים {m} /maqqēl niqqui ʾå̄zənayim/ |
| cotton wool {n} | :: צמר גפן |
| couch {n} (furniture for seating of more than one person) | :: ספה /sapa/ |
| cough {v} (push air from the lungs) | :: גנח /ganákh/ |
| cough {n} (expulsion of air from the lungs) | :: שיעול |
| could I see the menu, please {phrase} (said to ask for a menu) | :: אפשר תפריט בבקשה /efshar tafrit, b'vakasha/ |
| council {n} (committee that leads or governs) | :: מועצה {f} /mo'atza/ |
| counselor {n} (camp counselor) | :: מדריך {m} /madríkh/, מדריכה {f} /madrikhá/ |
| count {v} (to enumerate or determine number) | :: ספר /safár/, מנה /maná/ |
| count {n} (ruler of a county (m)) | :: רוזן {m} /rozen/ |
| countdown {n} (a count backward to the time of some event) | :: ספירה לאחור {f} /sfira le'akhor/ |
| counter {n} (table or board on which business is transacted) | :: דלפק {m} /delpék/ |
| counter-attack {n} (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents) | :: התקפת נגד {f} /hatqafat neged/ |
| counterclockwise {adj} (anticlockwise) SEE: anticlockwise | :: |
| counterfeit {adj} (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) | :: מזויף /mezuyáf/ |
| countess {n} (wife of a count or earl) | :: רוזנת {f} |
| countless {adj} (too many to count, innumerable) | :: אין ספור /ein sfor/ |
| count on {v} (rely upon, trust, or expect) | :: סמך /samákh/ (על) |
| country {n} (region of land) | :: ארץ {f} /érets/ |
| country {n} (nation state) | :: ארץ {f} /érets/, מדינה {f} /m'diná/ |
| country {n} (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city) | :: כפר {m} /kfar/ |
| country {adj} (of, from or pertaining to the countryside (adjective)) | :: כפרי {m} /kafry/, כפרית {f} /kafryt/ |
| county {n} (administrative region of various countries) | :: נפה /nafa/ |
| coup {n} (coup d'état) SEE: coup d'état | :: |
| coup d'état {n} (sudden overthrow of a government) | :: הפיכה {m} /hafikhá/ |
| couple {n} (two partners) | :: זוג {m} /zúg/ |
| couple {n} (two of the same kind considered together) | :: זוג {m} /zúg/ |
| couple {n} (a small number of) | :: מעט {m} /me'át'/ |
| couple {v} (to join together) | :: חיבר /khibér/, איחד /ikhéd/ |
| coupling {n} (sexual intercourse) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| courage {n} (quality of a confident character) | :: אומץ {m} /ometz/ |
| courageous {adj} (brave) SEE: brave | :: |
| courgette {n} (a small marrow/squash) | :: קישוא {m} /kišú/ |
| courier {n} (person who delivers messages) | :: שליח {m} /shalyakh/, שליחה {f} /shlikha/ |
| course {n} (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) | :: ארח {m} /orakh/ |
| court {n} (enclosed space; a courtyard) | :: חצר {m} /khatser/ |
| court {n} (residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary) | :: חצר {m} /khatzer/ |
| court {n} (hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered) | :: בית־משפט {m} /beit-mishpát/ |
| court {n} (tribunal established for the administration of justice) | :: בית־משפט {m} /beit-mishpát/ |
| court {n} (session of a judicial assembly) | :: משפט {m} /mishpát/ |
| courteous {adj} (showing regard for others) | :: אדיב {m} /adyv/, אדיבה {f} /adiva/ |
| courtesy {n} (polite behavior) | :: אדיבות {f} /adivut/ |
| courtesy {n} (willingness or generosity in providing something needed) | :: אדיבות {f} /adivut/ |
| court jester {n} (person who amused a medieval court) | :: ליצן חצר {m} /lētzán ẖatzér/ |
| court-martial {n} (military court) | :: בית דין צבאי |
| court of last resort {n} (final court of appeal) SEE: supreme court | :: |
| courtyard {n} (unroofed walled area) | :: חצר {m} /khatzer/ |
| couscous {n} (pasta of North African origin) | :: כוסכוס {m} /kus'kús/ |
| cousin {n} (nephew or niece of a parent) | :: דודן {m} /dodan/, דודנית {f} /dodanyt/, בן-דוד {m} /ben-dod/ [uncle's son], בת-דוד {f} /bat-dod/ [uncle's daughter], בן-דודה {m} /ben-doda/ [aunt's son], בת-דודה {f} /bat-doda/ [aunt's daughter] |
| cove {n} (fellow; man) | :: מפרצון {m} |
| covenant {n} (binding agreement) | :: ברית {f} /brit/ |
| cover {n} (lid) | :: מכסה {m} /mikhsé/ |
| cover {n} (hiding) | :: כיסוי {m} /kisui/ |
| cover {n} (front and back of a book or a magazine) | :: כריכה {f} /krikha/ |
| cover {v} (to conceal or protect) | :: כיסה /kisá/ |
| cover {v} (provide enough money for) | :: כיסה /kisá/ |
| cover {v} (protect by shooting) | :: חיפה /khipá/ |
| covered {adj} (overlaid or enclosed within something) | :: מכוסה {m} /mekhuse/, מכוסה {f} /mekhusa/ |
| covering {n} (that which covers something) | :: כיסוי {m} /kisui/, עטיפה {f} /'atifá/ |
| cover someone's ass {v} (ensure that a person is not blamed or punished) | :: לכסות תחת /lekhasot takhat/ |
| covert {n} (disguise) SEE: disguise | :: |
| covert {n} (covering) SEE: covering | :: |
| cow {n} (female domesticated ox or other bovine) | :: פרה {f} /pará/ |
| cow {n} (any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age) | :: פרה {f} /pará/ |
| cow {n} (derogatory: despicable woman) | :: פרה {f} /pará/ |
| cow {v} (to intimidate) | :: הפחיד /hifkhíd/ |
| cowabunga {interj} (expression of joy) SEE: yes | :: |
| cowabunga {interj} (expression of amazement or enthusiasm) SEE: wow | :: |
| coward {n} (a person who lacks courage) | :: פחדן {m} /paḥdán/, פחדנית {f} /paḥhdaníyt/, מוג לב {m} /mug lev/ |
| cowardice {n} (the lack of courage) | :: פחדנות {f} /pakhdanut/ |
| cowbell {n} (musical instrument) | :: קאמפאנה |
| cowboy {n} (person who tends cattle) | :: בוקר {m} /boqér/ |
| co-wife {n} (Co-wife) | :: צרה {f} /tsarah/ |
| coworker {n} (somebody with whom one works; a companion or workmate) | :: עמית /'amyt/, עמיתה {f} /'amita/ |
| coyote {n} (canine) | :: זאב ערבות {m} /z’ev ‘aravot/ |
| crab {n} (crustacean) | :: סרטן {m} /sartán/ |
| crack {n} (attempt at something) SEE: try | :: |
| cracker {n} (crispy baked bread, usually salty or savoury) | :: קרקר {m} /qráqer/ |
| crack of dawn {n} (sunrise) SEE: sunrise | :: |
| Cracow {prop} (city) | :: קראקוב {f} /krákov/ |
| cradle {n} (oscillating bed for a baby) | :: עריסה {f} /arisá/ |
| cradle {n} (figuratively: place of origin) | :: ערש {m} /éres/ |
| cradle {v} (to rock (a baby to sleep)) | :: נענע /na'anéa/ |
| cradle song {n} (lullaby) SEE: lullaby | :: |
| craft {n} (skilled practice of practical occupation) | :: אמנות {f} /umanút/ |
| craft {n} (device; means; art) SEE: device | :: |
| craft {n} (strength; power; might; force) SEE: strength | :: |
| cramps {n} (cramping of the muscles) | :: שבץ {m} /shavatz/ |
| crane {n} (bird) | :: עגור {m} /agúr/ |
| crane {n} (machinery) | :: עגורן {m} /agurán/, מנוף {m} /manóf/ |
| cranium {n} (skull) SEE: skull | :: |
| crank {n} (methamphetamine) SEE: methamphetamine | :: |
| crankcase {n} (crankcase) | :: בית גל ארכבה {m} /beyt gal arkuba/ |
| crankshaft {n} (rotating shaft that drives a crank) | :: גל ארכבה {m} /gal arkuba/ |
| crap {n} (something of poor quality) | :: חרא {m} /ḥára/ |
| crap {n} (nonsense) | :: חרא {m} /ḥára/ |
| crap {n} (feces) | :: חרא {m} /ḥára/ |
| crap {interj} (expression of worry, disgust) | :: חרא {m} /ḥára/ |
| crate {n} (box or basket) | :: ארגז {m} /argáz/ |
| crater {n} (astronomy: hemispherical pit) | :: מכתש {m} /makhtesh/ |
| crater {n} (pit left by an explosion) | :: מכתש {m} /makhtesh/ |
| crawdad {n} (crayfish) SEE: crayfish | :: |
| crawfish {n} (crayfish) SEE: crayfish | :: |
| crawl {v} (to move along the ground) | :: זחל /zakhál/ |
| crawl {v} (to move slowly) | :: הזדחל /hizdakhél/ |
| crawl {n} (slow movement on hands and knees, or with frequent stops) | :: זחילה {f} (zkhila) - movement on knees and hands; הזדחלות {f} (hizdakhlut) - slow movement with frequent stops |
| crawldad {n} (crayfish) SEE: crayfish | :: |
| crawlfish {n} (crayfish) SEE: crayfish | :: |
| crayfish {n} (freshwater crustacean resembling lobster) | :: סרטן הנהרות {m} |
| craze {n} (temporary passion) | :: שיגעון {m} /shiga'on/ |
| crazy {adj} | :: משוגע {m} /meshuga/, משוגעת {f} /meshuga'at/ |
| cream {n} (oily part of milk) | :: שמנת {f} /shaménet/ |
| cream {n} (colour) | :: קרם {m} /krem/ |
| cream {n} (the best part) | :: קצפת {f} /katzéfet/ |
| cream {n} (product to apply to the skin) | :: קרם {m} /krem/ |
| cream puff {n} (hollow pastry filled with cream or custard) | :: פחזנית {f} /pachzanít/ |
| create {v} (to put into existence) | :: יצר {m} /yatsár/, ברא {m} /bará/ |
| create {v} | :: ייצר {m} /yitzer/ |
| creation {n} (act of creation) | :: יצירה {f} /yetzira/ |
| creation {n} ((Biblical) all which exists) | :: בריאה {f} /bri'a/ |
| creationism {n} (any creationary theory or belief system) | :: בריאתנות {f} /briatánut/, בריאתנות {f} /briatánut/ |
| creative {adj} | :: יצירתי {m} /yetziraty/ |
| creative {n} | :: יוצר {m} /yotzer/, יוצרת {f} /yotzeret/ |
| creativity {n} (quality or ability to create or invent something) | :: יצירתיות {f} /yetziratiut/ |
| creator {n} (one who creates) | :: יוצר {m} /yotzer/, יוצרת {f} /yotzeret/ [God or human being], בורא {m} /bore'/ [who creates from nothing; God] |
| creature {n} (living being) | :: יצור {m} /yetsur/ |
| credibility {n} | :: אמינות (aminut) {f} |
| credit {n} (privilege of delayed payment) | :: אשראי {m} /ashrai/ |
| credit card {n} (card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services) | :: כרטיס אשראי {m} /kartís ashrái/ |
| creditor {n} (a person to whom a debt is owed) | :: נושה {m} /noshe/ |
| creed {n} (that which is believed) | :: דת /dat/ |
| creep {v} (to move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground) SEE: crawl | :: |
| cremation {n} (burning) | :: משרפה |
| crematorium {n} (place where dead bodies are cremated) | :: משרפה {f} /misrafa/ |
| crematory {n} (crematorium) SEE: crematorium | :: |
| Creole {n} (descendant of white settlers born in colonized country) | :: קריאולי {m} /kreóli/ |
| crescendo {n} | :: קרשנדו |
| crescent {n} (figure of the moon) | :: סהר {m} /sáhar/, חצי סהר {m} /khatsí sáhar/ |
| crescent spanner {n} (adjustable spanner) SEE: adjustable spanner | :: |
| Cretaceous {prop} (geologic period within the Mesozoic) | :: קרטיקון {m} /qretiqón/ |
| Crete {prop} (island) | :: כרתים {m} /kretím/, כפתור {m} /kaftór/ [biblical] |
| crevice {n} (narrow crack) | :: סדק {m} /sédek/, בקיע {m} /bekía/ |
| crew {n} | :: צוות (tzevet) {m} |
| cricket {n} (insect) | :: צרצר {m} /tsratsár/ [modern] צרצור {m} /tzartzúr/ [talmudic] |
| cricket {n} (game) | :: קריקט {m} /kriket/ |
| crime {n} (act violating the law) | :: פשע {m} /pésha'/ |
| crime {n} (practice or habit of committing crimes) | :: פשע {m} /pesha/ |
| crime {n} | :: פשע {m} |
| Crimea {prop} (peninsula, see also: Crimean peninsula) | :: קרים {m} /krim/ |
| Crimean {prop} (Crimea) SEE: Crimea | :: |
| Crimean Tatar {n} (a Turkic language) | :: טטרית של קרים {f} /tatarit shel krim/ |
| criminal {n} (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law) | :: פושע {m} /poshéa'/, פושעת {f} /poshá'at/ |
| criminalize {v} (to make something be a crime) | :: הוציא מחוץ לחוק /hotzí mikhútz lakhók/ |
| criminal offence {n} (crime) SEE: crime | :: |
| criminologist {n} (person who practices criminology) | :: קרימינולוג {m} /qriminolog/, קרימינולוגית {f} /qriminologit/ |
| criminology {n} (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) | :: קרימינולוגיה {f} /qriminologia/ |
| crimson {n} (deep, slightly bluish red) | :: ארגמן /argaman/ |
| crimson {v} (blush) SEE: blush | :: |
| crimson tide {n} (menstruation) SEE: menstruation | :: |
| crisis {n} (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs) | :: משבר {m} /mashber/ |
| crisis {n} (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life) | :: משבר {m} /mashber/ |
| criterion {n} (standard for comparison and judgment) | :: קריטריון {m} /qrit'erion/ |
| critic {n} (person who appraises the works of others) | :: מבקר {m} /mevakér/, מבקרת {f} /mevakéret/ |
| critic {n} (specialist in judging works of art) | :: מבקר {m} /mevakér/, מבקרת {f} /mevakéret/ |
| critical {adj} (inclined to find fault) | :: ביקורתי /biqorty/ |
| criticise {v} (to evaluate) | :: ביקר /bikér/ |
| criticise {v} (to find fault) | :: ביקר /bikér/ |
| criticism {n} (act of criticising) | :: ביקורת / בקרת {f} /biqóret/ |
| criticize {v} (to evaluate) SEE: criticise | :: |
| criticize {v} (to find fault) SEE: criticise | :: |
| critique {n} (essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed) | :: ביקורת {f} /biqoret/ |
| croak {n} | :: קרקור {m} /qirqur/ |
| croak {v} | :: לקרקר /leqarqer/ |
| Croat {n} (language) SEE: Croatian | :: |
| Croatia {prop} (country in Europe) | :: קרואטיה {f} /kroatya/ |
| Croatian {adj} (of or pertaining to Croatia) | :: קרואטי {m} /kroati/, קרואטית {f} /kroatit/ |
| Croatian {n} (person of Croatia) | :: קרואטי {m} /kroati/, קרואטית {f} /kroatit/ |
| Croatian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: קרואטית /qroat'ít/ |
| crochet {n} (needlework) | :: קרושה, סריג שנסרג במסרגה אחת |
| crochet {v} (to make needlework using a hooked needle) | :: סרג במסרגה אחת {m}, סרגה במסרגה אחת {f} |
| crochetwork {n} (crochet) SEE: crochet | :: |
| crocodile {n} (reptile) | :: תנין {m} /tanín/ |
| crocodile tear {n} (display of tears that is forced or false) | :: דמעות תנין {f-p} /dim'ót tanín/ |
| crocus {n} (plant of genus Crocus) | :: כרכם {m} /karkóm/ |
| croissant {n} (a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent) | :: קרואסון {m} /keru'asón/, סהרון {m} /saharón/ |
| Cronus {prop} (youngest of the twelve Titans) | :: קרונוס {m} /krónos/ |
| crooked {adj} (having one or more bends or angles) | :: עקום /akúm/ |
| crooked {adj} (set at an angle) | :: נטוי /natúi/ |
| crooked {adj} (figurative: dishonest, illegal) | :: עקש /ikésh/ |
| crop {n} (natural production for a specific year) | :: יבול {m} /yevúl/ |
| crosier {n} (staff of a bishop or abbot) | :: מטה כמורה |
| cross {n} (geometrical figure) | :: צלב /tselav/ |
| cross {n} (wooden post with a perpendicular beam, used for crucifixion) | :: צלב {m} |
| crossbow {n} (mechanised weapon based on the bow) | :: קשת מוצלבת {f} /késhet mutslévet/ |
| crossbreed {n} (organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds) | :: בן תערובת {m} /ben ta'aróvet/ |
| crossfire {n} (lines of fire) | :: אש צולבת {f} /esh tzolévet/ |
| crosshead {n} (metal beam) | :: ראש צלב {m} /rosh tslav/, זחלן צלבי {m} /zakhalan tslavi/ |
| crossroad {n} (crossroads) SEE: crossroads | :: |
| crossroads {n} (intersection) | :: צומת {m} /tsómet/ |
| crossword {n} (word puzzle) | :: תשבץ {m} /tashbetz/ |
| crossword puzzle {n} (crossword) SEE: crossword | :: |
| crotch {n} (area of a person’s body) | :: מפשעה /mifsaá/ |
| croup {v} (to croak) SEE: croak | :: |
| crow {n} (any bird of the genus Corvus) | :: עורב {m} /orév/ |
| crow {v} (to make the sound of a rooster) | :: קרא /qará/ |
| crowd {n} (group of people) | :: המון {m} /hamón/ |
| crown {n} (royal headdress) | :: כתר {m} /kéter/, עטרה {f} /'atará/ |
| crown {n} (topmost part of of the head) | :: קודקוד קדקוד קדקד {m} /kodkód/ |
| crown {v} (to formally declare one a king or emperor) | :: הכתיר /hikhtír/ |
| crown cap {n} (type of bottle cap) | :: פקק כתר {m} /p'kák kéter/ |
| crown cork {n} (crown cap) SEE: crown cap | :: |
| crowning {n} (act of crowning) SEE: coronation | :: |
| crucial {adj} (extremely important) | :: מכריע {m} /makhria/ [crucial for determining the future], חיוני {m} /khiuny/ [crucial for existence or welfare] |
| crucifixion {n} (execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross) | :: צליבה |
| crude {adj} (being in a natural state) | :: גולמי {m} /golmy/, גולמית {f} /golmyt/ |
| cruel {adj} (that intentionally causes pain and suffering) | :: אכזרי {m} /akhzary/, אכזרית {f} /akhzaryt/ |
| cruelty {n} (positive pleasure in inflicting suffering) | :: אכזריות {f} /akhzariut/ |
| cruise {n} (sea voyage) | :: שיט {m} /shait'/ |
| cruise {v} (to sail about) | :: לשוט /lashut'/ |
| cruise {v} (to move leisurely) | :: לשוטט /leshot'et'/ |
| cruiser {n} (class of warships) | :: סירת {f} /sayeret/ |
| cruiser {n} (police patrol vehicle) | :: נידת {f} /nayédet/ |
| crumb {n} (small piece of biscuit, cake, etc) | :: פרור {m} /pērur/ |
| crumble {v} (to fall apart) | :: התפרק /hitparék/, התפורר /hitporér/ |
| crumble {v} (to render into crumbs) | :: התפורר /hitporér/ |
| Crusade {n} (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land) | :: מסע צלב (mas'a tzlav) {m} |
| crusader {n} (person engaged in a crusade) | :: צלבן {m} /tsalbán/ |
| crush {n} (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited)) | :: הידלקות {f} /hidalqut/ |
| crush {v} (to overwhelm by pressure or weight) | :: מחץ /makhátz/ |
| crutch {n} (crotch) SEE: crotch | :: |
| crutch {n} (device to assist in motion as a cane) | :: קב {m} /káv/, קביים \ קבים {m-p} /kabáyim/ |
| crux {n} ((heraldry) cross on a coat of arms) SEE: cross | :: |
| cry {v} (intransitive: to weep) | :: בכה /bakhá/ |
| cry {n} (shedding of tears) | :: בכי {m} /bekhi/ |
| crybaby {n} (person whose feelings are easily hurt) | :: בכיין {m} /bakhyan/, בכיינית {f} /bakhianít/ |
| cryogenics {n} (the science and technology of the production of very low temperatures) | :: קריוגניקה |
| cryogenics {n} (the scientific study of low temperature phenomena) | :: קריוגניקה |
| cry over spilt milk {v} (to worry about unfortunate events which have already happened) | :: אין בוכים על חלב שנשפך |
| cryptic {adj} (involving use of code or cipher) | :: מוצפן |
| cryptorchidism {n} (The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum) | :: טמירות אשכים, אשך טמיר |
| crystal {n} (array of atoms) | :: גביש {m} /gavísh/ |
| crystal {n} (mineral) | :: בדולח {m} /bdólaḥ/ |
| crystal {n} (glassware) | :: בדולח {m} /bdólaḥ/ |
| crystal ball {n} (globe used to foretell the future) | :: כדור בדלח {m} /kaddúr bdólaḥ/ |
| crystallized {adj} (having definitive and fixed form, solidified) | :: מגובש /megubash/ |
| crystallized {adj} (being crystalline, in the form of crystals) | :: גבישי /gvishi/ |
| csardas {n} (Hungarian folk dance) | :: צ׳רדש |
| Côte d'Ivoire {prop} (the Ivory Coast) | :: חוף השנהב /khof ha-shenhav/ |
| Ctesiphon {prop} (ancient ruined city) | :: קטסיפון |
| Cthulhu {prop} (a huge fictional humanoid alien god) | :: קת'ולהו |
| cub {n} (the young of certain animals) | :: גור {m} /gur/ (young of mammals, including domesticated ones) |
| Cuba {prop} (country and largest island in Caribbean) | :: קובה /kuba/ |
| Cuban {n} (a person from Cuba) | :: קובני {m} /qubani/, קובנית {f} /qubanit/ |
| cube {n} (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces) | :: קובייה / קביה {f} /kubiá/ |
| cube {n} (object more or less in the form of a cube) | :: קובייה / קביה {f} /kubiá/ |
| cube {n} (arithmetic: number raised to the third power) | :: בחזקת שלוש /be'khezqat shalosh/ |
| cubism {n} (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) | :: קוביזם /qubizm/ |
| cubit {n} (unit of length) | :: אמה {f} /'amá/ |
| cuckold {n} (man married to an unfaithful wife) | :: ["horned one"] קרנן {m} /qarnan/ |
| cuckoo {n} (the bird) | :: קוקיה {f} /kukiyá/ |
| cucumber {n} (plant) | :: מלפפון {m} /m'laf'fon/ |
| cucumber {n} (edible fruit) | :: מלפפון {m} /m'laf'fon/ |
| cue {n} (action or event that is a signal to do something) | :: אות {m} /ot/ |
| cuff {n} (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist) | :: חפת {m} /hepet/ |
| cuisine {n} (characteristic style of preparing food) | :: מטבח {m} /mit'bakh/ |
| cul-de-sac {n} (blind alley) SEE: dead end | :: |
| Cullen skink {n} (thick soup made of smoked haddock, milk, onions, and potatoes) | :: קאלן סקינק |
| cult {n} (a sect) | :: כת {f} /kat/ |
| cult {n} (devotion to a saint) | :: פולחן {m} /pulkhan/ |
| cultivate {v} (grow plants, notably crops) | :: גידל /gidél/ |
| cultivate {v} (nurture) | :: טיפח /tipéakh/ |
| cultivate {v} (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting) | :: עיבד /ibéd/ |
| cultivation {n} (devotion of time or attention to the improvement of) | :: טיפוח (t'ipuakh) {m} |
| cult of personality {n} (situation of being falsely idolized) | :: פולחן אישיות |
| cultural {adj} (pertaining to culture) | :: תרבותי {m} /tarbuty/, תרבותית {f} /tarbutyt/ |
| culture {n} (arts, customs and habits) | :: תרבות {f} /tarbút/ |
| culture {n} (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) | :: תרבות {f} /tarbut/ |
| culture {n} (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) | :: תרבות {f} /tarbut/ |
| culture {n} (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) | :: תרבית {f} /tarbít/ |
| culture {v} (to increase the artistic or scientific interest) | :: לתרבת /letarbet/ |
| culture {n} (botany: cultivation) SEE: cultivation | :: |
| cultured {adj} (civilized; refined) | :: תרבותי /tarbutí/, מתורבת /m'turbát/ |
| cum {n} (slang: semen) | :: שפיך {m} /shpich/ |
| cum {v} (slang: have an orgasm; ejaculate) | :: גמר /gamár/ [slang] |
| Cumberlandian {adj} (of epoch from 4568 to 4527 million years ago) | :: קמברלנד |
| cumin {n} (plant Cuminum cyminum) | :: כמון {m} /kamon/ |
| cumin {n} (its seed used as spice) | :: כמון {m} /kamon/ |
| cumin {n} | :: כמון |
| cummerbund {n} (broad sash) | :: אבנט |
| cuneiform {n} (ancient writing system) | :: כתב יתדות {m} /ktav yetedót/ |
| Cuneo {prop} (city in Piedmont, Italy) | :: קונאו {m} /Kúneo/ |
| cunt {n} (genitalia) | :: כוס {m} /kus/ [vulgar] |
| cup {n} (drinking vessel) | :: כוס {m} {f} /kos/, ספל {m} /séfel/ |
| cup {n} (unit of measure) | :: כוס {f} /kos/ |
| cup {n} (trophy) | :: גביע {m} /gavía'/ |
| cup {n} (contest) | :: גביע {m} /gavía'/ |
| cup {n} (suction cup) SEE: suction cup | :: |
| cupboard {n} (enclosed storage) | :: ארון משקאות {m} /aron mashqa'ot/ |
| Cupid {prop} (god of love, son of Venus) | :: קופידון {m} /Kúpidon/ |
| curaçao {n} (liqueur) | :: קוראסאו |
| curator {n} (administrator of a collection) | :: אוצר {m} /otzer/, אוצרת {f} /otzeret/ (at a museum or archive) |
| curd cheese {n} (cottage cheese) SEE: cottage cheese | :: |
| cure {n} (method, device or medication that restores good health) | :: מרפא {m} /marpé/ |
| cure {v} (to restore to health) | :: ריפא /ripé/ |
| curfew {n} (a regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time) | :: עוצר {m} /'otzer/ |
| curiosity {n} (inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore) | :: סקרנות {f} /saqranut/ |
| curiosity {n} (unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest) | :: קוריוז {m} |
| curiosity killed the cat {proverb} (undue curiosity is dangerous) | :: הסקרנות הרגה את החתול /ha-sakranút hargá et he-khatúl/ |
| curious {adj} (inquisitive) | :: סקרן {m} /saqran/, סקרנית {f} /saqranít/ |
| Curitiba {prop} (State capital of Paraná) | :: קוריטיבה |
| curium {n} (chemical element) | :: קיוריום /qyuryum/ |
| curl {n} (lock of curling hair) | :: תלתל {m} /taltal/ |
| curly {adj} (having curls) | :: מתולתל {m} /metultal/, מתולתלת {f} /metultelet/ |
| currency {n} (money or other item used to facilitate transactions) | :: מטבע {m} /matbéa'/ |
| currency {n} (fluency) SEE: fluency | :: |
| current {n} (part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction) | :: זרם {m} /zerem/ |
| current {n} (time rate of flow of electric charge) | :: זרם {m} /zerem/ |
| current affairs {n} (current events) SEE: current events | :: |
| current events {n} (news items) | :: אקטואליה {f} /aqtuálya/ |
| currently {adv} (at this moment) | :: כיום /kayóm/ |
| curry {n} (sauce or relish) | :: קארי /kari/ |
| curse {n} (supernatural detriment) | :: קללה {f} /k'lalá/ |
| curse {n} (vulgar epithet) | :: קללה {f} /k'lalá/ |
| curse {v} (to place a curse upon) | :: קילל /kilél/ |
| curse {v} (to utter a vulgar curse) | :: קילל /kilél/ |
| cursed {adj} (having some sort of divine harm) | :: מקולל {m} /mequlal/, מקוללת {f} /mequlelet/, ארור {m} /arúr/ |
| curse word {n} (vulgarity) SEE: swear word | :: |
| curtail {v} (to shorten or abridge) | :: קצרקצר /kitsér/, צמצם /tsimtsém/ |
| curtain {n} (piece of cloth covering a window) | :: וילון {m} /vilón/ |
| curvaceous {adj} (having shapely and voluptuous curves) | :: חטובה {f} /khat'uva/ |
| curve {n} (gentle bend) | :: עקימה {f} /'aqima/ |
| curve {n} (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body) | :: חיטובים {m-p} /khit'uvym/ |
| curve {adj} (crooked) SEE: crooked | :: |
| curvy {adj} (curvaceous) SEE: curvaceous | :: |
| cushion {n} (soft material in cloth bag) | :: כרית {n} /karit/, כר {n} /kar/ |
| Cushite {adj} (pertaining to the ancient people of the Horn of Africa, descendants of biblical Cush) | :: כושי {m} /kushí/ |
| Cushite {prop} (member of one of the people of the Horn of Africa) | :: כושי {m} /kushí/ |
| custom {n} (frequent repetition of the same act) | :: מנהג /minhag/ |
| custom {n} (long-established practice) | :: נוהג {m} /nohag/ |
| customer {n} (one who purchases or receives a product or service) | :: צרכן {m} /tzarkhan/, צרכנית {f} /tzarkhanyt/ |
| custom house {n} (official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit) | :: מכס {m} /mekhes/ |
| customs {n} (custom house) SEE: custom house | :: |
| cut {adj} (having been cut) | :: חתוך /khatúkh/ |
| cut {n} (opening resulting from cutting) | :: חתך {m} /khétekh/ |
| cut {n} (act of cutting) | :: חיתוך {m} /khitúkh/ |
| cut {n} (slab of meat) | :: חתיכה {f} /khatikhá/ |
| cut {v} (to perform an incision) | :: חתך /khatákh/ |
| cut {v} (to divide with a sharp instrument) | :: חתך /khatákh/ |
| cut {v} (colloquial, not to attend a class) | :: הבריז /hivríz/ |
| cut {v} (to change direction suddenly) | :: חתך /khatákh/ |
| cut corners {v} (do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job) | :: עיגל פינות \ עגל פנות |
| cute {adj} (having features mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals) | :: חמוד {m} /khamud/, חמודה (khamuda) {f} (1 - with comical touch, 2) |
| cutlass {n} (machete) SEE: machete | :: |
| cutlery {n} (eating and serving utensils) | :: סכו״ם {m} /sakúm/ |
| cutting {n} (action) | :: חיתוך {m} /khitukh/ |
| cutting {adj} | :: חותך {m} /khotekh/, חותכת {f} /khotekhet/ |
| cutting board {n} (chopping board) SEE: chopping board | :: |
| cuttlefish {n} (any of various squidlike mollusks) | :: דיונון |
| cyanide {n} (chemistry: any compound containing the CN group) | :: ציאניד {m} /tzianyd/ |
| cybernetics {n} (science of communication and control) | :: קיברנטיקה {f} /qibernet'iqa/ |
| cyborg {n} (person who is part machine) | :: קיבורג /kiborg/ |
| cyclamen {n} (A type of plant) | :: רקפת (rakéfet) |
| cycle {n} (process) | :: מחזור {m} /makhzor/ |
| cycle {v} (to ride a cycle) | :: נסע באופניים /nasá b'ofanáyim/ |
| cycle {n} (vehicle) SEE: bicycle | :: |
| cyclic {adj} (characterized by, or moving in cycles) | :: מחזורי {m} /makhzory/, מחזורית {f} /makhzoryt/ |
| cycling {n} (The sport of riding and racing bicycles) | :: אופנאות {m} /ofananut/ |
| cyclist {n} (person who rides a cycle) | :: רוכב אופניים {m} /rokhev ofnaim/, רוכבת אופניים {f} /rokhevet ofnaim/ |
| cyclone {n} (rotating system of winds) | :: ציקלון {m} /tziqlon/ |
| cyclops {n} (giant of mythology) | :: קיקלופ /kiklop/ |
| Cygnus {prop} (constellation) | :: ברבור {m} /barbúr/ |
| cylinder {n} (geometry: surface) | :: גליל {m} /galíl/ |
| cylinder {n} (any cylindrical object) | :: גליל /ga'lil/ |
| cylinder {n} (cavity or chamber) | :: גליל /ga'lil/ |
| cylinder {n} (container) | :: גליל /ga'lil/ |
| cymene {n} (plant) | :: צימן {m} /tsiman/ |
| cynic {n} (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness) | :: ציניקן {m} /tziniqan/, ציניקנית {f} /tziniqanit/ |
| cypress {n} (an evergreen coniferous tree) | :: ברוש {m} /brosh/ |
| Cypriot {n} (Person from Cyprus) | :: קפריסאי {m} /qafrisai/, קפריסאית {f} /qafrisait/ |
| Cyprus {prop} (country) | :: קפריסין /kaf'risin/ |
| Cyrenaica {prop} (province on the North African coast) | :: קירינאייקה {f} /kirinayka/ |
| Cyril {prop} (Kirill) SEE: Kirill | :: |
| Cyrillic {adj} (of or pertaining to Cyrillic) | :: קירילית |
| Cyrillic {prop} (a script or alphabet) | :: קירילית {f} /kirilít/ |
| Cyrus {prop} (ancient king of Persia) | :: כורש /koresh/ |
| Cyrus {prop} (male given name) | :: כורש |
| Czech {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) | :: צ׳כי /chekhi/ |
| Czech {n} (person) | :: צ׳כי {m} /chekhi/, צ׳כית {f} /chekhit/ |
| Czech {n} (language) | :: צ׳כית {f} /chekhít/ |
| Czechia {prop} (country in Europe) | :: צ'כיה {f} /Chekhia/ |
| Czechoslovakia {prop} (former country in Central Europe) | :: צ׳כוסלובקיה {f} /chekhoslovákia/ |
| Czech Republic {prop} (country in Central Europe) | :: צ'כיה {f} /Chekhia/, הרפובליקה הצ'כית /ha-Repubeliqah ha-Cheikia/ |