| pace {v} (to walk to and fro) | :: פסע /pasá'/ |
| pacific {adj} (calm, peaceful, see also: calm; peaceful) | :: שקט (shakeit) משקיט (mash'keet) |
| Pacific Ocean {prop} (the world's largest body of water) | :: האוקינוס הפסיפי {m} /ha-okyanós ha-pasifi/, האוקיינוס השקט \ האוקינוס השקט {m} /ha-okyanós ha-shakét/ |
| pacifier {n} (for a baby) | :: מוצץ {m} /motsets/ |
| pacifism {n} (doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence) | :: פציפיזם {m} /patsifízm/ |
| pack {n} (group of dogs) | :: להקה {f} /lahaqá/ |
| package {n} (something which is packed) | :: חבילה {f} /khavilá/ |
| packer {n} (person packing things) | :: אורז {m} /orez/, אורזת {f} /orézet/ |
| packet {n} (small pack) | :: חבילה {f} /khavilá/ |
| pad {v} (to stuff) SEE: stuff | :: |
| padding {n} (soft filling material) | :: ריפוד {m} |
| paddle wheel {n} (wheel fitted with paddles) | :: גלגל משוטות {m} /galgal meshotot/ |
| paddy {n} (wet land where rice grows) | :: שדה אורז {m} |
| paddy field {n} (field where rice is grown) SEE: paddy | :: |
| pagan {adj} (relating to non main world religions) | :: פגני /paganí/, אלילי /'elilí/ |
| pagan {n} (person not adhering to a main world religion) | :: עובד אלילים {m} /'ovéd 'elilím/ |
| paganism {n} (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) | :: פגניות {f} |
| page {n} (boy child) SEE: boy | :: |
| page {n} (one side of a leaf of a book) | :: עמוד {f} /amúd/, צד /tsad/ |
| page {n} (one of the pieces of paper bound together within a book or document) | :: דף /daf/ |
| page {n} (serving boy) | :: נער {m} /náar/ |
| page {n} (Internet: web page) SEE: web page | :: |
| pageant {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant | :: |
| pager {n} (device) | :: איתורית {f} /iturít/, זימונית {f} /zimunít/ |
| pagoda {n} (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) | :: פגודה |
| pail {n} (bucket) SEE: bucket | :: |
| pain {n} (ache or bodily suffering) | :: כאב {m} /k'év/ |
| pain {n} (annoying person or thing) | :: טרדן {m} /tardán/, מטרד {m} /mitrád/, קרציה {f} /kartsiyá/, נאג'ס {m} |
| pain in the arse {n} (pain in the ass) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
| pain in the ass {n} (something that causes discomfort) | :: קוץ בתחת {m} /qots ba-'tahat/ |
| pain in the butt {n} (nuisance) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
| pain in the neck {n} (that which is annoying) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
| painkiller {n} (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) | :: משכך כאבים {m} /meshakeḥ ke'evim/ |
| paint {n} (substance) | :: צבע {m} /tséva/ |
| paint {v} (apply paint to) | :: צבע /tzavá/ |
| paintbrush {n} (thin brush) | :: מכחול {m} /mikh'khól/, מברשת {f} /mivréshet/ |
| painted dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| painted hunting dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| painted wolf {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| painter {n} (artist) | :: צבע {m} /tsabá/ |
| pair {n} (number of things resembling one another, or belonging together) SEE: set | :: |
| pair {n} (two similar or identical things) | :: זוג {m} /zug/, צמד {m} /tzémed/ |
| pair {n} (two people in a relationship) | :: זוג {m} /zug/, צמד {m} /tzémed/ |
| pair {n} (used with binary nouns) | :: זוג {m} /zug/ |
| pair {n} (couple of working animals attached to work together) | :: צמד {m} /tzémed/ |
| pair of binoculars {n} (binoculars) SEE: binoculars | :: |
| pair of compasses {n} (tool used to draw circles) | :: מחוגה {f} /mekhuga/ |
| pair of eyeglasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of glasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of scissors {n} (scissors) SEE: scissors | :: |
| pair of specs {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of spectacles {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of tongs {n} (tongs) SEE: tongs | :: |
| pair of tweezers {n} (tweezers) SEE: tweezers | :: |
| pajamas {n} (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in) | :: פיג׳מה {f} /pijama/ |
| Pakistan {prop} (country in South Asia) | :: פקיסטן {m} /pakistán/ |
| palace {n} (large, lavish residence) | :: ארמון {m} /armon/ |
| Palace of Westminster {prop} (building in London housing the House of Commons and House of Lords) | :: ארמון וסטמינסטר {m} /Armon Vestminster/ |
| palate {n} (roof of the mouth) | :: חך {m} /khékh/ |
| pale {adj} (light in color) | :: חור /heveir/ |
| paleography {n} (study of old forms of writing) | :: פלאוגרפיה |
| Palestine {prop} (geographic region) | :: פלשתינה {f} /palestína/, ארץ ישראל {f} |
| Palestine {prop} (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) | :: פלסטין /falastín/ |
| Palestine {prop} (historical: former British entity) | :: פלשתינה (א״י) {f} /palestína (E.Y.)/ |
| Palestine {prop} | :: Biblical: פלשת /p'leshet/; Modern: פלשתין /Falastin/; Pre-1948: פלשתינה /Palestina/, ארץ־ישראל /Erets Yisra'el/ |
| Palestinian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Palestine and/or the Palestinian people) | :: פלשתינאי |
| Palestinian {n} (inhabitant of Palestine or Arab of Palestinian descent) | :: פלסטיני |
| palette {n} (board) | :: פתכה {f} /ptekhá/ |
| Pali {prop} (a Middle Indo-Aryan language) | :: פאלי |
| palindrome {n} (a sequence of units that reads the same forwards as backwards) | :: פלינדרום {m} /pálindrom/ |
| palladium {n} (chemical element) | :: פלדיום {?} /paládyum/ |
| palliative {adj} (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) | :: מקל {m} /makel/ |
| palm {n} (inner, concave part of hand) | :: כף יד {f} /kaf yád/, כף {f} /kaf/ |
| palm {n} (corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal) | :: כף {f} /kaf/ |
| palm {n} (palm tree) SEE: palm tree | :: |
| palmier {n} (puff pastry) | :: אוזני פיל |
| palm tree {n} (tropical tree) | :: דקל {m} /dékel/ |
| Palmyra {prop} (ancient city) | :: תדמור /tadmor/ |
| pamphlet {n} (booklet) SEE: booklet | :: |
| Panama {prop} (country) | :: פנמה {f} /panama/ |
| pan-Arabism {n} (movement) | :: פאן-ערביות /pan-'araviut/ |
| pancake {n} (thin batter cake) | :: פנקייק |
| pancreas {n} (gland near the stomach) | :: לבלב /lavlav/ |
| panda {n} (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, see also: giant panda) | :: פנדה /panda/ |
| panda bear {n} (panda) SEE: panda | :: |
| pandeism {n} (belief in a god both pantheistic and deistic) | :: פנדאיזם {m} /pandayizm/ |
| pandemic {adj} (general, widespread) SEE: general | :: |
| pandemic {n} (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population) | :: פנדמיה |
| pander {n} (pimp or procurer) SEE: pimp | :: |
| Pandora {prop} (Character in Greek mythology) | :: פנדורה |
| Pandora's box {n} (a source of unforeseen trouble) | :: תיבת פנדורה {f} |
| panentheism {n} | :: פנאנתאיזם |
| panettone {n} (Christmas brioche with candied fruit) | :: פנטונה {m} /panetóne/ |
| panforte {n} (dense flat cake) | :: פנפורטה {m} |
| Pangaea {prop} (supercontinent prior to Triassic) | :: פנגיאה {f} /Pangía/ |
| panic {n} (overpowering fright) | :: בהלה {m} /beholeh/ |
| panna cotta {n} (Italian dessert made from double cream) | :: פנקוטה {f} /panakóta/ |
| pansy {n} (plant) | :: אמנון ותמר {m} /amnón vetamár/ |
| pant {n} (a pair of pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| pantheism {n} (belief that the universe is divine) | :: פנתאיזם {m} /panteizm/ |
| panther {n} (big cat with black fur) | :: פנתר שחר {m} /pantér šaḥór/ |
| panties {n} (underpants for women or girls) | :: תחתונים |
| pantry {n} (storage room) | :: מזוה {m} /mezaveh/ |
| pants {n} (garment covering the body from the waist downwards) | :: מכנסיים \ מכנסים {m-p} /mikhnasáyim/ |
| pants {n} (undergarment covering the genitals) | :: תחתונים {m-p} /takhtoním/ |
| panty {n} (panties) SEE: panties | :: |
| pap {n} (porridge) SEE: porridge | :: |
| papa {n} (Father (familiar, conversational)) SEE: dad | :: |
| paparazzi {n} (paparazzo) SEE: paparazzo | :: |
| paparazzo {n} (freelance photographer of celebrities) | :: פפראצי {m} /papparátzi/ |
| papaya {n} (fruit) | :: פפיה /papaia/ |
| paper {n} (sheet material) | :: נייר \ ניר {m} /n'yár/, דף {m} /dáf/ |
| paper {adj} (made of paper) | :: נייר |
| paper {n} (newspaper) SEE: newspaper | :: |
| paper {n} (wallpaper) SEE: wallpaper | :: |
| paper {n} (wrapping paper) SEE: wrapping paper | :: |
| paper {v} (to document) SEE: document | :: |
| paper aeroplane {n} (toy aeroplane made by folding up a sheet of paper) | :: מטוס ניר {m} /matós nyar/ |
| paper airplane {n} (paper aeroplane) SEE: paper aeroplane | :: |
| paperboard {n} (thick paper) | :: בריסטול {m} /bristól/ |
| paper clip {n} (paper clip) | :: מהדקם /mehadkim/ |
| paper tiger {n} (paper tiger) | :: רוח וצלצולים |
| paper towel {n} (sheet of absorbent paper) | :: מגבת נייר {f} /magévet n'yár/ |
| papier-mâché {n} (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) | :: עיסת נייר / עסת ניר {m} /isát nyar/ |
| Papua New Guinea {prop} (country in Oceania) | :: פפואה־גינאה החדשה /papu'a-gine'a ha-khadasha/ |
| papyrus {n} (plant in the sedge family) | :: גומא \ גמא {m} /góme/, פפירוס {m} /papírus/, גומא פפירוס \ גמא־פפירוס {m} /góme-papírus/ |
| papyrus {n} (material made from this plant) | :: פפירוס {m} /papírus/ |
| papyrus {n} (scroll or document written on this material) | :: פפירוס {m} /papírus/ |
| parabola {n} (a conic section) | :: פרבולה {f} /parábola/ |
| parachute {n} (a device designed to control the fall of an object) | :: מצנח {m} /matsnéakh/ |
| parade {n} (organized procession) | :: תהלוכה {f} /tahalukhá/, מצעד {m} /mits'ád/ |
| paradigm {n} (example serving as a model or pattern) | :: פאראדיגמה {f} /paradigma/ |
| paradise {n} (heaven) | :: גן עדן {m} /gan éden/ |
| paradise {n} (very pleasant place) | :: גן עדן {m} /gan éden/ |
| paradise {n} (very pleasant experience) | :: גן עדן {m} /gan éden/ |
| paradox {n} (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true) | :: פרדוקס |
| paraffin {n} (kerosene) SEE: kerosene | :: |
| paragon {n} (model or pattern) | :: מופת {m} /mofét/ |
| paragraph {n} (passage in text) | :: פיסקה \ פסקה {f} /piská/ |
| Paraguay {prop} (country in South America) | :: פרגוואי / פרגואי /paragvay/ |
| parallel {adj} (equally distant from one another at all points) | :: מקביל {m-p} /makbil/ |
| parallel {adj} (having the same overall direction) | :: מקביל {m} /makbíl/ |
| parallel {n} (one of a set of parallel lines) | :: מקביל {m} /makbíl/ |
| parallel {n} (line of latitude) | :: קו רוחב {m} /káv rókhav/ |
| parallel {v} (of a path etc: to be parallel to something else) | :: הקביל /hikbíl/ |
| parallel {v} (to compare or liken something to something else) | :: השווה \ השוה /hishvá/ |
| parallelepiped {n} (solid figure) | :: מקבילון {m} /makbilón/ |
| parallelogram {n} (convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length) | :: מקבילית {f} /makbilít/ |
| paralyse {v} (paralyse) SEE: paralyze | :: |
| paralysis {n} (loss of muscle control) | :: שיתוק |
| paralyze {v} (to afflict with paralysis) | :: שיתק /shitéq/ |
| paralyzed {adj} ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled) | :: שותק /shutáq/ |
| paramecium {n} (organism) | :: סנדלית {f} /sandalít/ |
| paranoid schizophrenia {n} (form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions) | :: סכיזופרניה פרנואידית {f} /skizofrenya paranoydit/ |
| paraphrase {n} (restatement of a text) | :: פרפרזה {f} /parafráza/ |
| parashah {n} (weekly Torah portion) | :: פרשה {f} |
| parasite {n} (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back) | :: פרזיט {m} /parazít/ |
| parasite {n} ((generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing resources from another living organism) | :: טפיל {m} /tapil/, פרזיט {m} /parazít/ |
| paratrooper {n} (soldier that parachutes from aircraft) | :: צנחן /tzanhan/ |
| parcel {n} (package wrapped for shipment) | :: חבילה {f} /khavilá/ |
| parchment {n} (material) | :: קלף {m} /k'láf/ |
| pardon {n} (forgiveness for an offence) | :: סליחה {f} /s'likhá/, מחילה {f} /m'khilá/ |
| pardon {n} | :: חנינה (ĥanina) {f} |
| pardon {interj} (interjection, request to repeat) | :: סליחה {f} /s'likhá/ |
| pardon me {phrase} (sorry, as an apology) | :: סליחה {f} /sliḥá/, סלח לי /slaḥ li/ [to a male], סלחי לי /silḥí li/ [to a female], סלחו לי /silḥú li/ [to a group] |
| parenchyma {n} (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue) | :: פרנכימה |
| parent {n} (person from whom one is descended) | :: הורה {m} /horé/ |
| parent {n} | :: הורה {m} /hore/, הורה {f} /hora/, plural: הורים (horim) {m} or {m}{f}, הורות {f} /horot/ |
| parents {n} (one's parents) | :: הורים {m-p} /horím/ |
| Paris {prop} (capital of France) | :: פריז /pariz/ |
| Paris {prop} (Trojan prince) | :: פאריס {m} /paris/ |
| park {n} (ground for recreation) | :: פרק {m} /park/ |
| park {v} (bring to a halt) | :: חנה /khaná/ |
| parking lot {n} (open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use) | :: חניון {m} /khanyón/ |
| Parkinson's disease {n} (Parkinson's disease) | :: מחלת פרקינסון {m} /makhalot parkinson/ |
| parkour {n} (athletic discipline) | :: פארקור {m} /parqur/ |
| parliament {n} (institution with elected or appointed members) | :: פרלמנט /parlamént/ |
| Parliament {prop} (parliament) SEE: parliament | :: |
| parlous {adj} (attended with peril) SEE: dangerous | :: |
| parody {n} (expression making fun of something else) | :: פרודיה /paródya/ |
| paroemia {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb | :: |
| paroxysm {n} (random or sudden outburst) | :: פרוקסיזום {m} |
| paroxytone {adj} (paroxytone) | :: מלעיל |
| paroxytone {n} (paroxytone) | :: מלעיל /mil’él/ |
| parrot {n} (kind of bird) | :: תכי / תוכי {m} /túki/ |
| parrot {v} (to repeat exactly without showing understanding) | :: חיקה /khiká/, חיקה כתוכי /khiká k'túki/ |
| parsley {n} (plant Petroselinum crispum) | :: פטרוזיליה {f} /petrozílya/ |
| parsnip {n} (the plant Pastinaca sativa) | :: גזר לבן {m} /gézer lavan/ |
| parsnip {n} (the edible root of Pastinaca sativa) | :: גזר לבן {m} /gézer lavan/ |
| part {n} (math: factor) SEE: factor | :: |
| part {n} (fraction of a whole) | :: שבר {m} /shéver/, חלק {m} /khélek/ |
| part {n} (position or role, especially in a play) | :: תפקיד {m} /tafkid/ |
| part {n} (hair dividing line) | :: שביל {m} /shvil/ |
| part {v} (to leave the company of) | :: נפרד {m} /nifrad/ |
| part {v} (to divide in two) | :: חילק {m} /khilek/ |
| part {v} (to become divided in two or separated) | :: התחלק {m} /hitkhalek/ |
| partial derivative {n} (derivative with respect to one variable) | :: נגזרת חלקית {f} /nigzéret chelkít/ |
| participation {n} (act of participating) | :: השתתפות {f} /hishtatfút/ |
| participial {n} (participle) SEE: participle | :: |
| participle {n} (verb form) | :: בינוני {m} /bēnoní/ |
| particle {n} (body with very small size) | :: חלקיק {m} /khelkik/, גרגיר {m} /gargir/ |
| particle {n} (elementary particle or subatomic particle) | :: חלקיק {m} /khelkik/ |
| particle {n} (word that does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech) | :: מלית {f} /milít/ |
| particle physics {n} (particle physics) | :: פיזיקת חלקיקים |
| particular {adj} (known only to an individual person or group) SEE: confidential | :: |
| partisan {n} (member of a body of detached light troops) SEE: guerrilla | :: |
| partition {n} (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set) | :: חלוקה {f} /chaluká/ |
| partly {adv} (in part) | :: חלקי /chelki/ |
| partner {n} (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest) | :: שתף /shutáf/ |
| partner {n} (spouse, domestic, or romantic partner) | :: בן זוג {m} /ben zúg/, בת זוג {f} /bat zúg/ |
| part of speech {n} (the function a word or phrase performs) | :: חלק דיבור {m} /khélek dibúr/ |
| partridge {n} (any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris) | :: חוגלה \ חגלה {f} /khoglá/ |
| party {n} (social gathering) | :: מסיבה \ מסבה {f} /m'sibá/ |
| party {n} (political group) SEE: political party | :: |
| Pasargadae {prop} (ancient city of Persia) | :: פסארגאדה |
| Pascal {prop} (male given name) | :: פסח /pésaḥ/ |
| pasha {n} (title) | :: פחה {m} |
| Pashto {n} (official language of Afghanistan) | :: פשטו {f} /pashto/ |
| Pashtun {prop} (Pashto) SEE: Pashto | :: |
| Pashtunwali {prop} (Pashtun tribal code of conduct) | :: פשטונוואלי |
| pass {n} (opening, road, or track, available for passing) | :: מעבר {m} /ma'avár/ |
| pass {n} (password) SEE: password | :: |
| pass away {v} (to die (euphemistic)) | :: נפטר /niftár/, הלך לעולמו /halákh l'olamó/ |
| passenger {n} (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) | :: נוסע {m} /noséa'/ |
| passenger pigeon {n} (an extinct bird of the species Ectopistes migratorius) | :: יונה נודדת |
| passenger ship {n} (type of ship) | :: אנית נוסעים {f} /oniyat nos'im/ |
| passing {n} (death, dying; the end) | :: פטירה {f} /ptirá/ |
| passion {n} | :: תאווה |
| passivism {n} (quality or principle of being passive) | :: פסיביזם /passivisem/ |
| pass on {v} (To die) SEE: die | :: |
| Passover {prop} (Jewish festival) | :: פסח {m} /pésakh/ |
| passport {n} (official document) | :: דרכון {m} /darkón/ |
| password {n} (word used to gain admittance) | :: ססמה {f} /sisma/ |
| password {n} (computing: string of characters known only to a user) | :: סיסמה |
| past {adj} (ago) SEE: ago | :: |
| past {n} (period of time that has already happened) | :: עבר {m} /avár/ |
| past {n} ((grammar) past tense) | :: עבר {m} /avar/ |
| pasteurise {v} (pasteurize) SEE: pasteurize | :: |
| pasteurize {v} (to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms) | :: לפסטר {m-p} /lepaster/ |
| pastor {n} (shepherd) SEE: shepherd | :: |
| pastry {n} (food group) | :: מאפה {m} /ma'afé/ |
| patch {n} (figuratively: fit) SEE: fit | :: |
| patch {n} (paltry fellow) SEE: fool | :: |
| patent troll {n} (company, person, etc., that owns and enforces patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner) | :: טרול פטנטים |
| paternal aunt {n} (the sister of one's father) | :: דודה {f} /dóda/ |
| paternal uncle {n} (brother of one's father) | :: דוד {m} /dod/ |
| path {n} (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians) | :: דרך {f} /dérekh/ |
| path {n} (graph theory: a sequence of vertices from one vertex to another) | :: מסלול {m} /maslúl/ |
| path {n} (topology: a continuous map) | :: מסילה {f} /mesilá/ |
| pathetic {adj} (arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion) | :: קורע לב /koréa lev/ [literally: heart tearing] |
| pathetic {adj} (arousing scorn or contempt) | :: פתטי /patéti/ |
| pathogen {n} (an organism or substance that causes disease) | :: פתוגן {m} /patogen/ |
| pathology {n} (branch of medicine) | :: פתולוגיה {f} |
| pathology {n} (abnormality) | :: פתולוגיה {f} |
| pathos {n} | :: פתוס {f} |
| patience {n} (quality of being patient) | :: סבלנות {f} |
| patient {adj} (not losing one's temper while waiting) | :: סבלני /savlaní/ |
| patient {n} (someone who receives treatment from a doctor) | :: מטופל /metupál/, פצינט {m} /patzyént/ |
| Patil {prop} (surname) | :: פטיל |
| patio {n} (a paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation) | :: פטיו |
| Patras {prop} (city of Greece) | :: פאטראי |
| patriarch {n} (male leader) | :: פטריארך {m} /patriárkh/ |
| Patrick {prop} (given name) | :: פטריק |
| patriot {n} (person who loves, supports and defends their country) | :: פטריוט {m} /patri'ot/ |
| patriotism {n} (love of one's own country) | :: פטריוטיות {f} /leumanút/ |
| patrol {n} | :: סיור /si'ûr/ |
| patronising {adj} (offensively condescending) SEE: condescending | :: |
| patronizing {adj} (offensively condescending) SEE: condescending | :: |
| patsy {n} (a person who is taken advantage of) | :: פראייר {m} /frayer/ |
| patty {n} (a portion of ground meat or vegetarian equivalent) | :: קציצה {f} /qtzitzá/ |
| pattypan {n} (pattypan squash) SEE: pattypan squash | :: |
| pattypan squash {n} (squash) | :: פטיסון |
| Paul {prop} (the Apostle) | :: פאולוס |
| Paul {prop} (male given name) | :: פול /pol/ |
| Paulette {prop} (female given name) | :: פולט {f} /Polet/ |
| pause {n} (temporary stop or rest) | :: אתנח /etnah/ |
| pavement {n} (footpath) | :: מדרכה |
| pavilion {n} (cartiliginous part of the outer ear) SEE: pinna | :: |
| paw {n} (soft foot of an animal) | :: כף {f} /kaf/ |
| pawn {n} (chess piece) | :: חייל {m} /chayal/, רגלי {m} /ragli/ |
| pawn {n} (someone who is being manipulated) | :: פיון {m} /pion/ |
| pawn {n} ((rare) type of shop) | :: חנות משכונות {f}, בית עבוט {m} |
| pay {v} (to give money in exchange for goods or services) | :: שילם \ שלם /shilém/ |
| payess {n} (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) SEE: payot | :: |
| payot {n} (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews (payess, payot)) | :: פאה {f} /pe'á/ |
| PBUH {interj} (peace be upon him) | :: עליו השלום {m} /'aláv hashalóm/ |
| pe {n} (Semitic letter) | :: פא /pê/ |
| pea {n} (plant) | :: אפונה {f} /afuna/ |
| peace {n} (tranquility, quiet, harmony; absence of violence) | :: שלום \ שלום {m} /shalóm/ |
| peace {n} (state of mind) | :: שלווה \ שלוה {f} /shalvá/ |
| peace {n} (state of being free from war) | :: שלום \ שלום {m} /shalóm/ |
| peace be upon him {interj} (honorific phrase used by some Jews) | :: עליו השלום /'aláv hashalóm/ |
| peaceful {adj} (not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil) | :: שקט |
| peaceful {adj} (motionless and calm; placid) | :: שלו, שקט |
| peach {n} (tree) | :: אפרסק {m} /afarsék/ |
| peach {n} (fruit) | :: אפרסק {m} /afarsék/ |
| peachtree {n} (peach) SEE: peach | :: |
| peachy {adj} (very good) | :: הכל דבש /hakól dvash/ |
| peacock {n} (pheasant of one of the genera Pavo and Afropavo) | :: טווס \ טוס {m} /tavás/ |
| peak {n} (point, sharp end) | :: קדקוד {m} /qodqód/ |
| peak {n} (highest value reached) | :: שיא {m} /si/ |
| peak {n} (mountain top) | :: פסגה {f} /pisgá/ |
| peanut {n} (a legume resembling a nut) | :: בוטן {m} /boten/, אגוז אדמה /egoz adama/ |
| peanut butter {n} (spread made from ground peanuts) | :: חמאת בוטנים {f} /khem'át botním/ |
| pear {n} (fruit) | :: אגס {m} /agás/ |
| pearl {n} (mother-of-pearl) SEE: mother-of-pearl | :: |
| pearl {n} (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks) | :: פנינה {f} /p'niná/, מרגלית {f} /margalít/ |
| pearl diver {n} (dishwasher) SEE: dishwasher | :: |
| Pearl Harbor {prop} (a harbor on Oahu) | :: פרל הארבור |
| peasant {n} (member of the agriculture low class) | :: אכר {m}, חקלאי {m}, חקלאית {f} |
| peat {n} (soil) | :: כבול {m} /kavul/ |
| pebble {n} (stone) | :: חלוק {m} /ẖalúq/ |
| pecker {n} (slang for penis) SEE: dick | :: |
| pecker {n} (slang for courage) SEE: courage | :: |
| ped {n} (pedestrian) SEE: pedestrian | :: |
| pedantry {n} (overly ambitious display of learning) | :: דקדוקי עניות /dikdûkei aniyût/ |
| pederasty {n} (pederasty) | :: פדרסטיה {f} /pederastya/ |
| pederasty {n} (archaic: homosexual anal sex) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| pedestal {n} (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like) | :: כן {m} /kan/ |
| pedestrian {n} (somebody walking rather than using a vehicle) | :: הולך־רגל {m} /holékh-régel/, הולכת־רגל {m} /holékhet-régel/ |
| pedigree {n} (chart of ancestors) | :: יחוס {m} /yiḥǘs/ |
| pedophile {n} (an adult who is sexually attracted to children) | :: פדופיל {m} /pedofil/ |
| pedophilia {n} (sexual feeling or desire by adults towards children) | :: פדופיליה |
| pee {n} | :: שתן /sheten/ |
| pee {v} | :: השתין /hishtín/ |
| peekaboo {n} (game for small children) | :: קו־קו {m} /ku-ku/ |
| peel {n} (skin of a fruit) | :: קליפה {f} /klipá/ |
| pee-pee {n} (childish: urine) SEE: wee-wee | :: |
| pee-pee {n} (childish: genitalia) SEE: wee-wee | :: |
| pegasus {n} (winged horse) | :: פגסוס {m} /pégasus/ |
| Pei-ching {prop} (Beijing) SEE: Beijing | :: |
| Pekin duck {n} (breed of domestic duck) | :: ברוז פקין / ברווז פקין {m} /barváz pekín/ |
| Peking {prop} (Beijing) SEE: Beijing | :: |
| pelican {n} (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae) | :: שקנאי |
| Peloponnese {prop} (region of Greece) | :: פלופונסוס {m} /peluponisus/ |
| pelt {n} (human skin, see also: skin) | :: עור {m} |
| pen {n} (wing) SEE: wing | :: |
| pen {n} (writing tool) | :: עט {m} /et/ |
| Pen-ch'i {prop} (Benxi) SEE: Benxi | :: |
| pencil {n} (graphite writing-instrument) | :: עיפרון \ עפרון {m} /iparón/ |
| pencil box {n} (container for stationery) SEE: pencil case | :: |
| pencil case {n} (object purposed to contain stationery) | :: קלמר {m} /kalmár/ |
| pen drive {n} (flash drive) SEE: flash drive | :: |
| pendulum {n} (body suspended from a fixed support) | :: מטוטלת {f} /metutelet/ |
| Penelope {prop} (wife of Odysseus) | :: פנלופה {f} |
| penfriend {n} (person with whom one exchanges letters) SEE: pen pal | :: |
| penguin {n} (flightless sea bird) | :: פינגוין {m} /pingvín/ |
| penicillin {n} (penicillin) | :: פניצילין |
| peninsula {n} (piece of land projecting into water) | :: חצי אי {m} /khatsí-í/ |
| penis {n} | :: פין {m} /pin/, זין {m} /záyin/ [slang] |
| penis {n} (penis) SEE: member | :: |
| penitent {n} (one who repents of sin) | :: בעל תשובה {m} |
| penitentiary {n} (prison) | :: בית סהר {m} /beit sóhar/ |
| pen name {n} (writer's pseudonym) | :: שם עט {m} /shem et/ |
| penny {n} (1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound) | :: פני /péni/ |
| penny {n} (one-cent coin in US and Canada) SEE: cent | :: |
| pen pal {n} (friend with whom one communicates using letters) | :: חבר לעט |
| pension {n} (regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services) | :: פנסיה |
| pension {v} (to force to retire) | :: גמלה /gimlah/ |
| pentagon {n} (a polygon with five sides and five angles) | :: מחומש \ מחמש {m} /mekhumásh/ |
| Pentagon {prop} (headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense) | :: פנטגון {m} /pentagón/ |
| pentagonal {adj} (of, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon) | :: מחומש /mekhumásh/ |
| pentagram {n} (shape of five-pointed star) | :: פנטגרם {m} /pentagram/ |
| Pentateuch {prop} (first five books of the Bible) | :: תורה {f} /toráh/, חמישה חומשי תורה \ חמשה חמשי תורה {m-p} /khamishá khum'shéi torá/, תורת משה {f} /torát moshé/ |
| Pentecost {prop} (Jewish festival) | :: שבועות {m} /shavuót/ |
| penult {n} (next-to-last syllable of a word) | :: see מלעיל /mil'él/ [adverb] |
| penumbra {n} (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse) | :: פלג צל {m} |
| Penza {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: פנזה |
| people {n} (a body of human beings; a group of two or more persons) | :: אנשים {m-p} /anashim/ |
| people {n} (a group of persons forming or belonging to a particular nation etc.) | :: עם {m} /am/, אומה {f} |
| peoplehood {n} (collective sense of being part of a distinct people) | :: עמיות {f} /amiut/ |
| People's Democratic Republic of Algeria {prop} (official name of Algeria) | :: הרפובליקה האלג'יראית הדמוקרטית העממית {f} |
| People's Republic of China {prop} (official name of China) | :: הרפובליקה העממית של סין {f} /harepúblika ha'amamít shel sin/ |
| people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones {proverb} (one shouldn't criticize others for having the same fault) | :: מי שגר בבית מזכוכית שלא ישליך אבנים /Mi she-gar be-vayit mi-zekhukhit she-lo yashlikh avanim/ |
| pepper {n} (spice) | :: פלפל {m} /pilpel/, פלפל שחר {m} /pilpel shakhor/ [black pepper] |
| pepper {n} (fruit of the capsicum) | :: פלפל /pilpel/ |
| pepper spray {n} (non-lethal riot-control agent) | :: תרסיס פלפל |
| Pepsi {prop} (the brand of drink) | :: פפסי |
| per {prep} (for each) | :: לכל /l'khol/ |
| per {prep} (in accordance with) | :: על פי /al pi/ |
| percent {n} (a part or other object per hundred) | :: אחוז /akhúz/ |
| perception {n} (that which is detected by the five senses) | :: תפיסה /tfissa/, קליטה /klita/ |
| peremptory {adj} ((law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal) | :: חלוט |
| pereq {n} (subdivision of a massechet) | :: פרק {m} /pérek/ |
| perestroika {prop} (reform in the Soviet Union in 1980s) | :: פרסטרויקה {f} /perestroika/ |
| perfection {n} (being perfect) | :: השתלמות /hishtalmut/ |
| perfectionism {n} (a dislike for anything less than perfection) | :: פרפקציוניזם {m} /perfektzyónizem/ |
| perfectitude {n} (perfection) SEE: perfection | :: |
| performance {n} (live show or concert) | :: הצגה {f} /hatzagá/ |
| performing arts {n} (arts involving performance) | :: אמנות הבמה {f} /omanút habamá/ |
| perfume {n} (substance providing a pleasant smell) | :: בושם / בשם {m} /bósem/ |
| perfume {v} (to apply perfume to) | :: בישם /bisém/ |
| perhaps {adv} (indicating a lack of certainty) | :: אולי /ulái/ |
| Pericles {prop} (Greek politician) | :: פריקלס /Periklis/ |
| perigee {n} (closest point in an orbit about the Earth) | :: פריגיאה {f} /perigéa/ |
| peril {n} | :: סכנה /sakana/ |
| perineum {n} (anatomical term) | :: חיץ הנקביים {m} /kheyts ha-nekavayim/ |
| period {n} (a length of time) | :: תקופה {f} /tqufá/ |
| period {n} (history: period of time seen as coherent entity) | :: תקופה {f} /tqufá/ |
| period {n} (punctation mark “.”) | :: נקדה {f} /nequdá/ |
| period {n} (geology: subdivision of an era) | :: תור {m} /tor/ |
| period {n} (menstruation) SEE: menstruation | :: |
| periodic {adj} (having repeated cycles) | :: מחזורי /machzorí/ |
| periodic {adj} ((mathematics) of a state) | :: מחזורי /machzorí/ |
| periodic table {n} (tabular chart of the chemical elements) | :: הטבלה המחזורית {f} /ha-ṭabelah ha-maḥazôrît/ |
| perish {v} | :: אבד /avád/ |
| periwinkle {n} (plant) | :: וינקה {f} /vínka/ |
| Perm {prop} (city in Russia) | :: פרם /perm/ |
| permission {n} (authorisation) | :: התר {m} /hetér/ |
| permit {v} (allow (something) to happen) | :: התיר /hitír/, הרשה /hirshá/ |
| permit {n} (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal) | :: רשיון {m} /rishayón/, התר {m} /hetér/ |
| pern {n} (honey buzzard) SEE: honey buzzard | :: |
| peroxide {n} (hydrogen peroxide) SEE: hydrogen peroxide | :: |
| perpendicular {adj} (at or forming a right angle to) | :: מאונך \ מאנך {m} /me`unák/, ניצב \ נצב {m} /nitsáv/ |
| perpendicular {n} (line or plane) | :: מאונך {m} /me`unákh/, ניצב {m} /nitsáv/ |
| perpetual {adj} | :: תמידי /t'midí/ |
| perpetuate {v} (to make perpetual) | :: הנציח /hintsíakh/ |
| perpetuation {n} (prolonging existence) | :: הנצחה |
| Perpignan {prop} (city in Pyrénées-Orientales, France) | :: פרפיניאן {m} /Perpinyán/ |
| perplexity {n} | :: מבוכה (m"vucha) |
| per se {adv} (by itself) | :: כשלעצמו |
| persecution {n} (a program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people) | :: רדיפה {f} /redifá/ |
| Persephone {prop} (Greek goddess) | :: פרספונה |
| Persepolis {prop} (ancient city of Persia) | :: פרספוליס |
| Persia {prop} (Iran) SEE: Iran | :: |
| Persia {prop} (region of ancient Iran) | :: פרס {f} /parás/ |
| Persian {n} (the Persian language) | :: פרסית {f} /parsít/ |
| Persian {n} (person from Persia) | :: פרסי {m} /parsi/ |
| Persian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Persia) | :: פרסי /parsi/ |
| Persian Gulf {prop} (gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula) | :: המפרץ הפרסי {m} /ha-mifráts ha-pársi/ |
| persimmon {n} (fruit) | :: אפרסמון {m} /afarsemón/ |
| persimmon {n} (tree) | :: אפרסמון {m} /afarsemón/ |
| persistent {adj} (refusing to give up) | :: עקשן /akshán/ |
| persistent {adj} (insistently repetitive) | :: מתמיד /matmíd/ |
| persistent {adj} (math: non-transient) | :: נשנה /nishné/ |
| person {n} (individual) | :: בן אדם {m} /ben ádam/ אדם {m} /ádam/ |
| person {n} (specifically a human being, see also: human; human being; man) | :: בן אדם {m} /ben ádam/ |
| person {n} (grammar: linguistic category) | :: גוף {m} |
| personality {n} (set of qualities that make a person distinct from other people) | :: אישיות {f} /ishiyút/ |
| personality {n} (celebrity) | :: אישיות {f} /ishiyút/ |
| persona non grata {n} (a person who is not welcome) | :: אישיות בלתי רצוי |
| personnel {n} (employees, office staff) | :: סגל {m} /segel/ |
| perspiration {n} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
| perspire {v} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
| persuade {v} (convince) | :: שכנע /shikhnéa/ |
| Perth {prop} (city in Western Australia) | :: פרת' |
| Peru {prop} (country in South America) | :: פרו /peru/ |
| peruke {n} (wig) | :: פאה {f} |
| Peruvian {n} (person from Peru) | :: פרואני {m}, פרואנית {f} |
| Peruvian {adj} (pertaining to Peru) | :: פרואנית {f} |
| pervert {n} (sexually perverted person) | :: סוטה {m} /sote/ |
| Pesach {prop} (Passover) SEE: Passover | :: |
| pescetarianism {n} (dietary choice) | :: פסקטריאניזם {m} |
| pestilence {n} (any highly contagious epidemic disease) | :: מגפה {f} /magefá/ |
| pestle {n} (instrument used with a mortar to grind things) | :: מדוך {m} /madokh/, עלי {m} /eli/ |
| pesto {n} (an Italian sauce especially for pasta) | :: פסטו {m} /pɛsṭō/ |
| pet {n} (an animal kept as a companion) | :: חיית מחמד \ חית מחמד {f} /khayát makhmád/ |
| pet {v} (fondle (an animal)) | :: ליטף |
| petal {n} (one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower) | :: עלי כותרת {m} /alai koteret/ |
| Peter {prop} (male given name) | :: פטר /Péter/ |
| Peter {prop} (the Apostle) | :: פטרוס |
| pet hate {n} (personal dislike) SEE: pet peeve | :: |
| pet peeve {n} (something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike) | :: שנאת מחמד /sin'át maḥmád/ |
| petrichor {n} (distinctive scent which accompanies rain) | :: פטריכור |
| petrol {n} (gasoline) SEE: gasoline | :: |
| petroleum {n} (oil) SEE: oil | :: |
| petrol station {n} (gas station) SEE: gas station | :: |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky {prop} (city in Russia) | :: פטרופבלובסק-קמצ׳טסקי |
| Petrosyan {prop} (surname) | :: פטרוסיאן /petrosyan/ |
| Petrozavodsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: פטרוזבודסק |
| Peugeot {prop} (French manufacturer of cars) | :: פיג׳ו /pižó/ |
| phalange {n} (phalanx) SEE: phalanx | :: |
| phalanx {n} (finger or toe bone) | :: גליל {m} /galíl/ |
| phallic {adj} (having to do with the penis) | :: פאלי {m} /fáli/, פאלית {f} /fálit/ |
| phallus {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| phallus {n} (the penis or its representation) | :: פאלוס {m} /falus/ |
| pharaoh {n} (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt) | :: פרעה {m} /par'ó/ |
| Pharisee {n} (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc) | :: פרוש /parúsh/ |
| pharmaceutics {n} (pharmacy) SEE: pharmacy | :: |
| pharmacist {n} (professional who dispenses prescription drugs) | :: רוקח /rokeiach/ |
| pharmacology {n} (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals) | :: פרמקולוגיה {f} /farmakologya/ |
| pharmacy {n} (a place where prescription drugs are dispensed) | :: בית מרקחת {m} /beyt mirkakhat/ |
| pharynx {n} (part of alimentary canal) | :: לע {m} /lóa'/, בית הבליעה {m} /beit habli'á/ |
| phase {n} (distinguishable part of a sequence) | :: שלב {m} /shaláv, sh'láv/ |
| phi {n} (Greek letter) | :: פי {f} /fi/ |
| Philadelphia {prop} (largest city in Pennsylvania) | :: פילדלפיה {f} /filadélfia/ |
| philanthropist {n} (very generous person) | :: בעל צדקה {m} |
| philanthropy {n} (charity) SEE: charity | :: |
| philanthropy {n} (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind) | :: נדבנות |
| philharmonic {n} (full-sized symphonic orchestra) SEE: symphony orchestra | :: |
| philharmonic orchestra {n} (symphony orchestra) SEE: symphony orchestra | :: |
| philia {n} (friendship) SEE: friendship | :: |
| Philip {prop} (biblical persons) | :: פיליפוס |
| Philippine {adj} (Filipino) SEE: Filipino | :: |
| Philippine eagle {n} (species of eagle endemic to the Philippines) | :: עיט פיליפיני /eij pilipini/ |
| Philippines {prop} (Republic of the Philippines) | :: הפיליפינים {p} /ha-filipinim/ |
| Philistia {prop} (ancient pentapolis in the Levant) | :: פלשת {f} |
| philistine {n} (Philistine) SEE: Philistine | :: |
| Philistine {n} (person from Philistia) | :: פלשתי {m} /P'lishti/ |
| philology {n} (historical linguistics) | :: פילולוגיה {f} /filológiya/ |
| philosophaster {n} (a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher) | :: פלספן {m} (palsefán), פלספנית {f} (palsefanít) |
| philosopher {n} (person devoted to studying philosophy) | :: פילוסוף {m} /filosof/ |
| philosopher's stone {n} (philosopher's stone) | :: אבן החכמים {m} /'éven ha-khakhamím/ |
| Phineas {prop} (biblical character) SEE: Phinehas | :: |
| Phinehas {prop} (biblical character) | :: פינחס {m} /Pīn'ḥās/ |
| phlegm {n} | :: ליחה {f} |
| phlegmatic {adj} (not easily excited to action) | :: פלגמטי /flegmati/ |
| phlogiston {n} (hypothetical fiery principle) | :: פלוגיסטון {m} /flogistón/ |
| Phnom Penh {prop} (capital city of Cambodia) | :: פנום פן |
| phobia {n} (irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety) | :: פוביה |
| Phoenician {prop} (Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia) | :: פיניקית {f} /fīnīqīt/ |
| phoenix {n} (mythological bird) | :: עוף חול {m} /'of ḥol/ |
| phone {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| phonetic alphabet {n} | :: אלפבית צלילי (alefbiet tslili) |
| phonograph {n} (archaic record player) SEE: gramophone | :: |
| phonograph record {n} (record) SEE: record | :: |
| phony {adj} (fraudulent; fake) | :: מזויף |
| phosphorus {n} (element) | :: זרחן /zarkhan/ |
| phosphorylation {n} (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor) | :: זירחון |
| photo {n} (photograph) SEE: photograph | :: |
| photo {v} (to take a photograph) | :: צילם /tsilém/ |
| photocopier {n} (machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates) | :: מכונת צלום / מכונת צילום {f} /mekhonát tsilúm/ |
| photocopy {n} (copy made using a photocopier) | :: צילום {m} /tsilúm/ |
| photocopy {v} (to make a copy using a photocopier) | :: צילם /tsilém/ |
| photocopying {n} (The process by which photocopies are made) | :: צילום {m} /tsilúm/ |
| photograph {n} (picture) | :: תצלום {m} /tatslúm/, תמונה {f} /tmuná/ |
| photograph {v} (to take a photograph) | :: צילם \ צלם /tsilém/ |
| photographer {n} (one who takes photographs) | :: צלם {m} /tsalám/ |
| photography {n} (art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces) | :: צילום {m} /tzilém/ |
| photon {n} (quantum of light) | :: פוטון {m} |
| photophobia {n} (excessive sensitivity to light) | :: פוטופוביה |
| photosynthesis {n} (biological process) | :: פוטוסינתזה {f} /fotosinteza/ |
| phrase {n} (short written or spoken expression) | :: צרוף לשון {f} /tzeirüf lashon/, משפט {m} /mishpát/ |
| phrase book {n} (book of everyday expressions and vocabulary) | :: ניבון {m} /nivón/ |
| phrasebook {n} (book used to learn foreign language) SEE: phrase book | :: |
| phraseology {n} (phrasebook) SEE: phrase book | :: |
| Phrygian {adj} (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) | :: פריגי {m} /frigi/ |
| Phrygian cap {n} (conical close-fitting cap with the top bent forward) | :: מצנפת פריגית {f} /mitznefét frigíyat/ |
| phylactery {n} (leather case containing biblical scrolls, worn by Jewish men; the tefilla) | :: טוטפת /totefet/, תפילין {p} /tefillin/ |
| phylum {n} ((biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class) | :: מערכה {f} /ma'arachá/ |
| physical {adj} (having to do with the material world; tangible) | :: ממשי, פיזי |
| physical {adj} (having to do with physics) | :: פיזי |
| physical {adj} (having to do with the body; corporeal) | :: גופני, פיזי |
| physician {n} (medical doctor) | :: רופא {m} /rofé/, רופאה {f} /rof'á/, דוקטור {m} /dóktor/ [colloquial, while addressing a doctor] |
| physicist {n} (person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics) | :: פיזיקאי {m} /fizikái/ |
| physics {n} (branch of science) | :: פיזיקה {f} /fizika/ |
| physiology {n} (branch of biology) | :: פיזיולוגיה {f} /fizyológya/ |
| pi {n} (letter of Greek alphabet) | :: פאי / פי {f} /pay/ |
| pianissimo {adv} (very soft) | :: פיאניסימו /p'yanísimo/ |
| pianist {n} (piano player) | :: פסנתרן {m}, פסנתרנית {f} |
| piano {n} (a keyboard musical instrument) | :: פסנתר {m} /psantér/ |
| picaresque {n} (picaresque novel) | :: רומן פיקרסקי |
| pick {v} (to pick) SEE: choose | :: |
| pick {n} (music: plectrum) SEE: plectrum | :: |
| pickle {n} (preserved cucumber) | :: מלפפון חמוץ {m} |
| pick one's nose {v} (insert a finger into one's nostril) | :: לחטט באף |
| pickpocket {n} (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) | :: כייס {m} /kayás/ |
| pick up {v} (to collect a passenger) | :: אסף /asáf/ |
| picture {n} (representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc) | :: תמונה {f} /tmuná/ |
| picture {n} (photograph) | :: תמונה {f} /tmuná/, תצלום {m} /tatslúm/ |
| picture {n} (informal: cinema) | :: סרט {m} /séret/ |
| picture {v} (to imagine or envision) | :: דמיין \ דמין /dimyén/ |
| picturesque {adj} (resembling a picture or painting) | :: ציורי |
| Pi Day {prop} (March 14th, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi)) | :: יום פאי {m} |
| pie {n} (type of pastry) | :: פשטידה {f} /pashtidá/, פאי {m} /pái/ [transliteration from English], תמליא {m} /tamlí/ [neoligism] |
| pie {n} (pizza) SEE: pizza | :: |
| piece {n} (part of a larger whole) | :: חלק {m} /khélek/ |
| piece {n} (distance) SEE: distance | :: |
| piece {n} (castle; a fortified building) SEE: castle | :: |
| piece {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier | :: |
| piece of cake {n} (simple or easy job) | :: משחק ילדים /miskhak yeladim/ (child's play) |
| piece of clothing {n} (garment) SEE: garment | :: |
| piece of meat {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| piece of shit {n} (a bad thing) | :: חתיכת חרא /hatihat hara/ |
| pie-eyed {adj} ((extremely) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| pier {n} (raised platform built from the shore out over water) | :: מזח {m} /mézakh/ |
| pierce {v} (create a hole for jewelry) | :: רצע /ratzá'/ |
| pig {n} (mammal of genus Sus) | :: חזיר {m} /khazír/ |
| pig {n} (piglet) SEE: piglet | :: |
| pig {n} (pork) SEE: pork | :: |
| pigeon {n} (bird of the dove and pigeon family Columbidae) | :: יונה {f} /yoná/ |
| pig in a poke {n} (something whose true value is concealed or unknown) | :: חתול בשק |
| piglet {n} (young pig) | :: חזרזיר {m} /khazarzír/ |
| pigling {n} (piglet) SEE: piglet | :: |
| pigment {n} (any color in plant or animal cells) | :: פיגמנט {m} /pigmént/ |
| Pikachu {n} (Pokémon) | :: פיקאצ'ו {m} /Píqatshu/ |
| pilaf {n} (dish) | :: פילאף {m} /pilaf/ |
| pilaff {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pilau {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pile {n} (heap) | :: ערמה |
| pile {n} (obsolete: reverse of a coin) SEE: tails | :: |
| pileous {adj} (hairy) SEE: hairy | :: |
| piles {n} (plural of pile) SEE: pile | :: |
| pilgrim {n} (traveler, especially to religious sites) | :: עולה רגל {m} /olé régel/, צלין {m} /tzalyán/ |
| pilgrimage {n} (religious journey, or one to a sacred place) | :: עליה לרגל /ali'a la-regel/ |
| pill {n} (small object for swallowing) | :: כדור {m} /kadúr/, גלולה {f} /glulá/ |
| pillage {v} (loot or plunder by force) | :: שדד {m} /shadád/ |
| pillage {n} (the spoils of war) | :: שלל {m} /shalál/ |
| pillage {n} (the act of pillaging) | :: ביזה {f} /bizá/ |
| pillar {n} (large post, often used as supporting architecture) | :: עמוד {m} /'amúd/ |
| pillow {n} (soft cushion used to support the head in bed) | :: כרית {f} /karít/ |
| pilot {n} (controller of aircraft) | :: טייס {m} /tayas/ |
| Pilsen {prop} (city in the Czech Republic) | :: פלזן |
| pimp {n} (prostitution solicitor) | :: סרסור {m} /sarsur/ |
| pimple {n} (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin) | :: פצעון /pitson/ |
| pin {n} (needle without an eye, used for fastening) | :: סיכה \ סכה {f} /siká/ |
| pinata {n} (candy-filled container that is hit with a stick) | :: פיניאטה |
| pinch {v} (to squeeze a small amount of skin) | :: צבט /tsavát/ |
| pinch {n} (small amount of powder) | :: קמץ {m} /qómetz/ |
| pine {n} (tree of the genus Pinus) | :: אורן {m} /ʾoren/ |
| pineal gland {n} (small endocrine gland) | :: בלוטת האצטרובל |
| pineapple {n} (plant) | :: אננס {m} /ananás/ |
| pineapple {n} (fruit) | :: אננס {m} /ananás/ |
| pineapple guava {n} (feijoa) SEE: feijoa | :: |
| pinecone {n} (seed-bearing cone of a pine tree) | :: אצטרובל {m} /etztrubal/ |
| pine nut {n} (edible seeds of evergreen pine) | :: צנובר {m} |
| pine tree {n} (pine) SEE: pine | :: |
| ping pong {n} (table tennis) SEE: table tennis | :: |
| pink {n} (pale red colour) | :: ורוד /varod/ |
| pink {adj} (colored/coloured between red and white) | :: ורוד \ ורד /varód/ |
| pinkie {n} (little finger) SEE: little finger | :: |
| pink jersey {n} (shirt worn by the leader in the Giro d'Italia) | :: חלצה ורודה {f} /khultzá verúda/ |
| pinkwashing {n} (practice of using support of breast cancer to market products) | :: פינקוושינג {m} |
| pinkwashing {n} (practice of presenting something as gay-friendly to downplay negative aspects) | :: פינקוושינג {m} |
| pinky {n} (little finger) SEE: little finger | :: |
| pinna {n} (visible part of the ear) | :: אפרכסת {f} /afarkéset/ |
| Pinocchio {prop} (protagonist) | :: פינוקיו {m} /Pinókio/ |
| Pinocchio {prop} (fairy tale) | :: פינוקיו {m} /Pinókio/ |
| Pinot Noir {n} (black grape) | :: פינו נואר {m} |
| Pinsk {prop} (city in Belarus) | :: פינסק /pinsk/ |
| Pinyin {prop} (romanization of Mandarin Chinese) | :: פין-יין {m} /pin-yin/ |
| piñon {n} (pine nut) SEE: pine nut | :: |
| pioneer {n} (one who goes before) | :: חלוץ {m} /khalúts/ |
| pipe {n} (rigid tube) | :: צינור \ צנור {m} /tsinór/ |
| pipe {n} (smoking implement) SEE: tobacco pipe | :: |
| pipe dream {n} (near impossibility) | :: [formally, dreaming of Spain] חלומות באספמיה {m-p} /ḥalomót be aspámya/, [formally, tower flying in air] מגדל פורח באויר {m} /migdál poréaḥ baavír/ |
| piper {n} (musician who plays a pipe) | :: חלילן {m} /ẖalilán/ |
| Pippi Longstocking {n} (a girl with flamboyant red hair in pigtails and freckles) | :: בילבי גרב-ברך {f} /bilbi gerev berekh/, בילבי בת-גרב {f} /bilbi bat gerev/, בילבי {f} /bilbi/, גילגי {f} /gilgi/ |
| piracy {n} (robbery at sea) | :: שוד ים {m} /shod yam/, שד ימי {m} /shod yami/, פירטיות {f} /piratiyut/ |
| piracy {n} (hijacking) | :: פירטיות {f} /piratiyut/ |
| piranha {n} (South American fish) | :: פיראניה {f} /pirana/ |
| pirate {n} (one who plunders at sea) | :: שודד ים {m} /shodéd yam/ |
| pirozhki {n} (small pastries) | :: פירוז'קי |
| pirozhok {n} (pirozhki) SEE: pirozhki | :: |
| Pisces {prop} (constellation) | :: דגים /dagím/ |
| Pisces {prop} (astrological sign) | :: דגים /dagím/ |
| pismire {n} (ant) SEE: ant | :: |
| piss {v} | :: השתין /hishtín/ |
| pissaladière {n} (pizza-like pie from southern France) | :: פיסלדיר {f}, פיסאלאדיר {f} /pisaladiyér/ |
| pisser {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| pistachio {n} (fruit) | :: פיסטוק |
| pistol {n} (handgun) | :: אקדח {m} /ekdákh/ |
| piston {n} (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder) | :: בוכנה \ בכנה {f} /bukhná/ |
| pit {n} (mine) SEE: mine | :: |
| pita {n} (bread pouch used for making sandwiches) | :: פיתה {f} /pita/ |
| Pitcairn Islands {prop} (British territory) | :: פיטקרן /pitkern/ |
| pitch {n} (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar) | :: זפת {f} /zefet/ |
| pitcher {n} (A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids) | :: כד /kad/ |
| pith {n} (soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees) | :: מהות /mahut/ |
| pith {n} (spinal cord; marrow) SEE: spinal cord | :: |
| pitiful {adv} | :: מעורר רחמים (meʿorer rɑḥɑmim), עלוב |
| pitta bread {n} (flat bread made from wheat flour) SEE: pita | :: |
| pituitary gland {n} (endocrine gland) | :: בלוטת יותרת המוח |
| pity {v} | :: רחם /rakhám/ |
| pivot {n} (that on which something turns) | :: ציר {m} /tsir/ |
| pixel {n} (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) | :: פיקסל {m} /piksel/, פיקסלים {m-p} /pikselím/ |
| pizza {n} (baked Italian dish) | :: פיצה {f} /pítsa/ |
| pizza parlor {n} (pizzeria) SEE: pizzeria | :: |
| pizzeria {n} (outlet that primarily sells pizza) | :: פיצריה {f} /pitseríya/ |
| place {n} (location, position) | :: מקום {m} /makóm/, מיקום {m} /mikum/ |
| place {n} (open space, courtyard, market square) | :: כיכר \ ככר {m} /kikár/ |
| place {n} (region of a land) | :: אזור {m} /ezor/ |
| place {n} (somewhere to sit) | :: מקום {m} /makóm/ |
| place {n} (frame of mind) | :: מצב {m} /matzav/ |
| place {n} (informal: house or home) | :: בית {m} /báyit/ |
| place {n} (a role or purpose, a station) | :: מקום {m} /makóm/ |
| place {v} (to put in a specific location) | :: מיקם /mikém/ |
| place {v} (to earn a given spot in a competition) | :: הגיע /higía/ |
| place {v} (to remember where and when something or someone was previously encountered) | :: מיקם /mikém/ |
| placebo {n} (a dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment) | :: פלצבו {m} /platzébo/ |
| placement {n} (the act of placing or putting in place) | :: מיקום {m} /mikúm/ |
| placement {n} (a location or position) | :: מיקום {m} /mikúm/ |
| placenta {n} (anatomy: placenta) | :: שליה {f} |
| plague {n} (specific disease "the Plague") | :: דבר {m} /déver/ |
| plague {n} (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence) | :: מגפה {f} /magefá/ |
| plague {n} (widespread affliction, calamity) | :: מכה {f} /makká/ |
| plague {n} | :: מגפה {f} /maggefa/ |
| plaice {n} | :: סול {m} /sol/ |
| plain {n} (an expanse of land with relatively low relief) | :: מישור {m} /mishór/, ערבה {f} /'aravá/ |
| plaintiff {n} (party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant) | :: המבקש (ha'mevakesh) |
| plan {n} (technical drawing) | :: תכנית {f} / tokhnit/ |
| plan {n} (set of intended actions) | :: תוכנית \ תכנית {f} /tokhnít/ |
| plan {v} (to intend) | :: תכנן, יזם |
| Planck's constant {n} (constant) | :: קבוע פלאנק {m} /kavua plank/ |
| plane {adj} (of a surface: flat or level.) | :: מישורי /mishori/ |
| plane {n} (math: flat surface extending infinitely in all directions) | :: מישור {m} /mishor/ |
| plane {n} (a tool) | :: מקצוע {m} /maktsoa/ |
| plane {v} (to smooth with a plane) | :: הקציע /hiktsia/ |
| plane {n} (airplane) | :: מטוס {m} /matós/, מטוס {m} /matós/, אווירון {n} /avirón/, אוירון {n} /avirón/ |
| plane {n} (deciduous tree) | :: דולב {m} /dolev/ |
| planet {n} (each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky) | :: כוכב לכת {m} /kokháv lékhet/ |
| planet {n} (rocky or gaseous spherical bodies orbiting the Sun) | :: כוכב לכת {m} /kokháv lékhet/ |
| planet {n} (similar body in orbit around a star) | :: כוכב לכת {m} /kokháv lékhet/ |
| planet {n} | :: כוכב לכת {m} /kokhav lekhet/ |
| planetary nebula {n} (nebulosity) | :: ערפילית פלנטרית {f} |
| planetree {n} (plane) SEE: plane | :: |
| planetree {n} (sycamore) SEE: sycamore | :: |
| plank {n} (long, broad and thick piece of timber) | :: קרש {m} /keresh/ |
| plant {n} (factory) SEE: factory | :: |
| plant {n} (organism capable of photosynthesis) | :: צמח {m} /tsémakh/ |
| planter {n} (box or pot) | :: עציץ {m} /'atzítz/ |
| plasma {n} (high energy state of matter) | :: פלזמה {f} /plazma/ |
| plasma {n} (component of blood) | :: פלזמה {f} /plazma/ |
| plaster {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| plastic {n} (synthetic thermoplastic polymer) | :: פלסטיק /plástik/ |
| plat {n} (plot of land) SEE: lot | :: |
| plate {n} (Cockney rhyming slang: foot) SEE: foot | :: |
| plate {n} (flat dish) | :: צלחת {f} /tsalákhat/ |
| plate {n} (prize given to the winner in a contest) SEE: prize | :: |
| plateau {n} (level expanse) | :: רמה {f} |
| platform {n} (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) | :: מצע {m} /matsa'/ |
| platform {n} (travel: raised structure for passengers) | :: רציף {m} /r'tsif/ |
| platinum {n} (metal) | :: פלטינה /platína/ |
| Plato {prop} (Greek philosopher) | :: אפלטון {m} /aplatón/ |
| platonic love {n} (intimate but non-sexual affection) | :: אהבה אפלטונית {f} /ahavá aplatónit/ |
| platoon {n} (unit of 30-40 soldiers) | :: מחלקה {f} /makhlaká/ |
| platypus {n} (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) | :: ברווזן /barvazon/ |
| play {v} (act in a manner such that one has fun) | :: שחק / שיחק /sikhék/, השתעשע /hishta'ashéa/ |
| play {v} (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense), affecting a noun) | :: ניגן (ב־) /nigén (b'-)/ |
| play {v} (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense, not affecting a noun)) | :: ניגן /nigén/ |
| play {v} (act in a performance) | :: שיחק \ שחק /sikhék/ |
| play {v} (use a device to hear (a recording)) | :: השמיע /hishmía/ |
| play {n} (playful activity) | :: משחק {m} /miskhák/, שעשוע {m} /sha'ashúa/ |
| play {n} (individual's performance in a sport) | :: משחק {m} /misḥāq/ |
| play {n} (theatrical performance) | :: משחק {m} /misḥāq/, מחזה {m} /makhazé/ |
| playboy {n} (man who devotes himself to pleasure) | :: נער שעשועים {m} /na'ar sha'ashu'im/ |
| Playboy Bunny {n} (waitress at a Playboy Club) | :: שפנפנת פלייבוי |
| play down {v} (play down) SEE: downplay | :: |
| player {n} (one who plays a musical instrument) | :: נגן {m} /nagán/ |
| player {n} | :: שחקנ /sachkan/ |
| playful {adj} (liking or prone to play) | :: אוהב משחקים /ohev misḥakim/, משתעשע /mishta'shea/, משתובב /mishtovev/ |
| playful {adj} (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome) | :: עליז /a'liz/, משעשע /mesha'shea/ |
| playground {n} (large open space to play on, usually for children) | :: גן שעשועים {m} /gan sha'ashuím/, מגרש משחקים {m} /migrásh misẖaqím/ |
| playhouse {n} (venue for performing plays) SEE: theater | :: |
| playing card {n} (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card) | :: קלף משחק {f}, קלף {f} /klaf/ |
| play truant {v} (be absent from school without permission) | :: הבריז /hivriz/ |
| play with fire {v} (put oneself in a precarious situation) | :: שחק באש /siẖéq beésh/ |
| plaza {n} (a towns' public square) | :: כיכר \ ככר /kikár/ |
| pleasant {adj} (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) | :: נעים /na'ím/ |
| please {adv} (interjection to make a polite request) | :: בבקשה /b'vakashá/ |
| pleased to meet you {phrase} (polite formula used when being introduced to somebody) | :: נעים מאוד /na'im me'od/ |
| please pass the salt {phrase} (please pass the salt) | :: העבר המלח, בבקשה {m} /he'evér ha-mélakh, b'vakashá/, העבירי המלח, בבקשה {f} /he'evíri ha-mélakh, b'vakashá/ |
| please say that again {phrase} (please say that again) | :: חזור שנית /ḥazór shenít/ |
| pleasure {n} (a state of being pleased) | :: עונג \ עגג {m} /'óneg/ |
| plebiscite {n} (A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty) | :: משאל עם {m} /mish'ál 'ám/ |
| plectrum {n} (music: small piece for plucking strings) | :: מפרט |
| pledge {v} (to make a solemn promise) | :: נשבע /nishbá/ |
| Pleiades {prop} (Greek mythology) | :: פליאדות |
| Pleiades {prop} (astronomy) | :: פליאדות, כימה /kimā/ |
| plenty {n} (a more-than-adequate amount) | :: שפע {m} |
| pleroma {n} (the region of light above the world) | :: פלרומה /pleroma/ |
| pliers {n} (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand) | :: מלקחת {f} /melkákhat/ |
| Plimsoll line {n} (International Load Line) | :: קו טעינה {m} |
| plot {n} (course of a story) | :: עלילה {f} |
| plot hole {n} (an inconsistence within a storyline) | :: חור בעלילה {m} // |
| plough {n} (device pulled through the ground) | :: מחרשה {f} /maxréša/ |
| plough {v} (to use a plough on to prepare for planting) | :: חרש /kharásh/ |
| plough {v} (to use a plough) | :: חרש /kharásh/ |
| plov {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| plover {n} (wading bird of the family Charadriidae) | :: חופמי {m} /ḥofamí/ |
| plow {n} (plough) SEE: plough | :: |
| plow {v} (plough) SEE: plough | :: |
| pluck {v} (to pull something sharply; to pull something out) | :: קטף /qatáf/ |
| plug {n} (electric connecting device) | :: תקע {m} /téka'/ |
| plug-in {n} (computer add-on) | :: מתקע {m} /mitká/ |
| plum {n} (fruit of Prunus domestica) | :: שזיף {m} /sh'zíf/ |
| plum {n} (raisin when used in pudding or cake) SEE: raisin | :: |
| plume {n} (feather) | :: פלומה |
| plum tree {n} (tree that bears plums) SEE: plum | :: |
| plural {adj} (more than one) | :: לשון רבים /lišon rabim/ |
| plus {prep} (arithmetic: sum) | :: פלוס /ploos/, ועוד /ve'od/ |
| Plutarch {prop} (Greek historian) | :: פלוטארכוס /Plutarkhus/ |
| Pluto {prop} (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet) | :: פלוטו /pluto/ |
| plutocracy {n} (government by the wealthy) | :: פלוטוקרטיה {f} /plútokrátya/ |
| plutonium {n} (chemical element) | :: פלוטוניום {m} /plutónyum/ |
| Pluviôse {prop} (the fifth month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: פלויביוז {m} /pluyviyóz/ |
| Plymouth {prop} (a city in Devon, England) | :: פלימות׳ |
| plywood {n} (construction material) | :: עץ סנדוויץ׳ {m} |
| p.m. {adv} (after noon) | :: אחרי הצהריים |
| pneumatic drill {n} (pneumatic drill) SEE: jackhammer | :: |
| pneumothorax {n} (presence of air inside the pleural cavity) | :: פנאומותורקס {m} /pne'umotóraks/, חזה אוויר {m} /khazé avír/ |
| pocket {n} (bag stitched to an item of clothing) | :: כיס {m} /kis/ |
| pocketbook {n} (notebook) SEE: notebook | :: |
| pocket flask {n} (pocket-size container for alcoholic beverages) SEE: hip flask | :: |
| pocket money {n} (money given to a child) | :: דמי כיס {m-p} /dmei kis/ |
| podcast {n} (podcast) | :: פודקאסט {m} /pódkast/ |
| Podgorica {prop} (capital city of Montenegro) | :: פודגוריצה |
| podiatrist {n} (specialist in foot care) | :: פודיאטר {m}, פודיאטרית {f} |
| podiatry {n} (podiatry, care of the feet) | :: פודיאטריה |
| poem {n} (literary piece written in verse) | :: שיר {m} /shir/ |
| poet {n} (person who writes poems) | :: פייטן {m} /paytán/, משורר {m} /meshorér/ |
| poetry {n} (literature composed in verse) | :: שירה {f} /shirá/ |
| pogrom {n} (riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews) | :: פוגרום {m} /pogróm/ |
| point {n} (location or place) | :: נקודה {f} |
| point {n} (geometry: zero-dimensional object) | :: נקודה \ נקדה {f} /n'kudá/ |
| point {n} (full stop) | :: נקדה {f} /n'kudá/ |
| point {n} (mark or stroke above letter) | :: נקדה {f} /n'kudá/ |
| point {n} (unit of scoring in a game or competition) | :: נקודה {f} |
| point {n} (arithmetic: decimal point (note: many languages use a comma (',') rather than a dot as a decimal point, and hence the translations into these languages reflect this.)) | :: נקודה {f} |
| point {v} (to extend finger) | :: הצביע /hitzbi'á/ |
| pointer {n} (advice) SEE: advice | :: |
| poison {n} (substance harmful to a living organism) | :: רעל {m} /ra'àl/, סם {m} /sam/ |
| poison hemlock {n} (poisonous plant) SEE: hemlock | :: |
| Poisson process {n} (stochastic process) | :: תהליך פואסון {m} /tahalích poasón/ |
| Poland {prop} (European country) | :: פולין /polin/, פולניה {f} /polania/ |
| polao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| polar bear {n} (Ursus maritimus) | :: דוב הקוטב {m} /dov ha-kotev/ |
| Polaris {prop} (star) | :: כוכב הצפון |
| pole {n} (long and slender object for construction or support) | :: מוט {m} /mot/, כלונס {m} /klonas/ |
| pole {n} (extreme of an axis) | :: קוטב {m} /kotev/ |
| Pole {n} (person from Poland) | :: פולני {m} /polaní/, פולנית {f} /polanít/ |
| polecat {n} (skunk) SEE: skunk | :: |
| police {n} (an organisation that enforces the law) | :: משטרה {f} /mishtará/ |
| police dog {n} (trained dog for police work) | :: כלב משטרה {m} /kelev mishtará/ |
| policeman {n} (a member of a police force) | :: שוטר {m} /shotér/ |
| police officer {n} (an officer in a law enforcement agency) | :: שוטר {m} /shotér/, שוטרת {f} /shotéret/ |
| police station {n} (building of police force) | :: תחנת משטרה {f} /takhanát mishtará/ |
| policewoman {n} (a female police officer) | :: שוטרת {f} /shotéret/ |
| policy {n} (principle of conduct) | :: מדיניות {f} /mediniyuth/ |
| policy {n} (law: insurance) SEE: insurance | :: |
| Polish {adj} (of Poland or its language) | :: פולני /polaní/ |
| Polish {n} (the language of Poland) | :: פולנית {f} /polnít/ |
| polite {adj} (well-mannered) | :: מנומס /m'numás/ |
| political {adj} | :: פוליטי /politi/ |
| political party {n} (political organization) | :: מפלגה /miflagá/ |
| political prisoner {n} (person) | :: אסיר פוליטי |
| politician {n} (one engaged in politics) | :: פוליטיקאי {m} /politiká`i/, פוליטיקאית {m} /politiká`it/ |
| politics {v} (a methodology and activities associated with running a government) | :: פוליטיקה {f} /polítika/ |
| pollen {n} (fine granular substance produced in flowers) | :: אבקה {f} |
| pollution {n} (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances) | :: זיהום /zihum/ |
| pollution {n} | :: זיהום |
| polo {n} (ball game) | :: פולו {m} /polo/ |
| polonium {n} (chemical element) | :: פולוניום /polonyum/ |
| polyamory {n} (practices involving relationships with multiple partners) | :: פוליאמוריה |
| polyethene {n} (polyethylene) SEE: polyethylene | :: |
| polyethylene {n} (polyethylene) | :: פוליאתילן {m} |
| polygamy {n} | :: פוליגמיה (polygamia) {f} |
| polyglot {n} (one who masters, notably speaks, several languages) | :: פוליגלוט /poliglot/, מולטילינגואל /multilingual/ |
| polyglot {n} | :: רב־לשוני |
| polygon {n} (plane figure bounded by straight edges) | :: מצולע {m} /metsulá/, פוליגון {m} /poligón/ |
| polygraph {n} (device to discern if a subject is lying) | :: פוליגרף (polygraf) {m} |
| Polynesia {prop} (part of Oceania) | :: פולינזיה {f} /polinezia/ |
| polyspast {n} (machine consisting of many pulleys) SEE: block and tackle | :: |
| polytheism {n} (belief in the existence of multiple gods) | :: פוליתאיזם |
| polythene {n} (polyethylene) SEE: polyethylene | :: |
| pomegranate {n} (fruit) | :: רמון {m} /rimmṓn/ |
| pomelo {n} (grapefruit) SEE: grapefruit | :: |
| pomelo {n} (large fruit of the C. maxima or grandis) | :: פומלו, פומלה {f} /pomela/ [colloquial] |
| poncy {adj} (gay, homosexual) SEE: gay | :: |
| pond {n} (small lake) | :: אגם {m} /agám/, בריכה \ ברכה {f} /brekhá/ |
| ponder {v} (to think deeply) | :: הרהר /hirhér/ |
| ponderous {adj} (dense) SEE: dense | :: |
| Pondicherry {prop} (Puducherry) SEE: Puducherry | :: |
| poodle {n} (any of various breeds of poodle) | :: פודל {m} /pudl/ |
| pool {n} (supply of resources) | :: מאגר {m} |
| pool {n} (swimming pool) SEE: swimming pool | :: |
| poop deck {n} (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) | :: ספון בית האחרה {m} /sipun beyt ha-akhrah/ |
| poor {adj} (with little or no possessions or money) | :: עני /ani/, דלת העם /dalat ha'am/ |
| poor {adj} (used to express pity) | :: מסכן /miskén/, אמלל |
| poorly {adj} (ill) SEE: ill | :: |
| pop {v} (to hit) SEE: hit | :: |
| popcorn {n} (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) | :: פופקורן {m} /pópqor(e)n/ |
| pope {n} (head of the Roman Catholic Church) | :: אפיפיור {m} /apifyor/ |
| Popemobile {n} (any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope) | :: פופמוביל |
| Popeye {prop} (tough cartoon sailor) | :: פופאי {m} /popai/ |
| popinjay {n} (parrot) SEE: parrot | :: |
| poplar {n} (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus) | :: צפצפה {f} /tzaftzafáh/ |
| poppy {n} (plant) | :: פרג {m} /parág/ |
| popsicle {n} (serving of frozen juice on a stick) | :: קרטיב /kartív/, ארטיק קרח /artík keráḥ/, קרחון /karḥon/ |
| populace {n} (inhabitants of a nation) SEE: population | :: |
| populated {adj} (with inhabitants) | :: מאוכלס /m'ukhlás/ |
| population {n} (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) | :: אוכלוסייה \ אכלוסיה {f} /ukhlusiyá/, אוכלוסין \ אכלוסין {m-p} /ukhlusín/ |
| population {n} (biology: collection of organisms) | :: אוכלוסייה \ אכלוסיה {f} /ukhlusiyá/, אוכלוסין \ אכלוסין {m-p} /ukhlusín/ |
| population {n} (number of residents in a given area) | :: אוכלוסייה \ אכלוסיה {f} /ukhlusiyá/, אוכלוסין \ אכלוסין {m-p} /ukhlusín/ |
| population {n} (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) | :: אוכלוסייה \ אכלוסיה {f} /ukhlusiyá/, אוכלוסין \ אכלוסין {m-p} /ukhlusín/ |
| porcelain {n} (hard white translucent ceramic) | :: חרסינה {f} /kharsina/ |
| porcelain {n} (items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain) | :: חרסינה {f} /kharsína/ |
| porch {n} (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) | :: מרפסת {f} /mirpéset/ |
| porcupine {n} (large rodent) | :: דורבן / דרבן {m} /dorbán/ |
| pork {n} (meat of a pig) | :: (בשר) חזיר {m} /(b'sar) khazír/, בשר לבן {m} /basár laván/ [euphemistic] |
| porn {n} (pornography) SEE: pornography | :: |
| pornographic {adj} (containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity) | :: פורנוגרפי /pornografi/ |
| pornography {n} (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) | :: פורנוגרפיה {f} /pornografya/ |
| porridge {n} (breakfast cereal dish, see also: oatmeal) | :: דייסה {f} /daysá/ |
| port {n} (dock or harbour) | :: נמל {m} /namél/ |
| port {n} (port city) SEE: port city | :: |
| Port-au-Prince {prop} (capital of Haiti) | :: פורט-או-פרנס |
| Port Blair {prop} (capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India) | :: פורט בלייר |
| port city {n} (city built around a port) | :: עיר נמל {f} |
| portcullis {n} (gate in the form of a grating) | :: שער מתרומם {m} |
| portfolio {n} (case) | :: פורטפוליו |
| portfolio {n} (collection) | :: פורטפוליו |
| porthole {n} (circular window) | :: אשקף {m} /eshkaf/ |
| portion {n} (wife's fortune) SEE: dowry | :: |
| portmanteau {n} (portmanteau word) SEE: portmanteau word | :: |
| portmanteau word {n} (word which combines the meaning of two words) | :: הלחם בסיסים {m} /hɛlḥēm bəsīsīm/ |
| Port Moresby {prop} (capital of Papua New Guinea) | :: פורט מורסבי |
| portrait {n} (painting of a person) | :: דיוקן {m} /dyoqán/ |
| Portugal {prop} (country) | :: פורטוגל {f} /portogal/ |
| Portuguese {adj} (of or relating to the region of Portugal) | :: פורטוגלי, פורטוגזי |
| Portuguese {n} (the language) | :: פורטוגזית {f} /portugizít/ |
| Portuguese Republic {prop} (official name of Portugal) | :: הרפובליקה הפורטוגלית /Ha-repubeliqah ha-Por'tugalit/ |
| pose {n} (affectation) | :: פוזה {f} |
| posek {n} (decisor) SEE: decisor | :: |
| position {n} (place, location) | :: מקום {m} /míkum/ |
| position {n} (post of employment) | :: תפקיד {m} /tafqíd/, משרה {f} /misra/ |
| position {n} (stand) | :: עמדה {f} /'emdá/ |
| position {n} (posture) | :: תנוחה {f} /t'nukhá/ |
| positive recurrence {n} (the quality of being positive recurrent) | :: נשנות חיובית {f} /nishnút chiyuvít/ |
| positive recurrent {adj} (recurrent with finite expected return time) | :: נשנה חיובי /nishné chiyuví/ |
| positron {n} (positron) | :: פוזיטרון |
| possession is nine-tenths of the law {proverb} (proverb) | :: גדולה חזקה מטענה, חזקה היא תשע עשיריות מהחוק, המחזיק בנכס הוא כמעט בעליו החוקי |
| possibility {n} (quality of being possible) | :: אפשרות {f} /efsharút/ |
| possibility {n} (a thing possible) | :: אפשרות {f} /efsharút/ |
| possibility {n} (option) | :: אפשרות {f} /efsharút/ |
| possible {adj} (able but not certain to happen) | :: אפשרי |
| possibly {adv} (adverb indicating that a proposition may be true or false) SEE: perhaps | :: |
| possum {n} (opossum) SEE: opossum | :: |
| postage stamp {n} (piece of paper indicating postage has been paid) | :: בול דאר\בול דואר {m} /bul dóar/, בול {m} /bul/ |
| postal code {n} (postcode) SEE: postcode | :: |
| post box {n} (box in which post can be left to be picked up) SEE: mailbox | :: |
| postcard {n} (rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope) | :: גלויה {f} /g'luyá/ |
| postcode {n} (sequence of letters and/or numbers added to a postal address) | :: מקוד |
| poster {n} (picture intended to be attached to a wall) | :: כרזה {f} /krazá/ |
| postman {n} (mailman) SEE: mailman | :: |
| postmodernism {n} (a style of art, literature, etc) | :: פוסטמודרניזם |
| post office {n} (place) | :: דאר {m} /do-ahr/ |
| postpone {v} (to delay or put off an event) | :: דחה /dakhá/ |
| post-traumatic stress disorder {n} (condition that develops following some stressful situation) | :: הפרעת דחק פוסט-טראומטית |
| pot {n} (vessel for cooking or storing food etc.) | :: סיר {m} /sir/ |
| pot {n} (marijuana) | :: חשיש {m} /ḥashísh/ |
| potable {n} (drinkable liquid) SEE: beverage | :: |
| potassium {n} (the chemical element) | :: אשלגן {m} /ashlegán/ |
| potato {n} (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable) | :: תפוח אדמה {m} /tapuákh adamá/, בולבוס {m} /bulbus/ [flowery] |
| potato pancake {n} (potato pancake) | :: לביבה {f} /levivá/ |
| pot calling the kettle black {n} (situation in which somebody accuses someone else of a fault shared by the accuser) | :: כל הפוסל במומו פוסל /kol hapossel, b'mumo possel/ (all who disqualify [another due to a fault], disqualifies [him through the reflection] of his own fault) |
| potency {n} | :: יכולת {f} |
| potential {adj} (existing in possibility) | :: פוטנציאלי /potentziáli/ |
| potion {n} (small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical) | :: שיקוי {m} /shikuy/ |
| Potiphar {prop} (an Egyptian and captain of the guard) | :: פוטיפר {m} /potifár/ |
| potpourri {n} (a medley of songs or music) | :: מחרוזת {f} /maḥrozet/ |
| Potsdam {prop} (city) | :: פוטסדאם /Potsdam/ |
| potter {n} (one who makes pots and ceramic wares) | :: קדר {m} /kadar/ |
| Potter {prop} (surname) | :: פוטר |
| potty {n} (bathroom) SEE: bathroom | :: |
| potty {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| potty {n} (latrine) SEE: latrine | :: |
| potty {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| pouch {n} | :: 'פאוץ {m}, כיס {m} |
| poultry {n} (fowl meat) | :: עוף {m} /'of/ |
| pound {n} (unit of mass (12 troy ounces)) | :: ליטרה {f} /litrá/ |
| pound {n} (unit of currency) | :: לירה {f} /líra/ |
| pound {n} (US: symbol #) SEE: hash | :: |
| pound cake {n} (dense yellow cake made from equal quantities of butter, eggs, flour and sugar) | :: עוגת פאונד {f} /ugát páund/ |
| pound sign {n} (symbol #) SEE: hash | :: |
| pound sterling {n} (currency of the UK) | :: לירה שטרלינג |
| pour {v} (to cause to flow in a stream) | :: שפך, מזג |
| Po valley {prop} (large plain in northern Italy) | :: עמק הפו {m} /émek ha-Pó/ |
| poverty {n} (quality or state of being poor) | :: עוני, דלות {f} /dalut/ |
| powder {n} (fine particles of any dry substance) | :: אבקה {f} /avka/ |
| powder {n} (gunpowder) SEE: gunpowder | :: |
| power {n} (capability or influence) | :: כח {m} /kóach/ |
| power {n} (control, particularly legal or political) | :: כח {m} /kóach/ סמכות {f} /samkhút/, שלטון {m} /shiltón/ |
| power {n} (influential nation, company etc.) | :: מעצמה {f} /ma’atsamá/, עוצמה {f} /‘otsmá/ |
| power {n} (physical force or strength) | :: כח {m} /kóaḥ/ |
| power {n} (electricity, electricity supply) | :: חשמל {m} /chashmál/ |
| power {n} (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) | :: הספק {m} /hespék/ |
| power {n} (maths: product of equal factors) | :: חזקה {f} /ḥezká/ |
| power {n} (set theory: cardinality) SEE: cardinality | :: |
| power {n} (power) SEE: potency | :: |
| powerful {adj} (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence) | :: עוצמתי /‘otsmatí/ |
| power plant {n} (power station) SEE: power station | :: |
| power set {n} (set of all subsets of a set) | :: קבוצת חוזקה \ קבוצת חזקה {f} /k'vutzát khozká/ |
| power station {n} (an industrial complex where electricity is produced) | :: תחנת כוח \ תחנת־כח {f} /takhanát-kóakh/ |
| power supply {n} (part of apparatus) | :: ספק כוח {m} /sapák kóakh/ |
| pox {n} (syphilis) SEE: syphilis | :: |
| practical {adj} (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis) | :: מעשי |
| practical {adj} (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation) | :: ישים, בר-ישום |
| practice makes perfect {proverb} (if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it) | :: קשה באימונים קל בקרב |
| Prague {prop} (capital of the Czech Republic) | :: פראג \ פרג {f} |
| Praia {prop} (capital of Cape Verde) | :: פראיה |
| Prairial {prop} (the ninth month of French Republican Calendar) | :: פרריאל {m} /preriyál/ |
| prairie {n} (An extensive area of relatively flat grassland) | :: ערבה {f} /'aravá/ |
| praise {v} (to give praise to) | :: שיבח \ שבח /shibéakh/ |
| praise the Lord {interj} (phrase used to thank God by Christians) | :: הללויה /hal'luyáh/, הללוקה /hal'lukáh/ |
| prank {n} (practical joke or mischievous trick) | :: מתיחה {f} /metichah/ |
| praseodymium {n} (chemical element) | :: פרסיאודימיום /prasiodímyum/ |
| prawn {n} (large shrimp) | :: חסילונים |
| pray {v} (to petition a higher being) | :: התפלל /hitpalél/ |
| pray {v} (to talk to God) | :: התפלל /hitpalél/ |
| prayer {n} (practice of communicating with one's God) | :: תפילה \ תפלה {f} /t'filá/ |
| prayer shawl {n} (prayer shawl) | :: טלית {f} /talít/, טליתות {f-p} /talitót/ |
| praying mantis {n} (any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family) | :: גמל שלמה {m} /gamál shlomó/ |
| pre- {prefix} (before) | :: טרום /trom/, קדם /qdam/ |
| precariousness {n} (state of being uncertain) | :: אי-יציבות {f} /í-yetzivút/ |
| precedent {n} (past act used as example) | :: תקדים {m} /takdím/ |
| precedent {n} (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment) | :: תקדים {m} /takdím/ |
| precept {n} (rule or principle governing personal conduct) | :: tsav, tsawv |
| precious {adv} (intensifier) SEE: very | :: |
| precious {adj} (of high value or worth) | :: יקר {m} /yaqár/ |
| precious {adj} (regarded with love) | :: יקר {m} /yaqár/ |
| precipice {n} (very steep cliff) | :: צוק {m} |
| precipitation {n} (weather: water falling from the atmosphere) | :: משקעים {?} |
| precipitation {n} (chemistry: chemical reaction forming solid in liquid) | :: שיקוע {m} |
| predator {n} (animal or organism that hunts) | :: טורף {m} /toréf/ |
| predicate {n} ((grammar) part of sentence that states something about its subject) | :: נשוא /nasu/ |
| predicate {n} ((logic) a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) | :: פרדיקט {m}, פדיקט {m} /predicat/ |
| prediction {n} (a statement about the future) | :: תחזית {f} /tahazit/ |
| pre-dreadnought {n} (late 19th or early 20th century battleship) | :: קדם דרדנוט {m} /kdam drednot/ |
| preemie {n} (Premature baby) | :: פג {m} /pág/ |
| prefecture {n} (The district governed by a prefect) | :: מחוז |
| prefer {v} (to favor) | :: העדיף /he'edíf/ |
| preference {n} (selection) | :: העדפה {f} /ha'adafá/ |
| preference {n} (option to select or selected) | :: העדפה {f} /ha'adafá/ |
| preference {n} (state of being preferred) | :: העדפה {f} /ha'adafá/ |
| preference {n} (liking) | :: העדפה {f} /Ha`adafá/ |
| preference {n} (bias) | :: העדפה {f} /ha'adafá/ |
| preferences {n} | :: העדפות {f-p} /ha'adafot/ |
| preferences {n} (plural of "preference") SEE: preference | :: |
| preferred stock {n} (stock senior to common stock) | :: מניית בכורה {f} |
| pregnancy {n} (condition) | :: היריון {m} /herayón/ |
| pregnancy test {n} (a piece of test equipment) | :: בדיקת היריון |
| pregnant {adj} (carrying developing offspring within the body) | :: מעובר \ מעבר /m'ubár/, בהיריון \ בהריון /b'herayón/, הרה /haré/ |
| prehistoric {adj} (of relating to the epoch before written record) | :: פרהיסטורי /prehistóri/ |
| prehistory {n} (era before written records) | :: פרהיסטוריה |
| premature {adj} (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) | :: טרם לבגרות /térem l'bagrút/ |
| premier {n} (prime minister of a country) SEE: prime minister | :: |
| premise {n} (proposition antecedently supposed or proved) | :: הנחה {f} |
| premise {n} (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced) | :: הנחה {f} |
| premise {n} (matters previously stated or set forth) | :: הנחה {f} |
| premolar {n} (tooth) | :: מלתעה {f} /malta'á/, קדם טוחנת {f} /qdam toḥenét/ |
| prep {n} (homework) SEE: homework | :: |
| prepare {v} (to make ready for a specific future purpose) | :: הכין /hekhín/ |
| prepare {v} (to make oneself ready) | :: התכונן /hitkonén/ |
| prepared {adj} (ready, willing) | :: נכון /naˈꭓon/, מוכן {m} /muˈꭓan/ |
| preparedness {n} (state of being prepared) | :: מוכנות {f} /mukhanút/ |
| prepone {v} (to reschedule to an earlier time) | :: להקדים |
| preposition {n} (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by") | :: מילת יחס / מלת יחס {f} /milat yakhas/ |
| prepuce {n} (foreskin of certain animals) SEE: sheath | :: |
| prepuce {n} (foreskin) SEE: foreskin | :: |
| prerogative {n} (right, generally) SEE: right | :: |
| presence {n} (fact or condition of being present) | :: נוכחות {f} /nokhekhút/ |
| present {n} (gift) SEE: gift | :: |
| present {n} (present tense) SEE: present tense | :: |
| present {adj} (in the immediate vicinity) | :: נוכח /nokhéakh/ |
| present {n} (current time) | :: הווה {m} /hové/ |
| present {v} (bring into the presence of) | :: הציג /hitsíg/ |
| presentable {adj} (able to be presented) | :: ייצוגי /yitsugi/ |
| present tense {n} (form of language) | :: לשון הוה {m} /l'shón hové/ |
| presidency {n} (office or role of president) | :: נשיאות {f} /n'si'út/ |
| president {n} (the head of state of a republic) | :: נשיא /nasí/, נשיאה {f} /?/ |
| presidential palace {n} (White House) SEE: White House | :: |
| press {v} (to press) SEE: bear | :: |
| press {n} (printed media) | :: עיתונות |
| press {n} (publisher) SEE: publisher | :: |
| Pressburg {prop} (Bratislava) SEE: Bratislava | :: |
| press conference {n} (question and answer session with members of television, print and other media) | :: מסיבת עיתונאים \ מסבת עתונאים {f} /m'sibát-itona'ím/ |
| pressure {n} (a pressing; force applied to a surface) | :: לחץ {m} /lákhats/ |
| pressure ulcer {n} (bedsore) SEE: bedsore | :: |
| presumed {adj} (appearing to be the most probable) | :: משוער |
| presumptive {adj} (based on presumption) | :: משוער /mechoar/ |
| presumptuous {adj} (going beyond what is proper) | :: יהיר, שחצן, חוצפן |
| pretext {v} (employ a pretext) | :: אמתלה /amátlah/ |
| Pretoria {prop} (capital of South Africa) | :: פרטוריה |
| pretty {adj} (especially of women and children: pleasant, attractive) | :: יפה {m} /yafé/, יפה {f} /yafá/ |
| pretzel {n} (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot) | :: בייגלה {m} /béigele/ |
| prevent {v} (to keep from happening) | :: מנע /maná'/ |
| previous {adj} (prior) | :: קודם {m} /qodém/ |
| prey {n} (that which may be seized by animals) | :: טרף {m} /téref/ |
| priapism {n} (medical condition) | :: פריאפיזם {m} /priapizm/ |
| price {n} (cost required to gain possession of something) | :: מחיר {m} /m'khír/ |
| price {n} (cost of an action or deed) | :: מחיר {m} /mekhír/ |
| price of tea in China {n} (irrelevant to the topic at hand) | :: מה עניין שמיטה אצל הר סיני /má inyán sh'mitá étzel hár sináy/ |
| price stability {n} (state of economy characterized by low inflation) | :: יציבות מחירים {f} |
| pride {n} (quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc.) | :: גאווה \ גאוה {f} /gaavá/ |
| pride {n} (sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one) | :: גאווה \ גאוה {f} /gaavá/ |
| priest {n} (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) | :: כמר {m} /kómer/ [Christian], כהן /kohén/ |
| primary source {n} (original work) | :: מקור ראשוני {m} /makór rishoní/ |
| primary source {n} (document) | :: מקור ראשוני {m} /makór rishoní/ |
| prime {adj} (first in excellence, quality, or value) | :: מצויין {m} /metsuyán/ |
| prime {adj} (mathematics: having no factors except itself and unity) | :: ראשוני {m} /rishoní/ |
| prime {adj} (first in importance, degree, or rank) | :: ראשי {m} /rashí/ |
| prime minister {n} (chief member of the cabinet and head of the government) | :: ראש־ממשלה {m} /rosh-memshalá/ |
| prime number {n} (natural number) | :: מספר ראשוני {m} |
| prime time {n} (block of television programming) | :: זמן שיא {m} /zmán si'/, שעת השיא /sh'át si'/ |
| priming {n} (substance) | :: תחול {m} /tikhul/ |
| primogeniture {n} (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents) | :: העדפת הבכור |
| primordial {adj} (earliest) | :: בראשיתי {m} /bereshití/ |
| primordial sea {n} (the oceans of the earth in Precambrian or Paleozoic times) | :: המרק הקדום |
| Primorsky Krai {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: מחוז פרימוריה |
| prince {n} (male ruler or head of a principality) | :: נסיך {m} /nasik/ |
| prince {n} (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) | :: נסיך {m} /nasik/, בן מלך {m} /ben mélech/ |
| Prince of Darkness {prop} (Satan; the Devil) | :: נסיך האופל {m} /Nesikh haOfel/ |
| Prince of Wales {prop} (royal title) | :: נסיך ויילס {m} /nasikh veils/ |
| princess {n} (female member of royal family) | :: נסיכה {f} /nesikhá/ |
| princess {n} (female monarch, or wife of a ruler) | :: נסיכה {f} /nesikhá/ |
| principal {n} (essential point or rule) SEE: principle | :: |
| principal {adj} (primary, main) | :: בכיר {m} /bachír/ |
| principal {n} (chief administrator of a school) | :: מנהל {m} /menahél/, מנהלת {m} /menahélet/ |
| principality {n} (region) | :: נסיכות {f} /nesikhut/ |
| Principality of Andorra {prop} (official name of Andorra) | :: נסיכות אנדורה /Nesikut Andora/ |
| Principality of Liechtenstein {prop} (official name of Liechtenstein) | :: נסיכות ליכטנשטין /Nesikut Lichenštein/ |
| Principality of Monaco {prop} (official name of Monaco) | :: נסיכות מונקו /Nesichut Monako/ |
| principate {n} (principality) SEE: principality | :: |
| principle {n} (fundamental assumption) | :: עקרון {m} /ikarón/ |
| principle {n} (rule to solve a problem) | :: עקרון {m} /ikarón/ |
| principle {n} (moral rule or aspect) | :: עקרון {m} /ikarón/ |
| principle {n} (rule of nature) | :: עקרון {m} /ikarón/ |
| print {v} (to produce a copy of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine) | :: הדפיס /hidpís/ |
| printer {n} (computing: device used to print text or images) | :: מדפסת {f} /madpéset/ |
| prise {n} (prize) SEE: prize | :: |
| prison {n} (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) | :: כלא {m} /kéle/, בית כלא {m} /beit kéle/, בית סהר {m} /beit sóhar/, בית האסורים {m} /beit haasurím/ |
| prisoner of war {n} (soldier or combatant captured by the enemy) | :: שבוי {m} /shavúy/, שבויה {f} /shvuyá/ |
| Pristina {prop} (city) | :: פרישטינה |
| privacy {n} (state of being private) | :: פרטיות {f} /pratiyut/, פרטיות {f} /pratiyut/ |
| private {adj} (belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group) | :: פרטי /p'ratí/ |
| private {adj} (not accessible by the public) | :: פרטי /p"rati/ |
| private {adj} | :: פרטי /prati/, חשאי /ḥasha'i/ |
| private {n} (soldier) | :: טוראי /turai/ |
| privateer {n} (privately owned warship) | :: פריבטיר {m} /privair/ |
| privateer {n} (officer or crew of a privateer ship) | :: פריבטיר {m} /privair/ |
| private life {n} (aspect of one's life that are personal) | :: חיים פרטיים {m-p} /khayím pratiyím/ |
| privet {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| privilege {n} (particular benefit, advantage, or favor) | :: פריבילגיה {f} /privilégya/, זכות יתר {f} /zchut yéter/ |
| privy {n} (lavatory or toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| privy {n} (latrine) SEE: latrine | :: |
| prize {n} (something captured) | :: שלל {m} /shalal/ |
| prize {n} (anything captured using the rights of war) | :: שלל {m} /shalal/ |
| prize {n} (honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest) | :: פרס {m} /pras/ |
| prize money {n} (money offered as a prize) | :: דמי שלל {m-p} /dmey shalal/ |
| pro- {prefix} (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) | :: פרו־ /p'ro-/ |
| probability theory {n} (study of probability) | :: תורת ההסתברות {f} /torát hahistabrút/ |
| probable {adj} (likely to be true) | :: סביר {m} /savir/ |
| probably {adv} (in all likelihood) | :: כנראה /kanir'é/ |
| probe {n} (any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc) | :: זונדה {f} /zónda/ |
| probe {n} (investigation or inquiry) | :: מחקר {m} /mehkár/, חקירה {f} /khakirá/, בדיקה {f} /bdiká/ |
| problem {n} (difficulty) | :: בעיה {f} /be'aya/ |
| proboscis {n} (elongated tube) | :: חדק {m} /ḥédeq/ |
| process {n} (series of events to produce a result) | :: תהליך {m} /tahalíkh/ |
| process {v} (to perform a particular process) | :: עיבד /ibéd/ |
| proclaim {v} (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) | :: הצהיר /hitzhír/ |
| proclamation {n} (a statement which is proclaimed) | :: הצהרה {f} /hatz'hará/ |
| procreate {v} (to procreate) SEE: beget | :: |
| procrustean bed {n} (arbitrary standard to which compliance is enforced) | :: מטת סדום {f} /mitát sdom/ |
| produce {v} (to make or manufacture) | :: ייצר /yitsér/ |
| product {n} (multiplication result) | :: מכפלה {f} /machpelá/ |
| production {n} (the act of producing) | :: תפוקה |
| profanity {n} (obscene, lewd or abusive language) | :: גסות {f} /gasút/, ניבול פה {m} |
| profession {n} (occupation) | :: מקצוע {m} /miqtzó'a/ |
| professor {n} (a higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university) | :: פרופסור {m} /profésor/, פרופסורית {f} /profesorít/, פרופ׳ /prof./ [abbrev.] |
| profile {n} (reputation) SEE: reputation | :: |
| progeny {n} (offspring) | :: צאצא {m} /tze'etza/ |
| program {n} (set of structured activities) | :: תוכנית / תכנית {f} /tokhnit/ |
| program {n} (performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television) | :: תוכנית / תכנית /tokhnit/ |
| program {n} (software application) | :: תוכנית / תכנית /tokhnit/ |
| program {v} (to enter a program or other instructions into a computer) | :: תיכנת /tikhnét/ |
| program {v} | :: לתכנת /le-tekhnet/ |
| programmable {adj} (capable of being programmed) | :: בר־תכנות |
| programme {n} (programme) SEE: program | :: |
| programmer {n} (one who writes computer programs) | :: מתכנת {m} / m'takhnét/, תוכניתן {m} /tokhnithan/ |
| programming {n} (act of writing a computer program) | :: תכנות {m} /tichnut/ |
| programming {n} (brain-washing) SEE: brain-washing | :: |
| programming language {n} (code of reserved words and symbols) | :: שפת תכנות {f} /s'fat tikhnút/ |
| progress {n} (movement onwards or forwards) | :: התקדמות {f} /hitqadmut/ |
| progressive {adj} (continuous) SEE: continuous | :: |
| prohibited {adj} (forbidden) SEE: forbidden | :: |
| project {n} (planned endeavor) | :: פרויקט {m} /proyékt/, מיזם {m} /meizám/ |
| project {v} (to cast (image, shadow)) | :: הקרין /hikrín/ |
| project {v} (to make plans for; forecast) | :: תכנן /tikhnén/, ציפה /tzipá/ |
| projectile {n} (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon) | :: קליע {m} /kalia/ |
| projection {n} (something which projects) | :: בליטה {f} /blitɑ/, בלט {m} /belet/, זיז {m} /ziz/ |
| projection {n} (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) | :: הערכה {f} /hɑʿɑrɑḥɑ/ |
| project management {n} (discipline of organizing and managing project resources) | :: ניהול פרויקטים |
| prolix {adj} (long) SEE: long | :: |
| prolog {n} (prologue) SEE: prologue | :: |
| prologue {n} (speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel) | :: פרולוג {m} |
| promenade {n} (place to walk) | :: טילת /tayellet/ |
| promethium {n} (chemical element) | :: פרומתיום /prométyum/ |
| promise {n} (vow) | :: הבטחה {f} /havtakhá/, נדר {m} /néder/ |
| promise {v} (to commit to something) | :: הבטיח /hivtíakh/ |
| Promised Land {prop} (land promised by God) | :: הארץ המובטחת {f} /haáretz ha-muvtachat/ |
| pronoia {n} (belief that people conspire to do one good) | :: פרונויה |
| pronoun {n} (type of noun) | :: כנוי גוף / כנוי גוף {m} /kinoi guf/ |
| pronounce {v} (to pronounce) SEE: say | :: |
| pronounce {v} (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate) | :: ביטא \ בטא /bité/ |
| pronunciation {n} (sound of a word) | :: הגייה \ הגיה {f} /hagiya/ |
| pronunciation {n} (way in which words are pronounced) | :: ביטוי \ בטוי {m} /bitúi/, הגייה \ הגיה {f} /hagiya/ |
| proof {n} (any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth) | :: הוכחה {f} /hokhakhá/, ראיה {f} /r'ayá/ |
| proof {adj} (used in proving or testing) | :: ראיה /r"aya/ |
| propaganda {n} (concerted set of messages) | :: תעמולה |
| propagandist {n} (Person who disseminates propaganda) | :: תעמלן /taa`mlan/ |
| propeller {n} (mechanical device used to propel) | :: מדחף {m} /madchef/ |
| proper {adj} (fit, suitable) | :: ראוי {m} /ra'úy/ |
| proper {adj} | :: יאה /yaʾe/, נכון /naḥon/ |
| proper noun {n} (the name of a particular person, place, organization or other individual entity) | :: שם פרטי {m} /shem pratí/ |
| property {n} (something owned) | :: רכוש {m} /rekhúsh/ |
| property {n} (piece of real estate) | :: נכס {m} /nékhes/ |
| property {n} (exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing) | :: זכות הקניין {f} /zkhút hakinyán/ |
| property {n} (attribute or abstract quality associated with an object, individual or concept) | :: תכונה {f} /tkhuná/, מאפיין {m} /me`afyén/ |
| property {n} (computing: an editable parameter associated with an application, or its value) | :: תכונה {f} /tkhuná/, מאפיין {m} /me`afyén/ |
| prophecy {n} (prediction) | :: נבואה {f} |
| prophet {n} (one who speaks by divine inspiration) | :: נביא {m} /naví/, איש האלוהים {m} /ish ha'elohim/ |
| prophet {n} (one who foretells the future) | :: נביא {m} /navi/, מגד עתידות {m} /maged atidot/ |
| proportion {n} (size) SEE: size | :: |
| proposition {n} (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem) | :: טענה {f} /ta'aná/ |
| proprietary {adj} (relating to property or ownership) | :: קניני |
| pros and cons {n} (for and against) | :: בעד ונגד |
| prose {n} (written language not intended as poetry) | :: פרוזה {f} /prozá/ |
| prosecutor {n} (a person instituting criminal prosecution) | :: תובע |
| prosopagnosia {n} (disorder of face perception) | :: פרוסופגנוזיה |
| prosopography {n} (a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships) | :: פרוסופוגרפיה |
| prospect {n} (position affording a fine view) SEE: lookout | :: |
| prostate {n} (prostate gland) | :: בלוטת הערמונית {f} |
| prostate gland {n} (prostate) SEE: prostate | :: |
| prostitute {n} (a person having sex for profit) | :: זונה {f} /zoná/, זונה {m} /zoné/ |
| prostitute {n} (promiscuous person) SEE: whore | :: |
| prostitution {n} (having sex for profit) | :: זנות {f} /znut/ |
| protactinium {n} (chemical element) | :: פרוטקטיניום /protaktínyum/ |
| protagonist {n} (main character) | :: דמות ראשית {f} /dmut rashít/, גיבור {m} /gibor/ |
| protagonist {n} (leading person in a contest) | :: מוביל {m} /movil/ |
| protect {v} (to keep safe) | :: הגן /hegén/ |
| protection {n} (process of keeping sthg safe) | :: הגנה {f} /haganá/ |
| protective {adj} (serving, intended or wishing to protect) | :: הגנתי |
| protein {n} (biochemistry: complex molecule) | :: חלבון {m} /ḥelbón/ |
| protein {n} (class of food) | :: חלבון {m} /ḥelbón/ |
| protest {v} (to make a strong objection) | :: מחאה {f} /m"chá'ah/ |
| prototype {n} (original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects) | :: אב טיפוס |
| protractor {n} (a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles) | :: מד־זווית |
| protrude {v} (to extend from) | :: בלט |
| proud {adj} (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied) | :: גאה (ge'e) |
| Provence {prop} (region in France) | :: פרובאנס /provans/ |
| proverb {n} (phrase expressing a basic truth) | :: פתגם {m} /pitgam/ |
| Proverbs woman {n} (virtuous woman) | :: אשת חיל {f} /éshet cháyil/ |
| provide {v} (to furnish (with)) | :: לספק /lesapek/ |
| province {n} (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) | :: פרובינציה /províntsya/ |
| provision {n} (law: clause in a legal instrument) | :: תנאי {m} /tnay/ |
| proximately {adv} (approximately) SEE: approximately | :: |
| proxy {n} (agent or substitute authorized to act for another person) | :: שליח {m} /shaliach/ |
| prude {n} (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) | :: חסוד {m} /ẖasúd/ |
| prune {v} (plum) SEE: plum | :: |
| Prussia {prop} (former German province) | :: פרוסיה /prusia/ |
| pry {v} (to look where one is not welcome; to be nosey) | :: חטטנות /ḥatetanut/ |
| pry {n} (lever) | :: מנוף {m} /manof/ |
| pry {n} (leverage) | :: הנפה {f} /hanafa/ |
| PS {n} (addendum to a letter) | :: נ״ב /n"b/ |
| psalm {n} (sacred song) | :: מזמור {m} /mizmór/ |
| psalm {n} (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) | :: מזמור {m} /mizmór/ |
| Psalms {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: תהלים /tehilim/ |
| pseudograph {n} (Graph that contains loops as well as multiple edges between vertices) | :: מולטיגרף |
| pseudoscorpion {n} (arachnid) | :: דמוי עקרב {m} /dmuy akráv/, זוטקרב {m} /zutakráv/ |
| pseudoword {n} (unit) | :: מילת תפל /milat tefel/ |
| psi {n} (Greek letter) | :: פסי {f} /psi/ |
| Pskov {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: פסקוב {m} |
| psychedelic {adj} (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) | :: פסיכדלי {m} /psichedéli/ |
| psychiatric hospital {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
| psychiatry {n} (branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders) | :: פסיכיאטריה /psikhi'atr'yá/ |
| psycho {adj} ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) | :: פסיכי /psikhi/ |
| psycho {n} (psychotic or otherwise insane person) | :: פסיכי /psikhi/ |
| psychokinesis {n} (movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power) | :: טלקינזיס |
| psychologist {n} (expert in the field of psychology) | :: פסיכולוג {m} /p'sikhológ/, פסיכולוגית {f} /p'sikhológit/ |
| psychology {n} (study of the human mind) | :: פסיכולוגיה {f} /psikhologya/ |
| psychology {n} | :: פסיכולוגיה {f} /psikologia/ |
| psychopathy {n} (personality disorder) | :: פסיכופתיה {f} /psikhopatya/ |
| psychotherapist {n} (who practices psychotherapy) | :: פסיכותרפיסט {m} |
| psychotherapy {n} (treatment of those with mental illness) | :: טיפול נפשי |
| pâté {n} (finely-ground paste of meat, fish or vegetables) | :: פטה |
| pétanque {n} (form of boules) | :: פטאנק |
| Ptolemy {prop} (name of Greek origin) | :: תלמי /talmai/ |
| pub {n} (public house) | :: פאב {m} /pab/, בר {m} /bar/ |
| pubic hair {n} (collectively) | :: שער הערווה {f} |
| public {n} (people in general) | :: צבור {m} /tsibúr/ |
| public house {n} (pub) SEE: pub | :: |
| public relations {n} (profession) | :: יחסי ציבור |
| public servant {n} (convict) SEE: convict | :: |
| publisher {n} (One who publishes, especially books) | :: הוצאה לאור {f} /hotza'ah la'or/, מוציא לאור |
| pudding {n} (any dessert) SEE: dessert | :: |
| puddle {n} (a small pool of water) | :: שלולית |
| puddle {n} | :: שלולית {f} /shlulit/ |
| Puducherry {prop} (Puducherry, India) | :: פודוצ׳רי |
| Puerto Rico {prop} (Caribbean Commonwealth) | :: פורטו ריקו /porto riko/ |
| puff pastry {n} (light, flaky pastry) | :: בצק עלים {m} /b'tzék alím/ |
| puke {v} (to vomit) | :: הקיא /hekí/ |
| pulao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pulchritudinous {adj} (having great physical beauty) | :: יפה תואר |
| puli {n} (breed of Hungarian sheepdog) | :: פולי {m} /puli/ |
| pullet {n} (spineless person) SEE: chicken | :: |
| pullet {n} (young hen) | :: פרגית {f} /pargít/ |
| pulley {n} (one of simple machines) | :: גלגלת /galgelet/ |
| pulpit {n} (raised platform in church) | :: במה {f} /báma/, בימה {f} /bima/ (also used to describe the platform in a synagogue where the rabbi conducts the sermon) |
| pulpit {n} (plane's cockpit) SEE: cockpit | :: |
| pulsar {n} (rotating neutron star) | :: פולסר {m} |
| pumice {n} (pumice) | :: פומיס |
| pump {n} (trainer or sneaker) SEE: trainer | :: |
| pump {n} (device for moving liquid or gas) | :: משאבה {f} /mash'evá/ |
| pumpkin {n} (plant) | :: דלעת {f} /dla'át/ |
| pumpkin {n} (fruit of this plant) | :: דלעת {f} /dla'át/ |
| pumpkin {n} (color) | :: דלעת {f} /dla'át/ |
| pun {n} (joke or type of wordplay) | :: משחק מילים /mis'hak meelim/ |
| punch {n} (hit or strike with one's fist) | :: אגרוף {m} /egróf/ |
| punch {n} (device for creating holes in thin material) | :: מקב {m} /makav/ |
| punch {n} (beverage) | :: פונץ׳ {m} /punch/ |
| punch {v} (to herd cattle) SEE: herd | :: |
| punching bag {n} (device used to practice punching) | :: שק חבטות {m} /saq ḥavatót/, שק אגרוף {m} /saq igrúf/ |
| puncture {v} (puncture) SEE: pierce | :: |
| Pune {prop} (city in India) | :: פונה |
| punishment {n} (the act of punishing) | :: עונש \ ענש {m} /'ónesh/, ענישה {f} |
| punishment {n} | :: ענישה {f} |
| Punjab {prop} (geographical region in South Asia) | :: פנג׳אב |
| Punjabi {n} (language spoken in the Punjab region, in Northern India and eastern Pakistan) | :: פנג'אבי |
| Punjabi {n} | :: פונג׳בית /punjabít/ |
| punk {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute | :: |
| punt {n} (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole) | :: פונטית {f} /puntit/ |
| pupa {n} (insect) | :: גלם / גולם {m} /gólem/ |
| pupil {n} (learner) | :: תלמיד {m} /talmíd/, תלמידה {f} /talmidá/ |
| pupil {n} (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye) | :: אישון {m} /ishón/ |
| puppet {n} (movable model of a person or animal) | :: בובה \ בבה {f} /bubá/ |
| puppet {n} (doll) SEE: doll | :: |
| puppy {n} (young dog) | :: כלבלב {m}, כלבלבה {f} |
| puppyish {adj} (With the qualities of a puppy) | :: [slang] מכלובלב {m} /mekluvlav/ |
| pure {adj} (free of flaws or imperfections) | :: טהור /tahor/ |
| purely imaginary number {n} (imaginary number) SEE: imaginary number | :: |
| purgatory {n} (Purgatory) SEE: Purgatory | :: |
| Purgatory {prop} (intermediate state after physical death) | :: כור המצרף |
| purge {v} | :: לטהר |
| Purim {prop} (Jewish festival) | :: פורים /purím/ |
| purple {n} (colour) | :: סגול /sagol/ |
| purplish {adj} (somewhat purple in colour/color) | :: סגלגל /s'galgal/ |
| purpose {n} (target) | :: מטרה {f} /matará/ |
| purpose {n} (intention) | :: כוונה {f} /kavaná/ |
| purpose {n} (determination) | :: נחישות {f} /nekhishút/ |
| purpose {n} (subject of discourse) | :: נושא {m} /nosé/ |
| purpose {n} (reason for doing something) | :: סיבה {f} /siba/, מוטיבציה {f} /motivátsija/ |
| purpose {v} (have set as one's purpose; intend) | :: מתכוון /mitkavén/ |
| purposefully {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose | :: |
| purse {n} (small bag for carrying money) | :: ארנק {m} /arnak/ |
| pursue {v} (to follow urgently) | :: רדף /radaf/ |
| pus {n} (fluid found in regions of infection) | :: מגלה {f} /muglá/ |
| Pusan {prop} (Busan) SEE: Busan | :: |
| Pushkin {prop} (Russian surname) | :: פושקין /pushkin/ |
| push scooter {n} (a child's foot-operated vehicle) SEE: scooter | :: |
| pussy {n} (slang: female genitalia) | :: כוס {m} /kus/ |
| put {v} (to place something somewhere) | :: שים /shim/ |
| put {v} (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) | :: שים /shim/ |
| put away {v} (to kill someone) SEE: kill | :: |
| put-down {n} (insult or barb) | :: ירידה {f} /y'ridá/ |
| Putin {prop} (surname) | :: פוטין |
| putsch {n} (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) | :: פוטש {m} /putsh/ |
| put up {v} (to put up with) SEE: put up with | :: |
| put up with {v} | :: להשלים עם /lehashlim 'im/ |
| puzzle {n} (crossword puzzle) SEE: crossword | :: |
| puzzle {n} (anything difficult to understand or make sense of) | :: חידה {f} /ḥidá/ |
| puzzle {n} (riddle) | :: חידה {f} /ḥidá/ |
| puzzled {adj} (confused or perplexed) | :: מבולבל {m} /mevulbal/ |
| Pyongyang {prop} (capital of North Korea) | :: פיונגיאנג {m} /pyongyang/ |
| pyramid {n} (ancient construction) | :: פירמידה {f} /piramída/ |
| pyramid {n} (construction) | :: פירמידה {f} /piramída/ |
| pyramid {n} (in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base) | :: פירמידה {f} /piramída/ |
| pyroclastic flow {n} (pyroclastic flow) | :: זרם פירוקלסטי {m} |
| pyrotechnics {n} (art and technology of fireworks) | :: פירוטכניקה {f} /pirotekhnika/ |
| Pythagoras {prop} (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) | :: פיתגורס |
| pyx {n} (nautical: box for compass) SEE: binnacle | :: |
