| C++ {prop} (C++) | :: C++ |
| ca {adv} (abbreviation of circa) SEE: ca. | :: |
| ca. {adv} (abbreviation of circa) | :: ca. |
| cab {n} (taxi) SEE: taxi | :: |
| cabaret {n} (live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub) | :: cabaret {n} |
| cabbage {n} (plant) | :: kool {m} |
| cabbage {n} (leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable) | :: kool {m} |
| cabbage {n} (person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage) | :: plant {f} |
| cabin {n} (private room on a ship) | :: kajuit {f}, roef {f} |
| cabin boy {n} (a boy serving on a ship) | :: scheepsjongen {m} |
| cabinet {n} (group of advisors) | :: kabinet |
| cable {n} (large wire, rope) | :: kabel {m} |
| cable {n} (assembly of wires for electricity) | :: (electrische) kabel {m} |
| cable {n} (heavy rope or chain as used for mooring) | :: kabel {m}, tros |
| cable {n} (communications system with coaxial or fiber optic) | :: kabel {m}, kabelnetwerk {n} |
| cable {n} (telegram) | :: telegram {n}, kabeltelegram {n} |
| cable {n} (nautical unit of length) | :: kabellengte |
| cable {v} (provide with cable(s)) | :: bekabelen, cableren |
| cable {v} (fasten (as if) with cable(s)) | :: kabelen |
| cable {v} (communicate by cable(s)) | :: kabelen |
| cable car {n} (hanging carriage) | :: kabelbaan {f} |
| cable internet {n} (internet connectivity received through coaxial cables) | :: kabelinternet {n} |
| cable television {n} (television received through coaxial cables) | :: kabeltelevisie {m} |
| caboose {n} (babytalk: buttocks) | :: achterste {n}, [Belgium] poep {m} |
| cabotage {n} (transport of goods or passengers in the same country) | :: cabotage {f} |
| cabotage {n} (the legal right) | :: cabotage {f} |
| Cabo Verde {prop} (Cape Verde) SEE: Cape Verde | :: |
| cabriolet {n} (an automobile with a retractable top) | :: cabriolet {m}, cabrio |
| cabriolet {n} (a light carriage with a folding top, pulled by a single horse) | :: cabriolet {m}, cabrio |
| cacao {n} (cacao tree) | :: cacaoboom {m} |
| cacao {n} (cocoa bean) | :: cacaoboon |
| cachalot {n} (sperm whale) SEE: sperm whale | :: |
| cachexia {n} (systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease) | :: cachexie |
| cackle {n} (cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg) | :: gekakel {n}, gegaggel {n}, gesnater {n} |
| cackle {n} (laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose) | :: gekakel {n}, snaterlach {m}, kakellach {m}, gegaggel {n} |
| cackle {v} (to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does) | :: kakelen, snateren, gaggelen |
| cackle {v} (to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry) | :: kakelen, snateren, gaggelen, kakellachen, snaterlachen |
| cacomixl {n} (Bassariscus astutus) | :: noord-Amerikaanse katfret |
| cacophony {n} (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance) | :: kakofonie {f} |
| cactus {n} (member of the Cactaceae) | :: cactus {m} |
| cad {n} (person who stands at door) | :: kaartjesverkoper {m}, kaartjesknipper {m}, controleur {m} |
| cad {n} (mean fellow) | :: vlerk {m} |
| cadastre {n} ((cartography) a public survey of land) | :: kadaster {n} |
| cadaver {n} (a dead body) | :: kadaver {n}, karkas {n}, kreng {n} |
| cadaverine {n} (foul-smelling diamine) | :: cadaverine {f} |
| cadence {n} (balanced, rhythmic flow) | :: cadans {f} |
| cadence {n} (modulation of the voice) | :: cadans {f} |
| cadence {n} (cycling:№ of revolutions per minute) | :: cadans {f} |
| cadmium {n} (chemical element) | :: cadmium {n} |
| cadre {n} (frame or framework) | :: kader {n} |
| cadre {n} (core of managing group) | :: kader {n} |
| Caesar {prop} (ancient Roman family name) | :: Caesar |
| Caesar {n} (a title of Roman emperors) | :: caesar {m} |
| Caesarean section {n} (incision in the womb) | :: keizersnede {m} {f} |
| Caesar salad {n} (Caesar salad) | :: caesarsalade {f} |
| caesium {n} (a metallic chemical element) | :: cesium {n} |
| caesura {n} (a pause or interruption) | :: cesuur |
| café {n} (coffee shop) | :: café {n}, koffiehuis {n} |
| café au lait {n} (coffee with milk) | :: koffie verkeerd |
| cafe {n} (café) SEE: café | :: |
| cafeteria {n} (restaurant) | :: kantine {f}, cafetaria {m} {f} |
| cafeteria {n} (dining area) | :: cafetaria {m} {f} |
| caffeine {n} (alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants) | :: cafeïne {m} {f} |
| cage {n} (enclosure) | :: kooi {f}, kouw {f} |
| cage {n} (lift compartment) | :: liftkooi, kooi |
| cage {v} (to put into a cage) | :: opsluiten in een kooi, kooien |
| cage fighter {n} (person) | :: kooivechter {m} |
| caiman {n} (alligator relative) | :: kaaiman {m} |
| Cain {prop} (son of Adam and Eve) | :: Kaïn {m} |
| cairn {n} (landmark) | :: steenman |
| Cairo {prop} (capital of Egypt) | :: Caïro {n} |
| cake {n} (a sweet dessert) | :: taart {f} [more elaborate, with cream or fruit], cake {m} [more sober], gebak {n}, koek {m} |
| cake {n} (a block of solid material) | :: stuk {n}, blok {m} |
| cake {v} (to coat with a crust) | :: bedekken, vastkoeken |
| cake {v} (to cackle like a goose) SEE: cackle | :: |
| cakehole {n} (mouth) SEE: piehole | :: |
| cake slice {n} (a knife with a wide, triangular, unsharpened blade, designed to cut and serve slices of cake) | :: taartschep {f} |
| cake tin {n} (the tin in which a cake is baked) | :: cakevorm {m} |
| calabash {n} (Lagenaria siceraria) | :: kalebas {f} {m} |
| calabash {n} (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria) | :: kalebas {m} {f} |
| calabash {n} (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants) | :: kalebas {m} {f} |
| calaboose {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| Calabria {prop} (region of Italy) | :: Calabrië |
| calamari {n} (as mollusk) SEE: squid | :: |
| calamity {n} (event resulting in great loss) | :: calamiteit {f} |
| calamus {n} (fistula) SEE: fistula | :: |
| calandra lark {n} (Melanocorypha calandra) | :: kalanderleeuwerik |
| calcareous {adj} (resembling or containing limestone) | :: kalkachtig, kalkhoudend, kalk- |
| calcite {n} (calcium carbonate mineral) | :: calciet {n} |
| calcium {n} (chemical element of atomic number 20) | :: calcium {n} |
| calcium hydroxide {n} (chemical compound) | :: calciumhydroxide {m}, gebluste kalk {m} |
| calcium oxide {n} (white powderous substance) | :: calciumoxide {m}, ongebluste kalk {m} |
| calculate {v} ((transitive) to determine the value or solution of sth.) | :: berekenen, uitwerken, calculeren |
| calculate {v} ((intransitive) to determine values or solutions) | :: rekenen, uitwerken |
| calculate {v} ((intransitive) plan) | :: plannen, uitwerken |
| calculator {n} (electronic device that performs mathematical calculations) | :: rekenmachine {f}, zakrekenmachine {f}, rekentoestel {n} [Flemish], calculator {m} |
| calculator {n} (mechanical device that performs mathematical calculations) | :: rekenmachine {f}, calculator {m} |
| calculator {n} (dated: a person who performs mathematical calculations) | :: berekenaar {m} |
| calculator {n} (person who calculates (in the sense of scheming)) | :: planner {m} |
| Caledonian {adj} (in or from Caledonia) | :: Caledonisch, Schots |
| Caledonian {n} (inhabitant of Caledonia) | :: Caledoniër {m}, Caledonische {f} |
| calendar {n} (system by which time is divided) | :: kalender {m} |
| calendar {n} (means to determine the date) | :: kalender {m} |
| calendar {n} (list of planned events) | :: agenda {m}, schema {n}, kalender {c} |
| calendar {v} (to set a date for a proceeding in court) | :: vastleggen |
| calender {n} (machine) | :: kalendermachine, kalender, stofglanzer |
| calends {n} (first day of a month of the Roman calendar) | :: kalenden |
| calf {n} (young cow or bull) | :: kalf {n} |
| calf {n} (young deer, elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals)) | :: kalf {n}, jong {n} |
| calf {n} (anatomy: back of the leg below the knee) | :: kuit {m} |
| calf {n} (muscle in the back of the leg below the knee) | :: kuit {m}, kuitspier {f} |
| calf bone {n} (smaller lower-leg bone) | :: kuitbeen {n}, fibula {m} |
| Cali {prop} (California) SEE: California | :: |
| calibre {n} (Diameter of the bore of a firearm) | :: kaliber {n} |
| calico {n} (kind of cloth) | :: calicot {n} |
| calico {n} (cat) | :: lapjeskat {m} {f}, calicokat {m} {f} |
| California {prop} (US state) | :: Californië {n} |
| Californian {adj} (of or relating to California) | :: Californisch |
| Californian {n} (an inhabitant of California) | :: Californiër |
| California quail {n} (quail) | :: californische kuifkwartel |
| californium {n} (chemical element) | :: californium {n} |
| caliginosity {n} (darkness, obscurity) | :: duisternis, obscuriteit |
| caliginous {adj} (dark, obscure) SEE: dark | :: |
| caliginousness {n} (state or quality of being caliginous) SEE: caliginosity | :: |
| caliper {n} (calipers) SEE: calipers | :: |
| calipers {n} (device used to measure thickness between two surfaces) | :: passer |
| caliph {n} (political leader of the Muslim world) | :: kalief {m} |
| caliphate {n} (Islamic government) | :: kalifaat {n} |
| Calixtine {n} (Utraquist) SEE: Utraquist | :: |
| call {n} (telephone conversation) | :: telefoongesprek {n}, oproep {m} |
| call {n} (social visit) | :: bezoek {n} |
| call {n} (cry or shout) | :: roep |
| call {v} (to request, summon, or beckon) | :: roepen |
| call {v} (to cry or shout) | :: schreeuwen |
| call {v} (to contact by telephone) | :: opbellen |
| call {v} (to pay a social visit) | :: bezoeken |
| call {v} (to name or refer to) | :: noemen |
| call {v} (to match or equal the amount of poker chips in the pot as the player that bet) | :: meegaan |
| call {v} (to require, demand) | :: vragen om |
| call {v} (to jump to another part of a program) | :: aanroepen |
| call an ambulance {phrase} (request to call an ambulance) | :: bel een ambulance |
| call a spade a spade {v} (to speak the truth) | :: zeggen zoals het is (to say as it is), de dingen bij hun naam noemen (to call things by their names), man en paard noemen (to call man and horse), [Belgium] een kat een kat noemen (to call a cat a cat) |
| call center {n} (business location for calls) | :: callcenter {n} |
| caller {n} (the person who makes a telephone call) | :: beller |
| calligraph {v} (write using calligraphy) | :: schoonschrijven, kalligraferen |
| calligraphy {n} (art of writing with decorative strokes) | :: kalligrafie {c} |
| calling card {n} (printed card identifying the bearer) SEE: business card | :: |
| calling name {n} (nickname) SEE: nickname | :: |
| calling name {n} (name by which a person is identified in conversation) | :: roepnaam |
| Calliope {prop} (the Muse of eloquence and epic) | :: Kalliope {f} |
| call it a day {v} (to retire) | :: op rente gaan |
| call it a day {v} (to cease activity for the day) | :: morgen is er nog een dag |
| call names {v} (to insult somebody childishly) | :: schelden |
| call on the carpet {v} (reprimand) | :: op het matje roepen |
| calloo {n} (long-tailed duck) SEE: long-tailed duck | :: |
| callous {adj} (emotionally hardened) | :: ongevoelig, hard, gevoelloos, bot, harteloos, afgestompt |
| callous {adj} (having calluses) | :: eeltig |
| Callovian {prop} | :: Callovien |
| callow {adj} (bald) SEE: bald | :: |
| callow {adj} (Unfledged) | :: ongevederd |
| callow {adj} (Immature, lacking in life experience) | :: onervaren, onrijp, groen |
| call sign {n} (broadcasting) | :: roepletters |
| callsign {n} (call sign) SEE: call sign | :: |
| call the police {phrase} (call the police) | :: bel de politie |
| call to account {v} (hold answerable) SEE: hold to account | :: |
| call to arms {n} (appeal to undertake a course of action) | :: wapenkreet {m} |
| call tree {n} (tree of people in which each person forwards a message to the next person) | :: telefoonboom {m} |
| callus {n} (hardened part of the skin) | :: eelt {n} |
| calm {adj} (free from anger and anxiety) | :: vredig, kalm |
| calm {adj} (free of noise and disturbance) | :: kalm, rustig |
| calm {adj} ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface) | :: kalm |
| calm {adj} (without wind or storm) | :: windstil |
| calm {n} (condition of being unworried and free from anger) | :: sereniteit {f} |
| calm {n} (the state with absence of noise and disturbance) | :: rust {m} {f} |
| calm {n} (period without wind) | :: windstilte {f} |
| calm {v} (to make calm) | :: kalmeren, gerust stellen |
| calm {v} (to become calm) | :: afkoelen, kalmeren |
| calm before the storm {n} (peace before a disturbance or crisis) | :: stilte voor de storm {f} |
| calm down {v} (To become less excited) | :: bedaren |
| calmness {n} (the state of being calm; tranquillity; silence) | :: kalmte {f} |
| calorie {n} (amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C) | :: calorie {f} |
| calque {n} (word formed by word-for-word translation of a word in another language) | :: leenvertaling {f} |
| caltrop {n} (weaponry) | :: voetangel {m}, kraaienpoot {m} |
| caltrop {n} (starthistle) | :: kalketrip {c} |
| calve {v} (to give birth to a calf) | :: kalven |
| calve {v} (to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf) | :: helpen met het kalven |
| calve {v} (to give birth to (a calf)) | :: ter wereld brengen |
| calve {v} (to shed a large piece) | :: afkalven |
| calve {v} (to break off) | :: loskomen (van) |
| Calvinism {n} (Christian religious tradition) | :: calvinisme {n} |
| calvous {adj} (lacking most or all of one's hair) SEE: bald | :: |
| calyx {n} (the sepals of a flower) | :: kelk {m} |
| cam {n} (camera) SEE: camera | :: |
| cam {n} (mechanical part) | :: nok {m} {f} |
| camaraderie {n} (close friendship in a group of friends) | :: kameraadschap {f} |
| cambium {n} (membrane that covers bones) SEE: periosteum | :: |
| Cambodia {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: Cambodja |
| Cambodian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language) | :: Cambodjaans |
| Cambodian {n} (a person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent) | :: Cambodjaan {m}, Cambodjaanse {f} |
| Cambodian {n} (the language of the Cambodian people) SEE: Khmer | :: |
| Cambrian explosion {prop} (the rapid appearance, around 541 million years ago, of most major animal phyla) | :: Cambrische explosie {f} |
| Cambrian symbol {n} (literary: vegetable emblematic of Wales) SEE: leek | :: |
| camel {n} (beast of burden) | :: kameel {m} |
| camel driver {n} (one who is in charge of camels) | :: kameeldrijver {m}, kameeldrijfster {f} |
| cameleer {n} (camel rider) | :: kameelrijder {m}, kameelrijdster {f} |
| cameleer {n} (camel driver) SEE: camel driver | :: |
| camelopard {n} (giraffe) SEE: giraffe | :: |
| camel rider {n} (someone who rides a camel) | :: kameelrijder {m}, kameelrijdster {f} |
| cameltoe {n} (clear visible presence of a woman's vulva) | :: lipleesbroek {f} |
| cameo {n} (relief work) | :: camee {f} |
| camera {n} (still camera) | :: fototoestel {n}, fotoapparaat {n}, camera {m} |
| camera {n} (movie camera) | :: camera {m} |
| camera flash {n} (a device that produces a short flash of light) SEE: flash | :: |
| Cameroon {prop} (country in Central Africa) | :: Kameroen {n} |
| camomile {n} | :: kamille |
| camomile {n} (camomile tea) SEE: camomile tea | :: |
| camomile tea {n} (beverage) | :: kamillethee {m} |
| camouflage {n} | :: camouflage {m}; maskeren {n}; verhulling {f} |
| camouflage {v} (hide, disguise) | :: camoufleren |
| camp {n} (outdoor place) | :: kamp {n} |
| camp {v} (to live in a tent) | :: kamperen |
| campaign {n} (series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal) | :: campagne {f}, veldtocht {m} |
| Campania {prop} (region of Italy) | :: Campanië |
| campanology {n} (study of bells) | :: campanologie {f} |
| campfire {n} (fire at a campground) | :: kampvuur {n} |
| camphor {n} (white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone) | :: kamfer {m} |
| Campine {prop} (region of Belgium) | :: Kempen |
| campsite {n} (a place where a tent may be or is pitched) | :: kampeerterrein, camping |
| campus {n} (grounds or property of a school, etc) | :: campus {m} |
| camshaft {n} (a shaft fitted with cams) | :: nokkenas {m} {f} |
| can {v} (to be able) | :: kunnen, vermogen [archaic] |
| can {v} (may) | :: mogen |
| can {n} (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids) | :: kan {f} [not used for tin cans] |
| can {n} (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants) | :: gieter {m} |
| can {n} (a tin-plate canister) | :: blikje {n} [small can, usually for drinks], conservenblik {n} [for conserved food], blik {n} [general term; not normally used for small drink cans] |
| can {n} | :: pot {m} |
| can {v} (to preserve) | :: inblikken, conserveren |
| can {v} (to discard) | :: afvoeren |
| can {v} (to shut up) | :: stil houden |
| can {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| Canaan {prop} (historic region) | :: Kanaän |
| Canaan Dog {n} (Canaan Dog) | :: Kanaän-hond {m} |
| Canaanite {adj} (of or pertaining to this sect or its followers) | :: Kanaänitisch |
| Canada {prop} (country in North America) | :: Canada {n} |
| Canada goose {n} (Branta canadensis) | :: Grote Canadese gans |
| Canadian {adj} (of or pertaining to Canada) | :: Canadees |
| Canadian {n} (person from Canada) | :: Canadees {m}, Canadese {f} |
| Canadian {prop} (Canadian English) | :: Canadees {n}, Canadees-Frans {n} [more precise] |
| Canadianization {n} (the process of making or becoming Canadian or more Canadian) | :: Canadianisatie {f} |
| canal {n} (artificial waterway) | :: kanaal {n}, vaart {f}, gracht {f} (in a city, more commonly used in Holland) |
| canal {n} (a tubular channel within the body) | :: kanaal {n} |
| Canal Zone {prop} (Panama Canal Zone) | :: Kanaalzone |
| canapé {n} (elegant sofa) | :: canapé {m} |
| canard {n} (false or misleading report or story) | :: canard |
| canary {n} (bird from the Canary Islands) | :: kanarie {m}, kanarievogel {m} |
| canary {n} (colour) | :: kanariegeel {n} |
| Canary Islands {prop} (an archipelago off the coast of north-western Africa) | :: Canarische Eilanden |
| cancel {v} (cross out) | :: doorhalen |
| cancel {v} (invalidate, annul) | :: annuleren |
| cancel {v} (remove a common factor) | :: schrappen |
| cancellation {n} (act of cancelling) | :: afgelasting, intrekken |
| cancelled {adj} (No longer planned or scheduled) | :: geannuleerd |
| cancer {n} (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation) | :: kanker {m} |
| Cancer {prop} (constellation) | :: Kreeft |
| Cancer {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Kreeft |
| cancerogenic {adj} (carcinogenic) SEE: carcinogenic | :: |
| cancer stick {n} (humorous: cigarette) | :: kankerstaaf {m} |
| candela {n} (unit of luminous intensity) | :: candela |
| candelabrum {n} (candle holder) | :: kandelaar {m}, kaarshouder {m}, kaarsenstandaard {m} |
| candid {adj} (impartial and free from prejudice) | :: neutraal, objectief |
| candid {adj} (straightforward, open and sincere) | :: eerlijk, spontaan |
| candid {adj} (not posed or rehearsed) | :: spontaan |
| candidacy {n} (state or act of being a candidate) | :: kandidatuur {f} |
| candidate {n} (person running in an election) | :: kandidaat {m}, kandidate {f} |
| candidateship {n} (candidacy) SEE: candidacy | :: |
| candidature {n} (the condition of becoming a candidate) | :: kandidatuur {f} |
| candidly {adv} (frankly) SEE: frankly | :: |
| candied {adj} (coated or encrusted with sugar) | :: gesuikerd |
| candied {adj} (preserved in sugar or syrup) | :: gekonfijt |
| candle {n} (a light source) | :: kaars {f} |
| candleflame {n} (flame) | :: kaarsvlam {m} {f} |
| candle holder {n} (candle holder) SEE: candlestick | :: |
| candlelight {n} (the light of a candle) | :: kaarslicht {n} |
| candlemaker {n} (candler) SEE: candler | :: |
| candlepower {n} (former measurement of brightness of a light source) | :: normaalkaars {f} |
| candler {n} (one who makes candles) | :: kaarsenmaker {m} |
| candle snuffer {n} (device made to extinguish a candle) | :: kaarsendover {m}, snuiter {m}, domper {m}, dochtschere |
| candlestick {n} (a holder with a socket or spike for a candle) | :: kandelaar {m} |
| candle wax {n} (any material used to make the body of candles) | :: kaarsvet {n} |
| candlewick {n} SEE: candle | :: |
| candor {n} (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) | :: openheid, openhartigheid, eerlijkheid, oprechtheid, onbevangenheid |
| candor {n} (impartiality) | :: openheid,onpartijdigheid, |
| candy {n} (piece of candy) | :: snoep |
| candy {n} (confection) SEE: confectionery | :: |
| candy bar {n} (type of candy) | :: snoepreep {f} |
| candy cane {n} (candy in the shape of a cane) | :: zuurstok {m} |
| candy floss {n} (sweet) | :: suikerspin {m} {f} |
| candy store {n} (sweetshop) SEE: sweetshop | :: |
| cane {n} (slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo) | :: riet {n}, rietstok {m} |
| cane {n} (plant itself) | :: riet {n} |
| cane {n} (a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment) | :: roe {m}, stok {m} |
| cane {n} (the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane) | :: stokslagen {m-p}, de stok {m} |
| cane {n} (long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people) | :: blindenstok {m} |
| cane {v} (to beat with a cane) | :: stokslagen geven, afranselen |
| cane {n} (walking stick) SEE: walking stick | :: |
| cane {n} (sugar cane) SEE: sugar cane | :: |
| canid {n} (member of Canidae) | :: hondachtige {m} {f} |
| canine {adj} (pertaining to dogs) | :: honds |
| canine {adj} (dog-like) | :: hondachtig |
| canine {n} (pointy tooth) SEE: canine tooth | :: |
| canine tooth {n} (tooth) | :: hoektand {m} |
| caning {n} (a beating with a cane) | :: bastonnade {f}, stokhaver {m} |
| canker {n} (avian disease caused by T. gallinae) | :: geel {n}, steen {n} |
| cankle {n} (an obese or otherwise swollen ankle) | :: kenkel |
| canna {v} (cannot) SEE: cannot | :: |
| cannabis {n} (plant) | :: hennep {?}, cannabis {m} {f} |
| cannabis {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| Cannae {prop} (village) | :: Canne |
| cannibal {n} (an organism which eats others of its own species) | :: kannibaal |
| cannibalism {n} (act of eating another of one's own species) | :: kannibalisme {n} |
| Cannizzaro reaction {n} (reaction) | :: Cannizzaro-reactie {f} |
| cannon {n} (artillery piece) | :: kanon {n} |
| cannonball {n} (spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon) | :: kanonskogel {m} |
| cannonball {n} (Jump in a flexed position) | :: bommetje {n} |
| cannoneer {n} (person who operates a piece of artillery, especially a cannon) | :: kanonnier {m} |
| cannon fodder {n} (military forces considered to be expendable) | :: kanonnenvoer {n}, kanonnenvlees {n} |
| cannot {v} (cannot, see also: can; not) | :: niet kunnen |
| canny {adj} (pleasant, nice) SEE: pleasant | :: |
| canny {adv} (very, much) | :: heel |
| canny {adj} (frugal, thrifty) SEE: frugal | :: |
| canoe {n} (small long and narrow boat) | :: kano {m} |
| canola {n} (cultivar of rapeseed Brassica napus) SEE: colza | :: |
| canola oil {n} (vegetable oil) | :: koolzaadolie {f}, canolaolie {f} |
| canon {n} (group of literary works accepted as representative) | :: canon {m} |
| canon {n} (works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic) | :: oeuvre {m} |
| canon {n} (eucharistic prayer) | :: canon {m} |
| canon {n} (religious law) | :: canon {m} |
| canon {n} (member of cathedral chapter) | :: kanunnik {m} |
| canon {n} (piece of music) | :: canon {m} |
| canonical form {n} ((linguistics) lemma or dictionary form) SEE: lemma | :: |
| can opener {n} (device used to open tin cans) | :: blikopener {m} |
| can-opener {n} (can opener) SEE: can opener | :: |
| canopy {n} (high cover) | :: baldakijn {m} |
| canopy {n} (overhanging or projecting roof structure) | :: overkapping {m} |
| canopy bed {n} (a bed equipped with a canopy) | :: hemelbed {n} |
| cant {n} (jargon of a particular class or subgroup) | :: vaktaal, jargon |
| cant {n} (secret language) | :: Bargoens {n}, boeventaal {f} |
| cant {n} (hypocritical talk) | :: huicheltaal |
| cant {n} (whining speech, such as that used by beggars.) | :: bedelaarsgekerm {n} |
| cant {n} (heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms) | :: sprekend wapen |
| cant {n} (angle at which something is set) | :: helling {f} |
| cant {v} (set something at an angle) | :: neigen, kantelen |
| can't {v} (cannot) SEE: cannot | :: |
| cantaloupe {n} (melon) | :: kantaloep {f}, kanteloep {f} |
| cantankerous {adj} (ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby) | :: dwars, korzelig |
| cantata {n} (cantata) | :: cantate {f} |
| canteen {n} (small cafeteria or snack bar) | :: kantine |
| canteen {n} (water bottle) | :: veldfles |
| canter {n} (gait) | :: galop {m} |
| Canticle of Canticles {prop} (Song of Songs) SEE: Song of Songs | :: |
| Canticles {prop} (Song of Songs) SEE: Song of Songs | :: |
| canting arms {n} | :: sprekend wapen {n} |
| canton {n} (state of Switzerland) | :: kanton {n} |
| canton {n} (subdivision of an arrondissement) | :: kanton {n} |
| canton {n} (subdivision of Luxembourg) | :: kanton {n} |
| canton {n} (subdivision of Serbia) | :: kanton {n} |
| canton {n} (subdivision of Bosnia and Herzegovina) | :: kanton {n} |
| canton {n} (heraldry; one of the ordinaries) | :: vrijkwartier {n} |
| Cantonese {adj} (relating to Canton) | :: Kantonees |
| Cantonese {adj} (relating to the Cantonese people) | :: Kantonees |
| Cantonese {adj} (relating to the Cantonese language) | :: Kantonees |
| Cantonese {n} (person from Canton) | :: Kantonees {m}, Kantonese {f} |
| Cantonese {n} (language) | :: Kantonees {n} |
| Canute {prop} (Male given name) | :: Knoet |
| canvas {n} (a type of coarse cloth) | :: canvas {n} |
| canvas {n} (a piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint) | :: canvas {n}, doek {n}, linnen {n}, schilderslinnen {n} |
| canvass {v} (to campaign) SEE: campaign | :: |
| canvass {v} (to solicit voters) | :: stemmen werven, soliciteren |
| canyon {n} (a valley cut in rock by a river) | :: kloof |
| can you help me {phrase} (can you help me?) | :: [familiar] kan je mij helpen?, [polite] kan U mij helpen? |
| cap {n} (head covering) | :: pet {m} |
| cap {n} (protective cover or seal) | :: dop {m} |
| capable {adj} (able and efficient) | :: bekwaam |
| capacious {adj} (having a lot of space inside) | :: ruim |
| capacitance {n} (property of an element of an electrical circuit) | :: elektrische capaciteit {f} |
| capacitor {n} (electronic component) | :: condensator |
| capacity {n} (the ability to hold, receive or absorb) | :: capaciteit {f}, capaciteiten {f-p} |
| capacity {n} (capability; the ability to perform some task) | :: capaciteit {f} |
| capacity {n} (the position in which one functions) | :: hoedanigheid {f} |
| cape {n} (headland) | :: kaap |
| cape {n} (garment) | :: mantel |
| cape gooseberry {n} (plant) | :: goudbes, lampionplant |
| cape gooseberry {n} (fruit) | :: goudbes {f} |
| Cape lion {n} (Panthera leo melanochaita) | :: Kaapse leeuw |
| Capella {prop} (the brightest star in the constellation Auriga) | :: Capella {f} |
| Cape of Good Hope {prop} (a cape in southwestern South Africa) | :: Kaap de Goede Hoop |
| caper {n} (crime) SEE: crime | :: |
| caper {n} (capercaillie) SEE: capercaillie | :: |
| caper {n} (playful leap) | :: kapriool {c} |
| caper {v} (to jump about playfully) | :: opspringen,bokkesprong maken |
| caper {n} (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa) | :: kappertje {n} |
| caper {n} (Dutch vessel) SEE: privateer | :: |
| capercaillie {n} (bird of the genus Tetrao) | :: auerhoen {n} |
| capercaillie {n} (Tetrao urogallus) | :: auerhoen {n} |
| Capernaum {prop} (The biblical town) | :: Kafarnaüm |
| Cape teal {n} (Anas capensis) | :: Kaapse taling |
| Cape Town {prop} (legislative capital of South Africa) | :: Kaapstad {n} |
| Cape Verde {prop} (country in Western Africa) | :: Kaapverdië |
| Capeverdean Crioulo {prop} (creole language spoken in Cape Verde) | :: Kaapverdisch creools |
| cap gun {n} (toy gun) | :: klapperpistool {n} |
| capias {n} (arrest warrant) SEE: arrest warrant | :: |
| capillary {n} (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins) | :: haarvat {n}, capillair |
| capisce {interj} (“understood?”) | :: begrepen? |
| capital {n} (money and wealth) | :: kapitaal {n} |
| capital {n} (uppermost part of a column) | :: kapiteel {n} |
| capital {adj} (of prime importance) | :: hoofd-, kapitaal |
| capital {adj} (excellent) | :: uitstekend, excellent |
| capital {adj} (involving punishment by death) | :: doodstraf, dood |
| capital {adj} (uppercase) | :: hoofd(letter) |
| capital {n} (capital letter) SEE: capital letter | :: |
| capital {n} (capital city) SEE: capital city | :: |
| capital city {n} (city designated as seat of government) | :: hoofdstad {m} {f} |
| capital gains tax {n} (tax on profit made from selling capital) | :: vermogenswinstbelasting {f} |
| capitalism {n} (socio-economic system based on private property rights) | :: kapitalisme {n} |
| capitalist {adj} (supporting or endorsing capitalism) | :: kapitalistisch |
| capitalist {n} (supporter of capitalism) | :: kapitalist {m}, kapitaliste {f} |
| capitalist {n} (owner of capital) | :: kapitalist {m} |
| capitalistic {adj} (of or pertaining to capitalism or to capitalists) | :: kapitalistisch |
| capital letter {n} (letters A B C) | :: hoofdletter {f} |
| capital punishment {n} (punishment by death) | :: doodstraf {f} |
| Capitanian {prop} (subdivision of the Permian) | :: Capitanien |
| capitation {n} (poll tax) SEE: poll tax | :: |
| capitol {n} (Capitoline temple of Jupiter) SEE: Capitol | :: |
| capitol {n} (particular capitol buildings) SEE: Capitol | :: |
| Capitol {prop} (legislative building in Washington, D.C.) | :: Capitool |
| Capitoline Hill {prop} (hill) | :: Capitolijn |
| capitulation {n} (surrender to an enemy) | :: capitulatie {f} |
| capoeira {n} (the martial art developed in Brazil) | :: capoeira |
| capon {n} (cockerel grown for food) | :: kapoen {m} |
| caponize {v} (to castrate a cockerel) | :: kapoeneren, een haan lubben |
| Cappadocia {prop} (ancient region) | :: Cappadocië |
| cap pistol {n} (toy pistol) | :: klapperpistool {n} |
| caprice {n} (impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action) | :: capriool {n}, capriolen {p} |
| capricious {adj} (Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim) | :: grillig, wispelturig |
| Capricorn {prop} (constellation) SEE: Capricornus | :: |
| Capricorn {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Steenbok {m} |
| Capricornus {prop} (constellation) | :: Steenbok {m} |
| Capricornus {prop} (astrological sign) SEE: Capricorn | :: |
| capsicum {n} (plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)) | :: capsicum {n} |
| capsicum {n} (fruit of these plants) | :: [some fruit only] Spaanse peper {?} |
| capsicum spray {n} (pepper spray) SEE: pepper spray | :: |
| capsize {v} ((intransitive) to overturn) | :: kapseizen |
| capsize {v} ((transitive) to cause to overturn) | :: doen kapseizen |
| capstan {n} (cylindrical machine) | :: kaapstander {m} |
| capstone {n} (a crowning achievement) | :: bekroning {f} |
| capsule {n} (weasel) SEE: weasel | :: |
| captain {n} (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major) | :: kapitein {m} |
| captain {n} (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral) | :: kapitein {m} |
| captain {n} (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel) | :: gezagvoerder {m}kapitein {m} |
| captain {n} (the person lawfully in command of an airliner) | :: gezagvoerder {m} |
| captain {n} (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions) | :: aanvoerder {m} |
| CAPTCHA {n} (computerized test) | :: captcha |
| captee {n} (captive) SEE: captive | :: |
| caption {n} (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document) | :: titel, hoofding, hoofd {n}, kop {m}, opschrift {n} |
| caption {n} (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon) | :: bijschrift {n}, legende, onderschrift {n}, opschrift {n} |
| caption {n} (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast) | :: legende {f} {m}, ondertitel {m} |
| caption {n} (section of an official paper) | :: certificaat, certificatie |
| caption {v} (to add captions to a text or illustration) | :: betitelen, titelen |
| caption {v} (to add captions to a film or broadcast) | :: ondertitelen |
| captious {adj} (that captures misleadingly) | :: misleidend, sofistisch |
| captious {adj} (having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | :: vitziek |
| captivate {v} (to attract and hold interest and attention of) | :: bekoren, boeien, fascineren |
| captive {n} (a person who has been captured) | :: gevangene {m} {f} |
| captive {n} (a person held prisoner) | :: gevangene {m} {f} |
| captive {adj} (held prisoner) | :: gevangen |
| captivity {n} (captives) SEE: captive | :: |
| capture the flag {n} (game) | :: vlaggenroof {m} |
| capybara {n} (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) | :: capibara, waterzwijn |
| car {n} (automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver) | :: auto {m}, wagen {m}, automobiel {m} [dated] |
| car {n} (passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not) | :: wagon {m} |
| car {n} (railway car, railroad carriage) SEE: carriage | :: |
| caracal {n} (Caracal caracal) | :: caracal {m} |
| Caracalla {prop} (emperor) | :: Caracalla |
| Caracas {prop} (capital of Venezuela) | :: Caracas |
| carafe {n} (bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages) | :: karaf {f} |
| carambola {n} (fruit) SEE: star fruit | :: |
| caramel {n} (confection) | :: karamel {m} |
| carapace {n} (hard protective covering) | :: carapax, schild {n} |
| carat {n} (weight) | :: karaat {n} |
| carat {n} (measure of the purity of gold) | :: karaat {n} |
| caravan {n} (convoy or procession) | :: karavaan {f} |
| caravan {n} (vehicle) | :: caravan |
| caravanserai {n} (an inn having a central courtyard where caravans can rest) | :: karavanserai |
| caravel {n} (light, usually lateen-rigged sailing vessel) | :: karveel |
| caraway {n} (plant) | :: karwij {m} {f} |
| caraway {n} (seed/fruit) | :: karwij {m} {f}, karwijzaad {n} |
| carbine {n} (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) | :: karabijn {m} {f} |
| carbohydrate {n} (organic compounds such as sugar, starch or cellulose) | :: koolhydraat |
| car bomb {n} (automobile made into a bomb) | :: bomauto {m} |
| car bomb {n} (explosive device installed in an automobile) | :: autobom {f} |
| carbon {n} (chemical element) | :: koolstof {f} {m} |
| carbon {n} (informal: carbon copy) | :: doorslag {m} |
| carbon {n} (impure carbon (e.g., coal, charcoal)) | :: kool {m} |
| carbon {n} (ecology: carbon dioxide, in the context of global warming) | :: koolstofdioxide {m} |
| carbonado {v} (to cut or hack) SEE: cut | :: |
| carbonado {n} (meat or fish that has been scored and broiled) | :: carbonade, karbonade |
| carbonado {n} (impure form of polycrystalline diamond) | :: carbonado |
| carbonated {adj} (containing dissolved carbon dioxide gas (under pressure)) | :: bruisend |
| carbon copy {n} (a copy) | :: doorslag {m} |
| carbon cycle {n} (cycle of carbon) | :: koolstofkringloop {n} |
| carbon dating {n} (radiocarbon dating) | :: koolstofdatering {f} |
| carbon dioxide {n} (CO₂) | :: kooldioxide |
| carbonic acid {n} (A weak unstable acid, H2CO3) | :: koolzuur {n}, diwaterstofcarbonaat {n} |
| carbon monoxide {n} (chemical of the formula CO) | :: koolstofmonoxide |
| carbon paper {n} (paper used to make carbon copies) | :: carbonpapier {n}, doorslagpapier {n} |
| carboxylic {adj} (of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group) | :: carbon- |
| carboxylic acid {n} (organic compound containing a carboxyl functional group) | :: carbonzuur |
| carbuncle {n} (precious stone) | :: karbonkel {m} |
| carbuncle {n} (abscess) | :: karbonkel {m} |
| carburetor {n} (a device in an internal combustion engine) | :: carburator, carburateur {m} |
| carburettor {n} (motor car part) SEE: carburetor | :: |
| carcass {n} (body of a dead animal) | :: karkas {n}, kreng {n}, [when used as bait] aas {n}, kadaver |
| carcass {n} (body of a dead human) SEE: corpse | :: |
| carcinogenic {adj} (causing or tending to cause cancer) | :: kankerverwekkend |
| card {n} (resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose) | :: kaart {c}, troef {m} |
| card {n} (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) | :: kaart {c} |
| card {n} (list of scheduled events) | :: plan {n}, agenda {m}, schema {n} |
| card {v} (to check IDs) | :: controleren |
| card {n} (hand-held tool for preparing materials for spinning) | :: kaardplank {c} |
| card {n} (machine for disentagling the fibres of wool prior to spinning) | :: kaardrol {c} |
| card {v} (to use carding device) | :: kaarden |
| card {n} (playing card) SEE: playing card | :: |
| card {n} (card game) SEE: card game | :: |
| cardamom {n} (its seed or seed capsule) | :: kardemom |
| cardboard {n} (material resembling heavy paper) | :: karton |
| cardboard box {n} (container) | :: kartonnen doos {f} |
| card game {n} (any of very many games played with playing cards) | :: kaartspel {n} |
| cardiac arrest {n} (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) | :: hartstilstand {m} |
| Cardiff {prop} (The capital city of Wales) | :: Cardiff |
| cardinal {n} (number indicating quantity) | :: hoofdtelwoord {n} |
| cardinal {n} (official of the Catholic Church) | :: kardinaal {m} |
| cardinal {n} (any bird in family Cardinalidae) | :: kardinaal {m} |
| cardinal {n} (colour) | :: kardinaalrood {n} |
| cardinal {n} (cardinal numeral) SEE: cardinal numeral | :: |
| cardinalate {n} (the dignity and ecclestiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal) | :: kardinaalschap {n} |
| cardinality {n} ((set theory)) | :: kardinaliteit {f} |
| cardinal number {n} (cardinal numeral) SEE: cardinal numeral | :: |
| cardinal numeral {n} (grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number) | :: hoofdtelwoord {n} |
| cardinalship {n} (office of a cardinal) SEE: cardinalate | :: |
| cardinal sin {n} (cardinal sin) | :: hoofdzonde {f} {m} |
| cardio- {prefix} (pertaining to the heart) | :: cardio- |
| cardiological {adj} (of or pertaining to cardiology) | :: cardiologisch |
| cardiologist {n} (physician) | :: cardioloog |
| cardiology {n} (study of the structure of the heart) | :: cardiologie {f} |
| cardiomyopathy {n} (deterioration of the myocardium) | :: cardiomyopathie {f} |
| cardiovascular system {n} (circulatory system) SEE: circulatory system | :: |
| card key {n} (keycard) SEE: keycard | :: |
| cardoon {n} (perennial plant) | :: kardoen {m} |
| cards {n} (card game) SEE: card game | :: |
| care {n} (close attention, concern or responsibility) | :: zorg |
| care {v} (to be concerned about) | :: zorgen, bemoederen |
| Care Bear {n} (fictional animal) SEE: Care Bears | :: |
| Care Bears {prop} (fictional group of multi-colored bear characters) | :: Troetelbeertjes {p} |
| career {n} (one's calling in life; a person's occupation) | :: carrière {f}, loopbaan |
| carefree {adj} (worry free, light hearted, etc.) | :: onbekommerd, onverschillig |
| careful {adj} (cautious) | :: voorzichtig, behoedzaam, omzichtig, prudent |
| careful {adj} (meticulous) | :: zorgvuldig, grondig, doortastend |
| carefully {adv} (in a careful manner) | :: voorzichtig |
| caregiver {n} (carer) SEE: carer | :: |
| careless {adj} (not giving sufficient attention or thought) | :: onvoorzichtig, onbedachtzaam, achteloos, nalatig, onachtzaam |
| careless {adj} (not concerned or worried) SEE: carefree | :: |
| carelessness {n} (lack of care) | :: onvoorzichtigheid, onoplettendheid, achteloosheid {f} |
| care of {prep} (for distribution by (the named intermediary)) | :: per adres |
| carer {n} (someone who regularly looks after another person) | :: verzorger |
| caress {v} (touch or kiss lovingly) | :: liefkozen |
| caretaker {n} (one who takes care of a person) | :: voogd {m} |
| caretaking {n} (act of taking care of someone or something) | :: verzorging {f} |
| careworn {adj} (haggard) SEE: haggard | :: |
| cargo {n} (freight carried by a ship) | :: vracht {f} |
| cargo hold {n} (ship's hold) | :: ruim {n}, scheepsruim {n} |
| cargo ship {n} (ship that carries cargo) | :: vrachtschip {n} |
| Cariban {adj} | :: Caribisch |
| Caribbean {adj} (pertaining to the sea and region bounded by the American continent and the West Indies) | :: Caraïbisch, Caribisch |
| Caribbean Hindustani {prop} (language) | :: Caraïbisch-Hindoestani |
| Caribbean Netherlands {prop} (municipalities) | :: Caribisch Nederland |
| Caribbean Sea {prop} (a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere) | :: Caraïbische Zee |
| caribou {n} (North American reindeer) | :: kariboe {m} |
| caricature {n} (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect) | :: karikatuur {f} |
| caricature {n} (grotesque misrepresentation) | :: karikatuur {f} |
| caricature {v} (represent in exaggerated manner) | :: karikaturiseren, vertekenen |
| caries {n} (progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay) | :: cariës {f}, tandbederf {n}, [informal] gaatjes {p} |
| carillon {n} (a set of bells, often in a bell tower, originating from the Low Countries) | :: beiaard {m}, carillon, klokkenspel {n} |
| caring {adj} (kind, sensitive, empathetic) | :: zorgzaam |
| Carinthia {prop} (state of Austria) | :: Karinthië |
| carious {adj} (decayed, rotten) SEE: rotten | :: |
| Carl {prop} (male given names cognate to Carl) SEE: Charles | :: |
| carmine {n} (purplish-red pigment) | :: karmijn {n}, (Archaic) karmozijn {n} |
| carmine {n} (purplish-red colour) | :: karmijn {n}, (Archaic) karmozijn {n}, karmijnrood {n}, karmozijnrood {n} |
| carmine {adj} (of the purplish red colour shade carmine) | :: karmijnrood, karmozijnrood, karmijnen, karmozijnen |
| carnage {n} (death and destruction) | :: bloedbad {n} |
| carnation {n} (plant) | :: anjer {m} {f}, anjelier {m} {f}, genoffel {f} |
| carnation {n} (flower) | :: anjer {m} {f}, anjelier {m} {f} |
| carnation {n} (rosy pink colour) | :: carnatie, vleeskleur |
| carnation {adj} (colour) | :: carnatie, vleeskleurig |
| carnauba {n} (wax) | :: carnaubawas |
| carnelian {n} (reddish brown chalcedony) | :: carneool {m} |
| carnival {n} (festive occasion marked by parades) | :: carnaval |
| carnivore {n} (meat-eating animal) | :: carnivoor {m}, vleeseter {m} |
| carnivorous {adj} (Predatory or flesh-eating) | :: carnivoor, vleesetend |
| carny {n} (a person who works in a carnival) | :: kermisklant {m} |
| carob {n} (tree) | :: johannesbroodboom {m} |
| carob {n} (fruit) | :: johannesbrood {n} |
| Carolina wren {n} (Thryothorus ludovicianus) | :: Carolina-winterkoning |
| Carolingian {adj} (of or pertaining to the Frankish dynasty) | :: Karolingische |
| Carolinian {adj} (Carolingian) SEE: Carolingian | :: |
| caron {n} (háček diacritic) SEE: háček | :: |
| carotene {n} (class of plant pigments) | :: caroteen {n} |
| carotid {n} (major artery) | :: halsslagader {c} |
| carousel {n} (merry-go-round) SEE: merry-go-round | :: |
| carousel {n} (revolving device to deliver items) | :: bagageband {c} |
| carp {n} (Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae) | :: karper {m} |
| carpal tunnel {n} (passageway on the palmar side of the wrist) | :: Carpaletunnel |
| carpal tunnel syndrome {n} (repetitive stress injury) | :: Carpaletunnelsyndroom |
| car park {n} (outdoor parking area) SEE: parking lot | :: |
| car park {n} (multistorey parking facility) SEE: parking garage | :: |
| Carpathians {prop} (mountainous system in Central Europe) | :: Karpaten {p} |
| carp bream {n} (Abramis brama) | :: brasem {m} |
| carpe diem {proverb} (seize the day) | :: pluk de dag |
| carpenter {n} (carpentry person) | :: timmerman {m}, timmervrouw {f}, timmeraar {m} |
| carpenter bee {n} (Xylocopinae) | :: houtbij |
| carpet {n} (a fabric used as a floor covering) | :: tapijt {n}, vloerkleed {n} |
| carpet {n} (any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function) | :: tapijt {n} |
| carpet {v} (to lay carpet) | :: tapijt leggen, vloerkleed leggen |
| carpet {v} (to cover like a carpet) | :: een tapijt vormen, bedekken (met) |
| carpet bugle {n} (plant of the genus Ajuga) SEE: bugle | :: |
| carpet shark {n} (ferret) SEE: ferret | :: |
| carpet shark {n} (shark of the order Orectolobiformes) | :: bakerhaai |
| carpet sweeper {n} (mechanical device for cleaning carpets) | :: rolveger {m} |
| carphone {n} | :: autotelefoon |
| carpus {n} (the group of bones that make up the wrist) | :: handwortelbeen |
| carrack {n} (ship) | :: kraak |
| car rental {n} (hiring of cars for short periods) | :: autoverhuur {c} |
| carriage {n} (wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power) | :: koets |
| carriage {n} (railroad car) | :: wagon {m} |
| carriage return {n} (The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line) | :: wagenterugloop {m} |
| carriageway {n} (part of a road that carries traffic) | :: rijbaan {c} |
| carrier {n} (person or object that carries someone or something else) | :: drager {m} |
| carrier {n} (company in the business of shipping freight) | :: vervoerder {m} |
| carrier {n} (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) | :: drager {m} |
| carrier pigeon {n} (carrier pigeon) | :: postduif {f} {m} |
| carrier wave {n} (wave that can be modulated to transmit signals) | :: draaggolf |
| carrion {n} (dead flesh; carcasses) | :: kadaver {n}, aas {n}, kreng {n}, karkas {n} |
| carrion crow {n} (Corvus corone) | :: zwarte kraai |
| carrot {n} (Daucus carota ssp. sativus) | :: wortel {m}, peen {f} |
| carry {v} (to carry) SEE: bear | :: |
| carry {v} (to transport by lifting) | :: dragen |
| carry {v} (to stock or supply) | :: beschikbaar hebben, ter beschikking hebben |
| carry {v} (to adopt; take over or stand in) | :: overnemen |
| carry {v} (in an addition) | :: overdragen, onthouden |
| carry {v} (to transmit or travel) | :: dragen, te horen zijn |
| carry {n} (a manner of transporting or lifting something) | :: greep {m} |
| carry {n} (bit or digit carried in an addition) | :: overdracht {m} |
| carry coals to Newcastle {v} (do something unneeded or redundant) | :: uilen naar Athene dragen (carry owls to Athens), water naar de zee dragen (carry water to the sea) |
| carry out {v} (to carry out) SEE: fulfill | :: |
| car seat {n} (seat in a motor car) | :: autostoel {m} |
| carsick {adj} (feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle) | :: wagenziek |
| carsickness {n} (motion sickness due to riding in a vehicle) | :: wagenziekte {f} |
| cart {n} (small, open, wheeled vehicle, see also: wagon) | :: kar {f}, wagen {m} |
| carte de visite {n} (business card) SEE: business card | :: |
| cartel {n} (group of businesses or nations that collude to fix prices) | :: kartel {n} |
| cartel {n} (combination of political groups) | :: kartel {n} |
| Cartesian {adj} (of or pertaining to Descartes) | :: cartesisch |
| Cartesian {adj} (of or pertaining to coordinates based on orthogonal axes) | :: cartesisch |
| Cartesian coordinate {n} (the rectangular coordinates of a point) | :: cartesiaans assenstelsel {n} |
| Cartesian product {n} (set of possible pairs) | :: cartesisch product {n}, kruisproduct {n} |
| Carthage {prop} (ancient city in North Africa) | :: Carthago {n} |
| Carthaginian {adj} (of or pertaining to Carthage) | :: Carthaags, Punisch |
| Carthaginian {n} (person from Carthage) | :: Carthager {m}, Puniër {m} |
| cartilage {n} (dense connective tissue) | :: kraakbeen {n} |
| cartographer {n} (one who makes maps or charts) | :: cartograaf |
| carton {n} (box-like container) | :: karton |
| carton {n} (a carton of cigarette packs) | :: slof |
| cartoon {n} (animated cartoon) | :: tekenfilm {m} |
| cartoonist {n} (creator of cartoons or strip cartoons) | :: striptekenaar {m}, striptekenares {f} |
| cartridge {n} (firearms package) | :: patroon {m} {f} |
| cartridge {n} (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) | :: inktpatroon {m} {f}, patroon {m} {f} |
| cartulary {n} (document collection ) | :: cartularium {n}, chartularium {n} |
| cartwheel {n} (wheel of a cart) | :: wagenwiel {n} |
| cartwheel {n} (gymnastic maneuver) | :: radslag {m} |
| carve {v} (to shape to sculptural effect) | :: snijden |
| carvel {n} (light, usually lateen-rigged sailing vessel) SEE: caravel | :: |
| car wash {n} (place at which a car is washed, often mechanically) | :: wasstraat {f}, autowasstraat {f} |
| Casablanca {prop} (city) | :: Casablanca |
| Casanova {n} (promiscuous, philandering man) | :: casanova {m} |
| cascade {n} (waterfall) | :: waterval |
| case {n} (actual event, situation, or fact) | :: geval {n} |
| case {n} (instance or event as a topic of study) | :: geval |
| case {n} (legal proceeding) | :: rechtszaak, proces {n} |
| case {n} (grammar: set of grammatical cases or their meanings) | :: naamval {m} |
| case {n} (box containing a number of identical items of manufacture) | :: kist {f} |
| case {n} (sheath, covering) | :: hulsel {n} |
| case {n} (piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus) | :: tas {f} |
| case {n} (suitcase) | :: valies |
| case {n} (piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic) | :: vitrine, uitstalraam |
| case {n} (outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus) | :: omhulsel |
| case {n} (typography: the nature of a piece of alphabetic type) | :: kast |
| case {n} (grammatical case) SEE: grammatical case | :: |
| case dependent {adj} (case sensitive) SEE: case sensitive | :: |
| case law {n} (law developed through court decisions) | :: jurisprudentie {f}, rechtspraak {f}, rechtersrecht {n} |
| casemate {n} (bombproof chamber as part of fortification) | :: kazemat |
| casement {n} (casemate) SEE: casemate | :: |
| case sensitive {adj} (distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters) | :: hoofdlettergevoelig |
| cash {n} (money in the form of notes/bills and coins) | :: contanten {p}, cash {m}, baar geld {n} |
| cash {v} (to exchange (a check/cheque) for money) | :: innen |
| cashbox {n} (a box for holding cash) | :: kluisje {n} |
| cash cow {n} (something that generates free cash flow) | :: melkkoe |
| cash crop {n} (crop grown for sale) | :: handelsgewas {n}, exportgewas {n}, uitvoergewas {n} |
| cash desk {n} (place with a cash register) | :: kassa {c} |
| cash dispenser {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| cashew {n} (tree) | :: cashew, cachou |
| cashew {n} (cashew nut) SEE: cashew nut | :: |
| cashew nut {n} (the seed of the cashew tree) | :: cashewnoot {c} |
| cashier {v} (to dismiss from service) | :: ontslaan |
| cashier {n} (one who works at a till or receives payments) | :: kassier {m} |
| cashier's desk {n} (cash desk) SEE: cash desk | :: |
| cash in {v} (to die) SEE: die | :: |
| cash machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| cashpoint {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| cash register {n} (machine) | :: kassa {f} |
| casino {n} (public building or room for entertainment, especially gambling) | :: casino {n}, speelhuis {n} |
| cask {n} (a large barrel for the storage of liquid) | :: ton {m} {f}, vat {n} |
| casket {n} (coffin) SEE: coffin | :: |
| Caspian gull {n} (Larus cachinnans) | :: pontische meeuw {f} |
| Caspian Sea {prop} (landlocked sea) | :: Kaspische Zee {c} |
| Caspian tit {n} (Poecile hyrcanus) | :: iraanse rouwmees |
| cassation {n} (the abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment) | :: cassatie |
| cassava {n} (manioc, the source of tapioca) | :: cassave |
| casserole {n} (glass or earthenware dish) | :: ovenschotel |
| casserole {n} (food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish) | :: ovenschotel |
| cassette {n} (set of sprockets on a bicycle) | :: cassette |
| cassette player {n} (a device capable of playing prerecorded cassette tapes) | :: cassettespeler {m} |
| cassette tape {n} (magnetic tape in a cassette) | :: cassetteband {m} |
| cassock {n} (item of clerical clothing) | :: kazuifel |
| cassowary {n} (a large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius) | :: kasuaris {m} |
| cast {v} (to throw forcefully) | :: werpen, gooien, [Flemish] smijten |
| cast {v} (to throw a fishing line or net into the water) | :: uitgooien |
| cast {v} (to perform, bring forth a magical spell or enchantment) | :: uitbrengen, uitspreken |
| cast {v} (to throw down or aside) | :: werpen, neergooien, afweren, afwerpen |
| cast {v} (to make by pouring into a mould) | :: gieten |
| cast {v} (to assign a role in a play or performance) | :: een rol {f} toewijzen, geven |
| cast {v} (computing: to change the type of a variable) | :: omzetten, casten |
| cast {v} (to heave a lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water) | :: peilen |
| cast {n} (group of actors performing together) | :: bezetting {f}, rolbezetting {f}, cast {m}, rolverdeling {f} |
| cast {n} (casting procedure) | :: rolverdeling {f}, casten {n}, casting {f} |
| cast {n} (object made in a mould) | :: afgietsel {n} |
| cast {n} (medicine: supportive and immobilising device) | :: gips {m}, spalk {m} |
| cast {n} (mould used to make cast objects) | :: vorm {m}, mal {f} |
| cast {n} (squint) | :: blik {m}, zijwaartse blik {m} |
| cast {n} (visual appearance) | :: schijn {m} |
| castanet {n} (a single handheld percussion instrument) | :: castagnet, castagnetten {p} |
| castanets {n} (a percussion instrument) SEE: castanet | :: |
| cast aspersions {v} (make damaging or spiteful remarks) | :: met modder gooien naar |
| castaway {n} (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) | :: schipbreukeling {m} |
| castaway {n} (someone cast out of a group or society) | :: uitgestotene {m} {f} |
| caste {n} (hereditary social class) | :: kaste {m} {f} |
| Castelnau's antshrike {n} (passerine bird of the antbird family) | :: Castelnau-mierklauwier |
| Castile {prop} (medieval Iberian kingdom) | :: Castilië |
| Castile and León {prop} (autonomous community of Spain) | :: Castilië en León |
| Castile soap {n} (type of soap) | :: Castilië zeep {f} |
| Castilian {prop} (Spanish) SEE: Spanish | :: |
| Castilian {prop} (standard variety of European Spanish) | :: Castiliaans {n} |
| cast in concrete {adj} (solidly established) | :: in beton gegoten |
| casting {n} (manufacturing process using a mold) | :: gieting {f} |
| cast iron {n} (hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon) | :: gietijzer {n} |
| castle {n} (fortified building) | :: kasteel {n}, fort {n}, burcht {f}, slot {n} |
| castle {v} (chess) | :: rokeren |
| castle {n} (chess piece) SEE: rook | :: |
| castle in the air {n} (desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized) | :: luchtkasteel {n} |
| castling {n} (move in chess) | :: rokade {f} |
| cast off {v} (finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle) | :: afkanten |
| castoreum {n} (castor sac exudate) | :: bevergeil {n}, castoreum {n} |
| castor oil plant {n} (Ricinus communis) | :: wonderboom {m}, wonderolieboom {m} |
| cast out nines {v} (verification of an arithmetic operation) | :: negenproef |
| cast pearls before swine {v} (cast pearls before swine) | :: parels voor de zwijnen, paarlen voor de zwijnen werpen |
| castrate {v} (remove the testicles of) | :: castreren |
| castration {n} (act of removing the testicles) | :: castratie {f} |
| castrato {n} (male who has been castrated) | :: castraat {m}, gecastreerde {m} |
| castrato {n} (male soprano or alto voice; the singer) | :: castraat {m}, castrato, castraatzanger {m} |
| castrato {adj} (adjective: castrated) | :: gecastreerd |
| castrato {adj} (having, using or containing the voice of a castrato) | :: castraat-, castrato- |
| cast the first stone {v} (act self-righteously) | :: werpe de eerste steen |
| casual {adj} (careless) | :: achteloos |
| casualty {n} (person) | :: slachtoffer |
| cat {n} (spiteful woman) SEE: bitch | :: |
| cat {n} (type of fish) SEE: catfish | :: |
| cat {n} (cat-o'-nine-tails) SEE: cat-o'-nine-tails | :: |
| cat {n} (domestic species) | :: huiskat, kat {m}, poes {f}, kater {m} |
| cat {n} (member of the family Felidae) | :: kat, katachtige, felien |
| cat {n} (wheeled shelter used as siege weapon) | :: kat {f}, schildpad {f} |
| cataclysmic {adj} (of or pertaining to a cataclysm) | :: cataclystisch |
| catacomb {n} (underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves) | :: catacombe |
| Catalan {n} (person from Catalonia) | :: Catalaan {m}, Catalaanse {f} |
| Catalan {prop} (language of Catalonia) | :: Catalaans |
| Catalan {adj} (Of or pertaining to Catalonia) | :: Catalaans |
| Catalanness {n} (identification or conformity with Catalan values and customs) | :: Catalaansheid {f} |
| catalepsy {n} (catalepsy) | :: catalepsie {f}, katalepsie {f} |
| catalogue {n} (a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.) | :: catalogus {m}, cataloog |
| catalogue {n} (a complete list of items) | :: catalogus {m}, cataloog, inventaris {m} |
| catalogue {n} (a list of all the publications in a library) | :: bibliotheekcatalogus {m} |
| catalogue {v} (to put into a catalogue) | :: catalogiseren |
| catalogue {v} (to make a catalogue of) | :: catalogiseren |
| catalogue {v} (to add to an existing catalogue) | :: catalogiseren |
| Catalonia {prop} (autonomous community in Spain) | :: Catalonië {n} |
| Catalonian {adj} (Catalan) SEE: Catalan | :: |
| Catalonian {n} (Catalan) SEE: Catalan | :: |
| catalyst {n} (substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process) | :: katalysator |
| catalyze {v} (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction) | :: katalyseren |
| cat and mouse {n} (two keeping check on one another) | :: Kat-en-muisspel |
| cataphract {n} (armor for the entire body and often for the horse) | :: katafrakt {m} |
| cataplasm {n} (poultice) SEE: poultice | :: |
| catapult {n} (slingshot) SEE: slingshot | :: |
| catapult {n} (device for launching large objects) | :: katapult {m} |
| cataract {n} (waterfall) | :: cataract {m} {n} {f}, waterval {m} |
| cataract {n} (downpour, flood) | :: stortvloed |
| cataract {n} (opacity of the lens in the eye) | :: cataract {m} {n} {f}, grijze staar |
| catarrh {n} (inflammation of the mucous membranes) | :: slijmvliesontsteking {f}, catarre {m} {f} |
| catastrophe {n} (any large and disastrous event of great significance) | :: catastrofe {f} |
| catastrophic {adj} (of or pertaining to a catastrophe) | :: catastrofaal, rampzalig |
| cat burglar {n} (Burglar) | :: geveltoerist {m} |
| catcall {n} (shout or whistle expressing dislike) | :: boegeroep {n}, fluitconcert {n} |
| catch {n} (the act of catching a ball) | :: opvangen, vangen |
| catch {n} (a find, in particular a boyfriend/girlfriend) | :: vangst {f} |
| catch {n} (a clasp which stops something from opening) | :: haak {m} |
| catch {n} (a hidden difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation) | :: struikelblok {n}, valstrik {m} |
| catch {n} (that which is captured or caught) | :: vangst {f} |
| catch {v} (to capture or snare) | :: vangen |
| catch {v} (to intercept an object in the air etc.) | :: vangen |
| catch {v} (to contract a disease or illness) | :: oplopen, krijgen |
| catch {v} (to perceive and understand) | :: snappen, begrijpen |
| catch {v} (to seize an opportunity) | :: grijpen |
| catch {v} (to reach in time to leave) | :: halen |
| catch a cold {v} (contract a cold) | :: kou vatten, verkouden worden |
| catcher {n} (that which catches) | :: vanger {m} |
| catcher {n} (baseball player who receives pitches) | :: catcher {m} {f}, achtervanger {m} |
| catchment area {n} (area from which water drains) SEE: drainage basin | :: |
| catchment basin {n} (region) | :: stroombekken {n}, stroomgebied {n}, rivierbekken {n} |
| catchphrase {n} (a group of words) | :: catchphrase {m} |
| catch up {v} (To bring someone else up to date with the news) | :: bijpraten |
| catchy {adj} (instantly appealing and memorable) | :: aanstekelijk, pakkend |
| catechist {n} | :: catecheet {m}, catechist {m} |
| catechumen {n} (convert to Christianity prior to baptism) | :: catechumeen |
| categorically {adv} (In a categorical manner) | :: categorisch |
| categorization {n} (the process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes) | :: categoriseren {n} |
| category {n} (group) | :: categorie {f} |
| category {n} (collection in math) | :: categorie {f} |
| catenary {n} (curve of a flexible chain) | :: kettinglijn {f} |
| catenate {v} (connect) | :: aaneenrijgen, rijgen |
| cater-cousin {n} (bosom friend) SEE: bosom friend | :: |
| caterpillar {n} (larva of a butterfly) | :: rups {f} |
| caterpillar track {n} (continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt) | :: rupsband {m} |
| caterwaul {v} (to cry as cats) | :: krollen |
| catfish {n} (type of fish, see also: sheatfish) | :: meerval {m} |
| cat flap {n} (small hinged panel cut into a door where a cat can come in) | :: kattengat {n}, kattenluikje |
| cat-flap {n} (cat flap) SEE: cat flap | :: |
| cat food {n} (type of food formulated for the feeding of cats) | :: kattenvoer {n} |
| cat got someone's tongue {phrase} (why are you not saying anything?) | :: ben je je tong verloren? (have you lost your tongue?) |
| Cathar {n} (a member of Christian sect) | :: Cathaar, Kathaar {m} |
| Catharist {adj} (relating to Cathari) | :: Cathaars, Kathaars |
| cathartic {adj} (purgative; inducing catharsis) | :: louterend, bevrijdend |
| cathedral {n} (principal church of a bishop's diocese) | :: kathedraal {f} |
| Catherine {prop} (female given name) | :: Catharijne {f} |
| catheter {n} (small tube inserted into a body cavity) | :: katheter {m} |
| cathetus {n} (either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse) | :: rechthoekszijde {f} |
| cathode {n} (electrode through which current flows outward) | :: kathode {f} |
| cathode ray {n} (ray consisting of a stream of electrons) | :: kathodestraal {f} |
| cathode ray tube {n} (vacuum tube that displays images) | :: kathodestraalbuis {f}, beeldbuis {f} |
| Catholic {adj} (of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church) | :: katholiek |
| Catholic {adj} (of the Roman Catholic church) | :: rooms-katholiek |
| Catholic {n} (member of a Catholic church) | :: katholiek {m} |
| Catholic Church {n} (24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome) | :: Katholieke Kerk {f} |
| Catholicism {n} (faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church) | :: katholicisme {n}, Katholizism |
| catholicity {n} (Catholicism) SEE: Catholicism | :: |
| catholicos {n} (high-ranking bishop or patriarch) | :: katholikos |
| cation {n} (a positively charged ion) | :: kation {n} |
| catkin {n} (botany: a type of inflorescence) | :: katje {n} |
| cat litter {n} (grit used in a cat's toilet tray) SEE: kitty litter | :: |
| catmint {n} (catnip) SEE: catnip | :: |
| catnip {n} (plant of the genus Nepeta) | :: kattenkruid {n}, Nepeta |
| catnip {n} (specific species which causes intoxication among cats) | :: kattenkruid {n}, wild kattenkruid |
| cat-o'-nine-tails {n} (whip) | :: kat met negen staarten {m} |
| cat's eye {n} (retroreflective device placed on a road surface) | :: kattenoog |
| catslaughter {n} (killing of cats) | :: katmoord |
| cattail {n} (any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha) | :: lisdodde {f}, kodde {f} |
| cattish {adj} (catlike) | :: katachtig |
| cattish {adj} (sly and spiteful) | :: kattig |
| cattle {n} (domesticated bovine animals) | :: rundvee {n} |
| cattle {n} (certain other livestock) | :: vee {n} |
| cattle {n} (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) | :: vee {n}, beesten {p} |
| cattle egret {n} (cattle egret) | :: koereiger {m} |
| catty {adj} (spiteful) | :: kattig |
| catwalk {n} (narrow elevated stage on which models parade) | :: podium {m}, platform {m} |
| Caucasus {prop} (geographic region) | :: Kaukasus |
| caucus {n} (a meeting of party members) | :: verkiezingsbijeenkomst |
| caucus {n} (a grouping of all members of a legislature representing the same party) | :: fractie |
| caul {n} (part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth) | :: helm {m} |
| cauldron {n} (large bowl-shaped pot) | :: ketel {m} |
| cauliflower {n} (vegetable) | :: bloemkool {f} |
| cauliflower {n} (edible head of a cauliflower plant) | :: bloemkool {f} |
| caulk {n} (substance for filling and/or sealing) | :: kit |
| caulk {v} (to seal joints with caulk) | :: breeuwen, kalefateren, kitten |
| causalism {n} (social system) | :: causalisme {n} |
| causality {n} (agency of cause) | :: causaliteit {f}, oorzakelijkheid {f} |
| causate {v} (cause) SEE: cause | :: |
| causation {n} (causality) SEE: causality | :: |
| cause {n} (source or reason of an event or action) | :: oorzaak {f}, reden {f}, aanleiding {f} |
| cause {n} (goal, aim, principle) | :: doel {n} |
| cause {v} (to set off an event or action) | :: veroorzaken |
| cause {v} (to produce as a result) | :: veroorzaken |
| cause and effect {n} (causality) SEE: causality | :: |
| cause célèbre {n} (issue or incident arousing heated public debate) | :: cause célèbre {f} |
| caustic {adj} (capable of destroying organic tissue) | :: corrosief, bijtend |
| caustic {adj} (severe; satirical; sharp) | :: streng, scherp,schamper |
| cauterize {v} (burn tissue) | :: toebranden, dichtbranden, toevriezen, dichtvriezen |
| caution {n} (precept or warning against evil or danger) | :: waarschuwing |
| caution {n} (careful attention, prudence) | :: voorzichtigheid {f}, voorzorg {f} {m}, omzichtigheid {f}, terughoudendheid |
| caution {n} (security; guaranty; bail) | :: borg, borgsom, garantie, waarborg |
| caution {v} (to warn) | :: waarschuwen, manen |
| cautious {adj} (careful) | :: voorzichtig |
| cautiously {adv} (in a cautious manner) | :: behoedzaam, omzichtig |
| cavalcade {n} (parade) | :: ridderstoet |
| cavalier {adj} (not caring enough about something important) | :: afstandelijk, onverschillig |
| cavalier {adj} (high-spirited) | :: laatdunkend |
| cavalier {adj} (supercilious, haughty, disdainful) | :: hooghartig, misprijzend |
| cavalry {n} (military service that fights with riding horses) | :: cavalerie {f} |
| cave {n} (large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground) | :: hol {n}, grot {f} |
| cave {v} (to undermine) | :: ondermijnen |
| cave {interj} (beware!) | :: opgepast |
| caveat {n} (warning) | :: waarschuwing {f} |
| caveat {n} (qualification or exemption) | :: voorbehoud {n}, uitzondering {f} |
| cave bear {n} (Ursus spelaeus) | :: holenbeer {m}, grottenbeer {m} |
| cave in {v} (to collapse inward or downward) | :: afkalven |
| caveman {n} (early humans or related species) | :: holbewoner |
| cavern {n} (large cave) | :: grot {f}, krocht {f}, hol {n} |
| caviar {n} (roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)) | :: kaviaar {m} |
| cavil {v} (to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons) | :: chicaneren |
| cavity wall {n} (double wall connected by air space) | :: spouwmuur |
| cavort {v} (prance) | :: steigeren |
| cavort {v} (move/play boisterously) | :: dartelen, ronddollen |
| cavy {n} (guinea pig) SEE: guinea pig | :: |
| caw {n} (cry of a crow) | :: gekras {n} |
| CD {n} (abbreviation of compact disc, see also: compact disc) | :: cd {m} |
| cDNA {n} (complementary DNA) | :: cDNA {n} |
| CD player {n} (CD player) | :: cd-speler |
| CD-ROM {n} (CD-ROM) | :: cd-rom {m} |
| cease {v} (transitive) | :: ophouden |
| cease and desist {v} (stop and not resume an action) | :: houd op en doe van afstand |
| cease-fire {n} (in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose) | :: staakt-het-vuren {n} |
| Cebuano {n} (language) | :: Cebuano {n} |
| cedar {n} (coniferous tree in genus Cedrus) | :: ceder {m} |
| cedar {n} (aromatic wood) | :: ceder {m}, cederhout {n} |
| cede {v} (give up) | :: aftreden, uit de weg gaan, opgeven |
| cedilla {n} (mark placed under the letter c) | :: cedille |
| ceil {n} (ceiling) SEE: ceiling | :: |
| ceiling {n} (upper limit of room) | :: plafond {n}, zoldering {f} |
| ceiling fan {n} (fan fixture on a ceiling) | :: plafondventilator |
| celadon {n} (pale green colour) | :: celadon |
| celadon {n} (pale green glaze) | :: celadon |
| celadon {n} (ceramic with pale green glaze) | :: celadon {n} |
| celebrate {v} (extol or honour in a solemn manner) | :: vieren |
| celebrate {v} (honour by rites, ceremonies, etc.) | :: vieren |
| celebrate {v} (perform or participate in) | :: vieren |
| celebrated {adj} (famous or widely praised) | :: gevierd, gevierde |
| celebration {n} (formal performance of a solemn rite) | :: viering {f} |
| celebration {n} (act or process of showing gratitude, appreciation or remembrance) | :: gedachtenis, herdenking, viering {f} |
| celebration {n} (social gathering for entertainment and fun) | :: festiviteit, feest, fuif, viering {f} |
| celebrity {n} (famous person) | :: beroemdheid {f} |
| celeriac {n} (form of celery) | :: knolselderij {m} |
| celery {n} (herb) | :: selderij {m}, selderie {m}, selder {m} [Flemish] |
| celestial {adj} (relating to heaven (religious)) | :: hemels |
| celestial {adj} (relating to sky) | :: hemels |
| celestial sphere {n} (abstract sphere of infinite radius) | :: hemelbol {m} |
| celibate {adj} (unmarried) | :: celibatair, ongehuwd |
| cell {n} (component of an electrical battery) | :: batterij {f} |
| cell {n} (room in a prison for containing inmates) | :: cel {f} |
| cell {n} (room in a monastery for sleeping one person) | :: cel {f} |
| cell {n} (small group of people forming part of a larger organization) | :: cel {f} |
| cell {n} (basic unit of a living organism) | :: cel {f} |
| cell {n} (informal: a cellular telephone, see also: mobile phone) | :: mobieltje {n} |
| cellar {n} (underground space) | :: kelder {m} |
| cellar {n} (wine collection) | :: wijnkelder {m} |
| cellar door {n} (door leading to a cellar) | :: kelderdeur |
| cell division {n} (a process by which a cell divides into two cells) | :: celdeling {c} |
| cellist {n} (person who plays the cello) | :: cellist {m}, violoncellist {m} |
| cell membrane {n} (semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell) | :: celmembraan, plasmamembraan {n} |
| cell nucleus {n} (cytology: large organelle found in cells) SEE: nucleus | :: |
| cello {n} (musical instrument) | :: cello {m} |
| cell phone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| cellular {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| cellular {adj} (of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells) | :: cellulair |
| cellular phone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| celluloid {n} (variety of thermoplastics) | :: celluloid {n} |
| cellulose {n} (the polysaccharide cellulose) | :: cellulose {f} |
| cell wall {n} (thick layer around cells of plants, fungi, and algae) | :: celwand |
| Celsius {adj} (related to a metric scale of temperature) | :: Celsius |
| Celt {prop} (ancient) | :: Kelt {m} |
| Celtiberian {n} (person) | :: Celtiberen {p} |
| Celtic {adj} (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts) | :: Keltisch |
| cembalo {n} (cembalo) SEE: harpsichord | :: |
| cement {n} (a powdered substance) | :: cement {n} |
| cement {n} (the paste-like substance) | :: cement {n} |
| cemetery {n} (a place where the dead are buried) SEE: graveyard | :: |
| Cenomanian {prop} | :: Cenomanien |
| cenotaph {n} (monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere) | :: cenotaaf {n} |
| cenote {n} (deep natural well or sinkhole) | :: cenote {m} |
| Cenozoic {prop} (geological epoch) | :: Cenozoïcum |
| censor {n} (Ancient Roman magistrate) | :: censor {m} |
| censor {n} (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content) | :: censor {m} |
| censor {v} (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content) | :: censureren |
| censorship {n} (use of state or group power to control freedom of expression) | :: censuur {f} |
| censurer {n} (censor) SEE: censor | :: |
| census {n} (official count of members of a population) | :: volkstelling {f} |
| census {v} (collect a census) | :: (het volk) tellen |
| cent {n} (subunit of currency in US and elsewhere) | :: cent {m} |
| centaur {n} (mythical half-man, half-horse) | :: paardmens {m}, kentaur {m}, centaur {m} |
| centenarian {n} (one who is at least 100 years old) | :: honderdjarige {m} {f} |
| centenary {adj} (of, or pertaining to, or completing a period of 100 years) | :: honderdjarig |
| centenier {n} (centurion) SEE: centurion | :: |
| centennial {n} (100th anniversary) | :: eeuwfeest |
| center {n} (point equidistant from all points on the perimeter of a circle) | :: centrum, middelpunt |
| center {n} (point equidistant from all points on the surface of a sphere) | :: centrum, middelpunt |
| center {n} (point on a line midway between the ends) | :: midden, centrum {n} |
| center {n} (point in the interior of figure with mean coordinates) | :: centrum |
| center {n} (place where a function or activity occurs) | :: centrum |
| center {n} (topic of particular importance) | :: middelpunt |
| center {adj} (of, at or related to center) | :: centraal |
| center {v} (cause to occupy the center) | :: centreren |
| center {v} (concentrate on) | :: concentreren |
| centerfold {n} (single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine) | :: middenblad {n} |
| centerfold {n} (large photograph printed on this sheet) | :: pin-up {m} {f} |
| centerfold {n} (person in such a photograph) | :: pin-up {m} {f} |
| centerfold {n} (sexually attractive person) | :: pin-up {m} {f}, vamp {f} [woman] |
| centi- {prefix} (10-2) | :: centi- |
| centigram {n} (a metric measurement of 1/100 of a gram) | :: centigram {m} {n} |
| centimetre {n} (one-hundredth of a metre) | :: centimeter |
| centimorgan {n} (length of chromosome) | :: centimorgan {c} |
| centipede {n} (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda) | :: duizendpoot {m} |
| central {adj} (being in the centre) | :: centraal |
| central {adj} (having or containing the centre of something) | :: centraal |
| Central African Republic {prop} (country in Central Africa) | :: Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek |
| Central America {prop} (part of North America) | :: Midden-Amerika, Centraal-Amerika |
| Central Asia {prop} (smaller area of Central Asia) | :: Centraal-Azië {n} |
| central bank {n} (the principal monetary authority of a polity) | :: centrale bank {f} |
| Central Europe {prop} (geographical region in the center of Europe) | :: Midden-Europa |
| central heating {n} (heating system) | :: centrale verwarming {f} |
| centralise {v} (centralise) SEE: centralize | :: |
| centralization {n} (the act or process of centralizing) | :: centralisatie {f} |
| centralize {v} (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) | :: centraliseren |
| centralize {v} (to move power to a single, central authority) | :: centraliseren |
| Central Plain {prop} (area) | :: Centrale Vlakte {f} |
| central processing unit {n} (part of a computer) | :: centrale verwerkingseenheid |
| central simple algebra {n} (type of associative algebra over a field) | :: centrale enkelvoudige algebra {f}, CEA {f} |
| centre {n} (center) SEE: center | :: |
| centre {v} (center) SEE: center | :: |
| centre forward {n} (most central of the strikers) | :: spits {m} {f} |
| centrifugal {adj} (tending, or causing, to recede from the center) | :: centrifugaal, middelpuntvliedend |
| centrifuge {v} (to rotate something in a centrifuge in order to separate its constituents) | :: centrifugeren |
| centurion {n} (commander of a century of soldiers) | :: honderdman {m}, centurio {m}, centurion {m} |
| century {n} (100 years) | :: eeuw {f} |
| century {n} (Roman army type unit) | :: centurie {f} |
| century {n} (political division of Rome) | :: centurie {f} |
| CEO {n} (chief executive officer) | :: bestuursvoorzitter |
| cephalalgia {n} (headache) SEE: headache | :: |
| Cepheus {prop} (constellation) | :: Cepheus {m} |
| ceramic {n} (material) | :: keramiek {f} |
| cereal {n} (breakfast cereal) SEE: breakfast cereal | :: |
| cerebellum {n} (part of the hindbrain in vertebrates) | :: kleine hersenen {p} |
| cerebral {adj} (of, or relating to the brain) | :: cerebraal |
| cerebral {adj} (retroflex) SEE: retroflex | :: |
| cerebral cortex {n} (layer of the brain) | :: hersenschors {c} |
| cerebral palsy {n} (group of non-contagious conditions) | :: cerebrale parese {f}, hersenverlamming {f} |
| cerebrum {n} (upper part of the brain) | :: telencephalon |
| ceremonial {adj} (of, relating to, or used in a ceremony) | :: ceremonieel |
| ceremony {n} (ritual with religious significance) | :: ceremonie {f}, plechtigheid {f} |
| ceremony {n} (official gathering to celebrate) | :: ceremonie {f}, plechtigheid {f} |
| cerium {n} (chemical element) | :: cerium {n} |
| certain {adj} (sure, positive, not doubting) | :: zeker |
| certain {adj} (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite) | :: zekere, bepaalde |
| certainly {adv} (without doubt, surely) | :: beslist, voorzeker, zeker, waarlijk |
| certainly {adv} (emphatic affirmative answer) | :: beslist, voorzeker, zeker, en of |
| certainty {n} (state of being certain) | :: zekerheid {f} |
| certificate {n} (document containing a certified statement) | :: certificaat, attest {n} |
| certification {n} (act of certifying) | :: attestering {f} |
| cerumen {n} (earwax) SEE: earwax | :: |
| cervical cancer {n} (cancer of the cervix) | :: baarmoederhalskanker {m} |
| cervical cap {n} (contraceptive device) | :: cervixkapje {n} |
| cervical smear {n} (gynaecology: screening test) | :: uitstrijkje {n} |
| cervical vertebra {n} (any of the seven vertebrae of the neck) | :: nekwervels {m} |
| cervicide {n} (deerslaughter) SEE: deerslaughter | :: |
| cervix {n} (neck) SEE: neck | :: |
| cervix {n} (neck-like part) SEE: neck | :: |
| cervix {n} (lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina) | :: baarmoederhals {f}, cervix {m} |
| cesarean section {n} (Caesarean section) SEE: Caesarean section | :: |
| cessation {n} (a ceasing or discontinuance) | :: beëindiging |
| cessionary {n} (one who receives a cession) SEE: assignee | :: |
| cesspool {n} (place for sewage) | :: beerput {m} |
| c'est la vie {phrase} (such is life) SEE: such is life | :: |
| cetacean {n} (an animal belonging to the order Cetacea) | :: walvisachtige |
| cetology {n} (study of cetaceans) | :: walviskunde |
| Ceylon {prop} | :: Ceylon |
| cf. {v} (compare) | :: cf. or vgl. or verg. |
| Chad {prop} (country) | :: Tsjaad |
| chador {n} (a loose robe worn by Muslim women) | :: chador |
| chafe {n} (heat excited by friction) | :: opgewarmd door wrijving |
| chafe {n} (injury or wear caused by friction) | :: schaafwonde, pijnlijke ruwe plek |
| chafe {n} (vexation; irritation of mind; rage) | :: ergernis, woede |
| chafe {v} (to excite passion or anger in) | :: zich ergeren, zich opwinden |
| chafe {v} (to fret and wear by rubbing) | :: afslijten |
| chafe {v} (to rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction) | :: schuren |
| chafe {v} (to be worn by rubbing) | :: verslijten |
| chafe {v} (to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated) | :: irriteren, vervelen |
| chaff {n} (inedible parts of grain plant) | :: kaf |
| chaff {n} (excess or unwanted material) | :: kaf |
| chaff {v} (to make fun of) | :: plagen |
| chaffinch {n} (bird) | :: vink, boekvink |
| chagrin {n} (distress from failure; vexation or mortification) | :: verdriet {n}, irritatie {f}, ongenoegen {n}, chagrijn {n} |
| chagrin {v} (bother or vex; to mortify) | :: vervelen, storen |
| chain {n} (series of interconnected rings or links) | :: ketting {f}, keten {f}, aaneenrijging {f} |
| chain {n} (series of interconnected things) | :: aaneenschakeling {f}, opeenvolging {f} |
| chain {n} (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name) | :: keten {f} |
| chain drive {n} (transmission system) | :: kettingaandrijving {f} |
| chain letter {n} (a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients) | :: kettingbrief {m} |
| chain mail {n} (a flexible defensive armor) | :: maliënkolder {m} |
| chain of command {n} (hierarchy in which one rank obeys the one above it) | :: commandostructuur {f} |
| chainplate {n} (plate on the side of a sailing ship) | :: putting |
| chain reaction {n} (type of nuclear reaction) | :: kettingreactie {f} |
| chain reaction {n} (series of events) | :: kettingreactie {f} |
| chainring {n} (large forward ring on a bicycle) | :: kettingblad {n} |
| chainsaw {n} (saw with a power-driven chain) | :: kettingzaag {f} |
| chain shot {n} (projectile consisting of two cannon balls linked by a chain) | :: kettingkogel {m} |
| chain smoker {n} (one who smokes continuously) | :: kettingroker {m} |
| chain smoker {n} (one who habitually smokes a lot) | :: kettingroker {m} |
| chainstay {n} (One of the two frame tubes that run horizontally from the bottom bracket shell back to the rear dropouts) | :: liggende achtervork {c} |
| chair {n} (furniture) | :: stoel {m}, zetel {m} |
| chair {n} (distinguished professorship) | :: leerstoel |
| chair {n} (chairperson) SEE: chairperson | :: |
| chairman {n} (person presiding over a meeting) | :: voorzitter {m} |
| chairperson {n} (a person who presides over a meeting, a board) | :: voorzitter {m}, voorzitster {f} |
| chairwoman {n} (female chairperson) | :: voorzitster {f} |
| chaise longue {n} (reclining chair with a long seat) | :: ligstoel {m}, chaise longue {f} |
| chakra {n} (spiritual energy nexuses) | :: chakra |
| chalaza {n} (zoology: spiral band) | :: hagelsnoer {m} {f} |
| Chaldean {adj} (of ancient Babylonia) SEE: Babylonian | :: |
| Chaldean Catholic Church {prop} (an Eastern Catholic particular church) | :: Chaldeeuws-Katholieke Kerk {f} |
| chalice {n} (large drinking cup) | :: kelk {m} |
| chalk {n} (a soft, white, powdery limestone) | :: krijt {n}, krijtgesteente {n} |
| chalk {n} (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard) | :: krijt {n}, krijtje {n} |
| chalk and cheese {n} (superficially alike but different) | :: het verschil van dag en nacht {n} |
| challenge {n} (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not) | :: uitdaging |
| challenge {n} (difficult task) | :: uitdaging |
| challenge {n} | :: uitdaging {f} |
| challenge {v} (to invite someone to take part in a competition) | :: uitdagen, tarten |
| challenge {v} (to dare someone) | :: uitdagen |
| challenge {v} (to dispute something) | :: betwisten, bekritiseren |
| challenge {v} (to make a formal objection to a juror) | :: wraken |
| challenger {n} (one who challenges) | :: uitdager {m} |
| chamber {n} (bedroom) | :: slaapkamer |
| chamber {n} (legislative body) | :: kamer {m} {f} |
| chamber {n} (enclosed space similar to a room) | :: kamer |
| chamber {n} (part of a firearm holding the round before firing) | :: kamer {m} {f} |
| chamber {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| chamber ensemble {n} (a musical ensemble of modest size, to play chamber music) | :: kamerorkest {n} |
| chamberlain {n} (an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign) | :: kamerheer {m} |
| chambermaid {n} (a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom) | :: kamermeisje {n} |
| chamber music {n} (chamber music) | :: kamermuziek {f} |
| chamber of commerce {n} (community business association) | :: Kamer van Koophandel, Kamers van Koophandel {p} |
| chamber orchestra {n} (orchestra to play chamber music) | :: kamerorkest {n} |
| chamber pot {n} (a container used for urination and defecation, see also: urinal; chemical toilet) | :: po {m}, pispot {m} |
| chameleon {n} (reptile) | :: kameleon {m} {n} |
| chameleon {n} (person with inconstant behavior) | :: kameleon {m} {n} |
| chamfer {n} (an angled relief or cut at an edge) | :: afschuining {f} |
| chamfer {v} (to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel) | :: afschuinen |
| chamfer {v} (to cut a groove in something) | :: groeven |
| chamois {n} (A goat-like antelope) | :: gems {f} |
| champagne socialist {n} (false socialist) | :: salonsocialist {m}, salonsocialiste {f}, kathedersocialist {m}, kathedersocialiste {f} |
| champian {n} (field of inquiry or study) SEE: field | :: |
| champian {n} (flat expanse of land) SEE: plain | :: |
| champian {n} (species of landscape) SEE: plain | :: |
| champian {n} (level open countryside) SEE: plain | :: |
| champian {n} (battlefield) SEE: battlefield | :: |
| champignon {n} (Agaricus bisporus) | :: champignon {m} |
| champion {n} (someone who has been winner in a contest) | :: kampioen {m} |
| champion {n} (defender of a cause) | :: voorvechter {m} |
| champion {adj} (something very positive) | :: meesterlijk, eerste klasse |
| champion {v} (to advocate) | :: voorvechten |
| championship {n} (competition to determine a champion) | :: kampioenschap {n} |
| championship {n} (position of champion, or winner) | :: kampioenschap {n} |
| chance {n} (an opportunity or possibility) | :: kans {f}, gelegenheid {f}, mogelijkheid {f} |
| chance {n} (random occurrence) | :: toeval {n} |
| chance {n} (probability of something happening) | :: kans {f} |
| chance {v} (to try or risk) | :: wagen |
| chancel {n} (space around the altar in a church) | :: priesterkoor {n}, hoogkoor {n} |
| chancellor {n} (senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government) | :: kanselier |
| chancellor {n} (head of government in some German-speaking countries) | :: kanselier {m} |
| chandelier {n} (branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling) | :: kroonluchter {m}, luster {m} [Belgium] |
| change {v} (to become something different) | :: veranderen, zich aanpassen |
| change {v} (to make something into something different) | :: veranderen, aanpassen |
| change {v} (to replace) | :: verwisselen, vervangen |
| change {v} (to replace one's own clothing) | :: zich omkleden |
| change {v} (to transfer to another vehicle) | :: overstappen |
| change {n} (the process of becoming different) | :: verandering {f}, aanpassing {f}, wijziging {f} |
| change {n} (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination) | :: wisselgeld {n} |
| change {n} (a replacement) | :: vervanging {f}, wijziging {f}, wissel {m} [change of player in a sports game], andere kleren [change of clothes] |
| change {n} (balance returned after a purchase) | :: wisselgeld {n} |
| change {n} (a transfer between vehicles) | :: overstap {m} |
| change one's mind {v} (to decide differently than one had decided before) | :: van gedachten veranderen, zich bedenken |
| changeover {n} (conversion or transition) | :: (of ingredients or products, to a new product) verwerking {f}, (of machines or buildings, to a new purpose) ombouw {m}, (of people, to a new faith) bekering {f}, conversie {f} |
| changeroom {n} (changing room) | :: kleedkamer {f} or {m}, kleedlokaal {n} |
| Changhsingian {prop} | :: Changhsingien |
| changing room {n} (room in gym etc.) | :: kleedkamer {m} {f} |
| changing room {n} (room in shop) | :: kleedhokje {n} |
| Chang Jiang {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze | :: |
| channel {n} (physical confine of a river or slough) | :: bedding {f}, kanaal {n} |
| channel {n} (natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water) | :: kanaal {n}, vaargeul {f} |
| channel {n} (navigable part of a river) | :: kanaal {n}, vaargeul {f} |
| channel {n} (narrow body of water between two land masses) | :: kanaal {n}, zee-engte {f}, zeestraat {f} |
| channel {n} (communication: path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals) | :: kanaal {n} |
| channel {n} (communication: single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation) | :: kanaal {n} |
| channel {n} (communication: single path provided by a transmission via spectral or protocol separation) | :: kanaal {n} |
| channel {n} (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies) | :: kanaal {n}, zender {m} |
| channel {n} (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television) | :: kanaal {n}, zender {m} |
| channel {v} (direct the flow) | :: leiden, omleiden, kanaliseren |
| channel {v} (assume personality of other person) | :: nadoen, imiteren |
| channel hop {v} (zap) SEE: zap | :: |
| Channel Islands {prop} (group of islands in the English Channel) | :: de Kanaaleilanden |
| channel surf {v} (zap) SEE: zap | :: |
| Channel Tunnel {prop} (man-made tunnel) | :: Kanaaltunnel {m} |
| chanoyu {n} (tea ceremony) SEE: tea ceremony | :: |
| chant {v} (sing monophonically without instruments) | :: chanten, zingen |
| chanterelle {n} (Cantharellus cibarius) | :: cantharel {m}, hanenkam {m} |
| chaos {n} (in classical cosmogony) | :: chaos {m}, baaierd {m} |
| chaos {n} (state of disorder) | :: chaos {m}, wanorde {c} |
| chaos theory {n} (chaos theory) | :: chaoe {f} |
| chaotic {adj} (filled with chaos) | :: chaotisch |
| chaotic {adj} (extremely disorganized or in disarray) | :: chaotisch, wanordelijk, onordelijk, warrig, verward |
| chapel {n} (place of worship) | :: kapel {m} {f} |
| chaplain {n} (member of a religious body) | :: kapelaan {m} |
| Chapman's antshrike {n} (bird) | :: Chapmam-mierklauwier |
| chapter {n} (section in a book) | :: hoofdstuk {n}, kapittel {n} |
| char {v} (to burn something to charcoal) | :: verkolen |
| char {n} (cleaning woman) | :: poetsvrouw {f}, werkster {f} |
| character {n} (being in a story) | :: personage {n} |
| character {n} (distinguishing feature) | :: karakter {n}, persoonlijkheid {f} |
| character {n} (moral strength) | :: karakter {n} |
| character {n} (notable or eccentric person) | :: persoonlijkheid {f} |
| character {n} (symbol for a sound or a word) | :: karakter {n} |
| character {n} ((computing) basic element in a text string) | :: karakter {n} |
| character assassination {n} (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) | :: karaktermoord {m} |
| characteristic {adj} (being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing) | :: kenmerkend, karakteristiek, idiosyncratisch |
| characteristic {n} (distinguishing feature) | :: trekje {n}, karakteristiek {f} |
| charcoal {n} (substance) | :: houtskool {m} |
| charcoal {n} (stick used for drawing) | :: houtskool {m} |
| charcoal {adj} (colour) | :: antraciet |
| charcoal drawing {n} (charcoal drawing) SEE: charcoal | :: |
| chard {n} (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla) | :: snijbiet |
| charge {n} (military: ground attack) | :: charge {f}, stormaanval {m} |
| charge {n} (electric charge) | :: lading |
| charge {n} (load or burden) | :: last |
| charge {v} (to place a burden upon, to assign a duty) | :: belasten |
| charge {v} (to assign a duty to) | :: opdragen |
| charge {v} (to formally accuse of a crime) | :: aanklagen |
| chargeback {n} | :: terugvordering {f} |
| chargecard {n} (credit card) SEE: credit card | :: |
| charger {n} (a device that charges or recharges) | :: oplader {m} |
| chariness {n} (caution) | :: voorzichtigheid {f}, terughoudendheid {n} |
| chariot {n} (vehicle used in warfare) | :: strijdwagen {m} |
| charioteer {n} (person who drives a chariot) | :: wagenmenner {m} |
| charisma {n} (personal charm or magnetism) | :: charisma {n} |
| charisma {n} (extraordinary power granted by the Holy Spirit) | :: charisma {n} |
| charismatic {adj} (of, related to, or having charisma) | :: charismatisch |
| charitable {adj} (kind, generous) | :: weldadig |
| charity {n} (Christian love) | :: naastenliefde {f} |
| charity {n} (attitude) | :: naastenliefde {f} |
| charity {n} (providing of goods or money) | :: liefdadigheid {f} |
| charity {n} (goods or money given) | :: liefdadigheid {f} |
| charity {n} (organization) | :: liefdadigheidsinstelling {f}, goed doel {n} |
| charity stripe {n} (free-throw line) SEE: free-throw line | :: |
| charivari {n} (cacaphonous noise, hubbub) SEE: cacophony | :: |
| charivari {n} (mock serenade) | :: ketelmuziek |
| charlady {n} (woman who cleans houses and offices) SEE: charwoman | :: |
| charlatan {n} (malicious trickster) | :: charlatan {m} |
| Charlemagne {prop} (king of the Franks) | :: Karel de Grote |
| Charleroi {prop} (city) | :: Charleroi {n} |
| Charles {prop} (given name) | :: Karel {m}, Charel |
| charm {n} (something with magic power) | :: betovering, bezwering, ban |
| charm {n} (quality of inspiring delight or admiration) | :: charme |
| charm {n} (a small trinket on a bracelet or chain) | :: bedeltje |
| charm {v} (seduce, entrance or fascinate) | :: betoveren, bezweren |
| charm {v} (use a magical charm) | :: beheksen, betoveren, bezweren |
| charming {adj} (pleasant, charismatic) | :: charmant |
| charred {adj} (burnt) | :: verbrand, verschroeid |
| chart {n} (map) SEE: map | :: |
| chart {n} (graph) SEE: graph | :: |
| chart {n} (table) SEE: table | :: |
| chart {n} (diagram) SEE: diagram | :: |
| charter {n} (document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc) | :: handvest |
| charter member {n} (original member of an organization) SEE: founding member | :: |
| Chartism {prop} (a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century) | :: chartisme {n} |
| charwoman {n} (cleaning lady) | :: poetsvrouw, schoonmaakster {f} |
| chary {adj} (not disposed to give freely) SEE: frugal | :: |
| chary {adj} (excessively particular or fussy about details) SEE: fastidious | :: |
| chary {adj} (careful, cautious, see also: careful; cautious) | :: voorzichtig, schuw, preuts, karig |
| chase {n} (hunt) SEE: hunt | :: |
| chase {v} (to hunt) SEE: hunt | :: |
| chase {n} (action of the verb "to chase") | :: achtervolging {f}, jacht {m} |
| chase {n} (country estate) | :: jachtgebied {n}, jachtdomein {n} |
| chase {v} (to pursue, to follow at speed) | :: achtervolgen, achternazitten, achternajagen |
| chaser {n} (a person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) who chases) | :: jager {m} |
| chasm {n} (gap) | :: kloof {f}, afgrond {m} |
| chasm {n} (difference of opinion) | :: kloof {f}, meningsverschil {n} |
| chasma {n} (aurora) SEE: aurora | :: |
| chaste {adj} (modest) SEE: modest | :: |
| chaste {adj} (abstaining from sexual intercourse) | :: kuis |
| chaste {adj} (celibate) SEE: celibate | :: |
| chaste {adj} (innocent) SEE: innocent | :: |
| chaste {adj} (austere) SEE: austere | :: |
| chasten {v} (discipline) SEE: discipline | :: |
| chasten {v} (purify) SEE: purify | :: |
| chastity {n} (abstaining from sexual activity) | :: zedigheid {f}, kuisheid {f} |
| chastity belt {n} (belt-like garment) | :: kuisheidsgordel {m} |
| chasuble {n} (liturgical vestment) | :: kazuifel {m} {n} |
| chat {v} (be engaged in informal conversation) | :: kletsen, babbelen |
| chat {v} (talk more than a few words) | :: kletsen, babbelen |
| chat {v} (exchange messages in real time) | :: chatten |
| chat {n} (informal conversation) | :: gebabbel {n}, geklets {n}, kletspraat {m} |
| chat {n} (conversation to stop an argument or settle situations) | :: gesprek {n}, babbel {m} |
| chat {n} (exchange of text or voice messages in real time) | :: chat {c} |
| chat {n} (bird in the subfamily Saxicolini) | :: tapuit {m} |
| chateaubriand {n} (steak cut from a beef tenderloin) | :: biefstuk van de haas {m}, biefstuk van ossenhaas {m}, chateaubriand {m} |
| chatelaine {n} (chain or clasp worn at the waist by women) | :: chatelaine |
| chattel {n} (tangible, movable property) | :: have, goed {n}, bezit {n}, eigendom {n} |
| chatter {n} (talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk) | :: geklets {n}, gekwebbel, gebabbel, geouwehoer |
| chatter {n} (sound of talking) | :: geroezemoes {n} |
| chatter {n} (sound of a magpie) | :: gekwetter {n} |
| chatter {n} (intermittent noise, as from vibration) | :: geratel, geklapper |
| chatter {v} (talk idly) | :: kletsen, kwebbelen, babbelen, ouwehoeren, over koetjes en kalfjes praten |
| chatter {v} (make a chattering noise) | :: ratelen, klapperen, klepperen |
| chatter {v} (to utter sounds that are largely inarticulate) | :: roezemoezen |
| chatterbox {n} (one who chats or talks to excess) | :: kletskous {m} {f} |
| Chattian {prop} (a subdivision of the Oligocene epoch) | :: Chattien |
| chat up {v} (talk in a charming manner) | :: versieren |
| chauffeur {n} (a person employed to drive a motor car) | :: privéchauffeur {m} |
| chauvinism {n} (excessive patriotism) | :: chauvinisme {n} |
| chauvinist {n} (chauvinist person) | :: chauvinist {m} |
| chavender {n} (chub) SEE: chub | :: |
| cheap {adj} (low and/or reduced in price) | :: goedkoop, onduur, betaalbaar, afgeprijsd, in aanbieding |
| cheap {adj} (of poor quality) | :: goedkoop, laagwaardig, ordinair |
| cheap {adj} (of little worth) | :: goedkoop, waardeloos, schamel |
| cheapskate {n} (someone who avoids spending money) | :: gierigaard {m} |
| cheapskate {n} (someone who doesn't give freely) | :: gierigaard {m}, wrek {m} |
| cheat {v} (violate rules to gain advantage) | :: vals spelen, bedriegen |
| cheat {v} (being unfaithful) | :: vreemdgaan |
| cheat {n} (someone who is dishonest or cheats) | :: bedrieger |
| cheat {n} (card game) | :: liegen |
| cheater {n} (cheat) SEE: cheat | :: |
| cheating {n} (act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition) | :: valsspelen {n} |
| cheat sheet {n} (sheet of paper used to assist on a test) | :: spiekbriefje {n} |
| Cheboksary {prop} (city) | :: Tsjeboksary |
| Chechen {prop} (language) | :: Tsjetsjeens |
| Chechen {adj} (of or relating to the Chechen people) | :: Tsjetsjeens |
| Chechnya {prop} (republic of Russia) | :: Tsjetsjenië |
| check {n} (chess: when the king is directly threatened by an enemy piece) | :: schaak |
| check {n} (inspection or examination) | :: controle |
| check {n} (mark like a v or sometimes x used as an indicator) | :: vinkje {n} (v-shaped), kruisje {n} (x-shaped) |
| check {n} (bill, particularly at a restaurant) | :: rekening {f} |
| check {v} (to inspect, examine) | :: controleren, inspecteren, checken |
| check {v} (to mark with a checkmark) | :: aanvinken, aankruisen, afvinken |
| check {v} (to verify or compare with a source of information) | :: verifiëren, controleren |
| check {n} (bank order) SEE: cheque | :: |
| checkbox {n} ((graphical user interface): a feature on a webpage that can be marked or not) | :: selectievakje {n} |
| checkered {adj} (divided into squares) | :: dambordachtig, schaakbordachtig |
| checkered {adj} (changeable) | :: bont |
| checkers {n} (draughts) SEE: draughts | :: |
| check in {v} (to record one's arrival) | :: inchecken |
| checking account {n} (current account) SEE: current account | :: |
| checklist {n} (list of things to be verified) | :: afvinklijst, controlelijst, checklist |
| checkmate {interj} (said when making the conclusive move in chess) | :: schaakmat {n}, mat {n} |
| checkmate {n} (conclusive victory in a game of chess) | :: schaakmat, mat |
| check out {v} (to pay when leaving) | :: afrekenen |
| check out {v} (to examine, inspect, look at closely) | :: onderzoeken |
| checkout {n} (supermarket checkout position) | :: kassa |
| checkout counter {n} (cash desk) SEE: cash desk | :: |
| checkout desk {n} (cash desk) SEE: cash desk | :: |
| checkout divider {n} (plastic bar to separate groceries) | :: beurtbalk {m}, beurtbalkje {n} |
| checkpoint {n} (point along a road or on a frontier) | :: doorlaatpost {f} |
| checksum {n} (number serving to detect error) | :: controlecijfer {n}, checksum |
| Cheddar {prop} (Cheddar cheese) SEE: Cheddar cheese | :: |
| Cheddar cheese {n} (cheese) | :: Cheddar |
| cheek {n} (part of face) | :: wang {f}, koon {f}, kaak {f}, (in compounds) bak {m} |
| cheek {n} (colloquial: buttock) | :: bil {f} |
| cheek {n} (nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened) | :: mik {m} |
| cheekbone {n} (bone) | :: jukbeen {n} |
| cheeky {adj} (impudent; impertinent) | :: brutaal |
| cheerful {adj} (happy) | :: blijmoedig, tevreden |
| cheerio {interj} (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) | :: hoi [when greeting], doei [when parting] |
| cheers {interj} (toast when drinking) | :: proost, gezondheid, santé, prut, cheers, daar ga je |
| cheers {interj} (informal: goodbye) | :: tot ziens, tot later, ciao, [Netherlands] hoi, [Netherlands] doei, doeg, ik zie je, later, [Flemish] salu/salut, slukes |
| cheers {interj} (informal: thank you) | :: dank je, dankjewel/dank je wel, bedankt, jo, joe, thanks, merci [Flemish], mercikes [Flemish] |
| cheer up {interj} (an encouragement) | :: kop op |
| cheese {n} (dairy product) | :: kaas {m} |
| cheeseburger {n} (hamburger with cheese) | :: kaasburger {m} {f} |
| cheesecake {n} (dessert food) | :: kwarktaart {m} {f}, kaastaart {m} {f} |
| cheesecloth {n} (loosely woven cotton gauze) | :: kaasdoek {n} |
| cheese knife {n} (knife for cutting cheese) | :: kaasmes {n} |
| cheesemaker {n} (person skilled in making cheese) | :: kaasmaker {m}, kaasmaakster {f} |
| cheese mite {n} (category of mite) | :: kaasmijt {f} |
| cheese slicer {n} (instrument for slicing cheese) | :: kaasschaaf {f} |
| cheesy {adj} (overdramatic, clichéd) | :: oubollig |
| cheetah {n} (Acinonyx jubatus) | :: jachtluipaard {m} {n}, cheeta {m} |
| chef {n} (head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant) | :: chef-kok |
| chef's knife {n} (kitchen utensil) | :: koksmes {n} |
| chelicera {n} (chelicera) | :: cheliceer |
| chemical {adj} (relating to chemistry) | :: chemisch, scheikundig |
| chemical {n} (any specific element or chemical compound) | :: chemicalie {f} |
| chemical {n} (an addictive drug) | :: verslavend middel {n} |
| chemical element {n} (any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction) | :: chemisch element {n}, scheikundig element {n} |
| chemicals {n} (chemical industry) | :: chemicaliënindustrie {f}, chemische industrie {f} |
| chemist {n} (person working in chemistry) | :: scheikundige {m} {f}, chemicus {m} |
| chemist {n} (pharmacy) SEE: pharmacy | :: |
| chemist {n} (pharmacist) SEE: pharmacist | :: |
| chemistry {n} (branch of natural science) | :: chemie {f}, scheikunde {f} |
| chemistry {n} (application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance) | :: chemie {f}, scheikunde {f} |
| chemistry {n} (mutual attraction between two people) | :: chemie |
| chemistry {n} (as modifier: relating to or using chemistry) | :: chemo-, chemie-, scheikundig |
| chemist's {n} (pharmacy) SEE: pharmacy | :: |
| chemo- {prefix} (relating to or using chemicals or chemistry) | :: chemo-, chemie- |
| chemotherapy {n} (therapeutic chemical treatment) | :: chemokuur {m} {f}, chemotherapie {f} |
| chemotherapy {n} (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer) | :: chemokuur {m} {f}, chemotherapie {f} |
| chempedak {n} (fruit) | :: tjampadak {m} |
| Chennai {prop} (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India) | :: Chennai |
| cheque {n} (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity) | :: cheque {m} |
| chequy {adj} (heraldry; chequered) | :: geschakeerd |
| cherish {v} (to treat with affection, nurture with care) | :: koesteren |
| cherish {v} (to have a deep appreciation of) | :: koesteren |
| cherish a snake in one's bosom {v} (nourish a viper in one's bosom) SEE: nourish a viper in one's bosom | :: |
| Cherokee {prop} (indigenous North American people) | :: Cherokee {m} |
| Cherokee {prop} (language) | :: Cherokee {n} |
| cherry {n} (fruit) | :: [sweet cherry] kers {f}, [sour cherry] morel {f}, kriek {f} [Belgium] |
| cherry {n} (tree) | :: kerselaar {m}, [sour cherry] kriekenboom {f} |
| cherry {n} (wood) | :: kersenhout {n}, kers |
| cherry {adj} (flavour) | :: met kersensmaak, kersen- |
| cherry {adj} (colour) | :: kersen- |
| cherry blossom {n} (blossom of the cherry tree) | :: kersenbloesem {m} |
| cherry-pick {v} (to select only the best from a range of options) | :: de krenten uit de pap halen, alleen de rozijnen uitpikken |
| cherry picker {n} (boom lift for lifting people) | :: hoogwerker {m} |
| cherry red {n} (Red color) | :: kersrood {n}, kersenrood {n} |
| cherry red {adj} (Of a red color) | :: kersrood, kersenrood |
| cherry tree {n} (tree of subgenus Cerasus) | :: kersenboom {m} |
| cherub {n} ((biblical) winged creature attending on God) | :: cherub {m} |
| chervil {n} (spice) | :: kervel |
| chervonets {n} (former Russian currency, usually ten roubles) | :: tsjervonets {m} |
| Cheshire cheese {n} (type of cheese) | :: Cheshire |
| chess {n} (two-player board game) | :: schaak {n}, schaakspel {n}, schaken {n} |
| chessboard {n} (square board used in the game of chess) | :: schaakbord |
| chessman {n} (chess piece) SEE: chess piece | :: |
| chess piece {n} (any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess) | :: schaakstuk {n} |
| chesspiece {n} (chessman) SEE: chess piece | :: |
| chess player {n} (a person who plays chess) | :: schaker {m}, schaakster {f} |
| chest {n} (strong box) | :: kist {f} |
| chest {n} (thorax) | :: borst {f}, torso {m}, thorax {m}, romp {m} |
| chest {n} (coffin) SEE: coffin | :: |
| chestnut {n} (nut of the chestnut tree) | :: kastanje {f}, tamme kastanje {f} |
| chestnut {n} (reddish-brown colour) | :: kastanjebruin {n} |
| chestnut {adj} (of a deep reddish-brown colour) | :: kastanjebruin, kastanjebruine |
| chestnut {n} (chestnut tree) SEE: chestnut tree | :: |
| chestnut-bellied tit {n} (Sittiparus castaneoventris) | :: kastanjebuikmees |
| chestnut tree {n} (tree that bears chestnuts) | :: kastanjeboom {m}, kastanje {m} |
| chest of drawers {n} (furniture for the storage of clothes) | :: komode {f} |
| chest pass {n} (chest pass) | :: borstpass |
| chevin {n} (chub) SEE: chub | :: |
| chevron {n} (heraldry: wide inverted V) | :: keper |
| chevron {n} (diacritical mark) SEE: háček | :: |
| chevy {v} (to chase or hunt) SEE: chase | :: |
| chevy {v} (to scurry) SEE: scurry | :: |
| chew {v} (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing) | :: kauwen |
| chewing gum {n} (flavoured preparation for chewing) | :: kauwgom {m} |
| chewy {adj} (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed) | :: taai, rubberig |
| chi {n} (Greek letter) | :: chi {m} {f} |
| Chianti {n} (Tuscan red wine) | :: chianti {m} |
| chiaroscuro {n} (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts) | :: clair-obscur {n} |
| chic {adj} (elegant, stylish, see also: elegant; stylish) | :: chic, (inflected) chique |
| Chicago {prop} (large US city) | :: Chicago |
| chicanery {n} (deception by use of trickery) | :: drogreden, chikane, sofisme |
| chicanery {n} (A slick performance by a lawyer) | :: vals argument |
| chick {n} (young bird) | :: kuiken {n} |
| chick {n} (young chicken) | :: kuiken {n} |
| chick {n} (young woman) | :: griet {f}, stoot {f} |
| chickadee {n} (songbird) | :: mees {f} |
| Chickasaw {n} (member of the tribe) | :: Chickasaw |
| Chickasaw {prop} (the language) | :: Chickasaw |
| chicken {n} (bird) | :: kip {f}, hen {f}, hoen {n} |
| chicken {n} (meat) | :: kip {f}, kippenvlees {n} |
| chicken {n} (coward) | :: lafaard {m}, wezel {m}, lafbek, angsthaas {m} |
| chicken coop {n} (small building for poultry) SEE: henhouse | :: |
| chicken feed {n} (food for poultry) | :: kippenvoer {n} |
| chickenhawk {n} (hawk species) | :: kiekendief {m} |
| chickenhawk {n} (adult man who seeks out boys as his sexual partners) | :: (offensive) knapenschenner {m}, (abusive) pedofiel {m} |
| chicken-or-egg question {n} (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) | :: kip-en-eiprobleem {n} |
| chicken pox {n} (childhood disease) | :: waterpokken, wijnpokken, windpokken, varicella |
| chicken run {n} (chicken run) | :: kippenren {f} |
| chicken scratch {n} (illegible handwriting) | :: hanenpoten |
| chicken soup {n} (soup with chicken as main ingredient) | :: kippensoep |
| chicken wire {n} (mesh of wire) | :: kippengaas {n} |
| chickpea {n} (plant) | :: kikkererwt {c} |
| chickpea {n} (seed) | :: kikkererwt, keker, kekererwt, Spaanse erwt, kreukerwt |
| chickweed {n} (herb) | :: hoornbloem, muur |
| chicory {n} (common chicory (Cichorium intybus)) | :: cichorei {f}, suikerij {f}, bitterwortel {m}, witloof {n}, witlof {n}, lof {n} |
| chicory {n} (coffee substitute) | :: chicorei {f}, suikerij {f}, bitterwortel {m} |
| chicory {n} (endive (Cichorium endivia)) SEE: endive | :: |
| chief {n} (heraldic term) | :: schildhoofd {n} |
| chief executive {n} (chief executive officer) | :: bestuursvoorzitter |
| chief executive officer {n} (highest-ranking corporate officer) | :: bestuursvoorzitter {m} |
| chiefly {adv} (mainly or principally, almost entirely) | :: voornamelijk |
| chief of state {n} (the titular head of a nation) SEE: head of state | :: |
| chieftain {n} (A leader of a clan or tribe) | :: stamhoofd {n}, opperhoofd {n} |
| chieftain {n} (A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain) | :: bendeleider {m} |
| chiffchaff {n} (Phylloscopus collybita) | :: tjiftjaf |
| Chișinău {prop} (capital city and a municipality of Moldova) | :: Chisinau |
| child {n} (a female or male child, a daughter or son) | :: kind {n} |
| child {n} (a minor) | :: kind {n} |
| child {n} ((computing) object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object) | :: kind {n} |
| child {v} (to give birth) SEE: give birth | :: |
| child abuse {n} (mistreatment of a child) | :: kindermishandeling {f}, kindermisbruik {n} |
| child benefit {n} (payment for each child) | :: kinderbijslag {m}, kindergeld {n} [Belgium, colloquial] |
| childcare {n} (supervising young children) | :: kinderopvang {m} |
| child-fucker {n} (contemptible person) SEE: motherfucker | :: |
| child-fucker {n} (one who engages in sex with a child) SEE: pedophile | :: |
| childhood {n} (time when one is a child) | :: kinderjaren {n}, kindertijd {m} |
| childish {adj} (suitable for a child) | :: kinderachtig, infantiel |
| childish {adj} (behaving immaturely) | :: kinderachtig, infantiel |
| child language {n} | :: kindertaal {f} |
| childless {adj} (not having any children) | :: kinderloos |
| childlessness {n} (the state of being childless) | :: kinderloosheid {f} |
| childminder {n} (person who looks after other people's children) | :: oppas {m}, kinderoppas {m}, babysitter {m}, babysitster {f} |
| child porn {n} (child pornography) SEE: child pornography | :: |
| child pornography {n} (pornographic materials depicting minors) | :: kinderpornografie {f}, kinderporno {f} |
| child prodigy {n} (talented young person) | :: wonderknaap {m}, wonderkind {n} |
| children's hospital {n} (hospital for children and adolescents) | :: kinderziekenhuis {n} |
| childrenswear {n} (clothing for children) | :: kinderkleding {f} |
| child's play {n} (something particularly simple or easy) | :: kinderspel {n} |
| chile {n} (chili) SEE: chili | :: |
| Chile {prop} (country in South America) | :: Chili |
| Chilean {adj} (pertaining to Chile) | :: Chileens, Chileense |
| Chilean {n} (person from Chile) | :: Chileen {m}, Chileense {f} |
| Chilean eagle {n} (the black-chested buzzard eagle, Geranoaetus melanoleucus) | :: Chiliarend {m} |
| Chilean flamingo {n} (a species of flamingo, Phoenicopterus chilensis) | :: Chiliflamingo {m} |
| chili {n} (spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum) | :: chili, chilipeper |
| chiliagon {n} (1000-sided polygon) | :: duizendhoek {m} |
| chiliasm {n} (belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity) | :: chiliasme {n}, millennialisme {n} |
| chili oil {n} (condiment) | :: chiliolie {m} {f} |
| chili pepper {n} (fruit) | :: chilipeper {m} |
| chill {v} (to relax, lie back) | :: chillen |
| chilli {n} (chili) SEE: chili | :: |
| chilly {adj} (cold enough to cause discomfort) | :: kil, fris |
| chilly {adj} (distant and cool; unfriendly) | :: koel |
| chime {n} (musical instrument) | :: klok |
| chime {v} (to make the sound of a chime) | :: luiden |
| chime {v} (to agree, correspond) | :: overeenstemmen, stroken |
| chimney {n} (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue) | :: schoorsteen {m}, schouw {m} |
| chimney {n} (glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp) | :: lampenkap {f} |
| chimney {n} (UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive) | :: schoorsteen {m} |
| chimney {n} (narrow cleft in a rock face) | :: spleet {f} |
| chimney sweep {n} (occupation) | :: schoorsteenveger {m} |
| chimpanzee {n} (ape) | :: chimpansee {m} |
| chin {n} (bottom of a face) | :: kin |
| China {prop} (country in east Asia) | :: China {n} |
| chinaberry {n} (soapberry) SEE: soapberry | :: |
| chinaberry {n} (bead tree) SEE: bead tree | :: |
| chinchilla {n} (rodent) | :: chinchilla {f} {m} |
| chinchilla {n} (fur) | :: chinchilla {n} |
| Chinese {prop} (any language spoken in China, see also: Literary Chinese; Mandarin; Cantonese; Wu; Min Nan) | :: Chinees {n} |
| Chinese {prop} (writing system of Chinese) | :: Chinees |
| Chinese {n} (the people of China) | :: Chinezen |
| Chinese {n} (person born in China) | :: Chinees {m}, Chinese {f} |
| Chinese {n} (Chinese food or meal) | :: Chinees |
| Chinese {adj} (relating to China) | :: Chinees, Chinese |
| Chinese {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin | :: |
| Chinese character {n} (CJKV character) | :: Chinees teken {n} |
| Chinese Crested Dog {n} (Chinese Crested Dog) | :: Chinese gekuifde naakthond {m} |
| Chinese grapefruit {n} (pomelo) SEE: pomelo | :: |
| Chinese parsley {n} (coriander) SEE: coriander | :: |
| Chinese red {adj} (vermilion) SEE: vermilion | :: |
| Chinese river dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji | :: |
| Chinese whispers {n} (game) | :: doorfluistertje {n} |
| Chinese white dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji | :: |
| Chinglish {adj} (resembling English influenced by Chinese) | :: Chinees Engels |
| Chink {n} (offensive: Chinese person) | :: spleetoog {m} {f} [offensive term for any Asian person] |
| chinstrap penguin {n} (Pygoscelis antarcticus) | :: stormbandpinguïn {m}, kinbandpinguïn {m}, keelbandpinguïn {m} |
| chintz {n} (fabric) | :: sits |
| chip {n} (token used in gambling) | :: fiche {n} |
| chip {n} (fried strip of potato, french fry) | :: frietjes, patat {m} {f} |
| chip {n} (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) | :: chips {p} |
| chipboard {n} (A material made from compressed wood chips) | :: spaanplaat |
| chip fork {n} (chip fork) | :: frietvorkje {n} |
| chipmunk {n} (squirrel-like rodent) | :: wangzakeekhoorn {m} |
| chipolata {n} (type of sausage) | :: chipolata |
| chipper {adj} (exhibiting a lively optimism) | :: goedgemutst |
| chipper {n} (cheap fast food outlet) | :: snackbar {m}, friettent {f} |
| chipper {n} (deep frier) | :: friteuse {f}, frituur {f} |
| chipper {n} (machine that reduces organic matter to compost) | :: hakselaar {m} |
| Chippewa {prop} (Ojibwe) SEE: Ojibwe | :: |
| chip shop {n} (UK: a fast food outlet which sells fish and chips) | :: frituur {c}, friture {c}, friettent {c} |
| chirality {n} (handedness in chemistry, physic and mathematics) | :: chiraliteit {f} |
| chirp {v} (birds) | :: tjilpen, tjirpen |
| chirp {v} (insects) | :: tjirpen |
| chisel {v} (to cheat) SEE: cheat | :: |
| chisel {n} (tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal) | :: beitel {m} |
| chisel {v} (to use a chisel) | :: beitelen |
| chiton {n} (mollusc) | :: keverslak {f}, chiton {m} |
| Chitral {prop} (Chitral (all senses)) | :: Chitral |
| chivalry {n} (ethical code) | :: ridderschap |
| chivalry {n} (Courteous behavior, especially that of men towards women) | :: ridderlijkheid {f}, hoofsheid {f}, galanterie {f} |
| chive {n} (plant) | :: bieslook {m} |
| chive {n} (chives: herb) | :: bieslook {m} |
| chivvy {v} (to coerce) SEE: coerce | :: |
| chlorine {n} (chemical element) | :: chloor {m} |
| chlorofluorocarbon {n} (an organic compound with halogens in place of hydrogen) | :: chloorfluorkoolwaterstof {f} |
| chlorophyll {n} (green pigment) | :: bladgroen {n} |
| chlorophyte {n} (green alga) | :: groenwier {n} |
| chloroplast {n} (photosynthetic organelle) | :: bladgroenkorrel |
| chock full {adj} (containing the maximum amount) | :: tjokvol, boordevol |
| chocolate {n} (food made from ground roasted cocoa beans) | :: chocolade {m} |
| chocolate {n} (small piece of confectionery made from chocolate) | :: chocolaatje {n}, [filled] bonbon {m}, chocoladebonbon {m}, praline {f} |
| chocolate {n} (colour) | :: chocoladekleur {n} |
| chocolate {adj} (made of or containing chocolate) | :: [combining form] chocolade- |
| chocolate {adj} (colour) | :: chocoladekleurig |
| chocolate bar {n} (candy bar) SEE: candy bar | :: |
| chocolate cake {n} (cake containing chocolate) | :: chocoladetaart {m} {f} |
| chocolate chip {n} (small piece of chocolate) | :: chocoladevlok {m} {f} |
| chocolate egg {n} (Easter treat) SEE: Easter egg | :: |
| chocolate milk {n} (milk drink flavored with chocolate) | :: chocolademelk |
| chocolate spread {n} (a chocolate-flavored pasted) | :: chocoladepasta, choco, chocopasta |
| choice {n} (option or decision) | :: keuze {f}, keuzemogelijkeheid {f} |
| choice {n} (selection or preference) | :: keuze {f} |
| choice {adj} (especially good or preferred) | :: uitgelezen |
| choir {n} (singing group) | :: koor {n} |
| choir {n} (part of a church for choir assembly) | :: koor {n} |
| choirmaster {n} (the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal) | :: koordirigent {m} |
| choke {v} (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe) | :: verstikken, stikken |
| choke {v} (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them) | :: wurgen |
| choke {n} (control on a carburetor) | :: choke {m} |
| choke {n} (type of hold in wrestling etc.) | :: macht |
| choker {n} (one who chokes another) | :: wurger {m} |
| cholecyst {n} (gall bladder) SEE: gall bladder | :: |
| cholecystectomy {n} (surgical procedure) | :: cholecystectomie {f} |
| choler {n} (anger) | :: wrok |
| cholera {n} (infectious disease) | :: cholera |
| choleric {adj} (easily becoming angry) | :: cholerisch, kwaad |
| cholesterol {n} (an essential component of mammalian cell membranes) | :: cholesterol {m} {n} |
| chondroblast {n} (1. A cell which originates from a mesenchymal stem cell and forms chondrocytes) | :: chondroblast |
| chondrocyte {n} (cell) | :: chondrocyt {f} {m} |
| choose {v} (to choose) SEE: take | :: |
| choose {v} (to pick) | :: kiezen, uitkiezen |
| choose {v} (to elect) | :: kiezen, verkiezen |
| choose {v} (to decide to act in a certain way) | :: kiezen |
| choosy {adj} (taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements) | :: kieskeurig |
| chop {n} (cut of meat) | :: karbonade {c} |
| chop-chop {interj} (hurry up) | :: vlug een beetje! |
| chopper {n} (helicopter (formal translations)) SEE: helicopter | :: |
| chopper {n} (axe/ax) SEE: axe | :: |
| chopping board {n} (a sturdy board, upon which one chops and prepares food) | :: snijplank {f} |
| chopstick {n} (single eating utensil) | :: eetstokje {n} |
| chop suey {n} (Cantonese dish) | :: tjaptjoi {m} |
| choral {n} (chorale) SEE: chorale | :: |
| chorale {n} (hymn tune) | :: koraal {m} {n} |
| chord {n} (combination of three or more notes) | :: akkoord {n} |
| chord {n} (straight line) | :: koorde {f} |
| chordophone {n} (chordophone, see also: stringed instrument) | :: chordofoon {m} |
| chore {n} (a difficult, unpleasant, or routine task) | :: taak {f} |
| chorizo {n} (type of sausage) | :: chorizo |
| chortle {n} (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh) | :: luidruchtig grinniken, verkneukelen {m} |
| chorus {n} (group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient Greece) | :: koor {n} |
| chorus {n} (group of people in a play or performance who recite together) | :: koor {n} |
| chorus {n} (singing group who perform together) | :: koor {n} |
| chorus {n} (repeated part of a song) | :: refrein {n} |
| chorus {n} (setting or feature in electronic music) | :: refrein {n} |
| choux pastry {n} (light pastry) | :: sous {m} {f} |
| chow {n} (Food, especially snacks) | :: eten {n} |
| Christ {prop} (title for Jesus of Nazareth) | :: Christus {m} |
| Christadelphian {n} (a member of a certain nontrinitarian Christian denomination) | :: Broeder in Christus |
| christen {v} (to perform the religious act of baptism) | :: dopen |
| Christendom {n} (the Christian world) | :: christenheid {f} |
| Christian {n} (member of the Christian religion) | :: christen {m}, christin {f} |
| Christian {prop} (male given name) | :: Christiaan |
| Christian {adj} (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) | :: christelijk |
| Christian Democratic {adj} (of or pertaining to Christian Democracy or Christian Democrats) | :: christendemocratisch |
| Christianity {prop} (monotheistic religion) | :: christendom {n} |
| Christianity {prop} (Christendom) SEE: Christendom | :: |
| Christian name {n} (first name at Christian baptism) | :: doopnaam {m} |
| Christian name {n} (any forename) SEE: forename | :: |
| Christmas {prop} (Christian holiday) | :: Kerstmis, kerst {m} |
| Christmas card {n} (greeting card that celebrates Christmas) | :: kerstkaart |
| Christmas carol {n} (hymn whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas) | :: kerstlied {n} |
| Christmas Day {n} (the 25th of December) | :: kerstdag {m} |
| Christmas Eve {prop} (evening before Christmas Day) | :: kerstavond {m} |
| Christmas Island {prop} (non self-governing territory of Australia) | :: Christmaseiland {n}, Kersteiland {n} |
| Christmas light {n} (Christmas lights (plural)) | :: kerstverlichting {f} |
| Christmas season {n} (Christmas season, yuletide, Christmastide) | :: kersttijd {m} |
| Christmastide {n} (Christmas season) SEE: Christmas season | :: |
| Christmastime {n} (the Christmas season) | :: kersttijd {m} |
| Christmas tree {n} (tree used during the Christmas holiday season) | :: kerstboom {m} |
| Christopher {prop} (a male given name) | :: Christoffel, Kristof, Kristoffel |
| chromatic aberration {n} (optical aberration) | :: chromatische aberratie {m} |
| chromatid {n} (Either of the two strands of a chromosome that separate during mitosis) | :: chromatide |
| chrome {v} (to plate with chrome) | :: verchromen |
| chromium {n} (chemical element) | :: chroom {n} |
| chromium-plate {v} (chrome) SEE: chrome | :: |
| chromosomal {adj} (of, or relating to chromosomes) | :: chromosomaal |
| chromosome {n} (structure in the cell nucleus) | :: chromosoom {n} |
| chroneme {n} (chroneme) | :: chroneem {n} |
| chronic {adj} (that continues over an extended period of time) | :: chronisch |
| chronic {adj} (medical: prolonged or slow to heal) | :: chronisch |
| chronic {adj} (suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal) | :: chronisch |
| chronic {adj} (inveterate or habitual) | :: chronisch |
| chronicle {n} (a written account) | :: kroniek {f} |
| Chronicles {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Kronieken |
| chronologic {adj} (chronological) SEE: chronological | :: |
| chronological {adj} (in order of time from the earliest to the latest) | :: chronologisch |
| chronology {n} (determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)) | :: chronologie {f} |
| chronology {n} (arrangement into chronological order) | :: chronologie {f}, tijdsorde {f}, tijdrekenkunde {f}, tijdrekening {f} |
| chronophagous {adj} (time-consuming) SEE: time-consuming | :: |
| chrysalis {n} (the pupa of a butterfly or moth) | :: pop {f} |
| chub {n} (Leuciscus cephalus) | :: kopvoorn {m} |
| chub {n} (chubby person) | :: dikkerd {m}, dikzak {m} |
| chubby {n} (erection) SEE: boner | :: |
| chubby {adj} (of a person, somewhat fat) | :: mollig, volslank |
| chubby {adj} (of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat) | :: mollig |
| chubby {n} (chubby person) | :: dikkerdje {n} |
| chuchotage {n} (interpretation of a speech in a whisper) | :: fluistertolken {n} |
| chuck {v} (mechanical device) | :: klauwplaat |
| chuck {v} (to discard) | :: weggooien |
| chuckle {n} (a quiet laugh) | :: gegrinnik |
| chuckle {v} (to laugh quietly or inwardly) | :: grinniken |
| chuckle {v} (to make the sound of chicken) | :: kakelen |
| chuffed {adj} (very pleased or satisfied) | :: zeer tevreden, in zijn nopjes, verrukt |
| chukar {n} (partridge) | :: Aziatische steenpatrijs |
| chunk {n} (a part of something) | :: stuk {n}, brok, klomp |
| Chunnel {prop} (Channel Tunnel) SEE: Channel Tunnel | :: |
| chur {interj} (voicing of thanks) SEE: thanks | :: |
| chur {interj} (parting salutation) SEE: bye | :: |
| church {n} (house of worship) | :: kerk {f} |
| church {n} (a religious organization) | :: kerk {f} |
| church {n} (a group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs) | :: kerk {f} |
| church {n} (worship service) | :: kerkdienst {m} |
| Church Father {n} (authoritative ancient male Christian author) | :: kerkvader {m} |
| churchgoer {n} (one who goes to church) | :: kerkganger {m}, kerkbezoeker {m} |
| churchical {adj} (pertaining to or characteristic of church) SEE: ecclesiastical | :: |
| Church of England {prop} (established Christian church in England) | :: Anglicaanse kerk {f} |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints {prop} (major denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement) | :: Kerk van Jezus Christus van de Heiligen der Laatste Dagen |
| Church of Scotland {prop} (national Presbyterian church of Scotland) | :: Kerk van Schotland {f} |
| church service {n} (communal worship) | :: kerkdienst {m} |
| churchwarden {n} (lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish) | :: kerkmeester {m}, kerkvoogd {m} [historical], kerkmeesteres {f} |
| churchyard {n} (patch of land adjoining a church) | :: kerkhof {n}, kerktuin {m} |
| churlish {adj} (of or pertaining to a serf) | :: slaafs |
| churlish {adj} (rude or surly) | :: grof, onvriendelijk |
| churlish {adj} (stingy or grudging) | :: grommend, weerbarstig |
| churn {v} (agitate rapidly) | :: karnen [butter], agiteren, [fluid], klutsen |
| churn {v} (figuratively: produce excessive motion) | :: woelen, schudden |
| churn {v} (tumble) | :: woelen, schudden |
| churn {n} (vessel for churning) | :: botervat {n}, karn {m} {f} |
| churn {n} (time when customer switches provider) | :: overstap {m} |
| churn {n} (people ready to switch carrier) | :: overstapkandidaten {p} |
| chutzpah {n} (nearly arrogant courage) | :: gotspe {f} |
| ciao {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| ciao {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| ciborium {n} (A covered receptacle) | :: ciborie {n} |
| cicada {n} (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera) | :: cicade {f} |
| cicatrice {n} (scar) SEE: scar | :: |
| cicatrix {n} (scar that remains after the development of new tissue) SEE: scar | :: |
| cicely {n} (Myrrhis odorata) | :: roomse kervel {m} |
| cicero {n} (12-point type) | :: Augustijn, cicero, mediaan |
| cider {n} (alcoholic beverage) | :: cider {m}, appelwijn {m}, appelcider {m} |
| cider {n} (soft drink) SEE: soft drink | :: |
| cigar {n} (tobacco product) | :: sigaar {f} |
| cigarette {n} (cigarette) | :: sigaret {m} {f}, saffiaantje |
| cigarette lighter {n} (lighter) SEE: lighter | :: |
| cigarette paper {n} (rolling paper) SEE: rolling paper | :: |
| ciliate {n} (protozoan of the class Ciliata) | :: trilhaardiertje {n} |
| cinch {n} (something that is very easy to do) | :: kinderspel {n}, peuleschil {f}, makkie {n} |
| cinder {n} (ember) SEE: ember | :: |
| cinder {n} (partially or mostly burnt material) | :: as |
| cinder {n} (slag from a metal furnace) | :: slak |
| cinder block {n} (lightweight building block) | :: betonblok {n}, snelbouwsteen {m} |
| Cinderella {prop} (fairy tale) | :: Assepoester |
| Cinderella {prop} (main character in this fairy tale) | :: Assepoester |
| cinema {n} (movie) SEE: movie | :: |
| cinema {n} (a film/movie theatre) | :: cinema {m}, bioscoop {m} |
| cinema {n} (the film and movie industry) | :: filmindustrie {f} |
| cinereous vulture {n} (Eurasian black vulture) SEE: Eurasian black vulture | :: |
| cinnabar {n} (mineral) | :: vermiljoen |
| cinnamic acid {n} (aromatic carboxylic acid obtained from cinnamon) | :: kaneelzuur |
| cinnamon {n} (Cinnamomum verum) | :: kaneelboom {m} |
| cinnamon {n} (spice) | :: kaneel {n} |
| cinnamon {n} (colour) | :: kaneelkleur {f} |
| cinnamon {adj} (flavor) | :: kaneelachtig, met kaneelsmaak |
| cinnamon {adj} (color) | :: kaneelkleurig |
| cinnamon-breasted tit {n} (Melaniparus pallidiventris) | :: bleekbuikmees |
| cinnamon stick {n} (thin piece of cinnamon bark curled up into a tube) | :: kaneelstok {m} |
| cipher {n} (obsolete: zero) SEE: zero | :: |
| cipher {n} (numeric character) | :: cijfer {n} |
| circa {prep} (approximately, about) | :: circa |
| circle {n} (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center) | :: cirkel {m}, kring {m} |
| circle {n} (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) | :: cirkel {m} |
| circle {n} (curve approximating part or all of a circle) | :: kring |
| circle {n} (specific group of persons) | :: kring, groep |
| circle {n} (bagginess of skin under eyes) | :: wallen |
| circle {v} (travel around along a curved path) | :: omcirkelen |
| circle {v} (surround) | :: omcirkelen |
| circle {v} (place or mark a circle around) | :: omcirkelen |
| circle {v} (travel in circles) | :: cirkelen |
| circle {n} (orbit) SEE: orbit | :: |
| circuit breaker {n} (electrical switch) | :: zekering {f} |
| circuitous {adj} (not direct or to the point) | :: omslachtig |
| circular {adj} (in the shape of, or moving in a circle) | :: rond |
| circular argument {n} (a type of argument) | :: cirkelredenering {f} |
| circular economy {n} (economy) | :: kringloopeconomie {f} |
| circular saw {n} (a power saw with a circular cutting blade) | :: cirkelzaag {f} |
| circulation {n} (act of passing from place to place or person to person) | :: omloop {m} |
| circulation {n} (currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc.) | :: oplage |
| circulatory system {n} (parts of an animal body) | :: bloedvatenstelsel {n} |
| circumambient {adj} (surrounding) SEE: surrounding | :: |
| circumcise {v} (to remove the foreskin from the penis) | :: besnijden |
| circumcised {adj} (of a man) | :: besneden |
| circumciser {n} (one who performs circumcision) | :: besnijder {m}, besnijderes {f} |
| circumcision {n} (removal of foreskin from penis) | :: besnijdenis {f} |
| circumference {n} (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object) | :: omtrek {m} |
| circumference {n} (length of such line) | :: omtrek {m} |
| circumfix {n} (affix with both a pre- and sufixing part) | :: circumfuse |
| circumfix {v} (add a circumfix) | :: circumfigeren |
| circumflex {n} (circumflex accent) | :: accent circonflexe {n}, circonflexe {m}, circumflex {m}, dakje {n} [informal] |
| circumscribe {v} (to draw a line around; encircle) | :: omcirkelen |
| circumscribe {v} (to limit narrowly; restrict) | :: beperken, limiteren |
| circumspect {adj} (carefully aware of all circumstances) | :: omzichtig, behoedzaam |
| circumstance {n} (that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event) | :: omstandigheid |
| circumstance {n} (event; fact; particular incident) | :: omstandigheid |
| circumvent {v} (to avoid or get around something) | :: omzeilen |
| circus {n} (company that travels) | :: circus {n} |
| cirque {n} (something in the shape of a circle) SEE: circle | :: |
| cirque {n} (curved depression in a mountainside) | :: keteldal {n} |
| cirrhosis {n} (chronic disease of the liver) | :: cirrose {f} |
| cirrus {n} (cloud) | :: windveer, cirrus, vederwolk |
| CIS {prop} (Commonwealth of Independent States) | :: GOS |
| cis man {n} | :: cisman {m} |
| Cistercian {n} (member of the Cistercian Order) | :: cisterciënzer {m} |
| cistern {n} (reservoir for holding water) | :: cisterne {f}, waterreservoir {n} |
| cistern {n} (flush toilet's container) | :: stortbak {m} |
| cistern {n} (cisterna) SEE: cisterna | :: |
| cisterna {n} (membrane section comprising organelles) | :: cisterne {f} |
| cis woman {n} | :: cisvrouw {f} |
| citadel {n} (a strong fortress that sits high above a city) | :: citadel {m} {f} |
| citadel {n} (a stronghold or fortified place) | :: citadel {m} {f} |
| citation {n} (an official summons) | :: dagvaarding {m} {n} |
| cite {v} (quote) SEE: quote | :: |
| cite {n} (citation) SEE: citation | :: |
| citizen {n} (legal member of a state) | :: burger {m}, staatsburger {m} |
| citizen {n} (legal resident of a city) | :: burger {m}, poorter {m} [feudal age], stadsburger {m} |
| citizen {n} (resident of any particular place) | :: burger {m}, inwoner {m} |
| citizen {n} (civilian) | :: burger {m}, particulier {m} |
| citizen journalism {n} (reporting by amateurs on the scene of an event) | :: burgerjournalistiek |
| citizenship {n} (state of being a citizen) | :: burgerschap {n} |
| citric acid {n} (2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C6H8O7) | :: citroenzuur {n} |
| citric acid cycle {n} (the Krebs cycle, see also: Krebs cycle; tricarboxylic acid cycle) | :: citroenzuurcyclus |
| citrus {n} (fruit) SEE: citrus fruit | :: |
| citrus fruit {n} (fruit of genus Citrus) | :: citrusvrucht {f} |
| city {n} (large settlement) | :: stad {f} |
| city {n} (downtown) SEE: downtown | :: |
| city center {n} (downtown) SEE: downtown | :: |
| city council {n} (town/city governing body) | :: gemeenteraad {m} |
| city hall {n} (building) | :: stadhuis {n}, raadhuis {n} |
| civet {n} (cat-like animal) | :: civetkat {f} |
| civet coffee {n} (coffee made from eaten berries) SEE: kopi luwak | :: |
| civic {adj} (Having to do with a city or the people who live there) | :: stedelijk |
| civics {n} (study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community) | :: maatschappijleer {f} |
| civil {adj} (related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion) | :: burgerlijk, civiel |
| civil {adj} (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner) | :: beschaafd, geciviliseerd |
| civil disobedience {n} (active and non-violent refusal to obey) | :: burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid {f} |
| civil engineer {n} (engineer specialised in civil engineering) | :: burgerlijk ingenieur {m} |
| civil engineering {n} (technical design and construction of public works and/or equivalent private ones) | :: burgerlijke bouwkunde |
| civilian {n} (non-military person) | :: burger {m} |
| civilian {adj} (not related to the military armed forces) | :: burger- |
| civilise {v} (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour) | :: civiliseren, beschaven |
| civilization {n} (organized culture) | :: beschaving {f} |
| civilization {n} (human society) | :: bewoonde wereld |
| civilization {n} (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) | :: civilisatie |
| civilization {prop} (people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior) | :: beschaving |
| civilize {v} (civilise) SEE: civilise | :: |
| civil law {n} (body of law dealing with private relations) | :: civiel recht {n}, burgerlijk recht {n} |
| civil law {n} (legal system contrasting with common law) | :: continentaal recht {n}, Romaans-Germaans recht {n} |
| civil partnership {n} (arrangement for same-sex couples) | :: geregistreerd partnerschap {n} |
| civil rights {n} (rights deserved by all people under all circumstances) | :: burgerrechten |
| civil servant {n} (government employee) | :: ambtenaar {m}, ambtenares {f} |
| civil service {n} (branches of government that are not military, legislative or judicial) | :: ambtenarij {f}, rijksdienst {f} |
| civil service {n} (body of civilian employees) | :: ambtenarenapparaat {n}, ambtenarij {f} |
| civil society {n} (institutions, voluntary organizations and corporate bodies) | :: maatschappelijk middenveld {n} |
| civil twilight {n} (period in which the sun is less than 6° below the horizon) | :: burgerlijke schemering {f} |
| civil war {n} (war between factions within a single country) | :: burgeroorlog {m} |
| Civil War {prop} (civil war) SEE: civil war | :: |
| civvies {n} (mufti (dress)) SEE: mufti | :: |
| clad {v} (to clothe) | :: kleden |
| claim {n} (demand of ownership) | :: aanspraak {f} |
| claim {n} (new statement of truth made about something) | :: bewering |
| claim {v} (to demand ownership of something) | :: opeisen, claimen |
| claim {v} (to state a new fact) | :: beweren |
| claim {v} (to demand ownership or right to use for land) | :: opeisen, aanspraak maken op |
| claimant {n} (party who initiates a lawsuit) SEE: plaintiff | :: |
| Claire {prop} (female given name) SEE: Clara | :: |
| clairvoyance {n} (the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses) | :: helderziendheid {f} |
| clairvoyant {adj} (able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses) | :: paragnost {m}, helderziende |
| clairvoyant {adj} (able to foresee the future) | :: paragnost {m}, helderziende |
| clam {n} (mollusc, see also: mollusc; oyster; mussel) | :: mossel {f} |
| clamor {n} (great outcry or vociferation) | :: gegil {n}, gejoel {n}, gekrijs {n}, geroep {n}, geschreeuw {n} |
| clamor {n} (loud and continued noise) | :: gedruis {n}, lawaai {n} |
| clamor {n} (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) | :: boegeroep {n}, gekrijt {n}, gemor {n}, protest {n} |
| clamor {v} (to become noisy insistently) | :: zich roeren, van zich laten horen |
| clamp {n} (woodworking tool) | :: lijmklem {f}, sergeant {m} |
| clam up {v} (become silent) | :: zwijgen, zijn mond houden |
| clan {n} (group having common ancestor) | :: clan {m}, stam {m}, sibbe {f} |
| clandestine {adj} (done or kept in secret) | :: heimelijk, geheim, clandestien |
| clandestinely {adv} (in a secret, covert manner) | :: clandestien, heimelijk, stiekem |
| clandestinely {adv} (in an illicit way) | :: clandestien, onwettig, ongeoorloofd |
| clangour {n} (a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din) | :: geschal, galmen |
| clap {v} (To strike the palms of the hands together) | :: klappen |
| clap {v} (To applaud by clapping the hands) | :: applaudisseren, klappen |
| clap {n} (gonorrhea) | :: druiper |
| clapboard {n} (clapperboard) SEE: clapperboard | :: |
| clapper {n} (the tongue of a bell) | :: klepel {m} |
| clapper board {n} (clapperboard) SEE: clapperboard | :: |
| clapperboard {n} (device used in film) | :: klapbord |
| claptrap {n} (empty verbiage or nonsense) | :: Bombast, Holle frasen, |
| Clara {prop} (cognates and transliterations of the name Clara) | :: Klaartje, Klara |
| Clare {n} (Clara) SEE: Clara | :: |
| clarification {n} (clarification of ideas, meaning, etc) | :: opheldering {f}, verduidelijking {f} |
| clarify {v} (to make clear) | :: verduidelijken |
| clarinet {n} (woodwind musical instrument) | :: klarinet {?} |
| clarinetist {n} (musician) | :: klarinettist {m} |
| clarion {n} (medieval brass instrument) | :: klaroen {f} {n} |
| clarithromycin {n} (A macrolide antibiotic) | :: clarithromycine |
| clarity {n} (the state or measure of being clear) | :: helderheid {f}, klaarheid {f} |
| clasp {n} (fastener or holder) | :: kram {f}, haak {m}, gesp {m}, knip {f}, slot {n}; schakel {f}, greep {m} |
| clasp {v} (take hold of; grab tightly) | :: omklemmen |
| class {n} (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) | :: klasse {f} |
| class {n} (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) | :: klasse {f}, laag {f} |
| class {n} (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) | :: klas {f} |
| class {n} (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) | :: klasse {f} |
| class action {n} (lawsuit) | :: groepszaak {f}, groepsvordering {f} |
| classical {adj} (literature etc) | :: klassiek |
| classical guitar {n} (guitar used primarily for classical music) | :: klassieke gitaar {f} {m} |
| Classical Latin {prop} (Latin language as spoken and written formally) | :: klassiek Latijn {n} |
| classification {n} (act of forming into classes) | :: classificatie {f} |
| classify {v} (identify or divide into classes) | :: rangschikken, classificeren |
| classism {n} (discrimination based on social class) | :: klassisme {n} |
| classmate {n} (student who is in the same class at school) | :: klasgenoot |
| classroom {n} (room in a school) | :: klaslokaal {n} |
| classy {adj} (elegant and fashionable) | :: elegant, elegante |
| clastic {adj} (made up of parts that are easily removable) | :: klastisch |
| clause {n} (grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate) | :: bijzin {m} |
| clause {n} (grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers) | :: nevenschikking {f}, bijzin {m} |
| clause {n} (legal: separate part of a contract) | :: clausule {f} |
| claustrophobia {n} (fear of closed, tight places) | :: claustrofobie, engtevrees {f} |
| clavichord {n} (early keyboard instrument) | :: klavechord {n}, klavichord {n} |
| clavicle {n} (collar bone) | :: sleutelbeen {n} |
| clavicytherium {n} (harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player) | :: clavicytherium |
| clavis {n} (glossary) SEE: glossary | :: |
| claw {n} (curved horny nail) | :: klauw {c} |
| claw {v} (scratch or tear at) | :: klauwen |
| clawed frog {n} (a group of frogs) | :: klauwkikker {m} |
| claw hammer {n} (hammer with two prongs) | :: klauwhamer |
| clay {n} (mineral substance) | :: klei {m} |
| Clay Frisian {n} (Dialect of West Frisian) | :: Kleifries {n} |
| claystone {n} (sedimentary rock composed of fine, clay particles) | :: kleisteen |
| clean {adj} (not dirty) | :: schoon, proper |
| clean {adj} (in an unmarked condition) | :: blanco |
| clean {adj} (pure, especially morally or religiously) | :: leeg |
| clean {adj} (smooth, exact, and performed well) | :: mooie |
| clean {adj} (slang: cool or neat) | :: prachtig |
| clean {v} ((transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object) | :: schoonmaken, kuisen, poetsen, reinigen, wassen |
| clean {v} ((transitive) to tidy up) | :: opruimen |
| clean {v} ((intransitive) to make things clean) | :: poetsen, schoonmaken |
| clean {adv} (fully and completely) | :: schoon, proper |
| clean {adj} (empty) SEE: empty | :: |
| cleaner {n} (person who cleans) | :: schoonmaker {m} |
| cleaner {n} (substance used for cleaning) | :: reinigingsmiddel {n}, reiniger {m} |
| cleaning lady {n} | :: huishoudster {f} |
| cleanse {v} (to clean, purify) | :: reinigen, schoonmaken |
| cleanser {n} (detergent) SEE: detergent | :: |
| clean someone's clock {v} (defeat decisively) | :: met iemand de vloer aanvegen;iemand uitschakelen |
| clear {adj} (transparent in colour) | :: doorzichtig, klaar, doorschijnend |
| clear {adj} (bright, not obscured) | :: helder, klaar |
| clear {adj} (free of obstacles) | :: vrij |
| clear {adj} (without clouds) | :: helder, onbewolkt, wolkenloos |
| clear {adj} (free of ambiguity or doubt) | :: duidelijk |
| clear {adj} (free of guilt or suspicion) | :: zuiver |
| clear {adv} (all the way) | :: helemaal |
| clear {adv} (not near or touching something) | :: weg van |
| clear {v} | :: ontruimen, ruimen, vrijmaken |
| clear {v} (to become clear or freed from obstructions) | :: opklaren |
| clear {v} (to eliminate ambiguity or doubt; to clarify) | :: verduidelijken, verklaren |
| clear {v} (to remove from suspicion) | :: ontheven, vrijspreken |
| clear {v} (to go through as payment) | :: verrekenen |
| clearance {n} (permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information) | :: vergunning {f} |
| clear cut {adj} (straightforward) | :: duidelijk |
| clearing {n} (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees) | :: loo {n}, tra {f}, laar {n} |
| clearly {adv} (in a clear manner) | :: duidelijk |
| clearly {adv} ((modal) without a doubt, obviously) | :: duidelijk, klaar |
| clear someone's name {v} (prove someone's innocence) | :: iemands naam zuiveren |
| cleat {n} (device to secure a rope) | :: klamp |
| cleat {n} (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe) | :: nop |
| cleavable {adj} (capable of being cleaved) | :: splitsbare |
| cleavage {n} (the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft) | :: splijten {n}, splijting {f} |
| cleavage {n} (separation between breasts) | :: decolleté {n} |
| cleavage {n} (biology: cell division) | :: deling {f}, celdeling {f} |
| cleave {v} (transitive to split or sever) | :: klieven |
| cleave {v} (intransitive to split) | :: splitsen |
| cleaver {n} (a squarish knife used for hacking) | :: mes {n}, hakmes {n} |
| clef {n} (musical symbol) | :: sleutel {m} |
| cleft {n} (opening made or as if made by splitting) | :: spleet {f}, kloof {f} |
| cleft lip {n} (harelip) SEE: harelip | :: |
| clematis {n} (any plant of the genus Clematis) | :: clematis {f} |
| clemency {n} (leniency, mercy) | :: mildheid {f}, genade {f}, clementie {f} |
| clemency {n} (forgiveness or compassion) | :: clementie |
| clench {v} (to squeeze) | :: vastknijpen, ballen [vuist], samenballen |
| clergyman {n} (ordained (male) Christian minister, male member of the clergy) | :: geestelijke {m} |
| cleric {n} (clergy member) | :: geestelijke {m} |
| clerihew {n} (rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person) | :: clerihew |
| clerk {n} (one working with records etc.) | :: klerk {m}, bediende {m} |
| clever {adj} (mentally quick or sharp) | :: slim, kloek, scherpzinnig |
| clevis pin {n} (part of a fastener) | :: gaffelpen {f} |
| clew {n} (clue) SEE: clue | :: |
| cliché {n} (overused phrase or expression) | :: cliché {n}, gemeenplaats {f}, platitude {f} |
| cliche {n} (cliché) SEE: cliché | :: |
| click {n} (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) | :: klikken |
| clickbait {n} (content aimed at generating advertising revenue) | :: clickbait |
| clicking knife {n} (knife) | :: klikmes |
| client {n} (a customer or receiver of services) | :: klant {m} {f}, cliënt {m} {f} |
| client {n} (computing: the role of a computer application or system) | :: client {m} |
| client {n} (person who receives help or advice from a professional person) | :: klant, cliënt {m} {f} |
| client service {n} (customer service) SEE: customer service | :: |
| cliff {n} (a (near) vertical rock face) | :: klip {f}, klif {f} |
| climacterium {n} | :: climacterium {n} |
| climate {n} (long-term atmospheric conditions) | :: klimaat {n} |
| climate change {n} (changes in the Earth's climate) | :: klimaatsverandering {f} |
| climate strike {n} (a protest in form of skipping school or work to draw public's attention to the problem of climate crisis) | :: klimaatstaking {f} |
| climatological {adj} (of or pertaining to climatology) | :: klimatologisch |
| climatologist {n} (scholar of climatology) | :: klimatoloog {m} |
| climatology {n} (science) | :: klimatologie {f} |
| climax {n} (the peak of sexual pleasure) SEE: orgasm | :: |
| climax {n} (point of greatest intensity or force) | :: hoogtepunt {n} |
| climb {v} (to ascend, to go up) | :: klimmen |
| climb {v} (to mount, to move upwards on) | :: beklimmen |
| climber {n} (one who climbs) | :: klimmer {m}, beklimmer {m} |
| climber {n} (plant that climbs) | :: klimplant {f}, slingerplant {f} |
| climbing frame {n} (playground equipment) SEE: jungle gym | :: |
| cling {v} (hold tightly) | :: klampen |
| cling film {n} (plastic film that clings) | :: huishoudfolie {f} |
| clingfilm {n} (plastic film) | :: vershoudfolie {n}, huishoudfolie {n} |
| clingwrap {n} (clingfilm) SEE: clingfilm | :: |
| clinic {n} (medical facility) | :: kliniek {f} |
| clinical {adj} (of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility) | :: klinisch |
| clinical psychology {n} (branch of psychology) | :: klinische psychologie {f} |
| clinker {n} (fetters) SEE: fetter | :: |
| clinker {n} (very hard brick for paving) | :: klinker |
| clinker {n} (slag or ash) | :: klinker |
| clip art {n} (images that may be copy and pasted) | :: clipart |
| clipboard {n} (physical object) | :: klembord {n} |
| clipboard {n} (in computing: buffer for temporary storage) | :: klembord {n} |
| clipper {n} (fast sailing ship) | :: klipper {m} |
| clipping {n} (article clipped from a newspaper) | :: krantenknipsel {n} |
| clique {n} (small, exclusive group) | :: kliek {f} |
| clitic {n} (morpheme attached to another word) | :: cliticum {n} |
| clitoral hood {n} (fold of skin) | :: clitorishoed, clitoriskap |
| clitoris {n} (elongated erectile organ) | :: clitoris {f}, kittelaar {m} |
| cloaca {n} (anatomical feature of birds etc) | :: cloaca {f} |
| cloak {n} (cape) | :: mantel {m} |
| cloakroom {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| clock {n} (instrument to measure or keep track of time) | :: klok {f} {m} |
| clock {n} (odometer) | :: teller {m}, kilometerteller {m} |
| clock {v} (measure the duration of) | :: klokken |
| clock face {n} (the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands) | :: wijzerplaat {c} |
| clock gable {n} (facade with a decorative bell shape) | :: klokgevel {m} |
| clockmaker {n} (person who makes clocks) | :: klokkenmaker, klokkenmaakster {f}, horlogemaker {m}, horlogemaakster {f}, uurwerkmaker {m}, uurwerkmaakster {f} |
| clock radio {n} (alarm clock that includes a radio) | :: wekkerradio {m} |
| clockwise {adv} (in a circular fashion in the same direction as the hands of an analogue clock) | :: rechtsom, met de klok mee, in wijzerzin |
| clockwisely {adv} (clockwise) SEE: clockwise | :: |
| clockwork {n} (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device) | :: uurwerk {n} |
| clod {n} (lump of something, especially of earth or clay) | :: klomp {m}, kluit {m}, klont {m} {f} |
| clog {n} (a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel) | :: klomp {m} |
| clog {n} (a blockage) | :: verstopping {f} |
| clogged {adj} (having an obstructed flow) | :: verstopt |
| cloister {n} (covered walk with an open colonnade) | :: kloostergang, kruisgang |
| cloister {n} (place devoted to religious seclusion) | :: klooster {n} |
| cloister {n} (monastic life) | :: kloosterleven {n} |
| cloister {v} (become a Catholic religious) | :: in het klooster treden |
| cloister vault {n} (structure created by intersection of vaults) | :: kloostergewelf {n} |
| clone {n} (living organism (originally a plant)) | :: kloon |
| clone {n} (group of identical cells derived from a single cell) | :: kloon |
| clone {n} (copy of something already existing) | :: kloon |
| clone {v} (create a clone) | :: klonen |
| close {v} (obstruct (an opening)) | :: dichten, sluiten |
| close {v} (move (a door)) | :: sluiten, dichtdoen |
| close {v} (close (one's eyes)) | :: sluiten |
| close {v} (put an end to) | :: sluiten, beëindigen |
| close {v} (to make smaller) | :: verkleinen |
| close {adj} (at a little distance) | :: nabije, dichtbij |
| close {adj} (hot and humid or muggy) | :: zwoel, drukkend |
| close, but no cigar {phrase} (that's almost correct, but not quite) | :: het is net niks, bijna telt niet |
| closed {adj} (not open) | :: gesloten, dicht, afgesloten, toe |
| closed {adj} (not public) | :: gesloten |
| closed {adj} | :: gesloten [topology], inwendig [algebra] |
| closed syllable {n} (Translations) | :: gesloten lettergreep {c} |
| close in {v} (to enclose, lock up inside something) | :: insluiten |
| close-knit {adj} (closely linked or connected, as by a common identity, culture, or bond) | :: hecht |
| closely {adv} (in a close manner) | :: dichtbij |
| closemouthed {adj} (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) | :: niet spraakzaam, gesloten |
| closeness {n} (proximity) SEE: proximity | :: |
| closet {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| closet {n} (furniture) | :: kast {m} {f} |
| closure {n} (event signifying an ending) | :: beëindiging, afsluiting, sluiting |
| clot {n} (blood clot) | :: klonter |
| clot {n} (a silly person) | :: stommeling, idioot |
| clot {v} (to form into a clot) | :: klonteren, stollen, |
| cloth {n} (woven fabric) | :: doek {n}, kleed {n} |
| cloth {n} (piece of cloth) | :: vod {f} |
| clothe {v} (adorn with clothing) | :: kleden |
| clothes {n} (apparel) | :: kleren {p} |
| clothes-brush {n} (a brush for brushing clothes) | :: kleerborstel {m} |
| clothes dryer {n} (appliance) | :: wasdroger |
| clothesline {n} (rope or cord for drying clothes) | :: wasdraad {m}, waslijn {f} |
| clothes peg {n} (an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline) | :: wasknijper {m}, wasspeld {f} (Flanders) |
| clothespin {n} (a clip or fastener) SEE: clothes peg | :: |
| clothes shop {n} (type of shop) | :: kledingzaak, boutique, kledingwinkel {m}, klerenwinkel {m} |
| clothing {n} (clothes) | :: kleding {f}, kledij {f} |
| clotted cream {n} (thick cream) | :: strijkroom {m} |
| cloud {n} (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air) | :: wolk {f} |
| cloud {n} (mass of dust, steam or smoke) | :: wolk {f} |
| cloudberry {n} (fruit) | :: kruipbraam, gele bosbraam |
| cloudburst {n} (sudden heavy rainstorm) | :: wolkbreuk {f} |
| clouded {adj} (filled with clouds) | :: bewolkt |
| clouded leopard {n} (medium sized arboreal cat) | :: nevelpanter {m} |
| cloud nine {n} (state of bliss) | :: zevende hemel |
| cloud nine {n} (state of fantastic or impractical dreaming) SEE: head in the clouds | :: |
| cloudy {adj} (covered with or characterised by clouds) | :: bewolkt |
| clout {n} (influence, effectiveness) | :: invloed {m} |
| clout {n} (informal: blow with the hand) | :: klap {m}, oorvijg {f}, slag {m} |
| clout {n} (archery: center of the butt) | :: doelwit {n} |
| clout {n} (swaddling cloth) | :: wikkel {m}, luier {m} |
| clout {n} (piece of cloth) | :: lap {m}, vod {n}, doek {m} |
| clout {n} (iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing) | :: rondel {n}, ring {m} |
| clout {n} (piece, fragment) | :: brok {m}, stuk {n}, fragment {n} |
| clout {v} (hit, especially with the fist) | :: slaan, oorvijgen |
| clove {n} (spice) | :: kruidnagel |
| clove {n} (constitutive bulb of garlic) | :: teen {m} (toe) |
| clove hitch {n} (type of knot) | :: mastworp {m} |
| clove pink {n} (carnation) SEE: carnation | :: |
| clover {n} (plant in genus Trifolium) | :: klaver {f} |
| clown {n} (performance artist working in a circus) | :: clown {m} |
| cloy {v} (fill up) | :: opvullen, volstoppen, vullen |
| cloy {v} (satiate) | :: verzadigen, vervullen |
| cloy {v} (fill to loathing) | :: oververzadigen, volstoppen |
| cloying {adj} (unpleasantly excessive) | :: buitenissig, excessief |
| cloying {adj} (excessively sweet) | :: zeemzout, stroperig |
| club {n} (weapon) | :: knuppel {m} |
| club {n} (association of members) | :: club {f} |
| club {n} (playing card symbol, ♣) | :: klaveren {m-p} |
| club {v} (to hit with a club) | :: neerknuppelen, slaan |
| club {v} (to join together to form a group) | :: zich groeperen, zich verenigen, samengaan, een club vormen |
| clubfoot {n} (foot malformation) | :: klompvoet {m}, horrelvoet {m} |
| clubs {n} (plural of club) SEE: club | :: |
| clubs {n} (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣) | :: klaveren {m} {f} |
| cluck {n} (sound made by hen) | :: gekakel {n} |
| cluck {n} (tongue click to urge on a horse) | :: klakken |
| cluck {v} (to produce cluck sound) | :: kakelen, klakken |
| clue {n} (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion) | :: aanwijzing {f}, spoor {n} |
| clue {v} (to provide with a clue) | :: een tip geven |
| clue {v} (to provide with information) | :: inlichten, informeren |
| clueless {adj} (lacking knowledge or understanding) | :: onnozel |
| clumsy {adj} (awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous) | :: onhandig, stuntelig |
| clumsy {adj} (not elegant or well-planned) | :: onhandig |
| clung {v} (simple past) | :: klampte |
| clung {v} (past participle) | :: geklampt |
| cluster {n} (a bunch of grapes) | :: tros {m} |
| clutch {n} (A device to interrupt power transmission) | :: koppeling, klauw {f} |
| clutch {n} (The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission) | :: ontkoppelingspedaal {m} |
| clutter {n} (a confused disordered jumble of things) | :: rommel, rotzooi |
| C major {n} (the major key with C as its tonic) | :: C-majeur, C-groot |
| C major {n} (the major chord with a root of C) | :: C-majeur, C-groot |
| c'mere {contraction} (come) SEE: come | :: |
| c'mere {contraction} (here) SEE: here | :: |
| C minor {n} (the minor key with C as its tonic) | :: c-mineur, c-klein |
| C minor {n} (the minor chord with a root of C) | :: c-mineur, c-klein |
| c/o {prep} (An intermediary who is responsible for transferring a piece of mail between the postal system and the final addressee.) | :: p/a (per adres) |
| co- {prefix} (together, mutually, jointly) | :: mede- |
| coach {n} (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power) | :: koets {c} |
| coach {n} (trainer) | :: coach {m}, trainer {m}, trainster {f} |
| coach {n} (long-distance bus) | :: reisbus {m} |
| coach {v} (sports: train) | :: coachen, trainen |
| coach {v} (instruct) | :: opleiden |
| coadjutor {n} (assistant) SEE: assistant | :: |
| coagulate {v} (become congealed) | :: stollen, coaguleren |
| coagulate {v} (cause to congeal) | :: stollen, coaguleren |
| coagulate {n} (mass formed by means of coagulation) | :: coagulaat |
| coagulation {n} (process of forming clots from blood) | :: stolling {f}, bloedstolling {f} |
| coagulation {n} (similar solidification) | :: stolling {f} |
| coal {n} (uncountable: carbon rock) | :: kool {f}, steenkool {f} |
| coal {n} (countable: carbon rock) | :: kool {f} |
| coal {n} (smouldering material) | :: kool {f} |
| coalesce {v} (to join into a single mass) | :: versmelten, samensmelten |
| coalesce {v} (to form from different elements) | :: doen versmelten, doen samensmelten |
| coalescence {n} (act of coalescing) | :: samengroeien |
| coal gas {n} (poisonous gas) | :: kolengas {n}, lichtgas {n}, steenkolengas {n} |
| coalition {n} (group of organizations) | :: coalitie {f} |
| coal mine {n} (a mine from which coal is mined) | :: kolenmijn {c} |
| coalmine {n} (coal mine) SEE: coal mine | :: |
| coal tit {n} (coal tit) | :: zwarte mees |
| coaming {n} (on a boat, the vertical side of the hatch) | :: luikhoofd, zetboord |
| coarctation {n} (stenosis) SEE: stenosis | :: |
| coarse {adj} (of inferior quality) | :: ruw, grof |
| coast {n} (edge of land meeting ocean, sea, gulf, bay) | :: kust, kustlijn, zeekant, zeekust |
| coaster {n} (piece of material used to protect the surface of a table) | :: bierviltje {n} |
| coaster brake {n} (brake integrated in bicycle rear hub) | :: terugtraprem {f}, achteruittraprem {f} |
| coast guard {n} (enforcer of maritime law) | :: kustwacht {m} {f} |
| coastline {n} (the shape of a coast) | :: kustlijn {c} |
| coat {n} (outer garment covering the upper torso and arms) | :: mantel {m}, jas {m} |
| coat {n} (covering of material, such as paint) | :: laag {f} |
| coat {v} (to cover with a coat of some material) | :: bekleden, coaten |
| coat hanger {n} (device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc) | :: kleerhanger {m} |
| coati {n} (any of several animals of the genus Nasua) | :: neusbeer {m} |
| coat of arms {n} (hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon) | :: wapen {n}, wapenschild {n}, rijkswapen {n} [when used by a sovereign state], staatswapen {n} [when used by a sovereign state] |
| coat stand {n} (pole with pegs) | :: kapstok |
| coatstand {n} (coat stand) SEE: coat stand | :: |
| coat-stand {n} (coat stand) SEE: coat stand | :: |
| coax {v} (persuade gradually) | :: overhalen |
| coax {v} (manipulate carefully into position) | :: verleiden |
| coax {adj} (coaxial cable) | :: coaxkabel {m}, coaxiale kabel {m} |
| cob {n} (gull) SEE: gull | :: |
| cob {n} (bread roll) SEE: bread roll | :: |
| cobalt {n} (chemical element) | :: kobalt {n} |
| cobble {n} (cobblestone) SEE: cobblestone | :: |
| cobbler {n} (person who makes and repairs shoes) | :: schoenlapper {m}, schoenlapster {f}, schoenmaker {m}, schoenmaakster {f} |
| cobblestone {n} (a rounded stone) | :: keisteen; (for paving) kassei; kasseisteen |
| cobra {n} (venomous snake) | :: cobra, brilslang |
| cobweb {n} (a spider’s web) SEE: spiderweb | :: |
| coca {n} (the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca)) | :: coca {f} |
| Coca-Cola {n} (Coke) SEE: Coke | :: |
| Coca-Cola {prop} (particular carbonated soft drink) | :: Coca-Cola |
| cocaine {n} (the narcotic) | :: cocaïne {m}, sos {c}, coke {c} |
| coccyx {n} ((anatomy) final fused vertebrae) | :: staartbeen, stuitbeen, stuit {f}, stuitje {n} |
| Cocha antshrike {n} (passerine bird of the antbird family) | :: Cocha-mierklauwier |
| cock {n} (slang: penis) SEE: dick | :: |
| cock {n} (any male bird) | :: mannetje {n} |
| cock {n} (male pigeon) | :: doffer {m} |
| cock {n} (hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism) | :: haan {m} |
| cock {n} (slang: stupid person) | :: kip zonder kop |
| cock {v} (to lift the cock of a firearm) | :: de haan overhalen |
| cock {v} (to copulate (with)) | :: neuken |
| cock {n} (small pile) | :: opper {m} |
| cock {v} (to form into small piles) | :: opperen |
| cock {n} (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) SEE: rooster | :: |
| cockade {n} (a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge) | :: kokarde {f} |
| cock-a-doodle-doo {interj} (cry of the rooster) | :: kukeleku |
| Cockaigne {prop} (mythical land) | :: Luilekkerland {n} |
| cockalorum {n} (menial, yet self-important person) | :: snoeshaan {m} |
| cockamamie {n} (decal) | :: doortrekplaat {f} |
| cockamamie {n} (foolish or ridiculous person) | :: nar {m}, dwaas {m} |
| cockamamie {adj} (foolish, silly) | :: dwaas, stom, onnozel |
| cock-and-bull story {n} (a far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity) | :: onzinverhaal {n} |
| cockatiel {n} (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) | :: valkparkiet |
| cockatoo {n} (a bird) | :: kaketoe |
| cockatrice {n} (legendary creature) | :: slangdraak {m} |
| cockchafer {n} (beetle of genus Melolontha) | :: meikever {m} |
| cockerel {n} (young male chicken) | :: haantje {n} |
| cocker spaniel {n} (either breed) | :: cocker spaniel |
| cockeyed {adj} (absurd, silly, or stupid) SEE: absurd | :: |
| cockeyed {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| cockeyed {adj} (crooked, askew) SEE: crooked | :: |
| cockeyed {adj} (having both eyes oriented inward) SEE: cross-eyed | :: |
| cockle {n} (wrinkle) SEE: wrinkle | :: |
| cockle {n} (any of various edible European bivalve mollusks) | :: kokkel {m}, kokhaan {m}, hartschelp |
| cockle {n} (the shell of the cockle) | :: kokkel {m}, hartschelp |
| cockle {n} (one’s innermost feelings) | :: zieleroerselen {p} |
| cockle {n} (any of several weeds, such as the corn cockle) | :: kokkelboon {m} {f}, kokhaan {m}, hartschelp |
| cock pigeon {n} (male pigeon) | :: [♂♀] duif {m} {f}, doffer {m} |
| cockpit {n} (space for pilot and crew in an aircraft) | :: cockpit {c} |
| cockpit voice recorder {n} (part of a flight recorder) | :: cockpitvoicerecorder |
| cockroach {n} (type of insect) | :: kakkerlak {f}, sissende kakkerlak {f} |
| cockscomb {n} (fleshy red crest of a rooster) | :: hanenkam {m} |
| cocksucker {n} (a fellator) | :: pikzuiger {m}, lulzuiger {m} |
| cocksucker {n} (an objectionable person) | :: kankerlijer |
| cocktail {n} (alcoholic beverage) | :: cocktail {m} |
| cocky {adj} (overly confident) | :: overmoedig |
| cocoa {n} (hot drink) | :: cacao {m} |
| cocoa {n} (powder) SEE: cocoa powder | :: |
| cocoa bean {n} (seed of the cocoa plant) | :: cacaoboon |
| cocoa butter {n} (fat from cocoa bean) | :: cacaoboter |
| cocoa powder {n} (powder from cocoa solids) | :: cacao {m}, cacaopoeder {n} |
| coco-de-mer {n} (tree) | :: coco de mer |
| cocona {n} (plant) | :: orinoco {m} |
| cocona {n} (fruit) | :: orinoco-appel {m} |
| coconut {n} (fruit of coco palm) | :: kokosnoot {f} |
| coconut {n} (edible flesh of coconut fruit) | :: kokos |
| coconut crab {n} (Birgus latro) | :: klapperdief |
| coconut milk {n} (the liquid from inside the seed of the coconut) | :: klappermelk {m} {f}, kokosmelk {m} {f}, santen |
| coconut oil {n} (type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts) | :: kokosolie {f} |
| co-counselling {n} (form of self-help counselling) | :: cocounselen |
| Cocytus {prop} (river of the underworld) | :: Cocytus {m} |
| cod {n} (marine fish of the family Gadidae) | :: kabeljauw {m} |
| coddle {v} (to treat gently or with great care) | :: verwennen, vertroetelen |
| coddle {v} (to cook slowly in hot water) | :: zachtjes koken |
| code {n} (very short abbreviation) | :: code {m} |
| code {n} (body of law) | :: wetboek {n} |
| code {n} (system of principles, rules or regulations) | :: code {m} |
| code {n} (set of rules for converting information) | :: code {m} |
| code {n} (cryptographic system) | :: code {m} |
| code {v} (write software programs) | :: programmeren |
| code {v} (cryptography: to encode) | :: coderen |
| code {v} (encode a protein) | :: coderen |
| code {n} (source code) SEE: source code | :: |
| Codegua {prop} (Codegua) | :: Codegua {f} |
| code name {n} (name used to clandestinely identify something) | :: codenaam |
| code-switch {v} (to alternate between languages) | :: taalschakelen |
| codeword {n} (cryptography: string of encrypted text) | :: codewoord {n} |
| codeword {n} (type of crossword) | :: cijfercode {m} |
| codfish {n} (cod) SEE: cod | :: |
| codger {n} (an amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man) | :: brompot, vreemde oude vent |
| codicil {n} (addition made to a will) | :: codicil {n},bijvoegsel {n},aanhangsel {n} |
| coding {n} (encoding) SEE: encoding | :: |
| cod liver oil {n} (nutritional supplement) | :: levertraan {f} |
| codpiece {n} (part of male dress to cover genitals) | :: gulp {f},braguette {f}, schaambuidel {m}, kulzak {m} [archaic] |
| codpiece {n} (protection for the male genitals in suit of armor) | :: braguette {f}, schaambuidel {m} |
| co-ed {adj} | :: gemengd |
| co-ed {n} (dated: young woman who attends college) | :: studente {f} |
| coefficient {adj} (cooperating) | :: behulpzaam |
| coefficient {n} (algebraic constant) | :: coëfficiënt {m} |
| coefficient {n} (measure of some property or characteristic) | :: coëfficiënt {m} |
| coefficient of friction {n} (ratio) | :: wrijvingscoëfficiënt {m} |
| coeliac disease {n} (auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten) | :: coeliakie |
| coenzyme {n} (small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme) | :: co-enzym |
| coerce {v} (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb) | :: onderdrukken |
| coerce {v} (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will) | :: dwingen, afdwingen, forceren |
| coerce {v} (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type) | :: forceren |
| coercion {n} (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person) | :: dwang {m} |
| coetaneous {adj} (contemporary) SEE: contemporary | :: |
| coexist {v} (Exist contemporaneously) | :: coëxisteren |
| coffee {n} (beverage) | :: koffie {m} |
| coffee {n} (beans) | :: koffie {m}, koffieboon {m} |
| coffee {n} (plant) | :: koffie {m}, koffieplant {m} |
| coffee {n} (colour) | :: mokka {n}, koffiebruin {n} |
| coffee {adj} (of a pale brown colour) | :: mokka, koffiebruin |
| coffee bar {n} (establishment that sells coffee) SEE: café | :: |
| coffee break {n} (a rest period during the business day providing the opportunity to drink coffee) | :: koffiepauze {m} {f} |
| coffee grinder {n} (a device for pulverizing or powdering coffee beans) | :: koffiemolen {m} |
| coffee grounds {n} (sediment) | :: koffiedik {n} |
| coffeehouse {n} (café) SEE: café | :: |
| coffeemaker {n} (kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee) | :: koffiezetmachine {m}, koffiezetapparaat {n} |
| coffee pot {n} (pot for coffee) | :: koffiepot {m}, koffiekan {f} |
| coffee shop {n} (café) SEE: café | :: |
| coffer {n} (cofferdam) SEE: cofferdam | :: |
| cofferdam {n} (temporary watertight structure) | :: kistdam {m} |
| coffin {n} (box in which a dead person is buried) | :: doodskist, kist {f} |
| cofounder {n} (one who founds something with someone else) | :: mede-oprichter {m} |
| cog {n} (tooth on a gear) | :: tand {m}, tandwieltand {m} |
| cog {n} (gear; a cogwheel) | :: tandwiel {n}, tandrad {n} |
| cog {n} (unimportant individual) | :: radertje {n} |
| cog {n} (type of ship) | :: kogge {c} |
| cog {n} (trick or deception) | :: vals spel {n} |
| cog {v} (cheat at dice) | :: valsspelen, bedriegen |
| cogeneration {n} (simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source) | :: warmtekrachtkoppeling |
| cogent {adj} (reasonable and convincing; based on evidence) | :: overtuigend, steekhoudend |
| cogent {adj} (appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning) | :: overtuigend |
| cogent {adj} (forcefully persuasive) | :: overtuigend |
| cogitable {adj} (conceivable) SEE: conceivable | :: |
| cognac {n} (type of brandy) | :: cognac {m} |
| cognate {adj} (kindred by birth) | :: bloedverwant |
| cognate {adj} (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language) | :: verwant, wortelverwant |
| cognate {n} (word derived from the same roots as a given word) | :: cognaat {c} |
| cognate accusative {n} (object of kindred sense or derivation) | :: cognaat object {n} |
| cognitive {adj} (relating to mental functions) | :: cognitief |
| cognitive psychology {n} (branch of psychology) | :: cognitieve psychologie |
| cognizance {n} (emblem of noble house) | :: kenteken {n}, embleem {n} |
| cognizance {n} (awareness) | :: bewustzijn {n} |
| cognoscente {n} (someone possessing specialized knowledge in a particular field) | :: kenner, expert |
| cog wheel {n} (gear wheel) SEE: gear wheel | :: |
| cogwheel {n} (gear wheel) SEE: gear wheel | :: |
| cohabit {v} (live together as if married) | :: samenleven, cohabiteren |
| coherent {adj} (sticking together) | :: samenhangend, coherent |
| coherent {adj} (orderly, logical and consistent) | :: samenhangend, coherent |
| coherer {n} (a detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers) | :: coherer |
| cohesion {n} (the state of cohering, or of sticking together) | :: cohesie {f}, samenhang {m} |
| cohort {n} (abettor) SEE: abettor | :: |
| cohort {n} (accomplice) SEE: accomplice | :: |
| cohort {n} (associate) SEE: associate | :: |
| cohort {n} (colleague) SEE: colleague | :: |
| coiffure {n} (hairstyle) SEE: hairstyle | :: |
| coil {n} (something wound) | :: spiraal {c}, veer {f} |
| coil {n} (electrical) | :: spoel {f} |
| coil {v} (wind into regular rings) | :: oprollen, opwinden |
| coil {v} (wind into loops) | :: oprollen, opwinden |
| coil {n} (noise) | :: rumoer {n} |
| coil {n} (intra-uterine contraceptive device) SEE: intrauterine device | :: |
| Coimbra {prop} (city and municipality in Coimbra, Portugal) | :: Coimbra |
| coin {n} ((currency) a piece of currency) | :: munt {m}, muntstuk {n}, geldstuk {n} |
| coin {v} (to create coins) | :: munten, aanmunten, munt slaan |
| coin {v} (to make up or invent, and establish) | :: verzinnen, smeden, opperen, bedenken |
| coinage {n} (currency) SEE: currency | :: |
| coinage {n} (neologism) SEE: neologism | :: |
| coincide {v} (to occupy exactly the same space) | :: samenvallen, coïncideren |
| coincide {v} (to occur at the same time) | :: samenvallen, coïncideren |
| coincide {v} (to correspond) | :: samenvallen, coïncideren |
| coincidental {adj} (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) | :: toevallig |
| coincidental {adj} (happening or existing at the same time) | :: samenvallend |
| coin-op {adj} (operated by coins) | :: op munten, munt- |
| coin-op {n} (operated by coins) | :: munttoestel {n}, muntapparaat {n} |
| coinsurance {n} (joint assumption of risk between insurer and insured) | :: eigen risico {m} |
| coitus {n} (sexual interaction, see also: sexual intercourse) | :: coïtus {m} |
| coke {n} (Coke) SEE: Coke | :: |
| Coke {n} (Coca-Cola) | :: cola {m} |
| cola {n} (drink) | :: cola {m} |
| cola {n} (plant or nut) SEE: kola | :: |
| colander {n} (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) | :: vergiet {n}, verzijp {n} |
| colchicine {n} (alkaloid) | :: colchicine |
| cold {adj} (having a low temperature) | :: koud, fris, koel |
| cold {adj} (unfriendly) | :: koud, afstandelijk, koel |
| cold {adj} (unprepared) | :: onvoorbereid |
| cold {n} (low temperature) | :: kou {f}, koude {f} |
| cold {n} (illness) | :: verkoudheid {f} |
| cold abscess {n} (chronic abscess) | :: koud abces {n} |
| cold-blooded {adj} (lacking emotion or compunction) | :: kil, koudbloedig |
| cold day in Hell {n} (an event that will never happen) | :: met Sint Juttemis; als pasen en pinksteren op één dag vallen |
| cold fish {n} (heartless individual) | :: kniesoor |
| cold front {n} (leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air) | :: koufront {n} |
| cold fusion {n} (hypothetical form of nuclear fusion) | :: koude kernfusie {f} |
| cold snap {n} (period of cold weather) | :: koudegolf {c} |
| cold sore {n} (small bump on the lips) | :: koortslip |
| cold turkey {n} (sudden and complete withdrawal) | :: abrupte ontwenning |
| cold turkey {n} (symptoms of withdrawal) | :: ontwenningsverschijnselen |
| cold turkey {adv} (abruptly) | :: ineens |
| cold war {n} (a period of hostile relations) | :: koude oorlog {m} |
| Cold War {prop} (a period of history from 1945–1991) | :: Koude Oorlog {m} |
| cold wave {n} (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) | :: koudegolf {m} |
| cole {n} (cabbage) SEE: cabbage | :: |
| colectomy {n} (surgical procedure) | :: colectomie |
| coleslaw {n} (a salad) | :: koolsla {f}, coleslaw {m} |
| colic {n} (abdominal pain) | :: koliek {f} {n} |
| collaborate {v} (to work together on a piece of work) | :: samenwerken |
| collaborate {v} (to cooperate treasonably) | :: collaboreren |
| collaboration {n} (act of collaborating) | :: samenwerking {f}, het samenwerken |
| collaboration {n} (treasonous cooperation) | :: collaboratie {f} |
| collage {n} (picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface) | :: collage {f} |
| collagen {n} (glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers) | :: collageen {n} |
| collagenic {adj} (relating to or composed of collagen) | :: collageen |
| collapse {v} (to fall down suddenly; to cave in) | :: instorten |
| collapse {n} (act of collapsing) | :: ineenstorting {f}, instorten {n} |
| collapsible {adj} (that can be collapsed) | :: opklapbaar, plooibaar |
| collar {n} (fabric garment part fitting around throat) | :: kraag {m}, boord {m}, halsboord {m} |
| collar {n} (chain worn around the neck) | :: halsketen {m} {f}, halsketting {m} {f} |
| collar {n} (anything around the neck) | :: halsband {m} |
| collar {n} (device for restraining animal) | :: halsband {m}, nekriem {m} |
| collar {n} (part of harness) | :: gareel {n} |
| collar {n} (any encircling device or structure) | :: boord {?}, gordel {?}, rand {?}, ring {?} |
| collar {v} (to grab or seize by collar or neck) | :: bij het nekvel grijpen |
| collar {v} (to seize, capture or detain) | :: vatten, grijpen |
| collar {v} (to bind in conversation) | :: verbaal vastpinnen |
| collar {v} (to arrest) SEE: arrest | :: |
| collarbone {n} (clavicle) SEE: clavicle | :: |
| collared antshrike {n} (passerine bird) | :: withals-mierklauwier |
| collared dove {n} (collared dove) | :: turkse tortel |
| collared peccary {n} (mammal) | :: halsbandpekari |
| collared pratincole {n} (Glareola pratincola) | :: vorkstaartplevier |
| collate {v} (assemble something in a logical sequence) | :: sorteren |
| collate {v} (sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order) | :: sorteren |
| collateral {adj} (parallel, along the same vein) | :: collateraal, neven-, zijdelings |
| collateral {adj} (corresponding, accompanying) | :: collateraal, neven-, begeleidend |
| collateral {adj} (aside from the main subject, target) | :: bij-, bijkomstig, hulp-, neven-, subsidiair, zijdelings |
| collateral {adj} (of an indirect family relationship) | :: zijdelings (verwant) |
| collateral {n} (security or guarantee) | :: zekerheid {f},onderpand {n}, pand {n} |
| collateral {n} (collateral relative) | :: nevenverwant {m}, zijdelings verwant {m} |
| collateral {n} (branch of a bodily part) | :: vertakking {?} |
| collateral {n} (thinner blood vessel) | :: collateraal {n} |
| collateral damage {n} (collateral damage) | :: nevenschade {f}, randschade {f} |
| collateral form {n} (coexisting form of a word) | :: nevenvorm |
| colleague {n} (fellow member of a profession) | :: collega {m} |
| collect {v} (to gather together) | :: verzamelen, opstapelen |
| collect {v} (to infer, conclude, form a conclusion) | :: concluderen, opmaken |
| collected {adj} (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) | :: kalm, rustig, bedaard, |
| collection {n} (set of items) | :: collectie {f}, verzameling {f} |
| collection {n} (activity of collecting) | :: verzamelen {n} |
| collection {n} (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes) | :: inzameling {f} |
| collective {adj} (in grammar) | :: collectief |
| collective {n} (in grammar) | :: verzamelnaam |
| collective noun {n} (noun referring to a group of similar things) | :: verzamelnaam {m}, collectivum {n} |
| Collective Security Treaty Organisation {prop} (intergovernmental military alliance) | :: Collectieve Veiligheidsverdragorganisatie, CVVO |
| collective unconscious {n} (experience of human species) | :: collectief onbewuste {n} |
| collectivism {n} (An system in which the means are owned and controlled by people collectively) | :: collectivisme {n} |
| collectivization {n} (the act of collectivizing) | :: collectivisatie {f} |
| collectivize {v} | :: collectiviseren |
| collector {n} (person or thing that collects) | :: verzamelaar {m} [person] |
| college {n} (specialized division of a university) | :: faculteit {f} |
| college town {n} (town or city dominated by its university population) | :: universiteitsstad {f} |
| collegiality {n} (working with colleagues in an effective and cooperative manner) | :: collegialiteit {f} |
| collide {v} (to impact directly, especially if violent) | :: botsen |
| collier {n} (person) | :: mijnwerker {m}, koempel {m} |
| collier {n} (vessel) | :: kolenschip {n}, koolschip {n} |
| colliery {n} (underground coal mine) | :: kolenmijn {c} |
| collision {n} (collision) SEE: wreck | :: |
| collision {n} (instance of colliding) | :: botsing {f} |
| collocate {v} (arrange side by side) | :: samenzetten, bijeenzetten |
| collocate {v} (occur side by side) | :: samenstaan, bijeenstaan |
| collocation {n} (grouping of words that commonly occur together) | :: collocatie {f} |
| colloquial {adj} (of oral communication language) | :: gemeenzaam, idiomatisch, van de spreektaal, informeel |
| colloquium {n} (academic meeting) | :: colloquium {n} |
| collude {v} (to conspire) | :: colluderen, samenzweren, samenspannen |
| collusion {n} (conspiracy) | :: collusie {f}, samenzwering {f}, samenspanning {f} |
| Cologne {prop} (city in Germany) | :: Keulen {n} |
| Colombia {prop} (country in South America) | :: Colombia, Colombië |
| colon {n} (punctuation mark) | :: dubbelpunt {n} |
| colon {n} (the last part of the digestive system) | :: karteldarm {m} |
| colonel {n} (commissioned office in the armed services) | :: kolonel {m} |
| colonialism {n} (colonial domination policy) | :: kolonialisme |
| colonization {n} (process of establishing a colony) | :: kolonisatie {f} |
| colonize {v} (to begin a new colony) | :: koloniseren |
| colony {n} (region or governmental unit) | :: kolonie {f} |
| colophon {n} (end note about author and manuscript) | :: colofon {n} |
| colophony {n} (rosin) SEE: rosin | :: |
| color {n} (spectral composition of visible light) | :: kleur |
| color {n} (particular set of the visible spectrum) | :: kleur |
| color {n} (hue as opposed to achromatic colors) | :: kleur |
| color {n} (human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity) | :: kleur |
| color {n} (interest, especially in a selective area) | :: kleur |
| color {n} (any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms) | :: kleur |
| color {n} (standard or banner (colors)) | :: kleur |
| color {v} (give something color) | :: kleuren, inkleuren |
| color {v} (draw using crayons) | :: kleuren |
| color {v} (become red through increased blood flow) | :: blozen, een kleur krijgen, kleuren |
| color {v} (affect without completely changing) | :: kleuren |
| Colorado beetle {n} (beetle) | :: coloradokever {m} {f} |
| color blindness {n} (condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired) | :: kleurenblindheid {f}, daltonisme {n} |
| color blindness {n} (indifference to a person's skin color or race) | :: kleurenblindheid {f} |
| colorectal {adj} (medicine: of or pertaining to the colorectum) | :: colorectaal |
| colorful {adj} (possessing prominent and varied colors) | :: kleurrijk |
| coloring book {n} (a type of book) | :: kleurboek {n} |
| colossal {adj} (extremely large) | :: kolossaal |
| Colossians {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Kolossenzen, Kolossers |
| colossus {n} (any creature or thing of gigantic size) | :: kolos {m} |
| Colossus of Rhodes {prop} (the statue of Helios) | :: Kolossus van Rodos {m}, Kolos van Rodos {m} |
| colostrum {n} (a form of milk) | :: biest {f} |
| colourless {adj} (having no colour) | :: kleurloos |
| colour television {n} (television in colour) | :: kleurentelevisie |
| colour television {n} (a colour television set) | :: kleurentelevisietoestel {n} |
| colt {n} (young male horse) | :: hengstveulen {n} |
| columbarium {n} (a building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves) | :: duivenhuis {n}, columbarium {n} |
| columbarium {n} (a place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns) | :: columbarium {n} |
| Columbia {prop} (poetic: America) | :: Columbia |
| Columbia {prop} (female personification of the USA) | :: Columbia, Colombia, Colombië |
| Columbian {n} (16-point type) | :: tekst |
| columbine {n} (any plant of the genus Aquilegia) | :: akelei |
| Columbus {prop} (Christopher Columbus) | :: Christoffel {m} |
| column {n} (upright supporting member) | :: kolom {m} {f} |
| column {n} (column of troops) | :: colonne {f} |
| colza {n} (cabbage variety) | :: koolzaad {n} |
| coma {n} (Deep sleep) | :: coma {n} |
| coma {n} (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) | :: coma {f} |
| comatose {adj} (asleep) SEE: asleep | :: |
| comatose {adj} (resembling a coma) | :: comateus |
| comb {n} (toothed implement for grooming the hair) | :: kam {m} |
| comb {n} (fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles) | :: kam {m} |
| comb {v} (to groom the hair with a toothed implement) | :: kammen |
| comb {v} (to search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb) | :: uitkammen |
| comb {n} (structure of cells made by bees) SEE: honeycomb | :: |
| combat {n} (a battle; a fight) | :: gevecht, kamp, slag, strijd, treffen, veldslag |
| combat {v} (to fight; to struggle for victory) | :: vechten |
| combat boot {n} (boot designed for combat) | :: legerlaars, legerkist, soldatenkist {f} |
| combative {adj} (given to fighting) | :: strijdbaar |
| combination {n} (act of combining) | :: combinatie {f}, verbinding |
| combination {n} (sequence of numbers or letters for a combination lock) | :: combinatie {f} |
| combination {n} (one or more elements selected without regard of the order) | :: combinatie {f} |
| combination {n} (association) | :: vereniging |
| combination {n} (combat sports) | :: combinatie {f}, serie {f}, combo {n} |
| combine {v} (bring two or more things or activities together) | :: combineren |
| combine {v} (have two or more things or properties that function together) | :: verenigen |
| combine {n} (combination) SEE: combination | :: |
| combine {n} (combine harvester) SEE: combine harvester | :: |
| combine harvester {n} (combine) | :: maaidorser |
| combust {v} (be consumed by fire) SEE: burn | :: |
| combustion {n} (the act or process of burning) | :: verbranding {f} |
| combustion {n} (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen) | :: verbranding {f} |
| combustion {n} (violent agitation, commotion) | :: verhitte gemoederen, commotie |
| combustion chamber {n} (space in a heat engine) | :: verbrandingskamer {m} {f} |
| combustion engine {n} (engine that uses the combustion of fuel to create work) | :: verbrandingsmotor {m} |
| combustor {n} (chamber acting as the furnace in a jet or turbine engine) | :: verbrandingskamer |
| come {v} (to move nearer) | :: komen |
| come {v} (to have a relative position in a sequence) | :: komen |
| come {v} (to orgasm) | :: klaarkomen |
| come about {v} (to come about) | :: gebeuren, tot stand komen, |
| come about {v} (nautical) | :: overstag gaan, wenden, |
| come about {v} (to change) | :: van mening veranderen, |
| come back {v} ((intransitive) To return to a place) | :: terugkomen |
| comedian {n} (entertainer) | :: komiek {m}, komediant |
| come down {v} (graduate) SEE: graduate | :: |
| comedown {n} (after a drug) SEE: crash | :: |
| comedy {n} (a light, amusing play with a happy ending) | :: blijspel {n} |
| comedy {n} (dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone) | :: komedie {f}, blijspel {n} |
| come hell or high water {adv} | :: wat er zich ook voordoet |
| come in {v} (to enter) SEE: enter | :: |
| comely {adj} (pleasing or attractive to the eye) | :: bevallig |
| come on {v} (to show sexual or relational interest) | :: flirten |
| come on {v} (to progress, to develop) | :: goed groeien |
| come on {v} (to get one's period) | :: haar regels krijgen |
| come on {interj} (expression of encouragement) | :: kom op, kom, kom aan |
| come on {interj} (expression of disbelief) | :: kom op, kom aan |
| come on {interj} (hurry up) | :: kom op, vlug een beetje!, kom aan |
| come out {v} (to come out of the closet) SEE: come out of the closet | :: |
| come out {v} (to be published, be issued) | :: uitkomen |
| come out of the closet {v} (to tell others about a secret belief or preference) | :: uit de kast komen |
| comestible {adj} (suitable to be eaten; edible) | :: eetwaren |
| comet {n} (a celestial body, generally with a tail) | :: komeet {m}, staartster {f} |
| come together {v} (to assemble, congregate) | :: bijeenkomen, samenkomen |
| come to mind {v} (spring to mind) SEE: spring to mind | :: |
| come to pass {v} (to happen, to occur) | :: gebeuren |
| come to someone's aid {v} (to assist and rescue someone) | :: te hulp komen |
| come up with {v} (to invent, create) | :: bedenken, verzinnen |
| come what may {adv} (idiomatic) | :: wat er ook gebeurt |
| comfort {n} (contentment, ease) | :: comfort {n}, gemak {n} |
| comfort {n} (consolation) | :: troost |
| comfort {n} (cause of relief or satisfaction) | :: troost, gemak {n} |
| comfort {v} (to provide comfort) | :: troosten |
| comfort {v} (to make comfortable) | :: comfort verschaffen, het gemakkelijk maken |
| comfort {v} (console) SEE: console | :: |
| comfortable {adj} (providing physical comfort and ease) | :: comfortabel, gemakkelijk |
| comfortable {adj} (in a state of comfort) | :: comfortabel, gemakkelijk |
| comfortable {adj} | :: comfortabel, veilig |
| comforter {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier | :: |
| comfort food {n} (food consumed to feel comfort) | :: troosteten {n} |
| comforting {adj} (giving comfort) | :: geruststellend, geruststellende, troostend, troostende |
| comfort woman {n} (forced prostitute) | :: troostmeisje {n} |
| comfort zone {n} (circumstances in which a person feels relaxed) | :: luie stoel {m} |
| comic {adj} (being funny) | :: grappig, komisch |
| comic {adj} (related to comedy) | :: komisch |
| comic {n} (comedian) | :: komiek {m}, humorist {m} |
| comic {n} (cartoon story) | :: strip {m}, stripboek {n}, stripverhaal {n} |
| comic {n} (children's newspaper) | :: jeugdkrant, kinderkrant |
| comical {adj} (being funny, whimsically amusing) | :: grappig, komisch, amusant |
| comical {adj} (being laughable, ridiculous) | :: komisch, lachwekkend, hilarisch |
| comic book {n} (book or magazine) | :: stripboek {n} |
| comic relief {n} (inclusion of a humorous character or scene) | :: vrolijke noot |
| comic strip {n} (series of illustrations) | :: stripboek |
| Comines {prop} (city) | :: Komen |
| coming {n} (act of arriving; an arrival) | :: komst {f} |
| coming and going {n} (plural sense: activities of a person or group) | :: doen en laten {n} |
| Comintern {prop} (international association of Communist parties) | :: Comintern |
| comital {adj} (of or pertaining to a count or earl) | :: grafelijk, graaflijk |
| comitative {adj} (indicating accompaniment) | :: comitatief |
| comitative {n} (comitative case) | :: comitatief {m} |
| comitative case {n} (case used to denote companionship) | :: comitatief |
| comitology {n} (art of resolving issues by committees) | :: comitologie |
| comma {n} (punctuation mark ',') | :: komma {f} |
| command {n} (order) | :: opdracht {c}, bevel {n} |
| command {n} (computing: directive to a computer program) | :: opdracht {c} |
| command {v} (to order) | :: bevelen, commanderen |
| commander {n} (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) | :: commandant {m} |
| commander {n} (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) | :: aanvoerder, gezagvoerder |
| commander in chief {n} (Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country) | :: opperbevelhebber {m} |
| commandery {n} (division of a manor under the control of a knightly commander) | :: commanderij {f} |
| command line {n} (text prompt) | :: opdrachtregel {c}, commandoregel {c} |
| commando {n} (small fighting force) | :: commando {m} |
| commemorate {v} (to honor the memory of someone or something) | :: herdenken |
| commemoration {n} (act of commemorating) | :: herdenking {f}, gedachtenis {f} |
| commence {v} (begin, start) | :: aanvangen |
| commencement {n} (an act of commencing or beginning) | :: aanvang {m} |
| commencement {n} (graduation ceremony) | :: afsluitceremonie {f} |
| commend {v} (to praise) | :: prijzen |
| commendable {adj} (worthy of commendation) | :: prijzenswaardig, lofwaardig, lovenswaardig |
| commensurately {adv} (In a commensurate manner.) | :: evenredig |
| commensurately {adv} (With equal measure or extent.) | :: samenvallend, overeenstemmend |
| comment {v} (to comment) SEE: observe | :: |
| comment {n} (spoken remark) | :: commentaar |
| comment {n} (programming: remark not affecting behavior) | :: commentaar |
| comment {v} (to remark) | :: becommentariëren |
| comment {v} (programming: to insert comments) | :: becommentariëren |
| commentator {n} (person who comments) | :: commentator {m} |
| commerce {n} (large scale trade) | :: handel {m}, commercie {f} |
| commercial {n} (advertisement in a common media format) | :: reclamespot |
| commercial {adj} (of or pertaining to commerce) | :: commercieel |
| commercial at {n} (at sign) SEE: at sign | :: |
| commie {n} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| commiserate {v} (to feel or express compassion or sympathy) | :: zich identificeren met |
| commission {n} (body of officials) | :: commissie {f} |
| commission {n} (fee charged) | :: afsluitprovisie {f}, afsluitpremie {f}, commissie {f} |
| commissioner {n} (member of a commission) | :: commissaris {m} |
| commissioner {n} (someone commissioned to perform certain duties, see also: assignee) | :: gevolmachtigde {m} |
| commit {v} (to entrust; to consign) | :: toevertrouwen, toewijzen |
| commitment {n} (promise or agreement to do something in the future) | :: verbintenis {f}, verplichting {f} |
| commitment {n} (being bound emotionally/intellectually) | :: verbintenis {f} |
| commitment {n} (state of being pledged or engaged) | :: engagement {n} |
| commit suicide {v} (to kill oneself) | :: zelfmoord plegen |
| committed {adj} (obligated by a pledge to some course of action) | :: toegewijd |
| committee {n} (group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose) | :: comité {n} |
| committee {n} (guardian) SEE: guardian | :: |
| commo {n} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| commo {n} (communication) SEE: communication | :: |
| commodity fetishism {n} (commodity fetishism) | :: warenfetisjisme {n} |
| common {adj} (mutual) | :: gemeen, gemene, gewoon, gewone |
| common {adj} (usual) | :: gemeen, gemene, gewoon, gewone |
| common {adj} (found in large numbers or in a large quantity) | :: veelvoorkomend |
| common {adj} (ordinary) | :: gewoon |
| common {adj} (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders) | :: commuun |
| common {n} (mutual good) | :: gemeengoed {n} |
| common {n} (tract of land) | :: [archaic] meent {m} |
| common alder {n} (black alder) SEE: black alder | :: |
| common ash {n} (Fraxinus excelsior) | :: gewone es {m} |
| common blackbird {n} (Turdus merula) SEE: blackbird | :: |
| common buzzard {n} (Buteo buteo) | :: buizerd {m} |
| common chickweed {n} (herb) | :: vogelmuur {f}, zandhoornbloem {f} |
| common cold {n} (mild infection) | :: verkoudheid {f} |
| common crane {n} (Grus grus) | :: kraanvogel {m} |
| common eland {n} (antelope) | :: Kaapse elandantilope {m} |
| common fraction {n} (fraction with two integers) | :: breuk {c} |
| Common Germanic {prop} (Proto-Germanic) SEE: Proto-Germanic | :: |
| common greenshank {n} (Tringa nebularia) | :: groenpootruiter |
| common gull {n} (Larus canus) | :: stormmeeuw {f} |
| common hepatica {n} (Hepatica nobilis) | :: leverbloempje |
| common kestrel {n} (Falco tinnunculus) | :: torenvalk {m} |
| common kingfisher {n} (Alcedo atthis) | :: ijsvogel {m} |
| common knowledge {n} (special kind of knowledge for a group of agents) | :: gemeenschappelijke kennis {f} |
| common law {n} (law based on court judgments and opinions) SEE: case law | :: |
| common ling {n} (Molva molva) | :: leng {m} |
| common loon {n} (great northern diver) SEE: great northern diver | :: |
| common moorhen {n} (Gallinula chloropus) | :: waterhoen {n} |
| common murre {n} (Uria aalge) | :: zeekoet {m} |
| common noun {n} (noun that denotes any member or all members of a class) | :: soortnaam {m} |
| commonplace {n} (platitude or cliché) | :: gemeenplaats {m} |
| common purslane {n} (Portulaca oleracea) | :: postelein {m} |
| common raven {n} (Corvus corax) | :: raaf |
| common redshank {n} (Tringa totanus) | :: tureluur |
| common rock thrush {n} (Monticola saxatilis) | :: rotslijster {m} |
| commons {n} (a central section of an older town) | :: volksplaats |
| commons {n} (the mutual good of all) | :: gemene {n}, algemeen goed {n}, gemeengoed {n} |
| common sandpiper {n} (Actitis hypoleucos) | :: oeverloper {m} |
| common sense {n} (ordinary understanding) | :: gezond verstand {n} |
| common shrew {n} (Sorex araneus) | :: bosspitsmuis {f} |
| Common Slavic {prop} (Proto-Slavic) SEE: Proto-Slavic | :: |
| Common Slavic {prop} | :: Oerslavisch |
| common snipe {n} (the species Gallinago gallinago) | :: watersnip |
| common swift {n} (Apus apus) | :: gierzwaluw {f} |
| common tern {n} (Sterna hirundo) | :: visdief |
| common thread {n} (recurring characteristic or theme) | :: rode draad {m} |
| commonwealth {n} (form of government) | :: gemenebest {n} |
| Commonwealth {prop} (Commonwealth of Australia) SEE: Commonwealth of Australia | :: |
| Commonwealth of Australia {prop} (formal and full name of Australia) | :: Gemenebest Australië |
| Commonwealth of Independent States {prop} (alliance of former Soviet republics) | :: Gemenebest van Onafhankelijke Staten {n}, GOS {n} |
| Commonwealth of Virginia {prop} | :: Gemenebest van Virginia |
| common whitefish {n} (Coregonus lavaretus) | :: grote marene {f} |
| communicate {v} (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell) | :: meedelen, mededelen, communiceren |
| communicate {v} (to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means) | :: communiceren |
| communication {n} (concept of exchanging information) | :: communicatie, verbinding {f} |
| communion {n} (a joining together of minds or spirits) | :: communie {f} |
| communion {n} (Holy Communion) SEE: Holy Communion | :: |
| communism {n} (philosophy) | :: communisme {n} |
| communism {n} (society) | :: communisme {n} |
| communist {adj} (of or relating to communism) | :: communistisch |
| communist {n} (person who follows a communist philosophy) | :: communist {m}, communiste {f} |
| Communist {n} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| Communist {adj} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| community {n} (group sharing a common understanding) | :: gemeenschap {f} |
| community {n} (residential or religious collective) | :: commune, gemeenschap {f} |
| community {n} ((ecology) group of interdependent organisms) | :: gemeenschap {f} |
| community {n} (condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common) | :: gemeenschap {f} |
| community college {n} (secondary school) SEE: secondary school | :: |
| community language {n} (unofficial language spoken as a local lingua franca) SEE: lingua franca | :: |
| commutation {n} (the change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State) | :: strafvermindering |
| commutative {adj} (mathematics: such that order of operands does not affect result) | :: commutatief |
| commute {v} (to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.) | :: pendelen |
| commuter {n} (a person who regularly travels to work) | :: forens, pendelaar {m} |
| comorbidity {n} (presence of one or more disorders) | :: comorbiditeit {f} |
| Comoros {prop} (country in Eastern Africa) | :: Comoren {p} |
| compact {adj} (closely packed) | :: compact |
| compact {adj} (having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space) | :: compact |
| compact {adj} (topological sense) | :: compact |
| compact {v} (make more dense) | :: compactificeren, samenpersen |
| compact disc {n} (optical disc used to store data) | :: cd {m} (lower case) |
| compact disk {n} (CD) SEE: compact disc | :: |
| compactness {n} (state of being compact) | :: compactheid {f} |
| compactor {n} (A Material-reducing Machine) | :: compactor {m} |
| companion {n} (someone with whom one spends time or keeps company) | :: metgezel {m} |
| companion animal {n} (pet) | :: gezelschapsdier {n} |
| company {n} (in legal context, a corporation) | :: bedrijf {n}, zaak {f}, firma {f}, compagnie {f}, gezelschap {n} |
| company {n} (group of individuals with a common purpose) | :: gezelschap {n} |
| company {n} (social visitors) | :: bezoek {n}, bezoekers {p} |
| company {n} (companionship) | :: gezelschap {n} |
| company {n} (military unit) | :: compagnie {f} |
| comparable {adj} (similar) SEE: similar | :: |
| comparable {adj} (able to be compared) | :: vergelijkbaar |
| comparative {n} (grammatical construction) | :: vergrotende trap, vergelijkende trap |
| comparative degree {n} ((grammar)) SEE: comparative | :: |
| comparatively {adv} (in a comparative manner) | :: relatief, betrekkelijk |
| compare {v} (to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another) | :: vergelijken |
| compare {v} (to be similar) | :: overeenstemmen |
| comparison {n} (act of comparing or the state of being compared) | :: vergelijking {f} |
| comparison {n} (evaluation of the similarities and differences of two (or more) things) | :: vergelijking {f} |
| comparison {n} (state of being similar or alike) | :: gelijkenis |
| comparison {n} (ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees) | :: trappen van vergelijking {p} {m} |
| compartment {n} (chamber) | :: ruimte {f} |
| compartment {n} (heraldry: mound beneath the shield) | :: ondergrond |
| compass {n} (instrument to determine cardinal directions) | :: kompas {n} |
| compass {n} (area) | :: omvang {m}, bereik {n} |
| compass {v} (surround) | :: beslaan, omvatten |
| compass {v} (go about or round entirely) | :: doorkruisen, omzwerven |
| compass {v} (accomplish) | :: bereiken |
| compass {v} (plot) | :: samenzweren (tegen) |
| compass {n} (pair of compasses) SEE: pair of compasses | :: |
| compassion {n} (deep awareness of the suffering of another) | :: medelijden {n}, deernis {f} |
| compass point {n} (any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass) | :: windstreek {f}, windrichting {f} |
| compass rose {n} (a circle indicating directions) | :: windroos |
| compatibility {n} (capability to exist without mutual interference) | :: compatibiliteit {f}, overeenstemming {f} |
| compatible {adj} (capable of easy interaction) | :: verenigbaar |
| compatible {adj} (able to get along well) | :: verenigbaar |
| compatriot {n} (somebody from one's own country) | :: landgenoot {m}, landgenote {f} |
| compel {v} (drive together, round up) | :: bijeendrijven, samendrijven |
| compel {v} (overpower) | :: bedwingen |
| compel {v} (force, constrain or coerce) | :: dwingen |
| compel {v} (exact by force) | :: afdwingen |
| compellation {n} (name or title by which someone is addressed or identified, see also: appellation; designation) | :: aanspreking, benaming |
| compellation {n} ((obsolete) act of addressing or speaking to someone) | :: aanspreking |
| compensate {v} (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill) | :: compenseren, goedmaken |
| compensation {n} (act or principle of compensating) | :: compensatie {f} |
| compensation {n} (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) | :: compensatie {f} |
| compensation {n} (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) | :: compensatie {f}, schuldvergelijking {f} |
| compensation {n} (recompense or reward for service) | :: compensatie {f}, smartengeld {n} |
| compensation {n} (equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) | :: Compensatie {f} |
| compensatory lengthening {n} (lengthening of a vowel which occurs when a following consonant is lost) | :: compensatierekking {f} |
| compere {n} (master of ceremonies) SEE: master of ceremonies | :: |
| compete {v} (to contend) | :: wedijveren |
| competence {n} (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.) | :: competentie, bekwaamheid |
| competence {n} (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.) | :: competentie, bevoegdheid {f} |
| competency {n} (ability to perform some task) | :: bekwaamheid {f}, competentie |
| competency {n} (law: meeting specified qualifications to perform) | :: bevoegdheid |
| competent {adj} (skilled) | :: bekwaam, bevoegd, capabel, competent |
| competent {adj} (law: having jurisdiction or authority) | :: bevoegd |
| competition {n} (action of competing) | :: concurrentie {f} |
| competition {n} (contest for a prize or award) | :: competitie {f}, toernooi {n} |
| competitor {n} (person against whom one is competing) | :: concurrent {m} {f}, concurent |
| compilate {v} (assemble from a collection) | :: samenstellen, compileren |
| compilate {v} (produce executable) | :: compileren |
| compile {v} (assemble from a collection) | :: samenstellen |
| compile {v} (produce executable) | :: compileren |
| complacency {n} (feeling) | :: zelfgenoegzaamheid, zelftevredenheid {f} |
| complacent {adj} (uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements) | :: zelfgenoegzaam, makkelijk, zelftevreden, zelfingenomen |
| complain {v} (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment) | :: klagen |
| complain {v} (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge) | :: een klacht indienen, klagen |
| complaint {n} (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining) | :: klacht {m}, beklag {n}, grieven {p} |
| complaint {n} (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another) | :: proces-verbaal |
| complaint {n} (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder) | :: klacht {m} |
| complaisant {adj} (compliant) | :: voldoend (aan), passend |
| complaisant {adj} (willing to do what pleases others) | :: tegemoetkomend, welwillend, willig |
| complaisant {adj} (polite) | :: tegemoetkomend, vriendelijk, respectvol |
| complement {v} (to complete) | :: aanvullen, volmaken |
| complement {v} (to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides) | :: aanvullen |
| complementary medicine {n} (therapy) | :: complementaire geneeskunde {f} |
| completable {adj} (That can be completed.) | :: voltooibaar |
| complete {v} (to finish) | :: voltooien |
| complete {v} (to make whole or entire) | :: aanvullen |
| complete {adj} (with everything included) | :: volledig, compleet, algeheel, allesomvattend [uncommon] |
| complete graph {n} (graph) | :: volledige graaf |
| completely {adv} (in a complete manner) | :: compleet, volledig, volkomen |
| completely {adv} (to the fullest extent or degree) | :: helemaal |
| completion {n} (making complete; conclusion) | :: vervollediging {f}, afronding {f}, afwerking {f}, voltooiing {f} |
| completion {n} (mathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points) | :: vervollediging {f} |
| completion {n} (mathematics: space resulting from such an act) | :: vervollediging {f} |
| complex {adj} (intricate) | :: complex, ingewikkeld |
| complex {adj} (not simple or straightforward) | :: complex, ingewikkeld |
| complex {adj} (in mathematics) | :: complex |
| complex {n} (collection of buildings) | :: complex {n} |
| complex {n} (problem) SEE: problem | :: |
| complexion {n} (appearance of the skin on the face) | :: kleur, huidskleur, tint |
| complexity {n} (The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement) | :: ingewikkeldheid {f}, complexiteit {f} |
| complexity {n} (That which is complex; intricacy; complication) | :: gecompliceerdheid {f}, verwikkeling {f}, complexiteit {f} |
| complex number {n} (number of the form a + bi) | :: complex getal {n} |
| compliant {adj} (willing to comply) | :: buigzaam, medewerkend, onderdanig |
| compliant {adj} (compatible with or following guidelines) | :: (untranslatable; see voldoen) |
| complicate {v} (to combine intricately) | :: compliceren |
| complicated {adj} (difficult or convoluted) | :: ingewikkeld, gecompliceerd |
| compliment {n} (expression of praise, congratulation or respect) | :: compliment |
| compliment {v} (to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion) | :: complimenteren, een compliment geven |
| complimentary {adj} (in the nature of a compliment) | :: vleiend {m} |
| comply {v} (to accomplish, fulfil) | :: voldoen |
| component {n} (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) | :: onderdeel {n}, component {m} {f} |
| compose {v} (to make something by merging parts) | :: samenstellen |
| compose {v} (to make up the whole; to constitute) | :: vormen |
| compose {v} (to comprise) | :: omvatten |
| compose {v} (to construct by mental labor; to think up) | :: [notably music] componeren, redigeren |
| compose {v} (to calm oneself down) | :: bedaren |
| compose {v} (to arrange the elements of a picture) | :: composeren |
| composer {n} (one who composes; an author) | :: auteur {m}; opsteller {m}, maker {m} |
| composer {n} (one who composes music) | :: componist {m}, toondichter {m}, componiste {f}, toondichteres {f} |
| composer {n} (one who, or that which, quiets or calms) | :: bedarer {m} |
| composition {n} (essay) SEE: essay | :: |
| composition {n} (proportion of different parts to make a whole) | :: combinatie |
| composition {n} (general makeup of something) | :: compositie, samenstelling {f} |
| composition {n} (mixture or compound) | :: samenstelling |
| composition {n} (work of music, literature or art) | :: compositie |
| compos mentis {adj} (criminally responsible) | :: toerekenbaar, toerekeningsvatbaar |
| compost {n} (decayed remains of organic matter) | :: compost {m} {n} |
| compost {v} (to produce compost) | :: composteren |
| compostable {adj} (suitable for compost) | :: composteerbaar |
| compost heap {n} (pile of organic waste) | :: messing {f} |
| composure {n} (calmness of mind or matter, self-possession) | :: zelfbeheersing {f}, kalmte {f} |
| compote {n} (fruit dessert) | :: compote {m} |
| compound {n} (group of buildings for the same purpose) | :: complex |
| compound {adj} (composed of elements) | :: samengesteld |
| compound {n} (chemistry: substance made by chemical combination of elements) | :: verbinding |
| compound {n} (linguistics: word formed by combining other words) SEE: compound word | :: |
| compound bow {n} | :: compoundboog |
| compound eye {n} (a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans) | :: facetoog {n} |
| compound sentence {n} (a sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction and/or punctuation.) | :: samengestelde zin bestaande uit 2 nevengeschikte zinnen {m} |
| compound word {n} (word composed of others) | :: samenstelling {f} |
| comprador {n} (intermediary) SEE: intermediary | :: |
| comprehend {v} (to understand) | :: begrijpen, bevatten |
| comprehensible {adj} (able to be comprehended) | :: begrijpelijk |
| comprehension {n} (thorough understanding) | :: begrijpen |
| comprehensive {adj} (broadly or completely covering) | :: omvattend, alomvattend, uitgebreid, diepgaand |
| comprehensively {adv} (in a comprehensive manner) | :: uit-en-te-na |
| comprehensive school {n} (normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities) | :: middenschool |
| compress {v} (to abridge) SEE: abridge | :: |
| compress {v} (to press together into a smaller space) | :: comprimeren, samendrukken, verdichten |
| compress {v} (to be pressed together) | :: comprimeren, krimpen |
| compress {v} (to condense) | :: comprimeren, samenvatten, verdichten |
| compress {v} (to encode digital information into less bits) | :: comprimeren |
| compress {n} (cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds) | :: kompres {n} |
| compressed air {n} (air increased in pressure) | :: perslucht {f} {m} |
| compression {n} (the act of compressing) | :: compressie {f}, comprimering |
| compression {n} (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed) | :: compressie {f} |
| compression {n} ((computing) the process by which data is compressed) | :: comprimering |
| compression {n} ((music) the electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled) | :: compressie {f} |
| compression {n} | :: comprimering |
| comprise {v} (be made up of) | :: bevatten, omvatten |
| comprise {v} (include) | :: bevatten |
| comprise {v} (compose) | :: uitmaken, vormen |
| compromise {n} (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions) | :: compromis {n} |
| compulsion {n} (irrational need to perform some action) | :: dwang, drang |
| compulsive {adj} (uncontrolled or reactive and unconscious) | :: dwangmatig |
| compulsorily {adv} (in a compulsory manner) | :: verplicht |
| compulsory {adj} (mandatory) | :: verplicht |
| compulsory purchase {n} (government's right to expropriate private land) | :: onteigening {f} |
| compunction {n} (pricking of conscience) | :: wroeging {f}, gewetensbeet {m}, compunctie {f} |
| computational {adj} (of or relating to computation) | :: computationeel |
| computational linguistics {n} (interdisciplinary field) | :: computationele taalkunde {f} |
| compute {v} (to reckon or calculate) | :: uitrekenen, berekenen |
| compute {v} (to make sense) SEE: make sense | :: |
| computer {n} (device) | :: computer {m}, rekenaar {m} |
| computer {n} (person) | :: rekenaar {m} |
| computer game {n} (electronic game) | :: computerspel {n} |
| computerization {n} (the act of computerizing) | :: computerisatie {f} |
| computer program {n} (software) | :: computerprogramma {n} |
| computer says no {phrase} (popular phrase for an attitude in customer service) | :: computer zegt nee |
| computer science {n} (study of computers and their architecture) | :: informatica {f}, computerwetenschap {f}, computerwetenschappen {f-p} |
| computer scientist {n} (one who studies or practises computer science) | :: informaticus {m} |
| computing {n} (action of using a computer) | :: computeren, computergebruik {n} |
| computing {n} (the study, field of computers and computer programming) | :: informatica |
| comrade {n} (mate, companion, or associate) | :: makker {m}, maat {m} |
| comrade {n} (companion in battle, fellow soldier) | :: strijdmakker {m}, maat {m}, kameraad {m} |
| comrade {n} (fellow socialist or communist) | :: kameraad {m} |
| comrade {n} (title used in leftist circles) | :: kameraad {m} |
| comrade {n} | :: kameraad {n}, gabber {n}, maat {n} |
| con {n} (disadvantage of something) | :: nadeel, voor- en nadelen |
| con {n} (a convicted criminal, a convict) | :: een veroordeelde crimineel, een veroordeelde |
| con {n} (a fraud) | :: fraude, fraudeur |
| con {v} (to trick or defraud, usually for personal gain) | :: bedriegen |
| conative {adj} (of a striving action) | :: conatief, trachtend, proberend |
| concatenate {v} (link together) | :: aaneenschakelen, aaneenrijgen |
| concatenate {v} (computing: to join two strings together) | :: aaneenschakelen |
| concatenation {n} (series of links united) | :: aaneenschakeling |
| concave {adj} (curved inward) | :: hol |
| conceal {v} (to hide something) | :: verbergen, verstoppen |
| concealer {n} (that which conceals) | :: verberger {m} |
| concealer {n} (cosmetic) | :: concealer {m} |
| concede {v} (to admit to be true) | :: toegeven |
| conceit {n} (overly high self-esteem) | :: verwaandheid, ijdelheid, hoogmoed |
| conceited {adj} (vain and egotistic) | :: verwaand |
| conceited {adj} | :: ijdel, hoogmoedig, narcistisch, hooghartig, |
| conceivable {adj} (capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable) | :: denkbaar |
| conceive {v} (to develop an idea) | :: krijgen |
| conceive {v} (to understand someone) | :: begrijpen |
| conceive {v} (to become pregnant) | :: zwanger worden |
| concentrate {v} (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) | :: concentreren |
| concentrate {v} (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) | :: concentreren |
| concentrate {v} (approach or meet in a common center) | :: concentreren |
| concentrate {v} (focus one's thought or attention) | :: concentreren |
| concentration {n} (act or process of concentrating) | :: concentratie |
| concentration {n} (act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid) | :: concentratie |
| concentration {n} (proportion of substance in a mixture) | :: concentratie {f} |
| concentration {n} (chemistry: amount of solute present in a solution) | :: concentratie {f} |
| concentration camp {n} (camp where large numbers of persons are detained) | :: concentratiekamp {n} |
| concept {n} (something understood and retained in the mind) | :: opvatting {f}, begrip {n}, concept {n} |
| concept album {n} (album) | :: conceptalbum {n} |
| conception {n} (initiation of an embryonic animal life) | :: bevruchting {f}, ontvangenis {f} |
| conception {n} (an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind) | :: concept {n} |
| conceptual {adj} (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination) | :: conceptueel |
| concern {n} (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) | :: zorg, belangstelling {f} |
| concern {n} (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) | :: zorg |
| concern {n} (business, firm or enterprise; a company) | :: onderneming {f}, zaak {f} |
| concern {v} (to be of importance to) | :: belang hechten aan, zich inlaten |
| concern {v} (to make somebody worried) | :: ongerust maken, verontrusten |
| concerned {adj} (showing concern) | :: bezorgd |
| concerning {prep} (regarding) | :: met betrekking tot, omtrent, aangaande, betreffende |
| concert {n} (musical accordance or harmony) | :: concert {n} |
| concert hall {n} (building) | :: concertgebouw {n}, concertzaal {f} |
| concertina {n} (the musical instrument) | :: concertina {f} |
| concession {n} (business operated as a concession) SEE: franchise | :: |
| concierge {n} (one who attends to the slightest desire of hotel guests) | :: butler |
| concierge {n} (one who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and guests) | :: conciërge {m} |
| concise {adj} (brief and precise) | :: beknopt, bondig |
| conclave {n} | :: conclaaf {n} |
| conclude {v} (to end) | :: besluiten, concluderen |
| conclusion {n} (end, final part) | :: conclusie, einde |
| conclusion {n} (outcome) | :: besluit, conclusie |
| conclusion {n} (decision, judgment) | :: besluit, conclusie |
| conclusion {n} (of a syllogism) | :: logisch gevolg, conclusie |
| conclusive {adj} (pertaining to a conclusion) | :: sluitend |
| conclusive {adj} (decisive) | :: doorslaggevend |
| conclusively {adv} (in a conclusive manner) | :: afdoend, beslissend, doorslaggevend |
| concoct {v} | :: samenstellen, bij elkaar flansen |
| concoction {n} (preparing of substance from many ingredients) | :: brouwsel |
| concoction {n} (mixture so prepared) | :: mengsel |
| concoction {n} (something made up) | :: preparaat |
| concord {n} ((grammar) Agreement of words with one another) SEE: agreement | :: |
| concord {n} (A state of agreement; harmony; union) | :: eendracht {m} {f} |
| concordance {n} (agreement) SEE: agreement | :: |
| concourse {n} (a large open space in a building where people can gather) | :: wachtzaal, ruimte |
| concourse {n} (a large group of people; a crowd) | :: menigte,drom, |
| concourse {n} (the running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things) | :: samenkomst,toevloed, |
| concrete {adj} (particular, perceivable, real) | :: concreet |
| concrete {adj} (not abstract) | :: concreet |
| concrete {adj} (made of concrete) | :: betonnen |
| concrete {n} (building material) | :: beton {n} |
| concrete {v} (cover with concrete) | :: betonneren |
| concrete {v} (solidify, become concrete (actual, real)) | :: concretiseren, concreet worden, vorm aannemen |
| concrete noun {n} (noun that denotes a tangible thing) | :: concreet substantief {n}, concretum {n} |
| concubinage {n} (the state of cohabitating while not married) | :: buitenechtelijk samenwonen |
| concubine {n} (mistress) SEE: mistress | :: |
| concupiscence {n} (Ardent desire) | :: begeerte |
| concurrent {adj} (happening at the same time; simultaneous) | :: simultaan |
| concurrent {adj} (belonging to the same period; contemporary) | :: hedendaags |
| concuss {v} (injure the brain) | :: een hersenschudding veroorzaken, door elkaar schudden |
| condemn {v} (to pronounce guilty) | :: veroordelen |
| condemn {v} (to confer eternal divine punishment upon) | :: veroordelen {n} |
| condemned {adj} | :: veroordeeld |
| condensation {n} (the act or process) | :: condensatie {f} |
| condense {v} (to concentrate toward the essence) | :: verdichten |
| condense {v} (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) | :: condenseren, neerslaan |
| condense {v} (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) | :: condenseren, neerslaan |
| condensed milk {n} (milk that has been reduced to syrup) | :: gecondenseerde melk |
| condenser {n} (capacitor) SEE: capacitor | :: |
| condescend {v} (treat a person as though inferior) | :: neerbuigend behandelen, bevoogden |
| condescending {adj} (assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude) | :: neerbuigend, aanmatigend |
| condiment {n} (something used to enhance flavor) | :: smaakversterker {m}, kruid {n}, smaakmaker {m} |
| condition {n} (logical clause or phrase) | :: conditie |
| condition {n} (requirement or requisite) | :: voorwaarde {f} |
| condition {n} (clause in a contract or agreement) | :: conditie {f} |
| condition {n} (health status of a patient) | :: conditie {f} |
| condition {n} (state of an object) | :: toestand |
| conditional {n} (grammar: mode/mood) | :: voorwaardelijke wijs {m} |
| conditional {adj} (limited by a condition) | :: voorwaardelijk |
| conditional {n} (limitation) SEE: limitation | :: |
| conditional mood {n} (conditional) SEE: conditional | :: |
| conditional sentence {n} (probation) SEE: probation | :: |
| conditioner {n} (hair conditioner) SEE: hair conditioner | :: |
| conditioner {n} (fabric softener) SEE: fabric softener | :: |
| conditioning {n} (process of modifying a person's behaviour) | :: conditionering |
| condition precedent {n} | :: opschortende voorwaarde {f} |
| condition subsequent {n} (condition) | :: ontbindende voorwaarde {f} |
| condolence {n} (sympathy when someone has died) | :: innige deelneming |
| condolences {n} (sympathy) | :: innige deelneming |
| condom {n} (flexible sleeve worn on the penis) | :: condoom {m}, capotje {n}, regenjasje {n} [jocular] |
| condominium {n} (joint sovereignty over a territory) | :: gemeenschappelijk bestuurd gebied of eigendom |
| condominium {n} (building in which each unit is owned by an individual, but the grounds is owned jointly) | :: building waarbij iedere flat individuele eigendom is maar de gronden gemeenschappelijk |
| condominium {n} (the system of ownership by which such condominiums operate) | :: appartementsrecht {n} |
| condominium {n} (unit or apartment in such a complex) | :: flatgebouw met koopflats |
| condone {v} (to forgive) | :: vergeven |
| condone {v} (to allow) | :: toelaten |
| condone {v} (to forgive marital infidelity) | :: vergeven |
| conduce {v} (contribute) | :: bijdragen |
| conducive {adj} (tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result) | :: bevorderend |
| conduct {v} (lead or guide) | :: leiden |
| conduct {v} (direct or manage) | :: leiden |
| conduct {v} (reflexively: behave) | :: zich gedragen |
| conduct {v} (music: to direct) | :: dirigeren |
| conduct {v} (act as a conductor (of heat, electricity, etc.)) | :: geleiden |
| conductivity {n} (ability to conduct) | :: geleiding {f} |
| conductor {n} (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble) | :: dirigent {m} |
| conductor {n} (person who takes tickets on public transportation) | :: conducteur {m} |
| conductor {n} (something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound) | :: geleider {n} |
| conduit {n} (pipe or channel for conveying water) | :: buis, leiding |
| conduit {n} (duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled) | :: pijp |
| conduit {n} (A means by which something is transmitted) | :: kanaal |
| cone {n} (surface of revolution) | :: kegel {m} |
| cone {n} (fruit of conifers) | :: dennenappel, kegelvrucht |
| cone {n} (traffic cone) SEE: traffic cone | :: |
| cone cell {n} (any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina) | :: kegeltje {n} |
| confection {n} (food item) | :: suikergoed |
| confectioner's {n} (sweetshop) SEE: sweetshop | :: |
| confectioner's cream {n} (cream used by confectioners) | :: banketbakkersroom {m} |
| confectioners' sugar {n} (powdered sugar) SEE: powdered sugar | :: |
| confectioners sugar {n} (powdered sugar) SEE: powdered sugar | :: |
| confectionery {n} (sweet foodstuffs (collectively)) | :: snoep {m} |
| confectionery {n} (shop where confectionery is sold) SEE: sweetshop | :: |
| confederacy {n} (a decentralized state made up of sovereign units) SEE: confederation | :: |
| confederation {n} (union or alliance of states) | :: statenbond {m}, confederatie {f} |
| confer {v} (bestow) | :: toekennen, schenken |
| confer {v} (discuss, consult) | :: overleggen, consulteren |
| confer {v} (collect) | :: verzamelen |
| confer {v} (conduce) | :: bijdragen |
| conference {n} (a meeting of people) | :: conferentie {f} |
| confess {v} (to admit to the truth) | :: bekennen |
| confess {v} (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest) | :: biechten |
| confess {v} (to acknowledge faith in) | :: belijden |
| confession {n} (open admittance) | :: bekentenis {f} |
| confession {n} (disclosure of one's sins to a priest) | :: biecht |
| confessional {n} (a small room where confession is performed) | :: biechtstoel |
| confessional chair {n} (chair in a church or chapel) | :: biechtstoel {m} |
| confessor {n} (one who confesses faith in Christianity) | :: belijder {m} |
| confessor {n} (priest who hears confession) | :: biechtvader {m} |
| confetti {n} (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions) | :: confetti {m} |
| confidant {n} (person in whom one can confide) | :: vertrouweling, vertrouwelinge |
| confide {v} (to trust, have faith in) | :: vertrouwen (op) |
| confide {v} (intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence) | :: toevertrouwen |
| confidence {n} (self-assurance) | :: zelfvertrouwen |
| confidence {n} (quality of trusting) | :: vertrouwen |
| confidence interval {n} (a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter) | :: betrouwbaarheidsinterval {n} |
| confident {adj} (being very sure of or positive about something) | :: vol vertrouwen |
| confident {adj} (self-confident) SEE: self-confident | :: |
| confidential {adj} (meant to be kept secret within a certain circle) | :: vertrouwelijk |
| confidentiality {n} (something told in confidence) SEE: secret | :: |
| confine {v} (incarcerate) SEE: incarcerate | :: |
| confine {v} (to restrict; to keep within bounds) | :: begrenzen, inperken, beperken |
| confine {n} (limit) | :: limiet |
| confine {v} (arrest) SEE: arrest | :: |
| confine {v} (detain) SEE: detain | :: |
| confirm {v} (to assure) | :: bevestigen, beamen |
| confirmation {n} (indicator) | :: bevestiging {f} |
| confirmation {n} (verification) | :: bevestiging {f} |
| confirmation {n} (Christian ceremony or sacrament) | :: vormsel {n}, confirmatie {f} |
| confirmed {adj} (verified or ratified) | :: bevestigd |
| confiscate {v} (take possession of by authority) | :: confisqueren |
| conflagration {n} (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) | :: vuurzee {f}, vlammenzee {f}, wereldbrand {m}, conflagratie {f} |
| conflate {v} (fuse into a single entity) | :: samenvoegen, verbinden |
| conflict {n} (clash or disagreement) | :: conflict {n}, geschil {n}, strijd {m} |
| conflict {n} (incompatibility) | :: conflict {n}, onverenigbaarheid, tegenstrijdigheid {f} |
| conflict {v} (be at odds (with)) | :: conflicteren (met), confligeren (met), strijdig zijn (met) |
| conflict {v} (overlap with, as in a schedule) | :: overlappen |
| conform {v} (to act in accordance with expectations; behave in the manner of others) | :: conform |
| conformance {n} (act of conforming) | :: conformiteit |
| conformity {n} (state of things being similar, or identical) | :: conformiteit |
| confound {v} (to confuse) | :: verwarren |
| confound {v} (to defeat) | :: verslaan |
| confront {v} (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance) | :: confronteren |
| confront {v} (to deal with) | :: confronteren |
| confront {v} (to something bring face to face with) | :: confronteren |
| confront {v} (to come up against; to encounter) | :: confronteren |
| confront {v} (to engage in confrontation) | :: confronteren, |
| confront {v} (to set a thing side by side with; to compare) | :: tegenover stellen, vergelijken |
| confront {v} (to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to) | :: tegenover stellen |
| confrontation {n} (The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) | :: confrontatie {f} |
| confrontation {n} (A conflict between armed forces) | :: confrontatie {f} |
| Confucianism {n} (philosophy) | :: confucianisme |
| confuse {v} (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody) | :: verwarren, in de war brengen, verbijsteren |
| confuse {v} (to mix up / muddle up one thing with another; to mistake one thing for another) | :: verwisselen, verwarren, in de war brengen, door elkaar halen, dooreenhalen |
| confuse {v} (to mix thoroughly) | :: verwarren, in de war brengen, dooreenhalen |
| confused {adj} (chaotic, jumbled or muddled) | :: verward, in de war |
| confusing {adj} (difficult to understand) | :: verwarrend, niet duidelijk, chaotisch |
| confusion {n} (lack of clarity or order) | :: verwarring, war |
| congeal {v} (to change from a liquid to solid state) | :: stollen |
| congeal {v} (to coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly) | :: stollen, stremmen |
| congeal {v} (to become congealed, solidify) | :: stollen, coaguleren |
| congenial {adj} (have the same nature) | :: gelijkgezind, aanverwant, |
| congenial {adj} (friendly) | :: vriendelijk, sympathiek |
| congenial {adj} (suitable to one’s needs) | :: passend, geschikt |
| congenital {adj} (present since birth) | :: aangeboren |
| congenital disorder {n} (birth defect) SEE: birth defect | :: |
| congestion {n} (accumulation, buildup) | :: verstopping {f} |
| congestion {n} (excess of traffic) | :: opstopping {f} |
| conglomerate {n} (cluster of heterogeneous things) | :: conglomeraat {n} |
| Congo {prop} (country with Brazzaville as capital) | :: Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville |
| Congo {prop} (country with Kinshasa as capital) | :: Kongo |
| Congo {prop} (river) | :: Kongo |
| Congo-Brazzaville {prop} (Congo) SEE: Congo | :: |
| Congo-Kinshasa {prop} (Congo) SEE: Congo | :: |
| congratulate {v} (to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for) | :: feliciteren, gelukwensen |
| congratulation {n} (act of congratulating) | :: gelukwens {m}, felicitatie {f} |
| congratulations {interj} (expressing approbation) | :: gefeliciteerd, proficiat, van harte |
| congregation {n} (religious gathering of people in a place of worship) | :: (kerk)gemeente, congregatie, kudde |
| congregation {n} (large gathering of people) | :: congregatie, bijeenkomst, menigte, samenscholing, vergadering |
| congress {n} (sexual intercourse) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| congress {n} (legislative body) | :: congres {n} |
| congress {n} (conference) | :: congres {n}, conferentie |
| congruent {adj} (harmonious) SEE: harmonious | :: |
| congruous {adj} (harmonious) SEE: harmonious | :: |
| Coniacian {prop} (a subdivision of the Late (Upper) Cretaceous epoch) | :: Coniacien |
| conical {adj} (of or relating to a cone) | :: conisch |
| conical {adj} (cone-shaped) | :: conisch |
| conic section {n} (Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane) | :: kegelsnede {f} |
| conifer {n} (plant) | :: conifeer {m}, naaldboom {m} |
| conium {n} (Conium) SEE: hemlock | :: |
| conjectural {adj} (in the nature of a conjecture) | :: verondersteld, gegist, conjecturaal |
| conjecture {n} (unproven statement; guess) | :: gissing {f}, giswerk {n}, conjectuur {f} |
| conjecture {n} (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis) | :: conjectuur {f}, hypothese {f}, vermoeden {n} |
| conjecture {n} (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven) | :: hypothese {f}, vermoeden {n} |
| conjecture {v} (to guess) | :: gissen, vermoeden, veronderstellen |
| conjugal {adj} (of, or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses) | :: echtelijk |
| conjugate {v} (to inflect (a verb) for each person) | :: vervoegen |
| conjugation {n} (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) | :: vervoeging {f} |
| conjugation {n} (act of conjugating a verb) | :: vervoeging {f} |
| conjunction {n} (grammar: word used to join words or phrases) | :: voegwoord {n} |
| conjunction {n} | :: koppelwoord |
| conjunctive mode {n} (subjunctive mood) SEE: subjunctive mood | :: |
| conjunctive mood {n} (subjunctive mood) SEE: subjunctive mood | :: |
| conjuncture {n} (combination of events or circumstances) | :: conjunctuur {f} |
| conjure {v} (to perform magic tricks) | :: goochelen |
| conjure {v} (to summon using supernatural power) | :: oproepen, ontbieden |
| conjure {v} (to practice black magic) | :: zwarte magie beoefenen |
| conjure {v} (to evoke) | :: oproepen |
| conjure {v} (to imagine or picture in the mind) | :: zich inbeelden |
| conjure {v} (to make an urgent request to; to appeal) | :: een dringend verzoek indienen |
| conlang {n} (constructed language) SEE: constructed language | :: |
| connect {v} (to join two or more pieces) | :: verbinden |
| connect {v} (to join an electrical or telephone line) | :: aansluiten, verbinden |
| connectedness {n} (state or quality of being connected) | :: samenhang {m}, samenhangendheid {f} |
| Connecticut {prop} (a state of the United States of America) | :: Connecticut |
| connection {n} (act of connecting) | :: verbinding {f}, connectie {f} |
| connection {n} (point at which two or more things are joined) | :: verbinding {f}, connectie {f} |
| connection {n} (established communications or transportation link) | :: verbinding {f} |
| connection {n} (transfer in transport) | :: overstap {m} |
| connective tissue {n} (type of tissue) | :: bindweefsel |
| connector {n} (mating pair of devices) | :: connector {m}, verbindingsstuk {n} |
| connexion {n} (connection) SEE: connection | :: |
| conniption {n} (fit of anger or panic) | :: woedeuitbarsting |
| conniption {n} (fit of laughing) | :: slappe lach |
| connoisseur {n} (specialist whose opinion is valued) | :: kenner {m}, deskundige {m} |
| connotation {n} (suggested or implied meaning) | :: connotatie {f}, bijbetekenis {f}, bijklank {m}, associatie {f}, gevoelswaarde {f} |
| conquer {v} (defeat in combat) | :: veroveren |
| conqueror {n} (someone who conquers) | :: overwinnaar {m}, veroveraar {m} |
| conquest {n} (victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy) | :: verovering {f} |
| Conrad {prop} (given name) | :: Koenraad |
| consanguine {adj} (related by birth) SEE: consanguineous | :: |
| consanguineous {adj} (related by birth) | :: bloedverwant, consanguin |
| consanguinity {n} (a blood relationship) | :: bloedverwantschap {f} |
| conscience {n} (moral sense) | :: geweten {n}, gewisse {n} |
| conscientious {adj} (thorough, careful, or vigilant) | :: consciëntieus, zorgvuldig, plichtsbewust, gewetensvol |
| conscientious objector {n} (someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles) | :: gewetensbezwaarde {m} {f} |
| conscious {adj} (alert, awake) | :: bij bewustzijn, alert, wakker |
| conscious {adj} (aware of or alert to, sensitive to) | :: bewust |
| consciousness {n} (awareness) | :: bewustzijn {n} |
| conscript {n} (Draftee) | :: dienstplichtige |
| conscript {adj} (drafted) | :: dienstplichtig |
| conscription {n} (involuntary labor, especially military service) | :: dienstplicht {f} {m} |
| consecution {n} (sequel) SEE: sequel | :: |
| consecution {n} (succession) SEE: succession | :: |
| consecutio temporum {n} (sequence of tenses) | :: consecutio temporum {f} |
| consecutive {adj} (following, in succession, without interruption) | :: achtereenvolgend, opeenvolgend |
| consecutive {adj} (having some logical sequence) | :: sequentieel |
| consensual {adj} (With consensus) | :: consensueel, afgesproken |
| consensus {n} (general agreement) | :: consensus {m}, eensgezindheid, overeenstemming |
| consent {v} (to express willingness) | :: toestemmen (in), instemmen (met) |
| consent {n} (voluntary agreement) | :: toestemming {f}, instemming {f} |
| consequence {n} (that which follows something on which it depends) | :: gevolg {n}, consequentie {f} |
| consequence {n} (result of actions, especially unpleasant) | :: gevolg {n} |
| consequent {adj} (as a result) | :: met als gevolg |
| consequent {adj} (of or pertaining to consequences) | :: hiermee gepaard gaande |
| consequent {n} (following event) | :: gevolg |
| consequently {adv} (subsequently) SEE: subsequently | :: |
| consequently {adv} (as a result or consequence) | :: bijgevolg |
| conservation {n} (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) | :: bewaren {n}, conserveren {n} |
| conservation {n} (A wise use of natural resources) | :: natuurbescherming |
| conservatism {n} (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement) | :: conservatisme {n} |
| conservative {adj} (cautious) SEE: cautious | :: |
| conservativism {n} (conservatism) SEE: conservatism | :: |
| conservatoire {n} (school or educational institution that teaches music) | :: conservatorium {n} |
| conservator {n} (one who conserves, preserves or protects something) | :: conservator {m}, bewaarder {m} |
| conservator {n} (professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects) | :: restaurateur {m} |
| conservatory {n} (school of music or drama) | :: conservatorium {n} |
| conserve {n} (wilderness where human development is prohibited) | :: reservaat {n}, natuurreservaat {n} |
| consider {v} (think about seriously) | :: in acht nemen, overwegen, bedenken |
| consider {v} (think of doing) | :: overwegen |
| consider {v} (assign some quality to) | :: beschouwen, vinden |
| consider {v} (look at attentively) | :: beschouwen, observeren |
| consider {v} (take up as an example) | :: nemen, aannemen, beschouwen |
| consider {v} (debate or dispose of a motion) | :: beschouwen, in aanschouw nemen |
| considerable {adj} (worth considering) | :: geruim, aanzienlijk, aanmerkelijk, beduidend |
| considerable {adj} (large in amount) | :: aanzienlijk |
| considerably {adv} (significantly) | :: aanzienlijk |
| considerate {adj} (thoughtful) | :: zorgzaam, voorkomend |
| consideration {n} (process of considering) | :: overleg {n}, beraad {n} |
| consideration {n} (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) | :: overweging, considerans {m} |
| consideration {n} (tendency to consider others) | :: voorkomendheid |
| consideration {n} (recompense for something done) | :: vergoeding, tegemoetkoming |
| consist {v} (to be composed (of)) | :: bestaan uit |
| consist {n} (sequence of railroad carriages or cars that form a unit) | :: samenstelling {f} |
| consistence {n} | :: consistentie |
| consistency {n} (degree of viscosity of something) | :: consistentie {f} |
| consistency {n} (logic: state of a system of axioms) | :: samenhang {m} |
| consistent {adj} (of a regularly occurring, dependable nature) | :: veel voorkomend, consequent |
| consistent {adj} (not logically contradictory) | :: consequent, consistent |
| consociational {adj} (Having major internal divisions, with none of the divisions large enough to form a majority group, yet nonetheless stable due to consultation among the elites) | :: pacificatiepolitiek |
| consociationalism {n} (political consociation) | :: zuilenstelsel {n}, consociationalisme {n} |
| consolation {n} (act of consoling) | :: vertroosting {f} |
| consolation {n} (prize for the loser) | :: troost {m} |
| consolation prize {n} (award given to persons or groups of people who do not win) | :: troostprijs {m} |
| console {v} (to comfort) | :: troosten, vertroosten |
| consoler {n} (one who gives consolation) | :: trooster {m} |
| consolidate {v} (to make stronger or more solid) | :: consolideren, versterken |
| consommé {n} (a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock) | :: consommé {m} |
| consonant {n} (sound) | :: medeklinker {m}, consonant {c} |
| consonant {n} (letter) | :: medeklinker {m} |
| consonant gradation {n} (type of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages) | :: medeklinkergradatie {f} |
| consortium {n} (association or combination of businesses) | :: consortium {n} |
| conspicuous {adj} (obvious or easy to notice) | :: opvallend |
| conspicuous {adj} (noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive) | :: afzichtelijk |
| conspicuously {adv} (in a conspicuous manner) | :: opvallend |
| conspiracy {n} (act of working in secret to obtain some goal) | :: samenzwering {f}, samenspanning {f} |
| conspiracy {n} (an agreement to break the law) | :: samenzwering {f}, complot {n} |
| conspiracy theorist {n} (one who believes in a conspiracy theory) | :: aluhoedje {n}, complotdenker {m}, complottheoreticus {m}, samenzweringstheoreticus {m} |
| conspiracy theory {n} (hypothetical speculation) | :: complottheorie {f}, samenzweringstheorie {f} |
| conspirator {n} (person who is part of a conspiracy) | :: samenzweerder {m} |
| conspiratorial {adj} (pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators) | :: conspirationeel |
| conspire {v} (to secretly plot) | :: samenzweren |
| constabulary {n} (police force) | :: politiemacht {f} |
| constant {adj} (unchanged through time) | :: constant |
| Constantine {prop} (male given name) | :: Constantijn {m}, Tijn |
| Constantinople {prop} (Constantinople) | :: Constantinopel {n} |
| constellation {n} (formation of stars perceived as figure) | :: sterrenbeeld {n}, gesternte {n}, constellatie |
| constellation {n} (image associated with a group of stars) | :: sterrenbeeld {n}, gesternte {n}, constellatie {f} |
| constellation {n} (modern astronomy: any of 88 officially recognized regions) | :: sterrenbeeld {n}, constellatie |
| constellation {n} (astrology: configuration of planets) | :: sterrenhemel {m}, gesternte {n}, constellatie {f} |
| constellation {n} (wide, seemingly unlimited assortment) | :: constellatie, plejade, sterrenhemel {m}, gamma {n} |
| consternation {n} (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay) | :: consternatie {f}, verbijstering {f} |
| constipation {n} (state of bowels) | :: constipatie {f} |
| constituency {n} (district represented by one or more elected officials) | :: kiesdistrict |
| constituency {n} (voters within such a district) SEE: electorate | :: |
| constituent {n} (part, or component of a whole) | :: bestanddeel {n} |
| constitution {n} (formal or informal system of primary principles and laws regulating a government or other institutions) | :: grondwet {f} {m} |
| constitution {n} (legal document describing such a formal system) | :: grondwet {f} {m} |
| constitutional {adj} (relating to the constitution) | :: grondwettelijk, constitutioneel |
| constitutional {adj} (conforming to the constitution) | :: grondwettelijk, constitutioneel |
| constitutional monarchy {n} (monarchy limited by laws and a constitution) | :: constitutionele monarchie {f} |
| constraint {n} (something that constrains) | :: beperking {f}, inperking {f}, begrenzing {f} |
| constraint {n} (mathematics: condition to a solution) | :: beperking {f}, randvoorwaarde {f} |
| constructed language {n} (an artificially created language) | :: kunsttaal {f} {m} |
| construction worker {n} (employee working at a construction site) | :: bouwvakker {m}, bouwvakster {f} |
| constructiveness {n} (creativity) SEE: creativity | :: |
| constructivism {n} (movement in modern art) | :: constructivisme {n} |
| constructivist {adj} (of or relating to constructivism) | :: constructivistisch |
| construe {v} (to translate) SEE: translate | :: |
| construe {v} (to interpret or explain the meaning of something) | :: begrijpen, uitleggen |
| consul {n} (official who protects the interests of citizens) | :: consul {m} |
| consulate {n} (the residency of a consul) | :: consulaat {n} |
| consult {v} (ask advice) | :: raadplegen |
| consult {v} (transitive, to ask advice of; to seek the opinion of) | :: raadplegen |
| consultation {n} (act of consulting) | :: consultatie {f}, samenspraak |
| consume {v} (use up) | :: consumeren, verbruiken |
| consume {v} (eat) | :: consumeren |
| consume {v} (occupy thoughts) | :: bezighouden, verteren |
| consume {v} (destroy completely) | :: verteren, consumeren |
| consumer {n} (person purchasing goods) | :: consument {m}, verbruiker {m} |
| consumer price index {n} (statistical estimate of the level of prices) | :: consumentenprijsindex {m} |
| consummate {adj} (complete, perfect, absolute) | :: volstrekt, volslagen |
| consummate {adj} (highly skilled and experienced) | :: volleerd, volwaardig |
| consummate {v} (to bring something to completion) | :: volbrengen, voltooien |
| consummate {v} (to make a marriage complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse) | :: consummeren |
| consumption {n} (the act of consuming something) | :: consumptie {f}, verbruik {n} |
| consumption {n} (the amount consumed) | :: consumptie {f}, verbruik {n} |
| consumption {n} (wasting-away of the human body through disease) | :: wegteren {n} |
| consumptive {adj} (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis) | :: tuberculeus |
| consumptive {n} (person with pulmonary tuberculosis) | :: teringlijder {m} [dated, now possibly vulgar] |
| Conté {n} (drawing medium) | :: Conté |
| contact {n} (an act of touching physically) | :: contact {?} |
| contact {n} (an establishment of communication) | :: contact {?} |
| contact {v} (touch physically) | :: aanraken |
| contact {v} (establish communication with) | :: contacteren |
| contact details {n} (information on how to contact a person) | :: contactgegevens {n} |
| contact lens {n} (thin lens placed directly on the eye) | :: contactlens {f} |
| contacts {n} (Plural form of contact) SEE: contact | :: |
| contagion {n} (transmission of a contagious disease) | :: besmetting |
| contagious {adj} (of a disease, easily transmitted to others) | :: aanstekelijk, besmettelijk |
| contagious {adj} (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others) | :: aanstekelijk, besmettelijk |
| contagious {adj} (capable of spreading a disease) | :: besmettelijk |
| contagiousness {n} (state or condition of being contagious) | :: besmettelijkheid |
| contain {v} (to contain) SEE: hold | :: |
| contain {v} (To hold inside) | :: inhouden, bevatten |
| container {n} (an item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported) | :: bak {m} |
| container {n} (a very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods) | :: container {m}, vrachtcontainer {m} |
| container-deposit {n} (deposit on beverage or other containers) | :: statiegeld |
| contaminant {n} (that which contaminates) | :: smetstof {m} {f} |
| contamination {n} (The act or process of contaminating) | :: verontreiniging {f} |
| contamination {n} (A grammatical blend) | :: contaminatie {f} |
| contemplate {v} (think about something in a concentrated manner) | :: beschouwen, contempleren, overwegen |
| contemplation {n} (The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study) | :: beschouwing, bespiegeling, overweging |
| contemporary {adj} (from the same time period) | :: gelijktijdig, eigentijds, contemporain |
| contemporary {adj} (modern) | :: hedendaags, eigentijds |
| contemporary {n} (someone living at the same time) | :: tijdgenoot {m}, tijdgenote {f} |
| contempt {n} (a feeling or attitude) | :: verachting {f}, minachting {f} |
| contempt {n} (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority) | :: minachting {f} |
| contemptuous {adj} (showing contempt) | :: minachting |
| contend {v} (strive in opposition) | :: weerspreken, tegenspreken, betwisten |
| contend {v} (struggle) | :: bestrijden |
| contend {v} (strive in debate) | :: betwisten |
| contend {v} (believe and argue) | :: aantonen |
| contender {n} (someone who competes) | :: mededinger |
| content {adj} (satisfied) | :: tevreden, content |
| content {v} (satisfy) | :: vergenoegen, tevredenstellen |
| content {n} (that which is contained) | :: inhoud {m} |
| content {n} (subject matter) | :: inhoud {m} |
| content {n} (mathematics: space contained by a polytope) | :: inhoud {m} |
| contented {adj} (satisfied) SEE: satisfied | :: |
| contention {n} (contest, strife, struggle) | :: strijd {m}, ruzie {f} |
| contention {n} (point maintained in an argument) | :: bewering {f} |
| contentious {adj} (marked by controversy) | :: omstreden, aangevochten |
| contentious {adj} (given to struggling) | :: agressief, strijdlustig, vechtjas, provocateur, ruziemaker |
| contents {n} (that which is contained) | :: inhoud |
| contents {n} (table of contents) SEE: table of contents | :: |
| contents insurance {n} (insurance that pays for damage or loss of possessions in the home) | :: inboedelverzekering {f} |
| contest {n} (competition, see also: competition) | :: wedstrijd {m} |
| contest {n} (combat) SEE: combat | :: |
| contestant {n} (participant in a contest) | :: deelnemer {m} |
| contested {adj} (controversial) SEE: controversial | :: |
| context {n} (circumstances or settings) | :: context {m} |
| context {n} (text in which a word appears) | :: context {m} |
| contiguous {adj} (connected, touching, abutting) | :: verbonden |
| contiguous {adj} (adjacent, neighboring) | :: aangrenzend |
| contiguous {adj} (connecting without a break) | :: samenhangend |
| continence {n} (voluntary control of urination and defecation) | :: continentie {f} |
| continence {n} (moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence) | :: ingetogenheid {f}, onthouding {f} |
| continent {n} (each of main land-masses on earth's surface) | :: werelddeel {n}, continent {n} |
| continental drift {n} (continental drift) | :: continentverschuiving {f} |
| continental quilt {n} (duvet) SEE: duvet | :: |
| continental shelf {n} (the area of sea around a land mass) | :: continentaal plat {n} |
| continental slope {n} (fringe separating the coastal zone from the deep ocean) | :: continentale helling |
| contingence {n} (contingency) SEE: contingency | :: |
| contingency {n} (quality of being contingent; unpredictability) | :: contingentie {f}, onvoorspelbaarheid {f} |
| contingency {n} (possibility; something which may or may not happen) | :: contingentie {f} |
| contingent {adj} (possible, liable, incidental, casual) | :: contingent |
| contingent {adj} (dependent on something that may or may not occur) | :: contingent |
| continuance {n} (Postponement of a legal proceeding) | :: verdaging {f} |
| continuation {n} (act or state of continuing) | :: voortzetting {f}, hervatting {f} |
| continue {v} (transitive: proceed) | :: verdergaan, voortzetten, doorgaan |
| continue {v} (intransitive: resume) | :: verdergaan, voortzetten, herbeginnen |
| continuing education {n} (further education) SEE: further education | :: |
| continuity {n} (lack of interruption) | :: continuïteit {f} |
| continuity {n} (notion in mathematics) | :: continuïteit |
| continuous {adj} (without break, cessation, or interruption in time) | :: continu, voortdurend, ononderbroken, aanhoudend, onophoudelijk |
| continuous {adj} (without break, cessation, or interruption in space) | :: continu, ononderbroken |
| continuous {adj} (in mathematical analysis) | :: continu |
| continuously {adv} (without pause) | :: continu |
| continuum {n} (continuous extent) | :: continuüm {n} |
| continuum hypothesis {n} (hypothesis that there is no cardinality between that of ℤ and that of ℝ) | :: continuümhypothese {f} |
| contort {v} (To twist in a violent manner) | :: verwringen |
| contort {v} (To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression) | :: verwrongen of ontzet raken |
| contortion {n} (the act of contorting) | :: verwringing {n}, verrekking {n}, kronkeling {n}, bochtenwerk {n}, |
| contortionist {n} (acrobat) | :: slangenmens {m} {n}, contorsionist {m}, contorsioniste {f} |
| contrabass {n} (part or section one octave lower than bass) | :: contrabas |
| contrabass {n} (double bass) SEE: double bass | :: |
| contraception {n} (use of a device or procedure) | :: anticonceptie |
| contraceptive {n} (means by which impregnating a woman can be prevented) | :: voorbehoedmiddel {n} |
| contract {n} (agreement that is legally binding) | :: contract {n}, overeenkomst {f} |
| contract {n} (job governed by a specific agreement) | :: contract {n} |
| contract bridge {n} (card game) | :: verklarende woordenlijst |
| contraction {n} (painful shortening of the uterine muscles) | :: wee {f} |
| contraction {n} (linguistics: process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are lost or reduced) | :: samentrekking {f} |
| contract killer {n} (person who kills for money) SEE: hitman | :: |
| contractor {n} (A person or company that constructs or improves buildings) | :: aannemer {m} |
| contractor {n} (A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects) | :: uitvoerder |
| contradict {v} (deny the truth of (a statement or statements)) | :: tegenspreken, weerleggen |
| contradict {v} (deny the truth of statements made by (a person)) | :: tegenspreken |
| contradiction {n} (act of contradicting) | :: tegenspraak, contradictie |
| contradiction in terms {n} (expression in which components contradict one another) | :: contradictie, tegenspraak |
| contradictorily {adv} (in a contradictory manner) | :: tegensprekend |
| contradictory {adj} (that contradicts something) | :: tegenstrijdig, contradictoir |
| contradictory {adj} (that is itself a contradiction) | :: contradictoir |
| contradictory {adj} (that is diametrically opposed to something) | :: tegengesteld |
| contradictory {adj} (mutually exclusive) | :: onverenigbaar |
| contradictory {adj} (tending to contradict, contrarious) | :: tegendraads, dwars |
| contradictory {n} (any of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false) | :: tegenstrijdigheid |
| contraindication {n} (factor or symptom) | :: tegenindicatie {f} |
| contraption {n} (complicated and precarious machine) | :: apparaat |
| contraption {n} (object referred to with irony, derision or contempt) | :: machientje |
| contrarious {adj} (persons) | :: dwars, tegendraads, onhandelbaar |
| contrariwise {adv} (on the other hand) SEE: on the other hand | :: |
| contrariwise {adv} (on the contrary) SEE: on the contrary | :: |
| contrary to {prep} (despite) SEE: despite | :: |
| contribute {v} (to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole) | :: bijdragen |
| contribution {n} (something given or offered that adds to a larger whole) | :: bijdrage {f}, contributie |
| contribution {n} (an amount of money given toward something) | :: bijdrage {f}, financiële bijdrage {f}, , contributie |
| contribution {n} (the act of contributing) | :: bijdrage {f}, bijdragen {n} |
| contributor {n} (a benefactor; someone who gives to charity or some cause) | :: donateur |
| contrite {adj} (sincerely penitent) | :: rouwvol, met berouw, berouwvol |
| contrition {n} (The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse) | :: berouw, wroeging, contritie {f} |
| contrivance {n} (something overly artful or artificial) | :: vernuft {n}, vindingrijkheid {f} |
| contrive {v} (To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot) | :: beramen |
| contrive {v} (To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation) | :: ontwerpen |
| contrived {adj} (unnatural, forced) | :: gekunsteld, slinks, bedrieglijk, bij de haren getrokken |
| control {v} (to exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of) | :: besturen, beheersen (in modern usage also controleren, though this is still considered an anglicism by many) |
| control {n} (authority) | :: beheersing {f}, controle {m} |
| control {n} (emotional restraint) | :: zelfbeheersing {f} |
| control {n} | :: controle {f}, invloed {m} |
| controllable {adj} (able to be controlled) | :: beheersbaar |
| control panel {n} (surface with controls) | :: bedieningspaneel {n} |
| control tower {n} (airport control tower) | :: verkeerstoren {m}, controletoren {m} |
| controversial {adj} (arousing controversy) | :: omstreden |
| controversy {n} (debate, discussion of opposing opinions) | :: controverse |
| contumely {n} (offensive and abusive language or behaviour) | :: spot {m}, hoon {m}, belediging {f}, grove taal {f} |
| contusion {n} (wound in which the skin is not broken) | :: bloeding |
| conundrum {n} (difficult question or riddle) | :: raadsel {n}, hersenbreker |
| conundrum {n} (difficult choice or decision) | :: dilemma {n} |
| conurbation {n} (an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl) | :: agglomeratie, stedengroep |
| convalescent {adj} (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) | :: recuperen |
| convene {v} (to come together, to meet, to unite) | :: samenkomen |
| convene {v} (to come together as in one body or for a public purpose) | :: samenkomen |
| convene {v} (to cause to assemble, to call together) | :: samenroepen |
| convene {v} (to summon judicially to meet or appear) | :: dagvaarden |
| convenience {n} (quality of being suitable, useful or convenient) | :: geschikt |
| convenience {n} (anything that makes for an easier life) | :: handig |
| convenience {n} (convenient time) | :: wanneer het goed uitkomt |
| convenience store {n} (a small retail store) | :: gemakswinkel {m}, buurtwinkel {m}, superette {f}, kruidenier {m}, kruidenierszaak {f} |
| convenient {adj} (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) | :: geschikt, gemakkelijk, gelegen |
| conveniently {adv} (in a convenient manner) | :: voor het gemak |
| convention {n} (meeting or a gathering) | :: bijeenkomst |
| convention {n} (formal deliberative assembly) | :: conventie {f} |
| convention {n} (agreement, contract or pact) | :: conventie {f}, overeenkomst |
| convention {n} (generally accepted principle, method or behaviour) | :: conventie {f}, vaste praktijk |
| convention {n} (treaty) | :: conventie |
| converge {v} (to approach each other) | :: samenkomen |
| conversation {n} (expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people) | :: gesprek {n}, conversatie |
| converse {v} (to engage in conversation) | :: converseren |
| converse {n} (opposite) | :: tegenovergestelde |
| conversely {adv} (with a reversed relationship) | :: omgekeerd |
| conversely {adv} (from another point of view) SEE: on the other hand | :: |
| conversion {n} (the act of having converted something or someone) | :: bekering {f} |
| conversion {n} (The result of a chemical reaction wherein the molecule changes form) | :: omzetting {f} |
| convert {v} (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) | :: bekeren |
| convert {v} | :: converteren |
| convertible mark {n} (currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina) | :: convertibele mark |
| convex {adj} (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle) | :: bol |
| convey {v} (to carry) | :: overdragen |
| convey {v} (to communicate) | :: overbrengen |
| convey {v} (to transfer legal rights) | :: overdragen |
| conveyor belt {n} (continuous band moved to transport objects) | :: loopband |
| convict {v} (to find guilty) | :: veroordelen, vonnissen |
| convict {v} (to find guilty informally, notably morally) | :: veroordelen |
| convict {n} (person convicted of a crime) | :: veroordeelde {m} {f} |
| convict {n} (person deported to a penal colony) | :: strafkolonist {m} |
| conviction {n} (firmly held belief) | :: overtuiging |
| conviction {n} (judgement of guilt) | :: veroordeling |
| convince {v} (to make someone believe, or feel sure about something) | :: overtuigen |
| convinced {adj} (in a state of believing, especially from evidence) | :: overtuigd |
| convocation {n} (act of calling or assembling by summons) | :: bijeenroeping, oproeping |
| convocation {n} (assembly or meeting) | :: bijeenkomst |
| convocation {n} (assembly of the clergy) | :: convocatie |
| convoluted {adj} (complex) | :: gecompliceerd, nodeloos ingewikkeld |
| convulse {v} (to suffer violent uncontrollable contractions of the muscles) | :: stuiptrekken |
| coo {n} (murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon) | :: koeren {?} [nominalized], roekoe {n} |
| coo {v} (to make a soft murmuring sound) | :: koeren, roekoeën |
| cook {n} (person who prepares food) | :: kok {m}, kokkin {f} |
| cook {v} (to prepare (food) for eating) | :: koken |
| cook {v} (to prepare food) | :: koken |
| cook {v} (to become ready for eating) | :: koken |
| cook {v} (colloquial: to be uncomfortably hot) | :: bakken |
| cookbook {n} (book of cooking recipes) | :: kookboek {n} |
| cooked {adj} (of food, that has been prepared by cooking) | :: gekookt |
| cooker {n} (cooking apple) SEE: cooking apple | :: |
| cookie {n} (bun) SEE: bun | :: |
| cookie {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: biscuit) | :: koekje |
| cookie {n} (HTTP cookie) SEE: HTTP cookie | :: |
| cookie-cutter {adj} (looking or seeming identical) | :: gietvormig, doorsnee, standaard, modelvormig |
| cookie jar {n} (a vessel for storing food) | :: koekjestrommel |
| Cookie Monster {prop} (Sesame Street character) | :: Koekiemonster {m} |
| cooking apple {n} (apple primarily used for making pies, crumbles or sauces) | :: stoofappel {m} |
| cooking show {n} | :: kookprogramma |
| Cook Islands {prop} (self-governing country in Oceania) | :: Cookeilanden {n-p} |
| cool {adj} (having a slightly low temperature) | :: koel, fris |
| cool {adj} (allowing or suggesting heat relief) | :: koel, verkoelend, verkwikkend |
| cool {adj} (not showing emotion, calm) | :: kil, kalm(pjes), koel(tjes) |
| cool {adj} (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) | :: kil, koel, lauw, onentoesiast |
| cool {adj} (colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation) | :: koelbloedig, (ijzig) kalm, beheerst, zelfzeker |
| cool {adj} (colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others) | :: cool |
| cool {adj} (colloquial: in fashion) | :: cool, in (de mode), hip, blits |
| cool {adj} (colloquial: all right, acceptable) | :: aanvaardbaar, acceptabel, in orde, okee, patabel |
| cool {adj} (colloquial: not upset) | :: kalm, bedaard, rustig, beheerst |
| cool {v} (to make colder (literally)) | :: afkoelen, bekoelen, koelen, verkoelen, (mildy) verfrissen, (much) verkillen |
| cool {v} (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) | :: afkoelen, bekoelen, verkoelen, (much) verkillen |
| cool {v} (to make less intense, e.g. less amicable) | :: afkoelen, koelen, verkoelen, (much) verkillen |
| cool {v} (cool down) SEE: cool down | :: |
| coolant {n} (a fluid) | :: koelmiddel {n}, koelvloeistof {m} {f} |
| cool down {v} (to become cooler (temperature)) | :: afkoelen, koelen, bekoelen, [mildly] verfrissen, [much] verkillen |
| coolie {n} (unskilled Asian worker) | :: koelie |
| cooling glasses {n} (sunglasses) SEE: sunglasses | :: |
| cooling tower {n} (tower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation) | :: koeltoren {f} |
| cool off {v} (to reduce in temperature, activity or temper) | :: afkoelen |
| cooper {n} (craftsman) | :: kuiper |
| cooperate {v} (to work together) | :: samenwerken |
| cooperation {n} (act of cooperating or being cooperative) | :: samenwerking {f} |
| cooperation {n} (active help from a person, organization, et cetera) | :: coöperatie {f} |
| cooperation {n} (association for mutual benefit) | :: samenwerkingsverband {n}, coöperatie {f} |
| cooperative {adj} (ready to work with another) | :: samenwerkend |
| Cooper's hawk {n} (hawk) | :: Coopers sperwer {m} |
| co-opt {v} (To commandeer, appropriate or take over.) | :: z toe-eigenen |
| coordinate {n} ((mathematics, cartography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure․) | :: coördinaat {m} |
| coordinate {v} (to synchronize) | :: coördineren |
| coordinate {v} (to match) | :: doen bijeen passen, zorgen dat het bijeenpast |
| coordinate system {n} (method of representing points in a space) | :: coördinatenstelsel {n} |
| coordinating conjunction {n} (type of conjunction) | :: nevenschikkend voegwoord {n} |
| coot {n} (bird) | :: koet {m} |
| cootie {n} (louse) SEE: louse | :: |
| cooze {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
| cop {n} (police officer) | :: diender {m}, flik {m}, smeris {m} |
| copacetic {adj} (fine, excellent, going just right, swell) | :: super, extra, zeer tevreden, ok, geniaal |
| cope {v} (to deal effectively with something) | :: mee omgaan |
| Copenhagen {prop} (capital of Denmark) | :: Kopenhagen |
| Copenhagener {n} (someone from Copenhagen) | :: Kopenhagenaar {m} |
| Copernican {adj} (pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus) | :: Copernicaans |
| copernicium {n} (chemical element) | :: copernicium |
| copier {n} (machine) | :: kopieerapparaat |
| copious {adj} (great in quantity) | :: overvloedig, ampel, copieus |
| copious {adj} (having an abundant supply) | :: bij de vleet |
| copious {adj} | :: uitgebreid |
| cop on {v} (to behave, grow up) | :: zich gedragen |
| cop-out {n} (avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty) | :: het terugkrabbelen, het laten afweten, het zich onttrekken |
| cop-out {n} (an excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty) | :: smoes |
| cop-out {n} (a person who cops out) | :: iemand die afhaakt |
| copper {n} (chemical element Cu) | :: koper {n} |
| copper {n} (something made of copper) | :: koperen |
| copper {n} (colour of copper) | :: koperkleur {f}, koperrood {n}, koperbruin {n} |
| copper {n} (copper coin) | :: kopermunt {f} |
| copper {n} (large pot for hot water) | :: ketel {m} |
| copper {adj} (made of copper) | :: koperen |
| copper {adj} (having the colour of copper) | :: koperkleurig |
| copper {n} (slang: a policeman) | :: smeris {m}, wout {m} |
| coppern {adj} (made of copper) SEE: copper | :: |
| coppersmith {n} (person) | :: kopersmid {m} |
| coppice {n} (grove of small growth) | :: hakhout {n} |
| copra {n} (dried kernel of coconut) | :: kopra {m} {f} |
| coprolalia {n} (uncontrolled use of obscenity) | :: coprolalie {f} |
| coprophagy {n} (the eating of feces) | :: coprofagie |
| copse {n} (thicket of small trees or shrubs) | :: bosschage {f} |
| Coptic {adj} (of or pertaining to the Copts, Coptic Orthodox Church or to the Coptic language) | :: Koptisch {n} [language], Koptisch [general] |
| copula {n} (grammar: linking kind of word) | :: koppelwerkwoord {n} |
| copulate {v} (copulate) SEE: cover | :: |
| copulate {v} (copulate) SEE: mate | :: |
| copulate {v} (to have sexual intercourse with someone, something) SEE: mount | :: |
| copulate {v} (to engage in sexual intercourse) SEE: make love | :: |
| copulate {v} (take part in a sexual act) SEE: have sex | :: |
| copulate {v} (to have sexual intercourse with) SEE: bed | :: |
| copulation {n} (copulation) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| copulation {n} (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse) | :: copulatie {f} |
| copy {n} (result of copying) | :: kopie {f}, afschrift {n} |
| copy {n} (imitation, sometimes of inferior quality) | :: kopie {f}, namaak, nabootsing |
| copy {n} (journalism: text to be typeset) | :: kopij {f} |
| copy {n} (marketing: output of copywriter) | :: kopij {f} |
| copy {n} (text of newspaper articles) | :: kopij {f} |
| copy {n} (printed edition of a book or magazine) | :: exemplaar {n} |
| copy {v} (produce something identical) | :: kopiëren nabootsen, nadoen, naäpen |
| copy {v} (place a copy in memory) | :: kopiëren |
| copy {v} (imitate) | :: kopiëren nabootsen, nadoen, naäpen |
| copy {v} (radio term) | :: ontvangen |
| copy {n} (writing paper of a particular size) SEE: bastard | :: |
| copybook {n} (student's exercise book) SEE: exercise book | :: |
| copycat {n} (one who imitates or plagiarizes others' work) | :: na-aper |
| copyright {n} (right to publish) | :: auteursrecht {n} |
| copyright {v} (place under a copyright) | :: onder auteursrecht plaatsen |
| coquettish {adj} (as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious) | :: koket, behaagziek, flirterig |
| coquina {n} (soft form of limestone) | :: coquina |
| coral {n} (substance) | :: koraal {n} |
| coral {n} (colony) | :: koraal {n}, koraalrif {n} |
| coral {n} (colour) | :: koraalrood {n} |
| coral {adj} (made of coral) | :: koraal- |
| coral {adj} (having the yellowish pink colour of coral) | :: koraalrood, koraalrode |
| coralline {adj} (of the material coral) | :: [material] koralen, [organism] koraal- |
| coral snake {n} (snake) | :: koraalslang |
| cor anglais {n} (woodwind instrument) | :: Engelse hoorn {m} {f}, althobo {m} |
| cord {n} (length of twisted strands) | :: touw {n}, koord {f}, zeel {n} |
| cord {n} (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) | :: kabel {n} |
| cordially {adv} (in a friendly manner) | :: hartelijk |
| cordierite {n} (a cyclosilicate) | :: cordieriet |
| cordon sanitaire {n} (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) | :: cordon sanitaire {n} |
| cordon sanitaire {n} (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) | :: cordon sanitaire {n} |
| corduroy {n} (heavy fabric with vertical ribs) | :: ribfluweel {n} |
| core {n} (central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds) | :: klokhuis {n} |
| core {n} (heart of a thing) | :: kern {m}, binnenste {n} |
| core {n} (center or inner part) | :: kern {m} |
| core {n} (most important part of a thing) | :: kern {m} |
| core competency {n} (special expertise) | :: kerncompetentie |
| coreopsis {n} (any of several composite herbs, of genus Coreopsis, typically with bright yellow flowers) | :: meisjesogen {p}, coreopsis |
| Corfu {prop} (island) | :: Korfoe, Corfu |
| coriaceous {adj} (leathery) | :: leerachtig |
| coriander {n} (Coriandrum sativum plant) | :: koriander {m}, ketoembar {m}, wantsenkruid {n} |
| Corinth {prop} (city in Greece) | :: Korinthe |
| Corinthians {prop} (book in the Bible) | :: Korinthiërs |
| cork {n} (bark of the cork oak) | :: kurk {n}, kurkschors {m} {f}, kurken [adjective, corresponding to attributive use in English] |
| cork {n} (bottle stopper) | :: kurk, stop, stopsel {n} |
| cork {n} (angling float) | :: dobber {m} |
| cork {n} (cork oak) SEE: cork oak | :: |
| cork oak {n} (a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber) | :: kurkeik |
| corkscrew {n} (implement for opening bottles sealed by a cork) | :: kurkentrekker {m} |
| cormorant {n} (seabird) | :: aalscholver {m} |
| corn {n} (grain crop of species Zea mays) SEE: maize | :: |
| corn {n} (grain or seed of a cereal crop) | :: koren {n}, graan {n} |
| corn {n} (type of callus) | :: eelt {n}, eksteroog {n} |
| corncrake {n} (the bird Crex crex) | :: kwartelkoning {m} |
| cornel {n} (tree) | :: kornoelje {f} |
| cornel {n} (fruit) | :: kornoeljebes |
| Cornelia {prop} (female given name) | :: Cornelia {f} |
| Cornelius {prop} (male given name) | :: Cornelis |
| corner {n} (point where two converging lines meet) SEE: angle | :: |
| corner {n} (space in the angle between converging lines or walls) | :: hoek {m} |
| corner {n} (intersection of two streets) | :: hoek |
| corner {n} (football: corner kick) SEE: corner kick | :: |
| corner boy {n} (someone who hangs around on street corners) | :: straatjongen {m} |
| corner flag {n} (flag marking the corner of a playing field) | :: hoekvlag {f} |
| corner kick {n} (in soccer) | :: hoekschop {c} |
| corner shop {n} (small retail store) SEE: convenience store | :: |
| cornerstone {n} (ceremonial stone) | :: hoeksteen {m} |
| corner time {n} (punishment) | :: in de hoek staan {n} |
| cornet {n} (musical instrument) | :: kornet {f} |
| cornet {n} | :: kornet |
| cornett {n} (wind instrument) | :: zink {f} {m}, cornetto {m} |
| cornetto {n} (cornett) SEE: cornett | :: |
| cornflower {n} (Centaurea cyanus) | :: korenbloem {f}, echte korenbloem {f}, blauwbol {m}, bol {m} |
| cornice {n} (horizontal architectural element) | :: kroonlijst {f}, deklijst {f} |
| Cornish {prop} (A Celtic language) | :: Cornisch |
| corn on the cob {n} (cooked ears of corn) | :: maiskolf {m} {f}, maïskolf {m} {f} |
| corn salad {n} (a plant) | :: veldsla |
| corn snake {n} (a species of rat snake) | :: korenslang |
| cornucopia {n} (mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink) | :: hoorn des overvloeds |
| Cornwall {prop} (county of England) | :: Cornwall {n} |
| corny {adj} (excessively sentimental) | :: melig, sentimenteel, oubollig, afgezaagd |
| corolla {n} (whorl of a flower) | :: kroon {m}, bloemkroon {m} |
| corollary {n} (proposition which follows easily) | :: gevolg, gevolgtrekking, uitvloeisel |
| coronal {adj} (produced with tip or blade of tongue) | :: coronaal |
| coronal {n} (consonant produced with tip or blade of tongue) | :: coronaal {c} |
| coronary artery {n} (artery) | :: kransslagader {f} |
| coronation {n} (the act or solemnity of crowning) | :: kroning {f} |
| coronavirus {n} (member of the family Coronaviridae) | :: coronavirus {n} |
| coroner {n} (who presides over an inquest) | :: lijkschouwer {m}, patholoog-anatoom {m} |
| corporal {n} (military rank) | :: korporaal |
| corporal {n} (ecclesiastical: cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed) | :: corporale |
| corporal {adj} (bodily) SEE: bodily | :: |
| corporal punishment {n} (form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body) | :: lijfstraf {m} {f} |
| corporate {adj} (of, or relating to a corporation) | :: bedrijfs- |
| corporatespeak {n} (jargon used within business) | :: kantoortaal {f} |
| corporation {n} (public limited company) | :: naamloze vennootschap {f} |
| corporation {n} (paunch) SEE: paunch | :: |
| corporeal {adj} (bodily) SEE: bodily | :: |
| corpse {n} (dead body) | :: lijk {n}, kreng; kadaver [animal] |
| corpus {n} (body) SEE: body | :: |
| corpus {n} (linguistics: collection of writings) | :: corpus {n} |
| corpus callosum {n} (Band of nerves connecting hemispheres) | :: hersenbalk {m}, corpus callosum {n} |
| correct {adj} (free from error) | :: correct, juist |
| correct {adj} (with good manners) | :: correct, welgemanierd, welopgevoed, goedgemanierd |
| correct {v} (To make something become right that was previously wrong) | :: corrigeren, verbeteren |
| correction {n} (act of correcting) | :: verbetering {f}, correctie {f} |
| correction {n} (substitution for an error or mistake) | :: verbetering {f}, correctie {f} |
| correction fluid {n} (fluid for masking textual errors) | :: tipex {m} {f} |
| corrective rape {n} (raping a person because of their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity) | :: correctieve verkrachting {f}, corrigerende verkrachting {f} |
| correctly {adv} (in a correct manner) | :: correct, juist, goed |
| correctness {n} (freedom from error) | :: correctheid {f}, juistheid {f} |
| correlate {v} (To be related by a correlation) | :: correleren, in wederkerige betrekking staan |
| correlation {n} (measure of relationship) | :: correlatie {f} |
| correlation coefficient {n} (any of the several measures) | :: correlatiecoëfficiënt {m} |
| correspond {v} (to be equivalent or similar) | :: corresponderen |
| correspond {v} (to exchange messages) | :: corresponderen |
| correspondence {n} (postal or other written communications) | :: correspondentie {f} |
| correspondent {adj} (corresponding) SEE: corresponding | :: |
| correspondent {adj} (conforming) | :: overeenkomend, overeenstemmend |
| correspondent {n} (one who corresponds) | :: correspondent {m} |
| correspondent {n} (journalist) | :: correspondent {m} |
| corresponding {adj} (that have a similar relationship) | :: corresponderend, overeenkomstig |
| corrida {n} (bullfight) SEE: bullfight | :: |
| corridor {n} (narrow hall or passage) | :: gang, hal |
| corridor {n} (tract of land) | :: corridor |
| corridor {n} (airspace) | :: luchtweg, corridor |
| corrigendum {n} (list of errors in a printed work) SEE: errata | :: |
| corrigendum {n} (error that is to be corrected in a printed work) | :: erratum {n} |
| corroborate {v} (To confirm or support with additional evidence) | :: onderbouwen |
| corroboration {n} (the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming) | :: bekrachtiging |
| corrode {v} (to eat away) | :: uithollen, roesten, corroderen, uitbijten, inbijten, aanvreten |
| corrode {v} (to consume) | :: corroderen |
| corrode {v} (to have corrosive action) | :: corroderen |
| corrosive {adj} (destroying texture or substance of a body) | :: corrosief |
| corrugate {v} ((of the skin) to wrinkle) | :: rimpelen |
| corrugate {v} (to fold into parallel folds) | :: plooien |
| corrupt {adj} (in a depraved state) | :: corrupt, verdorven |
| corrupt {v} (to change from good to bad) | :: verderven, verworden |
| corruption {n} | :: corruptie {f} |
| corsac fox {n} (Vulpes corsac) | :: steppevos {m} |
| corselet {n} (thorax) SEE: thorax | :: |
| corset {n} (woman's garment) | :: korset {n} |
| Corsica {prop} (island in the Mediterranean) | :: Corsica {n} |
| Corsican {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Corsica) | :: Corsicaans |
| Corsican {n} (person from Corsica or of Corsican descent) | :: Corsicaan {m}, Corsicaanse {f} |
| Corsican {prop} (language) | :: Corsicaans {n} |
| corvette {n} (modern warship) | :: korvet |
| corymb {n} (cluster of flowers) | :: tuil {m} |
| coryphaeus {n} (conductor of the dramatic chorus) | :: coryfee {m} |
| coryphée {n} (ballet dancer ranking above a member of the corps de ballet and below a soloist) | :: coryfee {m} |
| cos {conj} (because) SEE: because | :: |
| cosine {n} (trigonometric function) | :: cosinus {m} |
| cosmetologist {n} (person who advises people on cosmetics and other beauty treatments) | :: schoonheidsspecialist {m}, schoonheidsspecialiste {f} |
| cosmic ray {n} (energetic particle) | :: kosmische straling {f} |
| cosmic ray {n} (cosmic radiation) | :: kosmische straling {f} |
| cosmodrome {n} (a site for launching spacecraft) | :: ruimtehaven |
| cosmogony {n} (the study of the origin of the universe) | :: kosmogonie {f} |
| cosmological {adj} (of or pertaining to cosmology, or to the overall structure of the universe) | :: kosmologisch |
| cosmology {n} (study of the physical universe) | :: kosmologie {f}, ruimtekunde {f} |
| cosmonaut {n} (an astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one, see also: astronaut) | :: kosmonaut {m} |
| cosmopolis {n} (An important city, such as a capital city, inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds.) | :: kosmopolis {m} |
| cosmopolitan {n} (cosmopolite) SEE: cosmopolite | :: |
| cosmopolite {n} (cosmopolitan person) | :: wereldburger {m}, kosmopoliet {m} |
| cosmos {n} (the universe) | :: heelal {n}, kosmos {m} |
| Cossack {n} (member of a population) | :: Kozak {m} |
| cosset {v} (to treat like a pet) | :: verwennen, vertroetelen |
| cost {v} (to incur a charge, a price) | :: kosten |
| cost {n} (amount of money spent for a purpose) | :: kost |
| costa {n} (rib) SEE: rib | :: |
| Costa Rica {prop} (country) | :: Costa Rica {n} |
| cost-benefit analysis {n} (methodology to appraise the case for a project) | :: kosten-batenanalyse {f} |
| costly {adj} (expensive) | :: prijzig, duur, kostbaar |
| costume {n} (dress of a particular country, period or people) | :: kostuum {n}, klederdracht |
| costume {n} (disguise) | :: kostuum {n}, vermomming |
| costume {n} (set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion) | :: kostuum {n}, klederdracht |
| costume {v} (dress with a costume) | :: aankleden, uitdossen |
| cosy {adj} (affording comfort and warmth) | :: gezellig, gezellige, knus, knusse |
| cot {n} (bed for children) | :: kinderbed, ledikantje {m}, wieg {m} |
| coterie {n} (exclusive group) SEE: clique | :: |
| cottage cheese {n} (cheese curd product) | :: huttenkaas {m}, hüttenkäse {m}, cottage cheese {m} |
| cotter {n} (peasant) | :: keuterboer {m} |
| cotter pin {n} (pin or wedge inserted through a slot) SEE: cotter | :: |
| cotton {n} (any plant yielding fiber like that of Gossypium) | :: katoen {m}, katoenplant {m} |
| cotton {n} (fiber) | :: katoen |
| cotton {n} (fabric) | :: katoen {n} |
| cotton {adj} (made of cotton) | :: katoenen |
| cotton {v} (get on with) SEE: get on with | :: |
| cotton candy {n} (cotton candy) SEE: candy floss | :: |
| cotton swab {n} (a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod) | :: wattenstaafje {n} |
| cotton wool {n} (raw fibers of cotton) | :: katoenvezels {n-p} |
| cotton wool {n} (absorbent cotton) | :: watten {n-p}, katoenwatten {n-p} |
| coua {n} (bird of the genus Coua) | :: coua |
| coucal {n} (bird of the genus Centropus) | :: spoorkoekoek |
| couch {n} (furniture for seating of more than one person) | :: sofa |
| couch {n} (couch grass) SEE: couch grass | :: |
| couch grass {n} (species of grass) | :: kweek {m} {f} |
| cougar {n} (Puma concolor) | :: bergleeuw {m}, poema {m} |
| cough {v} (push air from the lungs) | :: hoesten, kuchen |
| cough {n} (expulsion of air from the lungs) | :: hoest {m}, kuch {m} |
| cough {n} (condition) | :: hoest {m} |
| could I see the menu, please {phrase} (said to ask for a menu) | :: mag ik het menu, alstublieft |
| coulomb {n} (unit of electrical charge) | :: coulomb {m} |
| council {n} (committee that leads or governs) | :: raad {m} |
| count {v} (to enumerate or determine number) | :: tellen |
| count {n} (the act of counting) | :: telling |
| count {n} (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) | :: telling {f} |
| count {n} (a countdown) | :: aftelling {f} |
| count {n} (ruler of a county (male)) | :: graaf {m} |
| countable {adj} (capable of being counted, having a quantity) | :: telbaar, telbare |
| countable {adj} (math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers) | :: aftelbaar |
| countable {adj} (grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article) | :: telbaar, telbare |
| count down {v} | :: aftellen |
| countdown {n} (a count backward to the time of some event) | :: aftelling {f}, aftellen {n} |
| countdown {n} (the acts of preparation carried out during this period) | :: aftelling {f} |
| countdown {v} (count down) SEE: count down | :: |
| Count Dracula {prop} (fictional vampire) | :: Graaf Dracula {m} |
| countenance {n} (face) | :: gelaatsuitdrukking, verschijning |
| countenance {v} (tolerate, support, sanction) | :: gedogen, dulden |
| counter {n} (table or board on which business is transacted) | :: balie {f} |
| counter {n} (kitchen surface for food preparation) | :: aanrecht {n} |
| counter {n} (grammar: class of word) SEE: measure word | :: |
| counteract {v} (to act in opposition to) | :: tegengaan |
| counter-attack {n} (an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents) | :: tegenaanval {m} |
| counterbalance {n} (weight balancing an opposite one) | :: tegenwicht {n}, gelijk gewicht |
| counterbalance {n} (force or influence balancing an opposite one) | :: tegenkracht {n}, gelijke kracht |
| counterbalance {v} (to apply weight in order to balance) | :: opwegen tegen, een tegengewicht vormen voor |
| counterbalance {v} (to match or equal in effect when applying opposing force) | :: opwegen tegen, een tegenkracht vormen voor |
| counterbore {n} (recess-machining tool) | :: verzinkboor {m} {f} |
| counterclaim {n} (suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff) | :: tegeneis {m}, eis in reconventie {m} |
| counterclockwise {adj} (anticlockwise) SEE: anticlockwise | :: |
| countercoup {n} | :: tegencoup {m}, tegenstaatsgreep {m}, contracoup {m} |
| counterculture {n} (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture) | :: tegencultuur {f} |
| counterexample {n} (instance of the falsity) | :: tegenvoorbeeld {n} |
| counterfeit {adj} (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) | :: namaak, nep |
| counterfeit {adj} (unauthentic) | :: vervalst |
| counterfeit {n} (fake) | :: vervalsing |
| counterfeit {v} (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) | :: vervalsen, namaken |
| counterfeit {n} (counterfeiter) SEE: counterfeiter | :: |
| counterfeiter {n} (a person who counterfeits) | :: valsmunter |
| counterpart {n} (either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another) | :: tegenhanger {m}, complement {n}, pendant {m} |
| counterpart {n} (law: duplicate of a legal document) | :: duplikaat {n} |
| counterpart {n} (something that resembles something else) | :: gelijke {n}, equivalent {n}, tegenhanger {m} |
| counterpart {n} (one which has corresponding functions or characteristics) | :: evenknie {m} {f}, tegenhanger {m}, tegenpartij {m}, tegenspeler {m}, equivalent {n} |
| counterpoise {n} (a weight sufficient to balance another) SEE: counterbalance | :: |
| counterpoise {n} (an equal power or force acting in opposition) SEE: counterbalance | :: |
| counterpoise {n} (the relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium) SEE: counterbalance | :: |
| counterpoise {v} (to act against with equal weight; to equal in weight) SEE: counterbalance | :: |
| counterpoise {v} (to act against with equal power; to balance) SEE: counterbalance | :: |
| counterproductive {adj} (more of a hindrance than a help) | :: averechts |
| countersuit {n} (lawsuit filed against a party that has filed a suit against one) SEE: counterclaim | :: |
| countertop {n} (The top surface of a counter, for preparation of food) | :: aanrechtblad {n} |
| counterweight {n} (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something) | :: contragewicht {n} |
| countess {n} (wife of a count or earl) | :: gravin {f} |
| countless {adj} (too many to count, innumerable) | :: ontelbaar, talloos |
| count noun {n} (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) | :: telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord {n}, telbaar substantief {n} |
| count on {v} (rely upon, trust, or expect) | :: rekenen op |
| country {n} (region of land) | :: land {n} |
| country {n} (nation state) | :: land {n} |
| country {n} (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city) | :: platteland, open veld |
| country {n} (country music) | :: country |
| country {adj} (of, from or pertaining to the countryside (adjective)) | :: plattelands, boeren-, land- |
| country house {n} (residence) | :: landhuis {n} |
| countryman {n} (somebody from one's own country) | :: landgenoot {m} |
| countryman {n} (country dweller) | :: landgenoot {m} |
| country of origin {n} (country of origin) | :: land van herkomst {n} |
| countryside {n} (a rural area, or the rural part of a larger area) | :: platteland {n}, buitengebied |
| countryside {n} (a rural landscape) | :: platteland {n} |
| county {n} (land ruled by a count or countess) | :: graafschap {n} |
| county {n} (administrative region of various countries) | :: graafschap {n} |
| coup {n} (coup d'état) SEE: coup d'état | :: |
| coup {n} (takeover of one group by another) | :: coup |
| coup de grâce {n} (final blow) | :: genadeslag |
| coup d'état {n} (sudden overthrow of a government) | :: staatsgreep {m} |
| couple {n} (two partners) | :: stel, [Flanders] koppel {n}, paar {n}, duo {n} |
| couple {n} (two of the same kind considered together) | :: paar {n}, koppel {n}, tweetal {n} |
| couple {n} (a small number of) | :: paar {n}, koppel {n} |
| couple {n} (two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment) | :: koppel {n} |
| couple {v} (to join together) | :: koppelen |
| coupling {n} (sexual intercourse) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| courage {n} (quality of a confident character) | :: moed {m}, dapperheid {f} |
| courage {n} (ability to do frightening things) | :: moed {m} |
| courageous {adj} (brave) SEE: brave | :: |
| courgette {n} (a small marrow/squash) | :: courgette |
| courier {n} (person who delivers messages) | :: koerier {m} |
| course {n} (learning program) | :: cursus {m} |
| course {n} (stage of a meal) | :: gang {m}, gerecht {n} |
| course {n} (itinerary of a race) | :: parcours {n} |
| course {n} (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) | :: baan |
| course {n} (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) | :: koers {m} |
| course {n} (intended passage of voyage) | :: koers {m} |
| course {n} | :: loop {m}, koers {m}, gang |
| course {v} (Flow) | :: vloeien |
| course {v} (Pursue) | :: achtervolgen, achternazitten |
| course {n} (golf course) SEE: golf course | :: |
| course {n} (menses) SEE: menses | :: |
| course {n} (path taken by a flow of water) SEE: watercourse | :: |
| coursebook {n} (textbook) | :: cursusboek {n} |
| court {n} (enclosed space; a courtyard) | :: binnenruimte {f}, koer, hof {m} |
| court {n} (residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary) | :: paleis {n} |
| court {n} (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority) | :: hofhouding {f} |
| court {n} (hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered) | :: rechtbank {c}, hof {n} |
| court {n} (persons officially assembled under authority of law) | :: gerecht {n} |
| court {n} (tribunal established for the administration of justice) | :: rechtbank |
| court {n} (place for playing the game of tennis and some other ball games) | :: baan {f} |
| court {v} (to attempt to win over) | :: vrijen, het hof maken |
| courteous {adj} (showing regard for others) | :: hoffelijk |
| courtesan {n} (high-status prostitute) | :: courtisane {f} |
| courtesy {n} (polite behavior) | :: hoffelijkheid {f} |
| courtesy {adj} (given or done as a polite gesture) | :: beleefdheids-, hoffelijkheid {f} |
| courthouse {n} (public building housing courts of law) | :: gerechtsgebouw |
| courtier {n} (attendant at a royal court) | :: hoveling {m} |
| court jester {n} (person who amused a medieval court) | :: nar {m}, hofnar {m} |
| court martial {n} (court) | :: krijgsraad {m}, krijgsgerecht {n} |
| court of cassation {n} (the highest court of appeal) | :: Hof van Cassatie {n} |
| court of last resort {n} (final court of appeal) SEE: supreme court | :: |
| court of law {n} (court presided over by a judge) | :: rechtbank {c}, gerechtshof {n} |
| court order {n} (a written command issued by a judge) | :: gerechtelijk bevel {n}, rechterlijk bevel {n} |
| courtroom {n} (room where a judge presides) | :: rechtszaal {m} {f} |
| courtyard {n} (unroofed walled area) | :: binnenplaats |
| couscous {n} (pasta of North African origin) | :: couscous {f} |
| cousin {n} (nephew or niece of a parent) | :: neef [male cousin or nephew], nicht [female cousin or niece], volle neef {m}, volle nicht {f} |
| cousin-in-law {n} (husband of one's cousin) | :: aangetrouwde neef {m}, echtgenoot van neef {m}, echtgenoot van nicht {m} |
| cousin-in-law {n} (wife of one's cousin) | :: aangetrouwde nicht {f}, echtgenote van neef {f}, echtgenote van nicht {f} |
| cousin-in-law {n} (cousin of one's husband) | :: neef van echtgenoot {m}, nicht van echtgenoot {f} |
| cousin-in-law {n} (cousin of one's wife) | :: neef van echtgenote {m}, nicht van echtgenote {f} |
| covalent {adj} (containing or characterized by a covalent bond) | :: covalent |
| covalent bond {n} (bond in which atoms are connected by shared pairs of electrons) | :: covalente binding |
| covariance {n} (statistical measure) | :: covariantie {f} |
| covariate {n} (variable possibly predictive of outcome) | :: covariabele {c} |
| cove {n} (small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds) | :: baai {c} |
| cove {n} (fellow; man) | :: kerel {m} |
| cove {n} (friend; mate) | :: maat {m} |
| coven {n} (formal group or assembly of witches) | :: heksenkring {m} |
| coven {n} (clique) | :: kliek {m} |
| covenant {n} (binding agreement) | :: verbond {n} |
| cover {n} (lid) | :: deksel {n}, kap {f} |
| cover {n} (hiding) | :: dekking |
| cover {n} (front and back of a book or a magazine) | :: omslag, [book] kaft {m} {n}, cover [magazine] |
| cover {n} (top sheet) | :: sprei |
| cover {n} (cover charge) | :: entree, inkom |
| cover {v} (to conceal or protect) | :: dekken, bedekken |
| cover {v} (discuss, mention, deal with) | :: behandelen |
| cover {v} (provide enough money for) | :: dekken |
| cover {v} ((music) make a cover version) | :: coveren |
| cover {v} (protect by shooting) | :: dekken |
| cover {v} (copulate (of animals)) | :: paren, dekken, bestijgen, bespringen |
| cover {n} (music: rerecording of a previously recorded song) SEE: cover version | :: |
| coverage {n} (amount by which covered) | :: dekking {f} |
| covering letter {n} (cover letter) SEE: cover letter | :: |
| cover letter {n} (letter to introduce a document) | :: begeleidbrief {f}, begeleidende brief |
| cover song {n} (cover version) SEE: cover version | :: |
| cover story {n} (story on a publication's front page) | :: omslagartikel {n} |
| covert {n} (disguise) SEE: disguise | :: |
| covertly {adv} (secretly) SEE: secretly | :: |
| cover-up {n} (attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake) | :: wegmoffelen |
| cover version {n} (rerecording of a song) | :: cover |
| covet {v} (to wish for with eagerness) | :: begeren, hunkeren, verlangen, smachten (naar) |
| covet {v} (to long for inordinately or unlawfully) | :: begeren, lonken |
| covet {v} (to have or indulge inordinate desire) | :: lusten, smachten |
| coveted {adj} (highly sought-after) | :: begeerd, felbegeerd |
| covetousness {n} (desire for the possession of something) | :: begerigheid {f} |
| COVID-19 {prop} (disease) | :: Covid-19 {m}, corona {m} [informal] |
| cow {n} (female domesticated ox or other bovine) | :: koe {f} |
| cow {n} (any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age) | :: rund {n} |
| cow {n} (female of various species of mammal) | :: koe {f} |
| cow {n} (derogatory: despicable woman) | :: domme koe {f} |
| cowabunga {interj} (expression of joy) SEE: yes | :: |
| cowabunga {interj} (expression of amazement or enthusiasm) SEE: wow | :: |
| coward {n} (a person who lacks courage) | :: lafaard {m}, slapjanus, watje |
| cowardice {n} (the lack of courage) | :: lafheid |
| cowardly {adj} (showing cowardice) | :: laf |
| cowbane {n} (plant of the genus Cicuta) | :: waterscheerling |
| cowbell {n} (bell worn by cows) | :: koeienbel {f}, koebel {f} |
| cowbell {n} (musical instrument) | :: koebel {f} |
| cowberry {n} (shrub and berry Vaccinium vitis-idaea) SEE: lingonberry | :: |
| cower {v} (to crouch in fear) | :: in elkaar duiken |
| cowl {n} (monk's hood or robe) | :: pij {m}, kovel {m} |
| cowlick {n} (unruly lock of hair) | :: weerborstel {m} |
| cowmilk {n} (cow's milk) SEE: cow's milk | :: |
| coworker {n} (somebody with whom one works) | :: collega, medewerker, medewerkster |
| cow parsley {n} (a weedy biennial umbellifer) | :: fluitenkruid |
| cow pat {n} (digested residue of a cow) | :: koeienvlaai {m}, flats {m} |
| cowpat {n} (droppings of cow dung) | :: mestflat {c}, koeienvlaai {c} |
| cowper {n} (cooper) SEE: cooper | :: |
| Cowper's fluid {n} (pre-ejaculate) SEE: pre-ejaculate | :: |
| Cowper's fluid {n} (Cowper's fluid) | :: voorvocht {n} |
| cowpie {n} (cow excrement) | :: koeienvlaai {f} |
| cowrie {n} (C. moneta) | :: geldkauri |
| cowrie {n} (any member of the genus Cypraea) | :: kauri |
| cowshed {n} (place for cows) | :: koeiestal {m}, koestal {m} |
| cow's milk {n} (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of a cow) | :: koemelk {f} {m} |
| coy {adj} (bashful, shy) | :: bedeesd, timide, verlegen |
| coy {adj} (archaic: quiet, reserved, modest) | :: bedeesd, bescheiden, timide, schuchter, verlegen |
| coy {adj} (reluctant to give details about something sensitive) | :: bescheiden, discreet, kuis, terughoudend |
| coy {adj} (pretending shyness or modesty) | :: koket |
| coyote {n} (canine) | :: coyote {m}, prairiewolf {m} |
| coypu {n} (Myocastor coypus) | :: beverrat |
| cozen {v} (archaic: to cheat, defraud) | :: bedriegen |
| CPU {n} (Central processing unit) | :: CVE |
| crab {n} (crustacean) | :: krab {m} {f} |
| crabs {n} (slang: pubic lice) | :: schaamluis |
| crack {v} (to form cracks) | :: kraken |
| crack {v} (to break apart under pressure) | :: kraken |
| crack {v} (to become debilitated by psychological pressure) | :: kraken |
| crack {n} (thin space opened in a previously solid material) | :: barst, breuk |
| crack {n} (narrow opening) | :: spleet |
| crack {n} (variety of cocaine) | :: crack |
| crack {n} (sharp sound made when solid material breaks) | :: gekraak {n} |
| crack {n} (vulgar: vagina (only terms derived from "crack" and its equivalents)) | :: spleet {m} {f} |
| crack {n} (vulgar: space between buttocks) | :: reet {m} {f} |
| crack {n} (attempt at something) SEE: try | :: |
| crackdown {n} (increased enforcement) | :: repressie {f}, onderdrukking {f} |
| cracker {n} (firecracker) SEE: firecracker | :: |
| cracker {n} (northern pintail) SEE: northern pintail | :: |
| crackle {v} (make a fizzing sound) | :: kraken |
| crack of dawn {n} (sunrise) SEE: sunrise | :: |
| crack of dawn {n} (crack of dawn) SEE: daybreak | :: |
| Cracow {prop} (city) | :: Krakau {n} |
| -cracy {suffix} (rule) | :: -cratie {f} |
| cradle {n} (oscillating bed for a baby) | :: wieg {m} {f} |
| cradle {n} (figuratively: place of origin) | :: wieg {m} {f}, bakermat {m} {f} |
| cradle {n} (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) | :: wieg {m} {f} |
| cradle {n} (case for a broken or dislocated limb) | :: armsteun {m}, houder {m}, steun {m} |
| cradle {n} (rest for the receiver of a telephone) | :: haak {m} |
| cradle {v} (to contain in or as if in a cradle) | :: omsluiten, omvatten |
| cradle {v} (to rock (a baby to sleep)) | :: wiegen |
| cradle {v} (to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively) | :: omhullen, omsluiten |
| cradle song {n} (lullaby) SEE: lullaby | :: |
| craft {n} (skill in one's work) | :: vakmanschap {n} |
| craft {n} (cunning, shrewdness) | :: gewiekstheid {c} |
| craft {n} (skilled practice of practical occupation) | :: vak {n}, stiel {c} |
| craft {n} (vehicle designed for navigation) | :: voertuig {n}, toestel {n} |
| craft {n} | :: ambacht {n}, ambachtslui {m-p}, vaklui {m-p}, stielmannen {m-p} |
| craft {v} (to make by hand) | :: handbewerken |
| craft {n} (device; means; art) SEE: device | :: |
| craft {n} (strength; power; might; force) SEE: strength | :: |
| craftsman {n} (male artisan) | :: vakman {m} |
| craftswoman {n} (female artisan) | :: vakvrouw {f} |
| craic {n} (fun) | :: plezier {n} |
| cram {v} (to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another) | :: volproppen |
| cram {v} (to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study) | :: stampen |
| cram {v} (study hard) SEE: swot | :: |
| Cramer's rule {n} (the explicit formula) | :: regel van Cramer {m} |
| cramp {n} (painful contraction of a muscle) | :: kramp {m} |
| cramp {n} (clamp for carpentry or masonry) SEE: clamp | :: |
| cranberry {n} (berry) | :: Amerikaanse veenbes {c} |
| cranberry juice {n} (the unfermented juice of squeezed cranberries) | :: veenbessap {n} |
| crane {n} (bird) | :: kraanvogel {m}, kraan {m} |
| crane {n} (machinery) | :: hijskraan {m} {f}, kraan {m} {f}, hefkraan {m} {f} |
| cranefly {n} (fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha) | :: langpootmug {f} |
| cranial orbit {n} (eye socket) SEE: eye socket | :: |
| craniotomy {n} (surgical procedure) | :: craniotomie {f} |
| cranium {n} (skull) SEE: skull | :: |
| cranium {n} ((anatomy) braincase or neurocranium) | :: hersenpan |
| crank {n} (a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation) | :: zwengel {m}, krukas {m} {f} |
| crank {n} (pseudoscience advocate) | :: aluhoedje, complotdenker |
| crank {v} (to turn by means of a crank) | :: aanzwengelen |
| crank {v} (to turn a crank) | :: zwengelen |
| crankshaft {n} (rotating shaft that drives a crank) | :: krukas {f} |
| cranky {adj} (grouchy, irritable; easily upset) | :: opvliegend, driftig |
| cranny {n} (A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink) | :: spleet, scheur |
| crap {n} (husk of grain) | :: kaf {n} |
| crap {n} (something of poor quality) | :: rotzooi {m} {f} |
| crap {n} (feces) | :: poep |
| crappy {adj} (covered in, containing feces) | :: bekakt |
| crapshoot {n} (craps game) | :: dobbelspel |
| crash {n} (loud sound) | :: knal {m} |
| crash {n} (vehicle accident) | :: botsing |
| crash {n} (computer malfunction) | :: crash {m}, computercrash {m} |
| crash {n} (sudden large decline of business) | :: crash {m}, beurscrash {m} |
| crash {v} (to collide, fall or come down violently) | :: neerstorten |
| crash {v} (slang: to turn up without having been invited) | :: binnenvallen |
| crash {v} (computing: to terminate unexpectedly) | :: vastlopen |
| crash barrier {n} (barrier on the side of a road) | :: vangrail {m} {f} |
| crash course {n} (quick, intense course) | :: crashcourse {m}, snelcursus {m} |
| crass {adj} (coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive) | :: grof, ruw, ongevoelig, insensibel |
| crass {adj} (materialistic) | :: materialistisch |
| crass {adj} (dense) | :: dicht, opeengepakt |
| -crat {suffix} (participant) | :: -craat |
| -crat {suffix} (advocate) | :: -craat |
| crate {n} (box or basket) | :: krat {n} |
| crater {n} (astronomy: hemispherical pit) | :: krater {m} |
| Crater {prop} (a constellation) | :: Beker {m} |
| crave {n} (to want strongly) | :: verlangen |
| crawdad {n} (crayfish) SEE: crayfish | :: |
| crawfish {n} (crayfish) SEE: crayfish | :: |
| crawl {v} (to move along the ground) | :: kruipen |
| crawldad {n} (crayfish) SEE: crayfish | :: |
| crawler {n} (sycophant) SEE: sycophant | :: |
| crawlfish {n} (crayfish) SEE: crayfish | :: |
| crawl space {n} (opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey) | :: kruipruimte {f} |
| craye {n} (vessel) | :: kraai |
| crayfish {n} (freshwater crustacean resembling lobster) | :: rivierkreeft {m} |
| crayon {n} (colored chalk or wax) | :: kleurpotlood {n} |
| crazy {adj} (insane, demented) | :: zot, gek, getikt, gestoord, krankjorum, geschift |
| crazy {adj} | :: gek |
| crèche {n} (nativity scene) SEE: nativity scene | :: |
| creak {v} (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound) | :: krassen |
| cream {n} (oily part of milk) | :: room {m} |
| cream {n} (colour) | :: crème {f} |
| cream {n} (the best part) | :: crème de la crème |
| cream {n} (product to apply to the skin) | :: crème {f}, zalf {f} |
| cream {adj} (colour) | :: crèmekleurig, crème, crèmewit |
| cream-colored courser {n} (Cursorius cursor) | :: renvogel |
| cream of the crop {n} (the best) | :: crème de la crème, het neusje van de zalm |
| cream of wheat {n} (semolina pudding) SEE: semolina pudding | :: |
| cream puff {n} (hollow pastry filled with cream or custard) | :: soesje {n} |
| crease {n} (mark made by folding) | :: plooi, kreukel |
| create {v} (to put into existence) | :: creëren, scheppen, maken |
| create {v} (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.) | :: creëren, scheppen, ontwerpen |
| create {v} | :: scheppen |
| creation {n} (something created such as an invention or artwork) | :: creatie {f}, uitvinding {f} |
| creation {n} (act of creation) | :: creatie {f}, schepping {f} |
| creation {n} ((Biblical) all which exists) | :: schepping {f} |
| creationary {adj} (of or relating to creation) | :: creationair |
| creationism {n} (any creationary theory or belief system) | :: creationisme {n}, scheppingsleer {m} |
| creationist {adj} (of or relating to creationism) | :: creationistisch |
| creationistic {adj} (of or pertaining to creationism) | :: creationistisch |
| creative {adj} (having the ability to create) | :: creatief |
| creative {adj} (original, expressive, and imaginative) | :: creatief, kunstzinnig |
| creative {n} (person directly involved in a creative marketing process) | :: creatief |
| creativity {n} (quality or ability to create or invent something) | :: creativiteit |
| creator {n} (one who creates) | :: maker {m} |
| creator {n} (the deity that created the world) | :: schepper {m} |
| creatural {adj} (of or relating to a creature) | :: schepsel- |
| creature {n} (living being) | :: schepsel, creatuur, wezen {n} |
| credence {n} (acceptance of a belief or claim) | :: aanvaarding {f}, geloof {n}, aanname {f} |
| credence {n} (credential or supporting material for a person or claim) | :: [person] aanbeveling {f}, [claim] ondersteuning {f}, bewijs {n} |
| credence {v} (acceptance of a belief or claim) | :: aanvaarden, aannemen, geloven |
| credentials {n} (documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority) | :: geloofsbrief {m} |
| credibility {n} (reputation impacting one's ability to be believed) | :: geloofwaardigheid {f} |
| credible {adj} (authentic or convincing) | :: geloofwaardig |
| credit {v} (to believe) | :: geloof hechten aan, geloven |
| credit {v} (to add to an account) | :: crediteren |
| credit {v} (to acknowledge a contribution) | :: toeschrijven, toedenken, vermelden |
| credit {n} (recognition and respect) | :: lof {m}, lofbetuiging {f} |
| credit {n} (privilege of delayed payment) | :: krediet {n}, betalingsuitstel {n} |
| credit {n} (one's credit rating) | :: kredietwaardigheid {f} |
| credit {n} (accounting: amount added to an account) | :: saldo {n} |
| credit card {n} (card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services) | :: creditcard {m}, kredietkaart {m} {f} |
| credit institution {n} | :: kredietinstelling |
| creditor {n} (a person to whom a debt is owed) | :: schuldeiser {m} |
| credulity {n} (gullibility) SEE: gullibility | :: |
| Cree {prop} (an aboriginal nation of North America) | :: Cree |
| Cree {prop} (Algonquian language spoken by this people) | :: Cree {n} |
| creed {n} (that which is believed) | :: geloofsovertuiging {f} |
| creed {n} (reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents) | :: geloofsbelijdenis {f}, credo {n} |
| creed {v} (to believe, credit, see also: believe) | :: geloven |
| creek {n} (small inlet or bay) | :: kreek {m} {f}, slenk {m} |
| creel {n} (osier basket to hold fish) | :: leefnet {n} |
| creep {v} (to grow across a surface rather than upwards) | :: kruipen |
| creep {v} (to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction) | :: kruipen |
| creep {v} (to change or deviate gradually) | :: opschuiven |
| creep {n} (movement of something that creeps) | :: kruip {m} |
| creep {n} (informal: annoyingly unpleasant person) | :: griezel {m}, engerd {m} |
| creep {n} (pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person) | :: engerd {m} {f} |
| creep {v} (to move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground) SEE: crawl | :: |
| creepy {adj} (producing a fearful sensation) | :: griezelig |
| cremation {n} (burning) | :: crematie {f}, lijkverbranding {f}, verassing {f} |
| crematorium {n} (place where dead bodies are cremated) | :: crematorium {n} |
| crematory {n} (crematorium) SEE: crematorium | :: |
| creme de la creme {n} (crème de la crème) SEE: crème de la crème | :: |
| crenellate {v} (to indent; to notch) SEE: indent | :: |
| crenellation {n} (pattern along the top of a parapet through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot) | :: kantelen {m-p} |
| creole {n} (lect formed from two languages) | :: creools {n} |
| Creole {n} (descendant of white settlers born in colonized country) | :: creool {m} |
| creosote bush {n} (creosote bush) | :: kreosootstruik {m} |
| creperie {n} (restaurant that specializes in crêpes) | :: crêperie |
| crepuscular {adj} (active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight) | :: schemeractief |
| crescent {n} (figure of the moon) | :: maansikkel, wassenaar {m} |
| crescent {n} (curved pastry) | :: croissant, sikkelvormige rij huizen |
| crescent moon {n} (the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter) | :: wassenaar {m} |
| crest {n} (animal’s or bird’s tuft) | :: kuif {f} |
| crest {n} (plume or decoration on a helmet) | :: pluim {f} |
| crest {n} (heraldic bearing) | :: helmteken {n} |
| crest {n} (ridge or top of a wave) | :: kam {m}, golfkam {m}, golftop {m} |
| crest {n} (summit) | :: kam {m}, bergkam {m}, top {m} |
| crestfallen {adj} (sad because of a recent disappointment) | :: beteuterd |
| crestfallen {adj} (depressed) | :: gedeprimeerd |
| Cretaceous {prop} (geologic period within the Mesozoic) | :: Krijt {n} |
| Cretan {adj} (relating to Crete) | :: Kretenzisch |
| Cretan {n} (inhabitant) | :: Kretenzer {m}, Kretenzische {f} |
| Crete {prop} (island) | :: Kreta {n} |
| cretin {n} (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism) | :: cretin {m} |
| cretinous {adj} (very stupid) | :: imbeciel |
| crevice {n} (narrow crack) | :: spleet |
| crew {n} (group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment) | :: bemanning {f}, ploeg {f} |
| crew {n} (non-officer nautical personnel) | :: schepeling {m} |
| crew {n} (group of people working on common task) | :: ploeg {f}, team {n} |
| crew {n} (arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production) | :: technisch theaterpersoneel |
| crew {n} (informal: group of friends or associates) | :: gezelschap {n}, ploeg {f}, team {n} |
| crew {n} (member of a crew) | :: bemanningslid {n}, teamlid {n} |
| crew {v} (to be a member of a vessel's crew) | :: (in een bemanning/aan boord) dienen |
| crew {v} (to supply workers or sailors for a crew) | :: bemannen |
| crew {v} (nautical: to recruit a crew) | :: een bemanning werven |
| crib {n} (a child's bed) SEE: cot | :: |
| crib {n} (a baby’s bed with high sides) | :: wieg {m} |
| crib {n} (a feeding trough for animals) | :: voederbak, trog {m} |
| crib {n} (petty theft or plagiarism) | :: plagiaat |
| crib {n} (notes concealed by a student to aid him/her in test or examination) | :: spiekbriefje {n} |
| crib {n} (nativity scene) SEE: nativity scene | :: |
| crib death {n} (the unexplained death of a baby usually while sleeping) | :: wiegendood {m} {f} |
| crib note {n} (concealed reminder) SEE: cheat sheet | :: |
| crib sheet {n} (cheat sheet) SEE: cheat sheet | :: |
| cricket {n} (insect) | :: krekel {m} |
| cricket {n} (game) | :: cricket {n} |
| cricket {n} (fair and sportsmanlike act) | :: fair-play |
| cricket {v} (play the game of cricket) | :: cricketen |
| cricothyrotomy {n} (incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane) | :: cricothyreotomie {f}, coniotomie {f} |
| crime {n} (specific act committed in violation of the law) | :: misdaad {f} |
| crime {n} (practice or habit of committing crimes) | :: misdaad {f} |
| Crimea {prop} (peninsula, see also: Crimean peninsula) | :: de Krim, Krimland |
| crime against humanity {n} (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against a body of people) | :: misdaad tegen de menselijkheid {f} [Netherlands], misdaad tegen de mensheid {f} [Belgium] |
| Crimean {prop} (Crimea) SEE: Crimea | :: |
| Crimean Gothic {prop} (Gothic dialect spoken in Crimea) | :: Krim-Gotisch {n} |
| Crimean Tatar {n} (Crimean Tatar (a Turkic language)) | :: Krimtataars {n}, Krims {n} |
| criminal {adj} (being against the law) | :: misdadig, crimineel, onwettig |
| criminal {adj} (guilty of breaking the law) | :: misdadig, crimineel |
| criminal {adj} (of or relating to crime) | :: misdadig, crimineel |
| criminal {adj} (abhorrent or very undesirable) | :: misdadig, crimineel |
| criminal {n} (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law) | :: misdadiger {m}, crimineel {m}, delinquent {m} |
| criminal law {n} (area of law) | :: strafrecht {n} |
| criminal offence {n} (crime) SEE: crime | :: |
| criminal record {n} (a record of past crimes) | :: strafblad {n} |
| criminological {adj} (of or pertaining to criminology) | :: criminologisch |
| criminologist {n} (person who practices criminology) | :: criminoloog {m} |
| criminology {n} (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) | :: criminologie {f} |
| crimson {n} (deep, slightly bluish red) | :: karmijnrood {n}, helrood {n}, dieprood {n}, karmozijn {n} |
| crimson {adj} (having a deep red colour) | :: karmijnrood, helrood, dieprood |
| crimson {v} (blush) SEE: blush | :: |
| crimson tide {n} (menstruation) SEE: menstruation | :: |
| cringe {v} (To shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment) | :: in elkaar krimpen |
| cringeworthy {adj} (that causes one to cringe) | :: tenenkrullend |
| cringy {adj} (cringeworthy) SEE: cringeworthy | :: |
| cripple {adj} (crippled) | :: kreupel |
| cripple {n} (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities) | :: kreupele {m} {f} |
| crippled {adj} (having a physical impediment) | :: verminkt, kreupel |
| crippling {adj} (that cripples) | :: verlammend |
| crisis {n} (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point) | :: crisis {f}, keerpunt {n} |
| crisis {n} (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs) | :: crisis {f} |
| crisis {n} (sudden change in the course of a disease) | :: crisis {f} |
| crisis {n} (point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved) | :: breekpunt {n} |
| crispbread {n} (Nordic-style flat dry bread) | :: knäckebröd |
| criterion {n} (standard for comparison and judgment) | :: criterium {n} |
| critic {n} (person who appraises the works of others) | :: criticus {m} |
| critical {adj} (inclined to find fault) | :: kritisch |
| critical {adj} (pertaining to or indicating a crisis) | :: kritiek |
| critical {adj} (extremely important) | :: kritiek |
| critical {adj} (relating to criticism) | :: kritisch |
| critical {adj} (likely to go wrong) | :: kritiek |
| critical {adj} (of the point where a reaction becomes self-sustaining) | :: kritiek |
| critically {adv} (in a critical manner, with criticism) | :: kritiek |
| critical mass {n} (amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction) | :: kritische massa |
| critical point {n} (in thermodynamics) | :: kritisch punt |
| critical point {n} (in mathematics) | :: kritisch punt |
| criticism {n} (act of criticising) | :: kritiek |
| criticize {v} (to find fault) | :: kritiseren, bekritiseren, afkeuren, hekelen |
| criticize {v} (to evaluate) | :: kritiseren, bekritiseren, beoordelen |
| crème brûlée {n} (dessert) | :: crème brûlée |
| crème de la crème {n} (best of the best) | :: crème de la crème |
| croak {n} (the harsh cry of various birds, particularly the raven or crow) SEE: caw | :: |
| croak {v} (of a raven, to make its cry) SEE: caw | :: |
| croak {v} (to make a croak) | :: rochelen |
| croak {v} (of a frog, to make its cry) | :: kwaken |
| croak {v} (slang: to die) | :: de pijp uit gaan, sneven |
| Croat {n} (language) SEE: Croatian | :: |
| Croat {n} (citizen of Croatia or person of Croatian ethnicity) | :: Kroaat {m}, Kroate {f}, Kroatische {f} |
| Croatia {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Kroatië {n} |
| Croatian {adj} (of or pertaining to Croatia) | :: Kroatisch |
| Croatian {n} (person of Croatia) | :: Kroaat {m}, Kroatische {f}, Kroaten {p} |
| Croatian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: Kroatisch {n} |
| Croatian Sheepdog {n} (Croatian Sheepdog) | :: kroatische herder |
| crochet {v} (to make needlework using a hooked needle) | :: haken |
| crochetwork {n} (crochet) SEE: crochet | :: |
| crockery {n} (plates, dishes and other eating and serving tableware) | :: servies {n} |
| crocodile {n} (reptile) | :: krokodil |
| crocodile clip {n} (alligator clip) SEE: alligator clip | :: |
| crocodile tear {n} (display of tears that is forced or false) | :: krokodillentranen {f-p} |
| crocus {n} (plant of genus Crocus) | :: krokus {f} |
| croft {n} (cave or cavern) SEE: cave | :: |
| croft {n} (underground chamber) SEE: crypt | :: |
| croissant {n} (a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent) | :: croissant {m} |
| crone {n} (old woman) | :: besje {f} |
| crone {n} (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag) | :: heks {f} |
| cronyism {n} (favoritism to friends without regard for their qualifications) | :: vriendjespolitiek {f} |
| crook {n} (a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things) | :: oplichter {m}, oplichtster {f}, zwendelaar {m}, zwendelaarster {f}, afzetter {m}, afzetster {f}, bedrieger {m}, bedriegster {f} |
| crooked {adj} (having one or more bends or angles) | :: krom, scheef, gebogen |
| crooked {adj} (figurative: dishonest, illegal) | :: corrupt |
| croon {v} (To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner) | :: neuriën |
| croon {n} (soft or sentimental hum or song) | :: smartlap {m} |
| crooner {n} (one who croons) | :: smartlapzanger {m}, volkszanger {m} |
| crop {n} (plant grown for any economic purpose) | :: gewas {n}, voedselgewas {n}, voedselplant {m} |
| crop {n} (natural production for a specific year) | :: oogst {m}, opbrengst {m} |
| crop {n} (entire short whip; riding crop, see also: riding crop) | :: rijzweepje {n} |
| crop {n} (short haircut) | :: bros {m} |
| crop {n} (part of bird's or animal’s alimentary tract) | :: krop {m}, keelzak {m} |
| crop {v} (to cut (hair/tail/ears) short) | :: brosknippen |
| crop {v} (remove outer parts of (a photograph or image)) | :: bijknippen, bijsnijden |
| crop top {n} (short T-shirt or blouse that is cut off above the abdomen) | :: naveltrui {f}, naveltruitje {n} |
| crop up {v} (to occur) | :: opduiken, verschijnen |
| croquet {n} (croquette) SEE: croquette | :: |
| croquette {n} (food) | :: kroket {f} |
| crosier {n} (staff of a bishop or abbot) | :: bisschopsstaf |
| cross {n} (geometrical figure) | :: kruis {n} |
| cross {n} (wooden post with a perpendicular beam, used for crucifixion) | :: kruis {n} |
| cross {n} (gesture made by Christians) | :: kruis {n}, kruisteken {n} |
| cross {n} (hook thrown over opponent's punch) | :: cross |
| cross {adj} (opposite, opposed to) | :: tegenwerkend, tegenwerkende |
| cross {adj} (angry, annoyed) | :: geërgerd, geërgerde |
| cross {v} (go from one side of something to the other) | :: oversteken |
| cross {v} (travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that another) | :: kruisen |
| cross {v} (contradict or frustrate the plans of) | :: doorkruisen |
| cross {prep} (across) SEE: across | :: |
| crossbar {n} (top of the goal structure) | :: doellat |
| crossbeam {n} (a horizontal structural beam; a girder) | :: dwarsbalk {m} |
| crossbill {n} (law: bill brought by a defendant against the plaintiff) SEE: counterclaim | :: |
| cross-border {adj} (taking place across a border) | :: grensoverschrijdend |
| crossbow {n} (mechanised weapon based on the bow) | :: kruisboog {m} |
| crossbreed {n} (organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds) SEE: hybrid | :: |
| crosseyed {adj} (having both eyes oriented inward, especially involuntarily) | :: scheel |
| cross-eyed {adj} (having both eyes oriented inward) | :: scheel |
| crosshair {n} (reticle) | :: kruisdraad {m}, draadkruis {n} |
| crosshairs {n} (set of two lines used to align the gun with the target) SEE: crosshair | :: |
| crosshatch {n} (pattern of crossing lines) | :: arcering {f} |
| crosshatch {v} (to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern) | :: arceren |
| crossing {n} (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) | :: kruising {f} |
| crossing {n} (voyage across a body of water) | :: oversteek {m} |
| cross out {v} (to strike out) | :: schrappen |
| crosspatch {n} (grumpy person) | :: nijdas {m} |
| cross-pollination {n} (inspiration) | :: kruisbestuiving |
| cross product {n} (vector product) SEE: vector product | :: |
| cross-reference {n} (a reference to another location in the same source) | :: doorverwijzing {f} |
| crossroad {n} (crossroads) SEE: crossroads | :: |
| crossroads {n} (intersection) | :: kruising {f}, kruispunt {n} |
| crossroads {n} (decisive turning point) | :: keerpunt {n} |
| cross section {n} (section formed by a plane cutting through an object) | :: doorsnede {f} {m} |
| cross swords {v} (to fight with someone) SEE: duel | :: |
| cross the Rubicon {v} (to make an irreversible decision) | :: de Rubicon oversteken |
| cross-tie {n} (sleeper) SEE: railroad tie | :: |
| crosstree {n} (a light timber to spread the shrouds) | :: zaling {m} |
| cross vault {n} (structure created by intersection of vaults) SEE: groin vault | :: |
| crosswalk {n} (place where pedestrians can cross a street) | :: oversteekplaats, zebrapad {n} |
| crosswise {adv} (transversely) | :: kruislings, kruiselings |
| crossword {n} (word puzzle) | :: kruiswoordraadsel {n}, kruiswoordpuzzel {m} |
| crossword puzzle {n} (crossword) SEE: crossword | :: |
| crotch {n} (area where something forks) | :: aftakking {f}, vork |
| crotch {n} (area of a person’s body) | :: kruis {n} |
| crotchet rest {n} (quarter rest) SEE: quarter rest | :: |
| crotonaldehyde {n} (organic compound) | :: crotonaldehyde |
| crotonic acid {n} (an unsaturated organic acid) | :: crotonzuur |
| croup {v} (to croak) SEE: croak | :: |
| croupier {n} (person who collects bets and pays out winnings at a gambling table) | :: croupier {m}, spelleider {m}, spelleidster {f} |
| crow {n} (any bird of the genus Corvus) | :: kraai {m} |
| crow {n} (bar of iron) | :: koevoet |
| crow {n} (cry of the rooster) | :: hanengekraai |
| crow {v} (to make the sound of a rooster) | :: kraaien |
| crow {v} (to utter a sound of joy) | :: kraaien |
| crowbar {n} (iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart) | :: koevoet {m}, breekijzer {n} |
| crowd {n} (group of people) | :: menigte {f}, schare {m} {f}, massa |
| crowd {n} (group of things) | :: hoop, massa |
| crowd {n} (the “lower orders” of people) | :: gepeupel {n}, massa, volk {n} |
| crowd control barrier {n} (device to manage people) | :: dranghek {n}, nadar {m} |
| crowded {adj} (containing too many of something) | :: overvol |
| crowfoot {n} (buttercup) SEE: buttercup | :: |
| crown {n} (royal headdress) | :: kroon {f} |
| crown {n} (representation of such a headdress) | :: kroon {f} |
| crown {n} (wreath or band for the head) | :: krans, hoofdband |
| crown {n} (imperial or regal power) | :: kroon |
| crown {n} (topmost part of the head) | :: kruin |
| crown {n} (highest part of a hill) | :: hoogste punt |
| crown {n} (top of a hat) | :: bol |
| crown {n} (centre of a road) | :: midden |
| crown {n} (highest part of an arch) | :: top |
| crown {n} (splendor, culmination, acme) | :: kroon |
| crown {n} (any currency issued by the crown) | :: kroon |
| crown {n} (anatomy: part of tooth) | :: kroon |
| crown {n} (dentistry: prosthetic covering for a tooth) | :: kroon |
| crown {adj} (of, related to, or pertaining to a crown) | :: kroon-, kroons- |
| crown {v} (to place a crown on the head of) | :: kronen |
| crown {v} (to formally declare one a king or emperor) | :: kronen, koning kronen |
| crown {v} (to declare one a winner) | :: bekronen |
| crown cap {n} (type of bottle cap) | :: kroonkurk {m} {f} |
| crown cork {n} (crown cap) SEE: crown cap | :: |
| crown imperial {n} (a plant of the lily family) | :: keizerskroon |
| crowning {n} (act of crowning) SEE: coronation | :: |
| crown jewels {n} (jewelry) | :: kroonjuwelen {n-p} |
| crown jewels {n} (male genitalia) | :: kroonjuwelen {p} |
| crownment {n} (act of crowning) SEE: coronation | :: |
| crown prince {n} (next king) | :: kroonprins {m}, troonsopvolger {m} |
| crown prince {n} (next emperor) | :: troonsopvolger {m} |
| crown princess {n} (the heiress apparent to the throne in a monarchy) | :: kroonprinses |
| crow's feet {n} (wrinkles at the outer corners of the eye) | :: kraaienpoten {p} |
| crow's nest {n} (open-top shelter atop the foremast for a lookout) | :: kraaiennest {n} |
| crucian {n} (species of freshwater game fish) SEE: crucian carp | :: |
| crucian carp {n} (Carassius carassius) | :: kroeskarper {m} |
| crucible {n} (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment) | :: smeltkroes |
| crucible {n} (heat-resistant container in which metals are melted) | :: smeltkroes |
| crucible {n} (difficult and trying experience) | :: vuurproef |
| crucified {adj} (that has been subject to crucifixion) | :: gekruisigd |
| crucifix {n} (object) | :: kruis {n}; crucifix {n}, kruisbeeld {n} |
| crucifixion {n} (execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross) | :: kruisiging {f}, kruisdood {f} {m}, dood aan het kruis |
| crucifixion {n} (death of Christ on cross) | :: de kruisiging {f}, de kruisdood {f} {m} |
| cruciform {adj} (having the shape of a cross) | :: kruisvormig |
| cruciform {n} (the shape of a cross) | :: kruisvorm {m} |
| crucify {v} (to execute a person by nailing to a crucifix) | :: kruisigen |
| crud {n} (dirt, filth or refuse) | :: rotzooi, smurrie, troep, viezigheid |
| crud {n} (heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski) | :: smurrie |
| crud {n} (feces) | :: stront, schijterij |
| crud {n} (contemptible person) | :: rotvent {m}, smeerlap {m}, viezerik {m} |
| crud {n} (slang for disease) | :: smeerlapperij, viezigheid |
| crude {n} (crude oil) SEE: crude oil | :: |
| crude {adj} (being in a natural state) | :: ruw, onbewerkt, ongeraffineerd |
| crude {adj} (characterized by simplicity) | :: onafgewerkt, rudimentair, primitief |
| crude {adj} (lacking concealing elements) | :: naakt |
| crude {adj} (lacking tact or taste) | :: ruw, grof, smakeloos, vulgair |
| crude {adj} (statistics: in an unanalyzed form) | :: ruw |
| crude oil {n} (unrefined oil) | :: ruwe olie {f}, aardolie {f} |
| cruel {adj} (that intentionally causes pain and suffering) | :: wreed, wrede, gemeen, gemene |
| cruelty {n} (indifference to suffering) | :: wreedheid {f}, wreedte {f}, gruwzaamheid {f} |
| cruelty {n} (positive pleasure in inflicting suffering) | :: wreedheid {f}, wreedte {f}, gruwzaamheid {f} |
| cruelty {n} (cruel act) | :: wreedheid {f} |
| cruise {n} (sea voyage) | :: cruise {m} |
| cruise {v} (to sail about) | :: varen |
| cruise {v} (to seek a sexual partner) | :: cruisen |
| cruiser {n} (class of warships) | :: kruiser {m} |
| cruiser {n} (passenger ship designed for cruising) | :: cruiseschip {n} |
| cruise ship {n} (passenger ship) | :: cruiseschip {n} |
| crumb {n} (small piece of biscuit, cake, etc) | :: kruimel {m} |
| crumb {n} ((figurative) small amount) | :: kruimel {m}, morzel |
| crumb {n} (soft internal portion of bread) | :: kruim {n} |
| crumb {v} (to cover with crumbs) | :: paneren |
| crumble {v} (to fall apart) | :: uit elkaar vallen, verbrokkelen, verkruimelen |
| crumble {v} (to render into crumbs) | :: verkruimelen |
| crumple zone {n} (structural feature of an automobile designed to compress during an accident) | :: kreukelzone |
| crusade {n} (grand concerted effort) | :: kruistocht {m} |
| Crusade {n} (campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land) | :: kruistocht {m} |
| crusader {n} (fighter in the medieval crusades) | :: kruisvaarder {m}, kruisridder {m} [knight] |
| crush {n} (violent crowding) | :: overrompeling, stormloop |
| crush {n} (crowd control barrier) | :: dranghek {n} |
| crush {n} (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited)) | :: bevlieging {f} |
| crush {v} (to press or bruise between two hard bodies) | :: verpletteren, pletten |
| crush {v} (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding) | :: vermalen, vergruizelen |
| crush {v} (to overwhelm by pressure or weight) | :: verpletteren, vermorzelen |
| crush {v} (to oppress or burden grievously) | :: verdrukken |
| crush {v} (to overcome completely) | :: verpletteren, overweldigen |
| crushed {adj} (pulverised) | :: verpletterd |
| crushing {adj} (that crushes) | :: verpletterend |
| crust {n} (any solid, hard surface layer) | :: korst |
| crust {n} (outer layer of bread) | :: korst |
| crust {n} (outermost layer of a planet) | :: korst |
| crustacean {n} (arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea) | :: schaaldier {n} |
| crusty {adj} (grumpy, short-tempered) | :: nors |
| crutch {n} (crotch) SEE: crotch | :: |
| crutch {n} (device to assist in motion as a cane) | :: kruk |
| crux {n} ((heraldry) cross on a coat of arms) SEE: cross | :: |
| crux {n} (critical or transitional moment) | :: kruispunt {n} |
| cry {v} (intransitive: to weep) | :: huilen, wenen (archaic), schreien (archaic), [used for animals; vulgar when applied to people] janken |
| cry {v} (intransitive: to shout, scream, yell) | :: schreeuwen, gillen, krijsen |
| cry {v} (transitive: to shout, to scream (words)) | :: roepen, schreeuwen, uitroepen |
| cry {v} (intransitive: to utter animal sounds) | :: roepen |
| crybaby {n} (baby who cries excessively) | :: huilbaby {m} |
| crybaby {n} (person whose feelings are easily hurt) | :: aansteller {m}, huilebalk {m} |
| cry foul {v} (resent) SEE: resent | :: |
| crying {n} (Action of the verb cry) | :: huilen {n} |
| cryogenic {adj} (of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures) | :: cryogeen |
| cry one's eyes out {v} (to moan) SEE: moan | :: |
| cry out {v} (to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness) | :: schreeuwen |
| cryovolcano {n} (cryovolcano) | :: cryovulkanisme |
| crypt {n} (undergound vault) | :: krocht {f} |
| crypto- {prefix} | :: crypto- |
| cryptography {n} (discipline concerned with communication security) | :: cryptografie {n}, geheimschrift {f} |
| crypto-Judaism {n} (crypto-Judaism) | :: cryptojodendom {n} |
| cryptozoology {n} (study of postulated animals) | :: cryptozoölogie {c} |
| crystal {n} (array of atoms) | :: kristal {n} |
| crystal {n} (mineral) | :: kristal {n} |
| crystal {n} (glassware) | :: kristal {n} |
| crystal {n} ((used attributively)) | :: kristallen |
| crystal ball {n} (globe used to foretell the future) | :: glazen bol |
| crystalize {v} (crystallize) SEE: crystallize | :: |
| crystallize {v} (to make something form into crystals) | :: kristalliseren |
| crystal set {n} (an early kind of radio receiver) | :: kristalontvanger |
| C-section {n} (Caesarean section) SEE: Caesarean section | :: |
| Côte d'Ivoire {prop} (the Ivory Coast) | :: Ivoorkust |
| cub {n} (the young of certain animals) | :: welp |
| Cuba {prop} (country and largest island in Caribbean) | :: Cuba |
| Cuban {n} (a person from Cuba) | :: Cubaan {m}, Cubaanse {f} |
| Cuban {adj} (of or pertaining to Cuba) | :: Cubaans |
| Cuban red macaw {n} (a small parrot) | :: Cubaanse ara |
| cubbyhole {n} (pigeonhole) SEE: pigeonhole | :: |
| cubbyhole {n} (glove compartment) SEE: glove compartment | :: |
| cubbyhole {n} (a small, snug room) | :: verdwijnhoekje {n} |
| cube {n} (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces) | :: kubus {m}, regelmatig zesvlak {n} |
| cube {n} (object more or less in the form of a cube) | :: blokje {n}, [suiker] klontje {n}, bouillonblokje {n} |
| cube {n} (arithmetic: number raised to the third power) | :: derde macht |
| cube {v} (arithmetic: to raise to the third power) | :: tot de derde macht verheffen |
| cube {v} (to form into the shape of a cube) | :: tot een kubus vormen |
| cube {v} (to cut into cubes) | :: in blokjes snijden |
| cubeb {n} (Piper cubeba) | :: staartpeper {m} |
| cubic {adj} (in the name of units of volume) | :: kubiek |
| cubic {adj} (of a polynomial of third degree) | :: derdegraads |
| cubic {adj} (Having three equal axes and all angles 90°) | :: kubisch |
| cubic centimetre {n} (a unit of volume) | :: [symbol: cm³] kubieke centimeter |
| cubic meter {n} (cubic metre) SEE: cubic metre | :: |
| cubic metre {n} (unit of volume) | :: kubieke meter {m} |
| cubism {n} (An artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes) | :: kubisme |
| Cubist {adj} (of, or pertaining to cubism) | :: kubistisch |
| cubit {n} (anatomy: ulna) SEE: ulna | :: |
| cuboid {n} (rectangular parallelepiped) | :: balk {m} |
| cuckold {n} (man married to an unfaithful wife) | :: hoorndrager {m} |
| cuckold {v} (make a cuckold) | :: bedriegen [wife], onder de kluiten schieten, de hoorns opzetten |
| cuckoo {n} (the bird) | :: koekoek {m} |
| cuckoo clock {n} (clock) | :: koekoeksklok {f} {m} |
| cuckoo spit {n} (frothy mass) | :: koekoeksspuug |
| cucumber {n} (plant) | :: komkommer {m} |
| cucumber {n} (edible fruit) | :: komkommer {m} |
| cud {n} (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) | :: spijsbrok, spijsbal |
| cuddle {n} (affectionate embrace) | :: knuffel {c} |
| cuddle {v} (embrace, lie together snugly) | :: knuffelen |
| cuddle {v} (cradle in one's arms) | :: knuffelen |
| cuddly {adj} (Suitable for cuddling) | :: minzaam, hartelijk, knuffel- |
| cudgel {n} (a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon) | :: knuppel {m} |
| cudgel one's brain {v} (rack one's brain) SEE: rack one's brain | :: |
| cue {n} (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool) | :: keu {c} |
| cue sport {n} (game played with cue and balls) | :: biljartspel {n} |
| cuff {n} (the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist) | :: manchet {f}, voormouw |
| cuff {v} (to handcuff) SEE: handcuff | :: |
| cufflink {n} (button used to hold a sleeve cuff together) | :: manchetknoop |
| cuff on the ear {n} (smack on the side of the head) | :: muilpeer, oorvijg, draai om de oren |
| cuisine {n} (characteristic style of preparing food) | :: keuken {f} {m} |
| cuisine {n} (culinary art) SEE: culinary art | :: |
| cul-de-sac {n} (blind alley) SEE: dead end | :: |
| culinary {adj} (relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking) | :: culinair |
| culinary art {n} (cuisine) SEE: cuisine | :: |
| culinary art {n} (art of cooking) | :: kookkunst {f} |
| cull {v} (to pick or take someone or something) | :: uitpikken |
| cull {v} (to select animals from a group and then kill them) | :: ruimen, uitdunnen |
| culminate {v} (astronomy: to reach greatest altitude) | :: dagen, oprijen |
| culminate {v} (to reach the summit, highest point, peak (level) etc.) | :: culmineren, pieken |
| culminate {v} (to climax) | :: besluiten, eindigen, culmineren |
| culminate {v} (to finalize, form climax of) | :: afsluiten, besluiten, beëindigen, finaliseren |
| culpable {adj} (blameworthy) | :: verwijtbaar, schuldig |
| culpable homicide {n} (homicide which is culpable but does not rise to the level of murder) | :: dood door schuld {m} |
| culprit {n} (culprit) | :: schuldige, dader {m} |
| cult {n} (a sect) | :: sekte {f} |
| cult {n} (devotion to a saint) | :: cultus {m} |
| cult film {n} (film with a group of dedicated fans) | :: cultfilm {m} |
| cultivate {v} (grow plants, notably crops) | :: telen, verbouwen |
| cultivate {v} (nurture) | :: cultiveren, verzorgen |
| cultivate {v} (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting) | :: bewerken |
| cultivation {n} (art or act of cultivating) | :: teelt {c} |
| cultural {adj} (pertaining to culture) | :: cultureel |
| cultural center {n} (organization or building that promotes arts) | :: cultureel centrum {n} |
| cultural centre {n} (cultural center) SEE: cultural center | :: |
| Cultural Revolution {prop} (Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution) | :: Culturele Revolutie {f} |
| Cultural Revolution {prop} (Iran's Cultural Revolution) | :: Culturele Revolutie {f}, Cu {f} |
| Cultural Revolution {prop} (any Cultural Revolution) | :: Culturele Revolutie {f} |
| cultural studies {n} (diverse field of study) | :: cultuurwetenschappen {p} {f} |
| cultural wealth {n} (the collection of arts that help to define the culture of a region) | :: culturele rijkdom {f} |
| culture {n} (arts, customs and habits) | :: cultuur {f} |
| culture {n} (botany: cultivation) SEE: cultivation | :: |
| culture shock {n} (state of anxious confusion) | :: cultuurschok {m} |
| culver {n} (culverin) SEE: culverin | :: |
| culver {n} (Columba palumbus) SEE: wood pigeon | :: |
| culverin {n} (handgun) | :: veldslang {f}, culverin {f} |
| culvert {n} (channel for draining water) | :: duiker {m}, grondzijl {f}, verlaat {n}, zinker {m} |
| cum {n} (slang: semen) | :: kwakje |
| cum {v} (slang: have an orgasm; ejaculate) | :: klaarkomen, komen |
| cumbersome {adj} (burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous) | :: hinderlijk, lastig, moeilijk, moeizaam, zwaar |
| cumbersome {adj} (not easily managed or handled; awkward) | :: lastig, moeilijk, moeizaam, onhandig, zwaar, omslachtig |
| cumbersome {adj} (hard, difficult, demanding to handle) | :: lastig, moeilijk, moeizaam |
| cumbersome {adj} (inert, lumbering, slow in movement) | :: log, lastig |
| cumin {n} (plant Cuminum cyminum) | :: komijn {m}, kummel {m} |
| cumin {n} (its seed used as spice) | :: komijn {m}, komijnzaad {n}, kummel {m} |
| cum laude {adv} (with praise) | :: met onderscheiding |
| cummerbund {n} (broad sash) | :: brede ceintuur {f} |
| cummingtonite {n} (mineral magnesium-iron silicate hydroxide) | :: cummingtoniet {m} |
| cumulative {adj} (incorporating all data up to the present) | :: cumulatief |
| cumulus {n} (white puffy cloud) | :: stapelwolk {m} {f} |
| cuneiform {adj} (having the form of a wedge) | :: wigvormig |
| cuneiform {adj} (written in the cuneiform writing system) | :: spijkerschrift {n}, wigschrift {n} |
| cuneiform {n} (ancient writing system) | :: spijkerschrift {n}, wigschrift {n} |
| cunnilingus {n} (oral stimulation of female genitals) | :: beffen {n}, cunnilingus {m}, minetten {n} |
| cunning {adj} (sly) | :: sluw, doortrapt, geslepen, leep |
| cunning {adj} (skillful) | :: handig, bedreven |
| cunning {n} (skill of being sly or deceitful) | :: sluwheid |
| cunning {n} (aptitude) | :: kundigheid {f} |
| cunning folk {n} (professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic) | :: toverdokters {m-p}, duivelbanners {m-p} |
| cunt {n} (genitalia) | :: kut {f} |
| cunt {n} (unpleasant or objectionable person) | :: kutwijf {n} [females only], kut |
| cup {n} (drinking vessel) | :: beker {m}, kop {m}, mok {f}, tas {f}, jat {f}, kopje {n} |
| cup {n} (trophy) | :: beker {m} |
| cup {n} (contest) | :: bekertoernooi {n} |
| cup {n} (suction cup) SEE: suction cup | :: |
| cupbearer {n} (one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served) | :: schenker |
| cupboard {n} (enclosed storage) | :: kast {f} |
| cupboard {n} (a cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food) | :: keukenkast {f} |
| Cupid {prop} (god of love, son of Venus) | :: Cupido {m}, Amor {m} |
| cup of tea {n} (tea in a cup) | :: kopje thee |
| cup of tea {n} (something of interest) | :: kopje thee |
| cupola {n} (architecture: dome-shaped ornamental structure) | :: koepel {m} |
| cupola {n} (military: small turret) | :: koepel {m} |
| cur {n} (inferior dog) | :: mormel {n} |
| cur {n} (detestable person) | :: hondsvot {m} |
| curaçao {n} (liqueur) | :: curaçao {m} |
| Curaçao {prop} (Island) | :: Curaçao |
| Curaçaoan {adj} (from Curaçao) | :: Curaçaos |
| Curaçaoan {n} (Someone from Curaçao) | :: Curaçaoënaar {m}, Curaçaose {f} |
| curare {n} (a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine) | :: curare {n} |
| curate {n} (parish priest) | :: kapelaan {m} |
| curator {n} (person who manages, administers or organizes a collection) | :: conservator {m}, conservatrice {f} |
| curb {n} (concrete along the edge of a road) SEE: kerb | :: |
| curb {n} (something that checks or restrains) | :: kering {f}, hindernis {f} |
| curb {v} | :: intomen, beteugelen |
| curb {v} (rein in) SEE: rein in | :: |
| curd {n} (part of milk that coagulates) | :: wrongel {f} |
| curd {v} (curdle) SEE: curdle | :: |
| curd cheese {n} (cottage cheese) SEE: cottage cheese | :: |
| curdle {v} (to form or cause to form curds) | :: stremmen |
| curdle {v} (to coagulate) | :: klonteren |
| cure {n} (method, device or medication that restores good health) | :: remedie {f} |
| cure {v} (to restore to health) | :: genezen, helen |
| cure {v} (to bring (a disease) to an end) | :: genezen, helen |
| cure {v} (to prepare for keeping or use) | :: conserveren |
| curer {n} (healer) SEE: healer | :: |
| curette {n} (spoon-shaped surgical instrument) | :: curette {f} |
| curfew {n} (a regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time) | :: avondklok {f}, uitgangsverbod {n} |
| curfew {n} (the time when such restriction begins) | :: avondklok {f}, spertijd {m} |
| curfew {n} (evening bell) | :: avondklok {f} |
| curio {n} (strange and interesting object) | :: curiosum, curiositeit |
| curiosity {n} (inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore) | :: nieuwsgierigheid |
| curiosity {n} (unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest) | :: curiositeit {f} |
| curious {adj} (tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate, see also: inquisitive) | :: nieuwsgierig |
| curious {adj} (leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual) | :: apart |
| curium {n} (chemical element) | :: curium {n} |
| curl {n} (lock of curling hair) | :: krul {m} {f}, lok |
| curl {n} (mathematics: vector operator) | :: rotatie |
| curlew {n} (migratory wading bird) | :: wulp |
| curlew sandpiper {n} (Calidris ferruginea) | :: krombek strandloper |
| curly {adj} (having curls) | :: krullig, krullerig |
| curly {n} (a person or animal with curly hair) | :: krullenbol {m} {f} |
| curly bracket {n} (either of the two characters: “{” and “}”) | :: accolade |
| curly fries {n} (deep fried strips of potato) | :: krulfrieten {p} |
| curly kale {n} | :: boerenkool {f} |
| curmudgeon {n} (an ill-tempered stubborn person) | :: iezegrim {m}, kankeraar |
| currant {n} (small dried grape) | :: krent {f} |
| currant {n} (fruit of the genus Ribes) | :: aalbes {f} |
| currency {n} (money or other item used to facilitate transactions) | :: munteenheid {f}, valuta {f} |
| currency {n} (fluency) SEE: fluency | :: |
| current {n} | :: stroming {f}, stroom {m} |
| current {n} (time rate of flow of electric charge) | :: stroom {m} |
| current {adj} (existing or occurring at the moment) | :: huidig, huidige, actueel |
| current {adj} (generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment) | :: aktueel, aktuele |
| current account {n} (part of balance of payments) | :: lopende rekening van de betalingsbalans {f} |
| current account {n} (checking account) | :: zichtrekening {f}, lopende rekening |
| current affairs {n} (current events) SEE: current events | :: |
| current events {n} (news items) | :: actualiteiten |
| currently {adv} (at this moment) | :: momenteel, huidig |
| curriculum {n} (set of courses and coursework) | :: curriculum {n} |
| curriculum vitae {n} (written account of one's education, accomplishments, etc.) | :: curriculum vitae {n}, levensloop {m} |
| curry {n} (dish) | :: kerrieschotel, curryschotel |
| curry {n} (sauce or relish) | :: kerrie {m}, curry {m} |
| curry {v} (to groom a horse) | :: roskammen |
| curry {v} (curry favor) SEE: curry favor | :: |
| currycomb {n} (a comb or brush used to groom horses) | :: roskam |
| curry favor {v} (to seek to gain favor by flattery) | :: een wit voetje halen, slijmen |
| curry ketchup {n} (ketchup with added curry and other spices) | :: curry {m}, curryketchup {m} |
| currywurst {n} (pork sausage cut into slices seasoned with a curry sauce) | :: curryworst {f} |
| curse {n} (supernatural detriment) | :: vloek {m}, verwensing |
| curse {n} (prayer that harm may befall someone) | :: vloek {m} |
| curse {v} (to place a curse upon) | :: vervloeken, beheksen |
| curse {v} (to call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon) | :: vervloeken |
| curse {v} (to utter a vulgar curse) | :: vloeken |
| cursed {adj} (having some sort of divine harm) | :: vervloekt |
| curse word {n} (vulgarity) SEE: swear word | :: |
| cursive {n} (character) | :: cursief {f} |
| cursive {n} (manuscript) | :: cursiefje |
| cursively {adv} (In a cursive manner) | :: cursief, aan elkaar |
| cursor {n} (GUI: moving icon representing the position of a pointing device) | :: muisaanwijzer {m}, cursor {m} |
| cursory {adj} (hasty, superficial, careless) | :: haastig, oppervlakkig, vluchtig |
| curt {adj} | :: kortaf |
| curtail {v} (cut short an animal's tail) | :: beknotten, knotten, kortwieken, bekorten, inkorten, verkorten |
| curtail {v} (shorten or abridge) | :: beknotten, knotten, kortwieken, bekorten, inkorten, verkorten |
| curtail {v} (limit or restrict) | :: beknotten, kort houden, kortwieken, beperken |
| curtain {n} (piece of cloth covering a window) | :: gordijn {n} |
| curtain {n} (piece of cloth in a theater) | :: doek {n} |
| curtsey {n} (small bow of knees and lowered body, usually by a female) | :: nijging {f} |
| curtsey {v} (to make a curtsey) | :: nijgen |
| curve {n} (gentle bend) | :: curve {f}, kromming {f}, [road] bocht {m} |
| curve {n} (geometry: one-dimensional figure) | :: curve {f}, kromme {f} |
| curve {n} (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body) | :: rondingen {m-p}, figuur {f} |
| curve {v} (bend, crook) | :: krommen, [pipe] plooien, buigen |
| curve {v} (bend or turn gradually from a given direction) | :: afbuigen |
| curve {adj} (crooked) SEE: crooked | :: |
| curve-billed thrasher {n} (Toxostoma curvirostre) | :: krombekspotlijster {m} |
| curvy {adj} (buxom) SEE: buxom | :: |
| cushion {n} (soft material in cloth bag) | :: kussen {n} |
| cushion {n} (absorbent or protective item) | :: kussen {n} |
| cushion {n} (in cue sports) | :: band |
| cusp {n} (sharp point or pointed end) | :: piek, spits |
| cuspidor {n} (spittoon) SEE: spittoon | :: |
| cuss {v} (to use cursing) | :: vervloeken |
| custard apple {n} (Annona muricata) SEE: soursop | :: |
| custard apple {n} (Annona squamosa) SEE: sugar apple | :: |
| custodian {n} (A person entrusted with the custody or care) | :: bewaarder {m} |
| custodianship {n} (The office, or the duty of a custodian) | :: voogdij |
| custody {n} (legal right to take care of something or somebody) | :: hoederecht {n} |
| custom {n} (frequent repetition of the same act) | :: manieren, [both mostly plural] gebruiken |
| custom {n} (habitual buying of goods) | :: klandizie {f} |
| custom {n} (long-established practice) | :: gewoonte, gebruik |
| custom {n} (familiar acquaintance; familiarity) | :: bekendheid |
| custom {n} (the customary toll, tax, or tribute) | :: heffing, tol, accijns |
| custom {adj} (custom-made) | :: op maat, aangepast |
| customarily {adv} (normally) SEE: normally | :: |
| customer {n} (one who purchases or receives a product or service) | :: klant {m} |
| customer service {n} (act of providing services) | :: klantenservice {m} {f} |
| customer service {n} (department) | :: klantenservice {m} {f} |
| customer support {n} (provision of service) | :: klantenondersteuning |
| custom house {n} (official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit) | :: douane {f} |
| custom-made {adj} (custom-made) | :: op maat, aangepast |
| customs {n} (the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods) | :: douanerechten {n-p} |
| customs {n} (custom house) SEE: custom house | :: |
| customs clearance {n} | :: uitklaring |
| customs declaration {n} (statement) | :: douane-aangifte {f} |
| cut {v} (to perform an incision) | :: snijden |
| cut {v} (to divide with a sharp instrument) | :: snijden |
| cut {v} (to separate from prior association) | :: scheiden |
| cut {v} (computing: to remove and place in memory) | :: knippen |
| cut {v} (to enter a queue in a wrong place) | :: voorsteken |
| cut {v} (to cease recording) | :: knippen, stoppen |
| cut {v} (to reduce) | :: snijden in, verminderen |
| cut {v} (to form or shape by cutting) | :: slijpen |
| cut {v} (to intersect dividing into half) | :: verdelen |
| cut {v} (colloquial, not to attend a class) | :: spijbelen |
| cut {v} (to change direction suddenly) | :: kappen |
| cut {v} (to divide a pack of playing cards) | :: schudden |
| cut {adj} (having been cut) | :: gesneden |
| cut {adj} (of a gem, carved into a shape) | :: geslepen |
| cut {n} (result of cutting) | :: snee |
| cut {n} (opening resulting from cutting) | :: snee |
| cut {n} (manner or style a garment is fashioned in) | :: snit |
| cut {n} (slab of meat) | :: stuk {n} |
| cut {n} (skein of yarn) SEE: skein | :: |
| cut {n} (haircut) SEE: haircut | :: |
| cut {n} (common workhorse) SEE: gelding | :: |
| cut down {v} (bring down a tree) | :: vellen |
| cute {adj} (having features mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals) | :: schattig, koddig, lief, zoetjes |
| cute {adj} (attractive or pleasing in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way) | :: leuk, geestig, guitig, olijk |
| cute {adj} (dated: mentally keen or discerning; clever, shrewd) | :: knap |
| cuticle {n} (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail) | :: nagelriem |
| cuticle {n} (outermost layer of skin of vertebrates) SEE: epidermis | :: |
| cuticula {n} (covering outside epidermis) SEE: cuticle | :: |
| cutie {n} (a cute person or animal) | :: schatje {n} |
| cutify {v} (To form skin) | :: huidvorming {f}, wonddichting {f} |
| cutify {v} (To make cute) | :: verschattigen |
| cutlass {n} (machete) SEE: machete | :: |
| cutlass {n} (a short sword with a curved blade) | :: hartsvanger |
| cutler {n} (One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery) | :: messenmaker {m}, messenmaakster {f} |
| cutlery {n} (eating and serving utensils) | :: bestek {n}, couvert {n} |
| cutlet {n} (meat chop) | :: kotelet {f}{m} |
| cut off one's nose to spite one's face {v} (harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary) | :: wie zijn neus schendt schendt zijn aangezicht |
| cut one loose {v} (fart) | :: eentje laten vliegen, eentje loslaten |
| cut out {v} (stop working, be disconnected) | :: uitvallen, afslaan, (a person on the telephone): wegvallen |
| cutter {n} (single-masted sailing ship type) | :: kotter {m} |
| cutting {n} (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) | :: stek {c} |
| cutting board {n} (chopping board) SEE: chopping board | :: |
| cuttlefish {n} (any of various squidlike mollusks) | :: zeekat {c} |
| cut up {v} (to aggressively move in front of another vehicle) | :: snijden |
| cwm {n} (valley head created through glacial erosion) | :: keteldal {n}, kaar {n}, U-dal {n} |
| cyan {n} (a colour between blue and green) | :: cyaan {n}, appelblauwzeegroen {n} |
| cyan {adj} (of the colour cyan) | :: cyaankleurig |
| cyanogen {n} (organic compound) | :: cyanogeen, cyaan |
| cyanogen {n} (radical) | :: cyaan |
| cyanosis {n} (discolouration of the skin) | :: cyanose {f} |
| cyber- {prefix} (the Internet or cyberspace) | :: cyber- |
| cyberattack {n} (an attack over a computer network) | :: cyberaanval {m} |
| cybernetic {adj} (relating to the mathematical study of control) | :: cybernetisch, stuurkundig |
| cybernetic {adj} (relating to computers and Internet) | :: cyber-, computer- |
| cybernetics {n} (science of communication and control) | :: cybernetica {?}, cybernetika {?}, stuurkunde {?} |
| cybernetics {n} (the art/study of controling) | :: stuurkunde {?} |
| cybernetics {n} (technology related to computers) | :: cybertechnologie {?} |
| cybersex {v} (exchange explicit sexual experiences online) | :: cyberseks {m} |
| cyborg {n} (person who is part machine) | :: cyborg |
| Cyclades {prop} (island chain) | :: Cycladen {m-p} |
| cycle {n} (complete rotation) | :: cyclus {m} |
| cycle {n} (process that repeats itself) | :: cyclus {m} |
| cycle {n} (program on a washing machine etc.) | :: programma {n} |
| cycle {v} (to ride a cycle) | :: fietsen, rijden [general] |
| cycle {v} (to turn power off and back on) | :: in- en uitschakelen, aan- en uit-/afzetten |
| cycle {n} (imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens) SEE: celestial sphere | :: |
| cycle path {n} (path segregated for bicycles) SEE: bicycle path | :: |
| cycling {n} (The sport of riding and racing bicycles) | :: wielrennen |
| cyclist {n} (person who rides a cycle) | :: wielrenner {m}, fietser {m}, wielrijder {m}, wielrenster {f}, wielrijdster {f} |
| cyclocross {n} (form of bicycle racing) | :: cyclocross {m} |
| cyclone {n} (rotating system of winds) | :: cycloon {m}, wervelstorm {m} |
| cyclopropane {n} (the simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6) | :: cyclopropaan |
| cyclopropene {n} (cycloalkene having three carbon atoms) | :: cyclopropeen |
| Cygnus {prop} (constellation) | :: Zwaan {m} |
| cylinder {n} (geometry: surface) | :: cilinder {m} |
| cylinder {n} (geometry: solid) | :: cilinder {m} |
| cylinder {n} (any cylindrical object) | :: cilinder {m} |
| cylinder {n} (cavity or chamber) | :: cilinder {m} |
| cylinder {n} (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds) | :: trommel {f} {m} |
| cylinder head {n} (part of an internal combustion engine) | :: cilinderkop {m} |
| cylindrical {adj} (shaped like a cylinder) | :: cilindrisch, cilindervormig |
| cymbal {n} (concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck) | :: klankbekken {n} |
| cymose {adj} (botany: having a flower cluster with stems ending in a flower that opens before those below it) | :: cymeus |
| cynic {n} (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness) | :: cynicus {m} |
| cynic {n} (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative) | :: cynicus {m} |
| cynical {adj} (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness) | :: cynisch |
| cynicism {n} (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude) | :: cynisme {n} |
| cynophobia {n} (an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines) | :: canofobie {f}, kynofobie {f} |
| cypress {n} (an evergreen coniferous tree) | :: cipres {m} |
| Cypriot {n} (Person from Cyprus) | :: Cyprioot |
| Cypriot {adj} (Of, from or relating to Cyprus) | :: Cypriotisch |
| Cyprus {prop} (country) | :: Cyprus {n} |
| Cyrenaica {prop} (province on the North African coast) | :: Cyrenaica |
| Cyrillic {adj} (of or pertaining to Cyrillic) | :: Cyrillisch |
| Cyrillic {prop} (a script or alphabet) | :: cyrillisch |
| cyst {n} (sac which develops in the natural cavities of an organ) | :: cyste |
| cystoscopy {n} (endoscopy of the urinary bladder) | :: cystoscopie {f} |
| cyto- {prefix} (regarding cells) | :: cyto- |
| cytokine {n} (any of various small regulatory proteins) | :: cytokine |
| cytology {n} (biology: the study of cells) | :: cytologie {f}, celleer de |
| cytoplasm {n} (contents of a cell excluding the nucleus) | :: cytoplasma {n} |
| cytoskeleton {n} | :: cytoskelet {n} |
| cytosol {n} (the solution of a cells cytoplasm) | :: cytosol {n} |
| Czech {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) | :: Tsjechisch |
| Czech {n} (person) | :: Tsjech {m}, Tsjechische {f} |
| Czech {n} (language) | :: Tsjechisch |
| Czechia {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Tsjechië {n} |
| Czechoslovakia {prop} (former country in Central Europe) | :: Tsjechoslowakije |
| Czecho-Slovakia {prop} (dated form of Czechoslovakia) | :: Tsjecho-Slowakije |
| Czech Republic {prop} (country in Central Europe) | :: Tsjechische Republiek, Tsjechië {n} |
