A surname.

An international organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. Its goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation, diplomacy and improving global quality of life. The predecessor of the United Nations.

A famous bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa, known for its irregular lean.

1. šikmá věž
2. šikmá věž v Pise

/lɛ.bəˈniːz/
Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people.

/lɛ.bəˈniːz/
(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent.

1. Libanonka
2. Libanonec

Official name of Lebanon: a country in West Asia in the Middle East.

/-ɒn/, /ˈlɛbənɑn/, /ˈlɛbənɔn/, /ˈlɛbənən/

1. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Capital: Beirut. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".
2. A mountain range in the country of Lebanon, West Asia; in full, Mount Lebanon.

Of or pertaining to the language group including Polish, Kashubian and Polabian.

A city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

Of or relating to the works of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

/ˈlaɪp.sɪk/, /ˈlaɪp.sɪɡ/, /ˈlaɪp.tsɪk/
An independent city in Saxony, Germany.

A river in Austria.

/ˈli.na/, /ˈlɛ.nə/

1. A major river in Russia, flowing 2,734 miles from the mountains by the lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean.
2. A river in Trøndelag, Norway.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.

/ˈlɛn.ənˌɡræd/, /ˈlɛn.ənˌɡrɑd/, /ˈlɛn.ɪnˌɡræd/, /ˈlɛn.ɪnˌɡrɑd/

1. (historical) Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.
   Leningrad
2. An oblast of Russia, which surrounds, but no longer contains, Saint Petersburg, its former administrative centre.
   Leningradská oblast

/ˈlɛnɪnɪzm̩/
A political ideology developed by Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party, as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.

/lɛnt/
(Christianity) A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.

1. postní doba
2. velký půst

/ˈliːoʊ/, /ˈliːəʊ/

1. A en given name, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes.
2. (zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac, shaped approximately like a lion and containing the stars Regulus and Denebola.
3. (astrology) The zodiac sign for the Lion, ruled by the Sun and covering July 23 - August 22 (tropical astrology) or August 16 - September 15 (sidereal astrology).

/liˈoʊnə/, /liːˈəʊnə/
A en given name, a feminine form of Leo through Leon.

/ˈliːəpoʊld/, /ˈliːəpəʊld/, /ˈlɛpəld/<q:obsolete><ref:{{R:Jespersen MEGoHP|I|3.25|79}}>/
A en given name. Used in the 19th century but rare today.

/ˈlɛz.boʊs/, /ˈlɛz.bɒs/
An island of Greece, in the northeastern Aegean Sea.

/ləˈsuːtuː/
A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho. Capital: Maseru.

The largest city and provincial capital of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

/ləˈvænt/, /ləˈvɑnt/, /lɪˈvɑnt/
A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).

/ˈlɛvəntaɪn/
Of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean.

(computer science) The number of edits (replacements, deletions and insertions) required to change one string into another.

/ləˈvɪtɪkəs/
The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.

/ˈlaɪdən ˌdʒɑɹ/
(electrical engineering, historical) A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate static electricity between two electrodes.

/ˈleɪteɪ/, /ˈleɪ̯.tɛ/, /ˈleɪ̯.tɪ/

1. An island of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines
2. A municipality of the province of Leyte, Philippines.

The Northeast Caucasian language spoken by these people

/fjuː/, /fɪu̯/, /[fjʉː]/, /[fjʉ͡u]/
(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

1. několik
2. málo
3. trochu
4. jen pár
5. nemnoho

/leɪ/, /liː/
An open field, meadow, pasture.

/liːt͡ʃ/
(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.

1. vyluhovat
2. vyplavovat

/lid/, /liːd/

1. (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
2. In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
3. (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)

1. vést
2. vodit

/lɛd/

1. 1. (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
   2. (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
   olovo
2. 1. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
   2. (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
   odsadit

/lid/, /liːd/
To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.

1. vést
2. vodit

/lɛd/
(transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.

1. olovo
2. odsadit

/ˈlɛdən/

1. (literary, or, dated) Made of lead.
2. Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.

/ˈli.dɚ/, /ˈliː.də(ɹ)/, /[ˈli.ɾɚ]/
One having authority to direct.

1. vůdce
2. šéf
3. vedoucí
4. velitel

/ˈlidɚʃɪp/, /ˈliːdəʃɪp/
The capacity of someone to lead others.

/ˈlɛdɪŋ/
(typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.

(aeronautics) The frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats.

/liːf/

1. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
2. (publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
3. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
4. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
5. (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
6. (programming, x86) A particular value of the EAX register when a program runs the CPUID instruction; each leaf represents a different category of information returned about the processor.

(transitive) To turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random.

/ˈliːflɪt/

/liːɡ/

1. A group or association of cooperating members.
   1. liga
   2. svaz
   3. třída
2. (sports) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
   liga

/liːk/

1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
   díra
2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
   průsak
3. A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
   únik

/liːn/
To press against.

/lip/, /liːp/, /lɛp/
The act of leaping or jumping.

/lip/, /liːp/, /lɛp/

1. (intransitive) To jump.
2. (transitive) To cause to leap.

1. skočit
2. přeskočit

/liːp deɪ/
An extra day intercalated into a year, especially the day intercalated into the Julian calendar every fourth year and into the Gregorian calendar every fourth year excepting centuries not divisible by 400, usually reckoned as February 29th.

/ˈlip ˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/, /ˈliːp ˌjɪə/
A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.

/lɑː(ɹ)n/, /lɛrn/, /lɛːrn/, /lɜːn/, /lɝn/

1. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
   1. učit
   2. učit se
2. To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
   1. učit
   2. poučit
   3. zdokonalovat
   4. zlepšovat
3. To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
   1. učit
   2. dovědět
   3. dozvědět
   4. poučit
   5. studovat
   6. zjistit

/lɜːnd/, /lɝnd/
Derived from experience; acquired by learning.

/ˈlɜːnɪd/, /ˈlɝnɪd/
Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

/ˈlɜːnɪŋ/, /ˈlɝnɪŋ/
(uncountable) An act in which something is learned.

A disability which prevents the sufferer from learning in a typical manner.

/liːʃ/
A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.

/list/, /liːst/
The most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something.

Aethia pusilla, a small auk.

/list flaɪˈkætʃ.ɚ/, /liːst flaɪˈkætʃ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɛtʃ.ɚ/
A small insect-eating passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the smallest member of the genus Empidonax, native to North America.

/ˈlist ˈwiz(ə)l/, /ˈliːst ˈwiːz(ə)l/
The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.

1. kolčava
2. lasice

/ˈlɛðə/, /ˈlɛðɚ/, /ˈlʌðəɹ/
Made of leather.

/ˈlɛðə/, /ˈlɛðɚ/, /ˈlʌðəɹ/
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.

/ˌlɛðəˈɹɛt/
(countable, uncountable, also, attributively) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.

/liv/, /liːv/
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.

/liv/, /liːv/

1. zbýt
2. (transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
   1. nechat
   2. nechávat
3. (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
   1. opustit
   2. nechávat
4. (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
   1. nechat
   2. přenechat
5. (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
   1. zanechat
   2. nechat

(idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.

1. nechat na holičkách
2. nechat ve štychu

(chiefly, with reference to nations and peoples) Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain.

/ˈlɛtʃ.ə.ɹəs/, /ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ɚ.əs/
Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.

1. chlípný
2. vilný

/ˈlɛs.ə.θɪn/
(organic chemistry) The principal phospholipid in animals; it is particularly abundant in egg yolks, and is extracted commercially from soy. It is a major constituent of cell membranes, and is commonly used as a food additive (as an emulsifier).

/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)n/

1. A stand with a slanted top used to support a Bible from which passages are read during a church service.
   1. ambona
   2. řečnický pultík
2. A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.
   řečnický pultík

(Christianity, Judaism) A book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Jewish worship on a given day or occasion.

/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/, /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.

/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/, /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/
(transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.

1. poučovat
2. přednášet

A room in a university with many seats and a sloped floor, used to hold lectures.

1. posluchárna
2. auditorium

/ˈlekt͡ʃəɹə/, /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹə/, /ˈlɛkt͡ʃɚɚ/
A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.

/lid/, /liːd/
(chiefly, US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. [from mid 20th c.]

/ˈlɛd͡ʒə/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒɚ/

1. účetní kniha
2. (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
   hlavní kniha
3. A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
   kamenná deska

/liː/
(nautical, geology) Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.

/liː/

1. (nautical) The side of the ship away from the wind.
   závětrná strana
2. A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
   závětří

/liːt͡ʃ/

1. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
   1. pijavice
   2. pijavka
2. (figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.
   pijavice

/liːk/
A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

1. pórek
2. pór zahradní

/liə/, /liːɹ/, /lɛː/, /lɪə/, /lɪɹ/
A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.

/liə/, /liːɹ/, /lɛː/, /lɪə/, /lɪɹ/
(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.

1. chlípně
2. pošilhávat

/ˈliəɹi/, /ˈliɹe/, /ˈliɹi/, /ˈliɹɪ/, /ˈlɛːɹi/, /ˈlɪəɹi/, /ˈlɪɚi/, /ˈlɪɹi/
Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.

1. nedůvěřivý
2. opatrný

/ˈl(j)uːəd/, /ˈliwɚd/, /ˈliːwəd/, /ˈluːɚd/
On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.

/[ˈliːˌweɪ]/

1. The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.
   odklon od kurzu
2. A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.
   1. manévrovací prostor
   2. volnost
3. (British) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway.
   1. skluz
   2. zpoždění

/lɛf/, /ˈlɛf/, /ˈlɛft/, /ˈlɛfʔ/

1. Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
   1. levý
   2. levicový
   3. levá
   4. levé
2. (politics) Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
   levicový

/lɛf/, /ˈlɛf/, /ˈlɛft/, /ˈlɛfʔ/

1. On the left side.
   1. vlevo
   2. nalevo
2. Towards the left side.
   doleva

/lɛf/, /ˈlɛf/, /ˈlɛft/, /ˈlɛfʔ/
(politics) The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.

/lɛf/, /ˈlɛf/, /ˈlɛft/, /ˈlɛfʔ/
.

The bank to the left of a river when facing downstream.

/lɛftˈhændɪd/
(occult, of magic) Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path

1. levoruký
2. levácký

(politics) Of political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.

/ˈlef.tɪst/, /ˈlɛf.tɪst/
Of or pertaining to the political left.

/ˈlef.tɪst/, /ˈlɛf.tɪst/
(politics, generally) A person who holds views associated with the political left.

/leɪɡ/, /lɛɡ/
In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.

/ˈleɡəsi/, /ˈleɪɡəsi/, /ˈlɛɡəsi/
(law) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.

/ˈliɡəl/, /ˈliː.ɡəl/

1. Relating to the law or to lawyers.
   právní
2. Having its basis in the law.
   1. legální
   2. právní
   3. zákonný
3. Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.
   1. legální
   2. zákonný

(legal) An aggregate of people, legal entity, or body corporate who have (some of) the legal rights and responsibilities of a natural person under the law.

/ləˈɡeɪt/, /ˈliːɡeɪt/, /ˈlɛɡət/, /ˈlɛɡɪt/

1. A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
   legát
2. An ambassador or messenger.
   vyslanec

/ˈliːd͡ʒ.ənd/<q:obsolete><ref:{{R:Jespersen MEGoHP|I|4.82|143}}>/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/
A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.

1. legenda
2. pověst

/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.də.ɹi/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.dɹi/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/
Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.

/lɛˈɡɔːn/, /ˈlɛɡhɔɹn/, /ˈlɛɡhɔːn/
(countable) A small white chicken of a hardy breed.

The property of being legible or easily readable.

/ˈlɛd͡ʒəbl/
Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.

/ˈli.d͡ʒən/, /ˈliː.d͡ʒon/, /ˈliː.d͡ʒən/
(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

/ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi/, /ˈliːdʒənəɹi/, /ˈliːdʒənɹi/
A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).

/ˌled͡ʒəˈslæɪʃən/, /ˌled͡ʒɪˈslæɪʃən/, /ˌlɛd͡ʒəˈsleɪʃən/, /ˌlɛd͡ʒɪˈsleɪʃən/, /[ˌlɛd͡ʒˈsleɪʃən]/
The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.

/-slæɪ-/, /lɛˈd͡ʒɪ.slə.tɪv/, /ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.əˌsleɪ.tɪv/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒˌɪs.lə.tɪv/, /[ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.ɾɪv]/, /[ˈlɛd͡ʒ.əˌsleɪ.ɾɪv]/, /[ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.ɾɪv]/
Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.

1. legislativní
2. zákonodárný

(law) The stages a bill must go through before it becomes law.

Someone who creates or enacts laws.

1. zákonodárce
2. zákonodárkyně

/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪslət͡ʃə/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsləˌt͡ʃʊə/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪt͡ʃɚ/
A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.

1. legislatura
2. zákonodárná moc
3. zákonodárný sbor

/ləˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.meɪt/, /ləˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/, /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.meɪt/, /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.

1. legitimní
2. legální
3. zákonný

(not comparable) Without legs.

/ləˈɡjuːm/, /ləˈɡuːm/, /lɪˈɡjuːm/, /ˈlɛɡ.juːm/
(botany) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.

/laɪʃməˈnaɪəsɪs/, /liːʃməˈnaɪəsɪs/
(disease) Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.

/ˈliʒɚ/, /ˈliːʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɛʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɛʒɚ/

1. Freedom provided by the cessation of activities.
   1. volno
   2. volnost
2. Free time, time free from work or duties.
   volný čas

/ˈlɛmə/, /ˈlɪmə/

1. (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
2. (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

(computing, lexicography) The process of finding the lemma that corresponds to an inflected form of a word.

/lɛm.ɪŋ/
A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.

/ˈlɛmən/, /ˈlɪmɪn/

1. A yellowish citrus fruit.
   1. citron
   2. citrón
2. A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
   1. citroník
   2. citron
   3. citrón

A perennial herb, of species Melissa officinalis, of southern Europe; used as a flavouring in ice cream etc.

/ˈlɛmənˌeɪd/, /ˌlɛmənˈeɪd/

1. (US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.
2. (UK, AU, NZ) A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar.

/ˈliːmə(ɹ)/
Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

/lɛnd/, /lɪnd/
(transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

1. půjčovat
2. půjčit

/leɪn(t)θ/, /leɪŋ(k)θ/, /læŋ(k)θ/, /lɛn(t)θ/, /lɛŋ(k)θ/

1. The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
2. Duration.
3. (figuratively) Total extent.

/ˈlɛŋ(k)θən/

1. (transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.
   prodloužit
2. (intransitive) To become longer.
   prodloužit se

In the long direction of an oblong object.

Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.

/ˈliːni.ənt/
Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.

/lɛnz/

1. (optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
2. A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
3. (geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
4. (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.
5. (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.

/ˈlɛntəl/

1. Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
   1. čočka jedlá
   2. čočka
2. The seed of these plants, used as food.
   čočka

/-nɪn/, /ˈliəˌnaɪn/, /ˈliːənaɪn/
(pathology) Of a facies: resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes leontiasis; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.

/ˈlɛpəd/, /ˈlɛpɚd/
Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).

1. levhart
2. leopard

(cat) A wild cat native to Southeast Asia, Prionailurus bengalensis.

/ˈliː.ə.tɑːd/, /ˈliː.ə.tɑːɹd/, /ˈlɪə.tɑːd/
A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)

An isolated community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

/ˌlɛ.pɪˌdɑp.tɚˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
(biology, zoology, entomology) The scientific study of butterflies and moths (the Lepidoptera).

/ˈlɛpɹəkɔːn/, /ˈlɛpɹəˌkɑn/, /ˈlɛpɹəˌkɔn/
(Irish folklore) One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them.

1. irský skřítek
2. leprikón

/ˈlɛpɹəsi/
(disease, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.

1. lepra
2. malomocenství

/ˈlɛpɹəs/
Infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.

An acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.

/ˈlɛz.bi.ən/, /ˈlɛz.bɪ.ən/

1. (of a woman, broadly) Preferring primarily women as romantic or sexual partners.
   lesbický
2. 1. (of a woman) Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
   2. (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more women; homosexual, gay.
   3. (especially of an institution or group) Intended for lesbians.
   1. lesbický
   2. lesbička

/ˈlɛz.bi.ən/, /ˈlɛz.bɪ.ən/
A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women.

1. lesbička
2. lesba

(Slavic mythology) A male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests.

1. lešij
2. lesní mužík

/ˈliːʒən/
(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.

1. léze
2. zranění

/lɛs/
To a smaller extent or degree.

/lɛs ɪz ˈmɔɹ/, /lɛs ɪz ˈmɔː/
That which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.

/lɛsˈsɛn/, /ˈlɛsən/
(transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.

1. zmenšit
2. zmenšit se

A seabird and member of the gull family, Larus fuscus.

A European perennial herb (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria), having heart-shaped leaves and solitary yellow flowers

1. orsej
2. orsej jarní

Clanga pomarina, a large Eastern European bird of prey.

/ˈlɛsə(ɹ) ˈspɒtəd ˈwədpɛkə(ɹ)/
Any of species Dryobates minor of woodpeckers, principally of cooler regions of Eurasia.

Anser erythropus, a goose closely related to the larger white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)

A shorebird of North America characterized by its yellow legs (Tringa flavipes).

/ˈlɛsn̩/, /[ˈlɛsn̩]/

1. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
   1. lekce
   2. vyučovací hodina
2. 1. Something learned or to be learned.
   2. Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
   ponaučení

/liːst/, /lɛst/, /lɛːst/
For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.

1. aby ... ne
2. v případě, že&nbsp;...
3. ze strachu, že&nbsp;...

/lɛt/

1. 1. (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
   2. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
   1. nechat
   2. dovolit
2. (transitive, chiefly, British) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
   pronajmout
3. (auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.
   1. ať
   2. nechť

(idiomatic, negative polarity item) Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.

/lɛt ˈbaɪɡɒnz biː ˈbaɪɡɒnz/, /lɛt ˈbaɪˌɡɑnz bi ˈbaɪˌɡɑnz/
(intransitive, idiomatic) To disregard or ignore a past difficulty in a relationship or an offence (when dealing with another individual).

(transitive) To allow to descend.

1. spouštět
2. spustit

(ditransitive) To inform (someone) (of something).

(idiomatic) To disclose a secret; to let a secret be known, often inadvertently.

1. prořeknout
2. vybreptat to

Used as a metaphor for the spread of wisdom.

/ˈliː.θəl/
Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.

1. smrtelný
2. smrtonosný
3. smrtící

/ˈlɛθ.ə(ɹ).d͡ʒi/
A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]

/ˈletə/, /ˈlɛtə/, /ˈlɛtɚ/, /ˈlɛʈ(ː)əʳ/, /[-ɾə]/, /[-ɾɚ]/

1. A symbol in an alphabet.
   písmeno
2. A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
   dopis

A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.

/ˈlɛtɚˌpɹɛs/

1. (printing) Printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates.
2. (printing) A machine used for such printing.

/lɛˈʈjus/, /ˈlɛt.əs/, /ˈlɛt.ɪs/, /ˈlɛtus/

1. An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
2. (uncountable, vegetable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.

1. hlávkový salát
2. salát

/ˈluː.siːn/
(amino acid) An essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.

(pathology) A raised WBC (white blood cell) count, above the normal range.

Characteristic of, or associated with leukaemia.

/luːˈkiːmi.ə/
(oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

1. leukemie
2. leukémie

/luːˈkiːmɪk/, /luːˈkɛmɪk/
Relating to leukemia

/ˈluːkə(ʊ)sʌɪt/
(hematology, cytology, immunology) Any of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.

/ˌlu.koʊˈtɹaɪ.in/
(carboxylic acid) Any of several physiologically active lipids, related to the prostaglandins, that participate in allergic responses.

/lɛv/
The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki.

/lɪˈvænt/
To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.

/ləˈveɪ/, /ləˈvi/, /ˈlɛveɪ/, /ˈlɛvi/
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.

/ˈlɛv.l̩/

1. 1. The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
   2. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
   vodorovný
2. 1. Unvaried in frequency.
   2. Unvaried in volume.
   vyrovnaný

/ˈlɛv.l̩/

1. 1. A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
   2. (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
   1. vodováha
   2. libela
2. A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
   1. úroveň
   2. level
3. 1. Degree or amount.
   2. (role-playing games, video games) A numeric value given to a character (or other element of a game) that represents its relative power, challenge or eligibility to do things, used as a game mechanic to govern progression through a game.
   úroveň

/ˈlɛv.l̩/

1. (transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
   urovnat
2. (transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
   srovnat
3. (intransitive, RPG, video games) To progress to the next level.
   postoupit
4. (transitive) To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [with on or against or at].
   zamířit

(chiefly, British) An at-grade crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road, with rails and road at the same level.

1. železniční přejezd
2. úrovňové křížení

(rail transport) An at-grade junction between two crossing railroad tracks.

A situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side.

/ˈli.vɚ/, /ˈliː.və/, /ˈlɛv.ɚ/
A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).

/ˈlɛvəɹɪt/, /ˈlɛvɹɪt/
A young hare less than one year old.

1. zajíček
2. mladý zajíc

/ˈlɛvɪɹət/
(anthropology) The institution of levirate marriage.

/ˈlɛvɪteɪt/

1. (transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.
2. (intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.

1. levitovat
2. vznášet

/ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən/

1. The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind
   levitace
2. The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism
   1. vznášení
   2. vznášení se

/ˈlɛ.vɪ.ti/

1. A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
   1. lehkomyslnost
   2. lehkovážnost
   3. zlehčování
2. The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
   lehkost
3. (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
   1. frivolnost
   2. lehkovážnost

/ˈlɛ.vi/

1. (transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
   1. obstavit
   2. uložit
   3. uvalit
   4. zabavit
2. To draft someone into military service.
   odvést

/ljuːd/, /lud/
Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.

1. oplzlý
2. lascivní
3. obscénní
4. sprostý

/ˈluːdnəs/
The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous.

1. lascivnost
2. obscénnost
3. oplzlost

/ˈlɛkˌsiːm/
(linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form.

/ˈlɛksɪkəl/

1. (linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
2. (linguistics) Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word.

(linguistics) A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as nouns or verbs.

(semantics) A term (that is, a word or sequence of words) that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs; exemplified by cat, traffic light, take care of, by-the-way, and don't count your chickens before they hatch.

/ˈlɛksɪkəlaɪz/
(intransitive, of a term) To become part of the vocabulary of a language as a single lexical unit with a distinct meaning.

/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/
One who writes or compiles a dictionary.

1. lexikograf
2. slovníkář

/ˌleksɪkəʉˈɡɹæfɪk/, /ˌleksɪkəˈɡɹæfɪk/
Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).

1. lexikografický
2. slovníkářský

/-sə-/, /ˌlɛksɪˈkɑɡɹəfi/, /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/

1. (uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
2. (uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.

1. lexikografie
2. slovníkářství

pertaining to lexicology

an expert at lexicology

/ˌlɛksɪˈkɑləd͡ʒi/, /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/
(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.

/ˈlek.sə.kɒn/, /ˈlek.sə.kən/, /ˈlek.sɪ.kɔn/, /ˈlek.sɪ.kən/, /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɑn/, /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɒn/, /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kən/, /[ˈlek.sə.kɔ̟n]/
The vocabulary of a language.

1. lexikum
2. slovní zásoba

/lɪʈl̩/, /ˈlɘ.tl̩/, /ˈlɪ.tl̩/, /[lɪʈ.(ʈ)ɨɭ]/, /[lɪʈ.ɐl]/, /[ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩]/

1. 1. Small in size.
   2. Very young, of childhood age.
   malý
2. (of a sibling) Younger.
   1. malý
   2. mladý

/lɪʈl̩/, /ˈlɘ.tl̩/, /ˈlɪ.tl̩/, /[lɪʈ.(ʈ)ɨɭ]/, /[lɪʈ.ɐl]/, /[ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩]/
Not much.

/lɪʈl̩/, /ˈlɘ.tl̩/, /ˈlɪ.tl̩/, /[lɪʈ.(ʈ)ɨɭ]/, /[lɪʈ.ɐl]/, /[ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩]/
Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).