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© by Joseph D. Lesser
This dictionary contains about 45,000 english words translated from english to dutch.
A major {n} (major key) -- A-majeur, A-groot
A major {n} (major chord) -- A-majeur, A-groot
A minor {n} (minor key) -- a-mineur, a-klein
A minor {n} (minor chord) -- a-mineur, a-klein
ABC {n} (alphabet) -- SEE: alphabet
ABC {n} (rudiments) -- ABC {n}
ABC book {n} (primer) -- SEE: primer
ABS brake {n} (antolock brake) -- ABS {n}, antiblokkeerremsysteem {n}
AC {initialism} (alternating current) -- wisselstroom
AC {initialism} (alternating potential) -- wisselspanning
AD {adv} (anno Domini) -- n. Chr (na Christus)
AIDS {n} (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) -- aids {m}
AKA {prep} (also known as) -- oftewel, alias
ATV {initialism} (all-terrain vehicle) -- quad {m}
Aachen {prop} (city in North Rhine-Westphalia) -- Aken
Aaron {prop} (biblical brother of Moses) -- Aäron
Aaron {prop} (male given name) -- Aäron
Aaronic {adj} (pertaining to Aaron) -- aäronitisch
Aaron's rod {n} -- koningskaars {f}
Abaddon {prop} (the destroyer) -- Apollyon
Abaddon {prop} (Hell) -- de (diepten der) hel {m}
Abbas {prop} (A male given name) -- Abbas
Abdon {prop} (biblical judge of Israel) -- Abdon
Abdul {prop} (male given name) -- Abdoel, Abdel
Abdullah {prop} (Muslim given name) -- Abdoella
Abel {prop} (biblical character) -- Abel {m}
Abel {prop} (male given name) -- Abel {m}
Aberdeen {n} (fishhook) -- aberdeen {m}, forelhaak {n}
Aberdeen Angus {prop} (breed of beef cattle) -- Aberdeen Angus {m},
Aberdeen terrier {n} (breed of dog) -- SEE: Scottish terrier
Abidjan {prop} (the largest city of Côte d'Ivoire) -- Abidjan
Abigail {prop} (biblical wife of David) -- Abigaïl
Abigail {prop} (female given name) -- Abigail, Abigaïl
Abkhaz {adj} (of or pertaining to Abkhazia) -- abchazisch {n}
Abkhaz {n} (person from Abkhazia) -- Abchaze {m}
Abkhaz {prop} (a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia) -- Abchazisch {n}
Abkhazia {prop} (territory in the Caucasus, see also: Republic of Abkhazia) -- Abchazië
Abkhazian {adj} (Of or pertaining to Abkhazia) -- SEE: Abkhaz
Abkhazian {n} (Abkhaz) -- SEE: Abkhaz
Abkhazian {prop} (Abkhazian language) -- SEE: Abkhaz
Abner {prop} (biblical cousin of Saul) -- Abner
A-bomb {n} (atomic bomb) -- atoombom {f}
Aboriginal {n} (aboriginal) -- SEE: aboriginal
Aboriginal {n} (original inhabitant of Australia) -- Aboriginal {m}
Aboriginal {n} (original inhabitant of any land) -- inboorling {m}, inboorlinge {f}
Abraham {prop} (prophet in the Old Testament) -- Abraham
Abraham {prop} (male given name) -- Abraham
Abram {prop} (Old Testament patriarch) -- Abram
Abruka {prop} (Estonian island located in the Gulf of Riga) -- Abruka
Absalom {prop} (male given name) -- Absalom
Abstract Expressionism {n} (genre of modern art) -- abstract expressionisme {n}
Abu Dhabi {prop} (capital of UAE) -- Abu Dhabi
Academy Award {n} (award) -- Oscar {m}
Accra {prop} (capital of Ghana) -- Accra
Aceh {prop} (language) -- SEE: Acehnese
Acehnese {prop} (language) -- Atjehs {n}
Achilles {prop} (Greek mythical hero) -- Achilles
Achilles heel {n} (vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation) -- achilleshiel
Achilles tendon {n} (strong tendon in the calf of the leg) -- achillespees {f}
Acre {prop} (city) -- Akko {n}
Acropolis {prop} (Athenian Acropolis) -- Akropolis
Acts {prop} (Book of Acts) -- SEE: Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles {prop} (fifth book of the New Testament) -- Handelingen, Handelingen van de apostelen
Adam {prop} (first man in Abrahamic religions) -- Adam
Adam {prop} (male given name) -- Adam
Adam and Eve {prop} (the first man and woman (according to Genesis)) -- Adam en Eva
Adam's apple {n} (lump in the throat) -- adamsappel {m}
Adelaide {prop} (female given name) -- Adelheid {f}
Adelie penguin {n} (Pygoscelis adeliae) -- adéliepinguïn {m}
Aden {prop} (seaport of Yemen) -- Aden
Admiralty Islands {prop} (group of islands) -- Admiraliteitseilanden
Adolf {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Adolph
Adolph {prop} (male given name) -- Adolf
Adrian {prop} (male given name) -- Adriaan
Adriatic {prop} (Adriatic Sea) -- SEE: Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea {prop} (sea that stretches from the Ionian Sea to the Gulf of Venice) -- Adriatische Zee
Advent calendar {n} (calendar used to count down the days of Advent) -- adventskalender {m}
Aegean {prop} (Aegean Sea) -- SEE: Aegean Sea
Aegean Sea {prop} (sea of the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea) -- Egeïsche Zee
Aegidius {prop} (male given name) -- Aegidius
Aeneid {prop} (Classic epic poem that tells the story of Aeneas fleeing Troy and settling in Italy.) -- Aeneis {f}
Aeronian {prop} -- Aeronien
Aeschylus {prop} (Greek tragedian) -- Aischylos
Afar {prop} (language) -- Afar {n}, Danakil {n}
Afghan {n} (person from Afghanistan) -- Afghaan {m}, Afghaanse {f}
Afghan {prop} (Pashto language) -- Afghaans
Afghan {adj} (pertaining to Afghanistan) -- Afghaans
Afghan Hound {n} (Afghan Hound) -- Afghaanse windhond {m}
Afghan hound {n} (Afghan Hound) -- SEE: Afghan Hound
Afghani {n} (citizen or native of Afghanistan) -- SEE: Afghan
Afghani {adj} (relating to Afghanistan) -- SEE: Afghan
Afghanistan {prop} (country) -- Afghanistan {n}
A-flat {n} (tone four fifths below C) -- As
A-flat major {n} (A-flat major) -- As majeur
Africa {prop} (continent south of Europe) -- Afrika
African {adj} (Of or pertaining to Africa) -- Afrikaans
African {n} (a native of Africa) -- Afrikaan {m}, Afrikaanse {f}
African American {adj} (African-American) -- SEE: African-American
African American {n} (African-American) -- SEE: African-American
African Union {prop} (multinational organisation) -- Afrikaanse Unie {f}
African-American {adj} (American and black) -- Afro-Amerikaans
African-American {n} (A black American) -- Afro-Amerikaan {m}
Afrikaans {prop} (language) -- Afrikaans {n}
Afrikaans {adj} (of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language) -- Afrikaans
Afrikaans {prop} (Afrikaner) -- SEE: Afrikaner
Afrikaner {n} (member of ethnic group) -- Afrikaner {m}, Zuid-Afrikaan {m}
Afro-American {n} (African-American) -- SEE: African-American
Afro-American {adj} (African-American) -- SEE: African-American
Afro-Asiatic {adj} (of or pertaining to a language family) -- Afro-Aziatisch
Agatha {prop} (female given name) -- Agatha, Aagje
Aglaia {prop} (female given name) -- Aglaïa {f}
Agnes {prop} (female given name) -- Agnes
Ahab {prop} (biblical king of Israel) -- Achab
Ahaz {prop} (biblical king of Judah) -- Achaz
Ainu {prop} (language) -- Ainu
Ajax {prop} (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) -- Ajax {m}
Akan {prop} (Niger-Congo language) -- Akan {n}
Akan {prop} (language group spoken in Ghana) -- Akan
Akkadian {prop} (Semitic language) -- Akkadisch {n}
Al Jazeera {prop} (Arabic satellite TV news channel) -- Al Jazeera
Al-Andalus {prop} (Islamic Spain) -- Al-Andalus
Alan {prop} (male given name) -- Alan, Alanus, Alain
Aland {prop} (archipelago) -- Åland
Alaska {prop} (US state) -- Alaska
Alban {prop} (male given name) -- Alban
Albania {prop} (country in south-eastern Europe) -- Albanië
Albanian {adj} (of or pertaining to Albania) -- Albanees, Albanese
Albanian {n} (person from Albania) -- Albanees {m}, Albanese {f}
Albanian {prop} (language) -- Albanees
Albany {prop} (capital of New York) -- Albany
Albert {prop} (male given name) -- Albert
Alberta {prop} (province) -- Alberta
Albin {prop} (male given name) -- Albin
Alcoholics Anonymous {prop} (proper noun) -- Alcoholics Anonymous
Aldebaran {prop} (star) -- Aldebaran
Alejandro {prop} (cognates of Alejandro) -- SEE: Alexander
Aletta {prop} (female given name) -- Aletta
Alex {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Alexius
Alexander {prop} (male given name) -- Alexander {m}
Alexander the Great {prop} (King of Macedonia) -- Alexander de Grote {m}
Alexandria {prop} (city in Egypt) -- Alexandrië
Alexandroupoli {prop} (city) -- Alexandroupolis
Alexius {prop} (male given name) -- Alexius
Alfonso {prop} (male given name) -- Alfons
Alfred {prop} (Male given name) -- Alfred
Algeria {prop} (country) -- Algerije {n}
Algerian {n} (person from Algeria) -- Algerijn {m}, Algerijnse {f}
Algerian {adj} (of Algeria or its people) -- Algerijns
Algherese {prop} (Catalan dialect spoken in Alghero) -- Algherees {n}
Algic {prop} (language family) -- Algisch
Algiers {prop} (the capital of Algeria) -- Algiers
Algonquian {adj} (relating to a group of North American languages) -- Algonkisch
Ali {prop} (male given name from Arabic) -- Ali
Alice {prop} (female given name) -- Alice {f}
All Fools' Day {n} (April Fools' Day) -- SEE: April Fools' Day
All Hallows' Day {prop} (All Saints' Day) -- SEE: All Saints' Day
All Saints Day {prop} (All Saints Day) -- SEE: All Saints' Day
All Saints' Day {prop} (feast day) -- allerheiligen, Allerheiligen {m}
All Souls' Day {prop} (Christian feast day) -- allerzielen {n}, Allerzielen {n}
Allah {prop} (God, in Islam) -- Allah {m}
Allahu akbar {interj} (Muslim takbir (proclamation)) -- God is het grootst, Allahoe akbar
Almere {prop} (city in the Netherlands) -- Almere
Alpha Centauri {prop} (brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus) -- Alpha Centauri
Alps {prop} (a mountain range in Western Europe) -- Alpen {m-p}
Alsace {prop} (region on the west bank of the upper Rhine) -- Elzas
Altaic {adj} (pertaining to the group of languages) -- Altaïsch
Altair {prop} (star) -- Altair
Alvíssmál {prop} (tenth book of the Poetic Edda) -- Alvíssmál
Alwin {prop} (male given name meaning "noble friend") -- Adelwijn
Alzheimer's disease {n} (mental disorder from brain tissue changes) -- ziekte van Alzheimer, alzheimer
Amazon {prop} (river) -- Amazone {f}
Amazonian antshrike {n} (Thamnophilus amazonicus) -- Amazone-mierklauwier
Amber {prop} (female given name) -- Amber
America {prop} (United States of America) -- SEE: United States of America
America {prop} (Americas) -- SEE: Americas
American {n} (inhabitant of the Americas) -- Amerikaan
American {n} (person born in or citizen of the USA) -- Amerikaan {m}, Amerikaanse {f}
American {n} (1-point type) -- achtste petit
American {adj} (of or pertaining to the Americas) -- Amerikaans
American {adj} (of or pertaining to the U.S. or its culture) -- Amerikaans
American Bulldog {n} (American Bulldog) -- Amerikaanse buldog {m}
American English {prop} (English of the United States) -- Amerikaans-Engels
American Indian {n} (a member of some indigenous peoples of the Americas) -- SEE: Indian
American Samoa {prop} (US overseas territory in Oceania) -- Amerikaans-Samoa
American Samoan {n} (person) -- Amerikaans-Samoaan {m}, Amerikaans-Samoaanse {f}
American Samoan {adj} (pertaining to American Samoa) -- Amerikaans-Samoaans
American Sign Language {prop} (language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate) -- Amerikaanse gebarentaal
American badger {n} (Taxidea taxus) -- zilverdas {m}
American bison {n} (mammal) -- bizon {m}
American black bear {n} (Ursus americanus) -- Amerikaanse zwarte beer {m}
American black vulture {n} (black vulture) -- SEE: black vulture
American football {n} (American football) -- Amerikaanse voetbal {n}, rugby {n}, American football {n}
American kestrel {n} (species) -- Amerikaanse torenvalk
American sweetgum {n} (deciduous tree) -- amberboom
Americanism {n} (linguistic feature) -- amerikanisme {n}
Americanize {v} (to make American) -- amerikaniseren
Americas {prop} (North and South America) -- Amerika {n}
Amerindian {n} (an American Indian) -- SEE: Indian
Amharic {prop} (language) -- Amhaars {n}, Amharisch {n}
Amos {prop} (figure mentioned in the Old Testament) -- Amos {m}
Amos {prop} (book of the Old Testament) -- Amos {m}
Amsterdam {prop} (capital of the Netherlands) -- Amsterdam {n}
Amsterdamer {n} (An inhabitant or a resident of Amsterdam) -- Amsterdammer {m}, Amsterdamse {f}
Amur {prop} (the river between the Far East Russia and China) -- Amoer
Anatolia {prop} (peninsula of Western Asia) -- Anatolië {n}
Anatolian {adj} (of or pertaining to Anatolia or its people, culture, etc.) -- Anatolisch
Ancient Greece {prop} (The ancient civilization of the Mediterranean) -- Griekse oudheid, Oude Griekenland {n}
Ancient Greek {prop} (the Greek language of classical antiquity) -- Oud-Grieks, Oudgrieks
Ancient Rome {prop} (civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD) -- Oude Rome
Andalusia {prop} (autonomous community of Spain) -- Andalusië {n}, Andaloesië {n}
Andalusian {adj} (from, or pertaining to, Andalusia) -- Andalusisch, Andaloesisch
Andalusian {n} (someone from Andalusia) -- Andalusiër {m}, Andaloesiër {m}
Andean condor {n} (Vultur gryphus) -- andescondor {m}
Andean flamingo {n} (Phoenicopterus andinus) -- andesflamingo {m}
Andes {prop} (mountain range in South America) -- de Andes
Andorra {prop} (country) -- Andorra {n}
Andorran {n} (person from Andorra) -- Andorrees {m}, Andorrese {f}
Andrew {prop} (the Apostle) -- Andreas {m}
Andrew {prop} (male given name) -- Andreas, Andries
Andromeda {prop} (mythical daughter of Cepheus) -- Andromeda {f}
Andromeda {prop} (constellation) -- Andromeda
Andromeda {prop} (spiral galaxy) -- Andromeda {n}
Angkor Wat {prop} (Cambodian temple complex) -- Angkor Wat
Angle {n} (A member of the ancient Germanic tribe) -- Angel
Anglian {n} (Angle) -- SEE: Angle
Anglican {adj} (pertaining to the Church of England and related churches) -- anglicaans
Anglican {n} (member of an Anglican church) -- Anglicaan {m}
Anglican Communion {prop} (worldwide network of churches) -- Anglicaanse Gemeenschap {f}
Anglicanism {n} (beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church) -- anglicanisme {n}
Anglicist {n} (expert on Anglistics) -- anglist {m} {f}
Anglo-Saxon {prop} (Old English) -- SEE: Old English
Anglo-Saxon {n} ((member of the) Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century) -- Angelsaksen {p}
Anglo-Saxon {adj} (related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language) -- Angelsaksisch
Anglophone {adj} (English-speaking) -- Engelssprekende
Anglophone {n} (one who speaks English) -- Engelssprekende {m} {f}
Angola {prop} (country in Southern Africa) -- Angola
Angolan {adj} (of, from or pertaining to Angola or its people) -- Angolees
Angolan {n} (person from Angola or of Angolan descent) -- Angolees {m}, Angolese {f}
Anguilla {prop} (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) -- Anguilla
Ankara {prop} (capital of Turkey) -- Ankara
Ann {prop} (female given name) -- Anna, Anne,
Anna {prop} (given name) -- SEE: Ann
Anne {prop} (given name) -- SEE: Ann
Anno Domini {adv} (in the year of our Lord) -- na Christus, in het jaar des Heren
Anselm {prop} (male given name) -- Anselmus
Antarctic {adj} (pertaining to Antarctica) -- Antarctisch, antarctisch
Antarctic Circle {prop} (geographical line) -- Zuidpoolcirkel
Antarctic Peninsula {prop} (the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica) -- Antarctisch Schiereiland {n}
Antarctica {prop} (southernmost continent) -- Antarctica {n}
Antares {prop} (star) -- Antares
Anthony {prop} (given name) -- Anton
Antigua and Barbuda {prop} (country) -- Antigua en Barbuda
Antiguan {n} (person) -- Antiguaan {m}, Antiguaanse {f}
Antiguan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Antigua, or the Antiguan people) -- Antiguaans
Antillean {n} -- Antilliaans, Antilliaan, [slang] Anti
Antonio {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Anthony
Antony {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Anthony
Antwerp {prop} (province) -- Antwerpen {n}
Antwerp {prop} (city) -- Antwerpen {n}
Antwerpian {n} (someone from Antwerp) -- Antwerpenaar {m}
Antwerpian {adj} (of Antwerp) -- Antwerps
Apennines {prop} (mountain range) -- Apennijnen {p}
Aphrodite {prop} (Greek goddess) -- Aphrodite {f}
Apocalypse {prop} (the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet) -- Openbaring {f}
Apocalypse {prop} (book of the Bible) -- Openbaring {f}
Apollo {prop} (the son of Zeus) -- Apollo
Apollyon {prop} (The destroying angel of the underworld, the undoer or disintegrator) -- Apollyon
April {prop} (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar) -- april {m}, grasmaand {m} [archaic]
April Fools' Day {n} (First day of April) -- één april
April fool {n} (practical joke played on April Fools' Day) -- aprilgrap
April fool {n} (person subjected to a practical joke April Fools' Day) -- aprilvis
Aptian {prop} (subdivision of the Early Cretaceous epoch) -- Aptien
Apuleius {prop} (author in the Roman Empire) -- Apuleius {m}
Apulia {prop} (region of Italy) -- Apulië {f}
Aquarian {n} (Aquarius) -- SEE: Aquarius
Aquarius {prop} (astrological sign) -- Waterman {m}
Aquitaine {prop} (region of France) -- Aquitanië {n}
Ara {prop} (constellation) -- Altaar {n}
Arab {adj} (of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations) -- Arabisch
Arab {n} (Semitic person) -- Arabier {m}
Arab Republic of Egypt {prop} (Official name of Egypt) -- Arabische Republiek Egypte
Arab World {prop} (Arabic speaking world) -- arabische wereld {f}
Arabia {prop} (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf;) -- Arabië
Arabian Peninsula {prop} (peninsula in the Middle East) -- Arabisch Schiereiland
Arabian camel {n} (dromedary) -- SEE: dromedary
Arabian oryx {n} (Oryx leucoryx) -- Arabische oryx {m}, witte oryx {m}
Arabian tea {n} (khat) -- SEE: khat
Arabic {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour) -- Arabisch
Arabic {prop} (language) -- Arabisch {n}
Aragon {prop} (an autonomous community in Spain) -- Aragón
Aragonese {adj} (from Aragon) -- Aragonees
Aragonese {n} (a person) -- Aragonees {m}, Aragonese {f}
Aragonese {prop} (the language of Aragon) -- Aragonees {n}
Aramaean {n} (member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people) -- Arameeër {m}
Aramaean {adj} (of or pertaining to Aramaeans or Aram) -- Aramees
Aranese {prop} (dialect) -- Aranees
Arcadia {prop} (A district or a prefecture in the central and mid SE Peloponnese) -- Arcadië
Archangel {prop} (Arkhangelsk) -- SEE: Arkhangelsk
Arctic Ocean {prop} (the smallest of the five oceans of the Earth, on and around the North Pole) -- Arctische Oceaan, Noordelijke IJszee
Arctic cod {n} (Arctogadus glacialis) -- arctische kabeljauw
Ardèche {prop} (French department) -- Ardèche
Ardèche {prop} (French river) -- Ardèche
Ares {prop} (the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera) -- Ares {m}
Argentina {prop} (Argentine Republic) -- Argentinië {n}
Argentine {prop} (Argentina) -- SEE: Argentina
Argentine {adj} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentine {n} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentinean {adj} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentinean {n} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentinian {n} (person from Argentina) -- Argentijn {m}, Argentijnse {f}
Argentinian {adj} (pertaining to Argentina) -- Argentijns
Argonaut {prop} (member of the Argo crew) -- Argonaut
Arian {n} (someone whose star sign is in Aries) -- SEE: Aries
Aries {prop} (constellation) -- Ram {m}
Aries {prop} (astrological sign) -- Ram {m}
Ark of the Covenant {prop} (the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest) -- verbondsark {m} {f}, Ark van het Verbond
Arkhangelsk {prop} (city in Russia) -- Archangelsk
Arlon {prop} (city) -- Aarlen {n}
Armenia {prop} (ancient kingdom and country in West Asia) -- Armenië
Armenian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, Armenians, the language or alphabet) -- Armeens
Armenian {n} (person) -- Armeniër {m}, Armeense {f}
Armenian {prop} (language) -- Armeens {n}
Armenian Highland {prop} (plateau in Transcaucasia) -- Armeens Hoogland
Arminianism {n} (school of thought) -- arminianisme {n}
Arnold {prop} (male given name) -- Arnoud
Aromanian {prop} (language) -- Aromaans {n}
Arthur {prop} (male given name) -- Arthur
Artinskian {prop} -- Artinskien
Artsakh Republic {prop} (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) -- SEE: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Aruba {prop} (territory in the Caribbean) -- Aruba
Aruban {n} (person from Aruba) -- Arubaan {m}, Arubaanse {f}
Aruban {adj} (of or pertaining to Aruba) -- Arubaans
Arubian {n} (Aruban) -- SEE: Aruban
Aruküla {prop} (small borough in Estonia) -- Aruküla
Arvanitic {prop} (form of Albanian spoken in Greece) -- SEE: Arvanitika
Arvanitika {prop} (form of Albanian) -- Arvanitisch {n}
Arvanitika Albanian {prop} (form of Albanian spoken in Greece) -- SEE: Arvanitika
Aryan {n} (in Nazism: a member of an alleged master race comprised of non-Jewish Caucasians) -- Ariër {m}
Aryan {n} (used primarily by neo-Nazis: a white) -- Ariër {m}
Aryan {n} (US, euphemistic: a Caucasian racist) -- Ariër {m}
Aryan {n} (rare: an Indo-Iranian) -- Ariër {m}, Indo-Iraan
Aryan {n} (rare: a Proto-Indo-European) -- Ariër {m}, Indo-Iraan, Indo-Germaan, Indo-Europeaan {m}, Proto-Indo-Europeaan {m}
Aryan {n} (obsolete: in 19th century ethnography, a subdivision of the Caucasian race) -- Ariër {m}
Aryan {adj} (pertaining to the (alleged) Aryan master race) -- Arisch
Aryan {adj} (used primarily by neo-Nazis: pertaining to the Caucasian race) -- Arisch
Aryan {adj} (euphemistic: pertaining to Caucasian racists) -- Arisch
Aryan {adj} (of or pertaining to Indo-European or Aryan peoples, culture, and languages) -- Arisch, Indo-Iraans, Proto-Indo-Europees, Indo-Europees, Indo-Germaans
Ascension {prop} (holiday celebrating Ascension of Jesus) -- SEE: Ascension Day
Ascension {prop} (entering heaven alive) -- hemelvaart {m} {f}
Ascension {prop} (Jesus' rise to heaven) -- Hemelvaart {m} {f}
Ascension Day {prop} (the fortieth day of Easter) -- Hemelvaartsdag {m}, Hemelvaart {m} {f}
Asclepius {prop} (Greek god of medicine and healing) -- Asclepius
Ash Wednesday {n} (a Christian day of penitence) -- Aswoensdag {m}
Asher {prop} (eighth son of Jacob) -- Aser {m}
Asher {prop} (one of the Israelite tribes) -- Aser
Asher {prop} (male given name) -- Aser {m}
Ashoka {prop} (emperor) -- Asoka {m}
Asia {prop} (the continent of Asia) -- Azië {n}
Asia Minor {prop} (peninsula between the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea;) -- Klein-Azië {n}
Asian {n} (person from Asia) -- Aziaat {m}, Azische {f}
Asian {n} (person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent) -- Aziaat {m}, Azische {f}, Indiër {m}, Indische {f}
Asian {n} (person from or descended from people from east Asia) -- Aziaat {m}, Azische {f}, Oost-Aziaat {m}, Oost-Azische {f}
Asian {adj} (of, relating to or from Asia) -- Aziatisch
Asian lion {n} (species of lion that inhabited Asia) -- Perzische leeuw {m}, Aziatische leeuw {m}
Asoka {prop} (Ashoka) -- SEE: Ashoka
Asperger's syndrome {n} (autism related developmental disorder) -- syndroom van Asperger
Assam {prop} (state in India) -- Assam {n}
Assam {prop} (black tea) -- Assamthee, Assam-thee (sometimes not capitalized)
Assamese {adj} (of, from or relating to Assam) -- Assamees {n}, Assami {n}
Assamese {prop} (language) -- Assamees {n}, Assami {n}, Assamitisch {n}
Asselian {prop} -- Asselien
Assisi {prop} (city) -- Assisi
Assyria {prop} (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) -- Assyrië, Assyrische Rijk
Asturia {prop} (Translations) -- Asturië {n}
Atayal {prop} (language) -- Atayal
Athabascan {adj} -- Athabaskisch
Athena {prop} (Greek goddess) -- Athene {f}
Athenian {n} (an inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece) -- Athener {m}
Athenian {adj} (of or pertaining to Athens, Greece) -- Atheens
Athens {prop} (capital city of Greece) -- Athene
Atlantic {prop} (the Atlantic Ocean) -- Atlantisch
Atlantic {adj} (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) -- Atlantisch
Atlantic Ocean {prop} (the ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east) -- Atlantische Oceaan
Atlantic tomcod {n} (Microgadus tomcod) -- kabeljauw
Atlantis {prop} (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) -- Atlantis
Atlas {prop} (Greek mythology) -- Atlas {m}
Atlas {prop} (a moon of Saturn) -- Atlas {m}
Atlas Mountains {prop} (Atlas Mountains) -- Atlasgebergte {n}
Attic {adj} (related to Athens) -- Attisch
Attic {prop} (Ancient Greek dialect) -- Attisch
Attic salt {n} (pointed and delicate wit) -- Attisch zout {n}
Attica {prop} (periphery) -- Attica
Auckland {prop} (the largest conurbation in New Zealand) -- Auckland
Augsburg {prop} (city in southern Germany) -- Augsburg
August {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Augustus
August {prop} (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar) -- augustus {m}
Augustine {prop} (male given name) -- Augustinus {m}
Augustus {prop} (Roman emperor) -- Augustus
Auriga {prop} (constellation) -- Voerman
Aurora {prop} (Roman goddess of dawn) -- Aurora
Australasia {prop} (Oceania) -- SEE: Oceania
Australia {prop} (Commonwealth of Australia) -- Australië
Australia {prop} (continent of Australia) -- Australië
Australian {n} (a person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent) -- Australiër {m}, Australische {f}
Australian {adj} (of or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or languages) -- Australisch, Australische
Australian Capital Territory {prop} (Territory of Australia) -- Australisch Hoofdstedelijk Territorium
Australian magpie {n} (Cracticus tibicen) -- zwartrugfluitvogel {m}
Australian white ibis {n} (species of wading bird) -- Australische witte ibis
Austria {prop} (country in Central Europe) -- Oostenrijk {n}
Austrian {adj} (related to Austria) -- Oostenrijks
Austrian {n} (Austrian person) -- Oostenrijker {m}, Oostenrijkse {f}
Austro-Asiatic {prop} -- Austroaziatisch
Austronesian {adj} (of or pertaining to Austronesia) -- Austronesisich
Auvergne {prop} (region of France) -- auvergne
Avar {prop} (language) -- Avaars {n}
Avar {n} (person) -- Avaar {m}, Avaarse {f}
Avernus {prop} (underworld) -- SEE: underworld
Avestan {prop} (Old Iranian language) -- Avestisch {n}
Avogadro's number {n} (number of atoms present in 0.012 kilograms of isotopically pure carbon-12) -- constante van Avogadro {f} {m}, getal van Avogadro {n}
Avraham {prop} (given name) -- SEE: Abraham
Axis power {n} (fascist country of World War II) -- as
Ayers Rock {prop} (Uluru) -- SEE: Uluru
Aylmer {prop} (male given name) -- Adelmar
Aymara {n} (indigenous people of South America) -- Aymara {p}
Aymara {prop} (language of South America) -- Aymara {n}
Ayyavazhi {prop} (religion) -- Ayyavazhi
Azerbaijan {prop} (country in the Caucasus) -- Azerbeidzjan
Azores {prop} (an archipelago and an autonomous region) -- azoren
Azrael {prop} (angel of death) -- Azraël {m}
a {article} (an) -- SEE: an
a bad workman always blames his tools {proverb} (not the tools but how they're employed) -- een kwaad werkman heeft altijd slecht getuig
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush {proverb} (small but certain advantage is preferable) -- beter één vogel in de hand dan tien in de lucht
a bit {adv} (a little) -- SEE: a little
a cappella {adv} (performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment) -- a capella
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link {proverb} (aphorism) -- de keten is zo sterk als haar zwakste schakel
a fortiori {adv} -- a fortiori
a friend in need is a friend indeed {proverb} (someone who helps you in your time of need is a real friend) -- in nood leert men zijn vrienden kennen
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step {proverb} (a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step) -- een reis van duizend mijlen begint met een enkele stap
a leopard cannot change its spots {proverb} (one cannot change one's own nature) -- een vos verliest zijn streken niet
a lie has no legs {proverb} (you can't get away with a lie) -- l is de leugen nog zo snel, de waarheid achterhaalt haar wel
a little {adv} (to a small extent or degree) -- een beetje, wat
a lot {n} (a large amount) -- veel
a lot {n} (many things) -- veel
a lot {adv} (very much) -- veel
a lot {adv} (often) -- vaak, veel
a new broom sweeps clean {proverb} (new management will often make radical changes) -- nieuwe bezems vegen schoon
a picture is worth a thousand words {proverb} (visualisation is better than verbal description) -- een afbeelding zegt meer dan duizend woorden
a picture paints a thousand words {proverb} (a picture is worth a thousand words) -- SEE: a picture is worth a thousand words
a priori {adv} (derived by logic) -- a priori
a stitch in time saves nine {proverb} (a timely effort can prevent larger problems) -- werk op tijd maakt welbereid
aa {n} (a form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes) -- scherpe lava {m} {f}
aah {interj} (expressing amazement or surprise) -- och
aardvark {n} (mammal) -- aardvarken {n}
aardwolf {n} (the mammal species Proteles cristatus) -- aardwolf {m}, maanhaarjakhals {m}
ab initio {adv} (referring to the time from when a legal document comes into force) -- ab initio, vanaf het begin
ab intra {adv} -- van binnenuit, insider-
aba {n} (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) -- aba {m}
aba {n} (loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk) -- abaya {m}
abac {n} (mathematics) -- nomogram {n}
abaca {n} (plant) -- manillahennep {m}, abaca {m}
abaca {n} (fiber/fibre) -- SEE: Manila hemp
aback {adv} (backwards) -- achterwaarts, rugwaarts
aback {adv} (in the rear) -- achteraan
aback {adv} (said of sails pressed backward) -- bak, met een kopwind
aback {n} (abacus) -- SEE: abacus
abacterial {adj} (not caused by bacteria, characterized by lack of bacteria) -- abacterieel
abacterially {adv} (without the presence or use of bacteria) -- abacterieel
abactinal {adj} (pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal) -- abactinaal
abactor {n} (one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds) -- runderdief {m}, veedief {m}
abaculus {n} (a small tile) -- mozaïekelement {n}
abacus {n} (calculating frame) -- telraam {n}, abacus {m}
abacus {n} (uppermost member of the capital of a column) -- abacus {m}
abaft {prep} ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) -- achterlijker dan
abaft {adv} ((nautical) on the aft side) -- naar achter, achteruit
abaka {n} (plant) -- SEE: abaca
abaka {n} (fiber/fibre) -- SEE: Manila hemp
abalienate {v} (to transfer the title of) -- abaliëneren
abalienation {n} (act of abalienating) -- abaliënatie {m}
abalone {n} (edible univalve mollusc) -- zeeoor, abalone {m}
abandon {v} (to give up control of, surrender) -- opgeven, prijsgeven
abandon {v} (to leave behind or desert; to forsake) -- achterlaten, in de steek laten; verzaken, verlaten, begeven [to forsake]
abandon {v} (to cast out, expel, reject) -- verwerpen, afwijzen, verbannen
abandon {v} (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property) -- afzien (van), afstand doen (van), terugnemen
abandon {n} (a giving up to natural impulses) -- ongedwongenheid {f}
abandonable {adj} (able to be abandoned) -- opgeefbaar
abandoned {adj} (wicked, self-abandoned, given to sin) -- schaamteloos, verdorven, liederlijk
abandoned {adj} (no longer maintained, forsaken, deserted) -- verlaten, in de steek gelaten
abandoned {adj} (free from constraint, uninhibited) -- ongeremd
abandoned {adj} (geology: no longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it) -- geologisch stabiel
abandonee {n} -- cessionaris,
abandonment {n} (act of abandoning) -- achterlating, verlating, in de steek laten {n}
abandonment {n} (maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters) -- abandonnement, overlating
abandonment {n} (relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege) -- opgave, afstand, overgave, overlating, het prijsgeven, het afstand doen van
abandonment {n} (voluntary leaving of a person) -- achterlating, verlating, verwaarlozing, veronachtzaming, het in de steek laten {n}, het laten zitten van
abandonment {n} (refusal to receive freight) -- vrachtweigering
abandonment {n} (careless freedom) -- ongedwongenheid, uitbundigheid, nonchalence
abandonware {n} (software which has been abandoned by its developer) -- abandonware {m}
abaptiston {n} (trepan with a conical shape) -- kegelvormige schedelboor {m}
abase {v} (to lower) -- neerhalen, strijken
abase {v} (to lower as in rank, so as to hurt feelings) -- vernederen, kleineren
abased {adj} (humbled) -- verlaagd, vernederd, gekleineerd,
abasement {n} (the act of abasing) -- vernedering, kleinering {m}
abash {v} (to make ashamed, to embarrass) -- beschamen, in verlegenheid brengen, van zijn stuk brengen
abashed {adj} (embarrassed) -- beschaamd, verlegen, beteuterd, in verlegenheid, op zijn neus kijkend
abashment {n} (the state of being abashed; confusion from shame) -- verlegenheid {f}, moeilijk parket
abasia {n} (incapacity to walk) -- abasie {m}
abasic {adj} (of, pertaining to or caused by abasia) -- met abasie, door abasie
abask {adv} (basking) -- zich koesterend,
abatable {adj} (Capable of being abated) -- vatbaar voor prijsverlaging
abatacept {n} (medicine) -- abatacept
abatage {n} (abattage) -- SEE: abattage
abate {v} (to bring down or reduce to a lower state) -- verlagen, reduceren, verminderen, verlichten (pijn)
abate {v} (to bring down a person physically or mentally) -- neerslaan (physically), vernederen (mentally), humiliëren
abate {v} (to decrease or make less in strength) -- afnemen, verminderen, verzwakken, luwen, bedaren
abate {v} (to deduct, to omit) -- aftrekken, overslaan, verminderen, weglaten
abate {v} (to bar, to except) -- uitsluiten
abate {v} (to be defeated) -- verliezen
abate {v} (to cut away) -- uitkappen
abatement {n} (the act of abating or the state of being abated) -- afname, afslag, inkrimping, korting, vermindering, verzachting
abatis {n} (means of defense) -- verhakking {m}, prikkeldraadversperring {m}
abatjour {n} -- lampenkap {n}, abat-jour {n},
abator {n} -- kraker {m},; iemand die een ongerief uit de weg ruimt,
abattage {n} (slaughter) -- slachten {n},
abattage {n} (anchoring) -- verankering {m},
abattoir {n} (public slaughterhouse) -- slachthuis {n}, abattoir {n}, slachterij {f}
abattoir {n} (a place likened to be a slaughterhouse) -- slachtplaats {m}
abat-vent {n} (louvres) -- windscherm {n},
abat-vent {n} (sloping roof) -- afdak {n},
abat-vent {n} (chimney cap) -- schoorsteenkap {m},
abat-voix {n} -- klankbord {n},
abaxial {adj} (botany, zoology: of a side away from central line) -- abaxiaal, dorsaal
abbé {n} (French clergy) -- abbé {m},
abbatial {adj} (belonging to an abbey) -- abbatiaal
abbe {n} (abbot) -- abt
abbess {n} (female superior of a nunnery) -- abdis
abbey {n} (monastery headed by an abbot) -- abdij {f}
abbey {n} (church of a monastery) -- abdijkerk {f}
abbot {n} (superior or head of an abbey or monastery) -- abt
abbozzo {n} (rough drawing/model) -- ruwe schets {m} ruw model {n}
abbreviate {v} (to make shorter) -- afkorten, verkorten, inkorten
abbreviate {v} (to reduce to lower terms) -- versimpelen
abbreviate {n} (abridgment) -- SEE: abridgment
abbreviated {adj} (shortened) -- afgekort, ingekort, verkort
abbreviation {n} (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase) -- afkorting {f}
abbreviation {n} (act or result of shortening or reducing) -- afkorting {f}, verkorting {f}
abbreviator {n} (one who abbreviates) -- afkorter {m}
abbreviatory {adj} (serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging) -- afkortend, verkortend
abbreviature {n} (abbreviation) -- SEE: abbreviation
abdicable {adj} (capable of being abdicated) -- neerlegbaar
abdicate {v} (surrender or relinquish) -- afstand doen (van)
abdicate {v} (reject) -- weigeren, afwijzen, verstoten
abdicate {v} (disinherit) -- onterven
abdicate {v} (renounce a throne) -- aftreden, troonsafstand doen , abdiceren
abdication {n} (the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder) -- abdicatie, (troons)afstand
abdomen {n} (belly) -- onderbuik {m}, abdomen {n}
abdominal {adj} (of or pertaining to the abdomen) -- abdominaal, buik-
abdominal {adj} (having abdominal fins) -- buikvinnig
abdominal cavity {n} (hollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs) -- buikholte {m}
abdominal fin {n} (pelvic fin) -- SEE: pelvic fin
abdominal ring {n} (either of two openings in the abdominal muscle wall) -- liesring {m}
abdominoperineal {adj} (relating to the abdomen and the perineum) -- abdominoperineaal
abdominoplasty {n} (surgery) -- abdominoplastie
abdominous {adj} (pot-bellied) -- gezet, corpulent, dikbuikig
abduce {v} (transitive, obsolete: to draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part) -- abduceren, afvoeren
abducens nerve {n} (nerve) -- nervus abducens {m}, afvoerende zenuw {m}
abducent {adj} -- afvoerend
abduct {v} (to take away) -- ontvoeren, kidnappen
abduct {v} (to draw away from its ordinary position) -- abduceren
abductee {n} (abducted person) -- ontvoerde persoon {m}
abduction {n} (leading away, carrying away) -- afvoering {m}
abduction {n} (physiology: movement separating limb from axis) -- abductie {f}
abduction {n} (logic: type of syllogism) -- abductie {f}
abduction {n} (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being) -- ontvoering {f}, kidnapping {f}, schaking {f}
abductor {n} (kidnapper) -- ontvoerder {m}, kidnapper {m}
abductor {n} (muscle) -- abductor {m}, afvoerder {m}
abeam {adv} (alongside) -- dwarsscheeps
abearance {n} (behavior) -- SEE: behavior
abecedarium {n} (a book used to teach the alphabet) -- SEE: primer
abecedary {n} (the alphabet) -- alfabet {n}, abc {n}
abed {adv} (in bed, or on the bed) -- te bed, bedlegerig
abele {n} (Populus alba) -- SEE: white poplar
abelian {adj} (math: of a group) -- abels, commutatief
abelian group {n} (group in which the group operation is commutative) -- Abelse groep {m}, Abelse ring {m}
abelmosk {n} (evergreen shrub) -- abelmos {m}
abend {n} (abnormal end) -- voortijdige beëindiging {m}
abend {v} (to terminate abnormally) -- voortijdig beëindigen
abenteric {adj} -- abenteraal
aberrance {n} (state of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude) -- afwijking {f}, afdwaling {m}
aberrant {adj} (deviating from the norm) -- onconventioneel
aberrant {adj} (straying from the right way) -- aberrant, afwijkend
aberrant {adj} (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) -- afwijkend, uitzonderlijk, atypisch
aberrant {adj} -- aberrant, afdwalend
aberrant {n} (person wandering from the rest of the group) -- vreemde apostel {m}, rare snuiter {m}
aberration {n} (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality) -- aberratie, afwijking
aberration {n} (optics: convergence to different foci) -- aberratie {m}
aberration {n} (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies) -- aberratie {m}
aberration {n} (minor or temporary mental disorder) -- aberratie
aberration {n} (zoology, botany: atypical development or structure) -- aberratie {m}, afwijkend exemplaar {n}
aberration {n} (medicine: deviation from normal range) -- aberratie {m}
aberration {n} -- aberratie {m}
aberrational {adj} (characterized by aberration) -- met aberratie
abessive {n} (the abessive case) -- abessief {m}
abessive case {n} (case used to express the lack of something) -- abessief {m}
abet {v} (to assist or encourage in crime) -- aansporen, aanmoedigen, ophitsen, aanzetten
abet {v} (to support, uphold, or aid) -- bijstaan, ondersteunen, meehelpen aan
abetment {n} (act of abetting a crime) -- ophitsing {m}, aanstoken {n}
abettor {n} (accomplice) -- medeplichtige {c}, handlanger {m}
abettor {n} (inciter) -- aanstichter {m}, opstoker {m}, ophitser {m}
abeyance {n} (expectancy; condition of being undetermined) -- onbeslistheid, onzekerheid, onbeheerdheid {m}
abeyance {n} (suspension; temporary suppression) -- opschorting, uitstel
abeyance {n} (heraldry: expectancy of a title) -- onbruik {n}
abhor {v} (to regard with horror or detestation) -- verafschuwen, walgen van, gruwen van
abhor {v} (to reject with disdain) -- verwerpen,
abhorrence {n} (extreme aversion) -- afkeer {m}, afschuw {m}, afgrijzen {n}
abhorrence {n} (loathsome person or thing) -- gruwel {m}, afgrijselijke zaak {m}
abhorrent {adj} (contrary or discordant) -- onverenigbaar
abhorrent {adj} (detesting; showing abhorrence) -- weerzinwekkend
abidance {n} (compliance) -- naleving {m}, nakomen van {n},
abide {v} (to dwell) -- verblijven, wonen
abide {v} (to await) -- afwachten
abide {v} (to endure) -- ondergaan, verdragen, doorstaan, uithouden
abide {v} (to tolerate) -- tolereren, toelaten, verdragen
abide by {v} (to accept a decision or law and act in accordance with it; to conform to; to acquiesce) -- zich schikken naar, zich neerleggen bij
abide by {v} (to remain faithful to something or someone; to stand to; to adhere) -- zich houden aan, trouw blijven aan
abiding {adj} (continue) -- voortdurend, blijvend
abiding-place {n} -- woonplaats {m},
abietic acid {n} (a yellowish resin acid isolated from rosin and used in varnishes) -- abiëtinezuur {n}
abigail {n} (lady's waiting-maid) -- kamermeisje {n}
ability {n} (quality or state of being able) -- vaardigheid {f}, vermogen {n}
ability {n} (a skill or competence) -- bekwaamheid {m}
ability {n} (a high level of capability or skill) -- talent {n}, begaafdheid {m}
ability {n} (suitability or receptiveness to be acted on) -- geschiktheid {m}
ability to pay {n} (measure of tax rate) -- draagkracht
abiogenesis {n} (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) -- abiogenese {m}, spontane generatie {m}
abiogenetic {adj} (pertaining to or originated by abiogenesis) -- abiogenetisch
abiogenic {adj} (not produced or derived by means of living organisms) -- abiogeen
abiological {adj} (pertaining to inanimate things) -- niet-biologisch
abiosis {n} (absence of life) -- abiose {m}
abiotic {adj} (Nonliving) -- abiotisch, levenloos
abiotic {adj} (Of inorganic matter) -- ongeschikt voor leven
abiotically {adv} (in an abiotic manner) -- in afwezigheid van leven
abiotrophy {n} (premature degeneration) -- abiotrofie {m}
abirritant {adj} (acting to diminish irritation) -- antiprikkelend
abirritate {v} (to diminish the sensibility of) -- verzachten
abject {adj} (Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope) -- diepgezonken, ellendig
abject {adj} (Cast down; rejected; low-lying) -- hulpeloos, moedeloos
abject {adj} (showing resignation) -- hulpeloos, gelaten
abject {n} (A person in the lowest and most despicable condition) -- verworpeling {m}, infaam persoon {m}
abjection {n} (the act of bringing down or humbling) -- vernedering {m}
abjection {n} (the state of being rejected or cast out) -- verworpenheid {m}
abjection {n} (a low or downcast condition) -- moedeloosheid {m}
abjectly {adv} (with great shame, desperately; in an abject fashion) -- opgemene wijze, op verachterlijke wijze
abjuration {n} (a solemn recantation or renunciation on oath) -- afzwering, herroeping {m}
abjuratory {adj} (involving abjuration) -- herroepbaar
abjure {v} (to renounce upon oath) -- afzweren, verzaken aan een eed
abjure {v} (to renounce with solemnity) -- afzweren, herroepen, [aan] verzaken
abjurer {n} (one who abjures) -- afzweerder {m}, verzaker {m}, herroeper,
ablactation {n} (weaning) -- ablactatie {m}, spenen {n}
ablastemic {adj} (unable to form a blastema) -- niet-kiemend
ablastin {n} (antibody efficient against some protozoans) -- ablastine {m}
ablation {n} (amputation) -- ablatie {m}
ablation {n} (progressive removal of material) -- ablatie {m}, erosie {m}, afsmelting {m}
ablative {n} (ablative case) -- SEE: ablative case
ablative absolute {n} (linguistic construction in Latin) -- losse ablatief
ablative case {n} (grammatical case used to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source) -- ablatief {m}
ablator {n} -- ablatief materiaal {n}, hitteschild {n}
ablaut {n} (substitution of one root vowel for another) -- ablaut {m}, klankwisseling {m}, klinkerwisseling {m}
ablaze {adj} (on fire) -- in lichterlaaie, in vuur en vlam
ablaze {adj} (radiant with bright light and color) -- stralend, flonkerend
ablaze {adj} (in a state of glowing excitement) -- vol gloed, opgewonden
able {adj} (permitted to) -- in staat (om), de mogelijkheid hebben (om te), bekwaam
able {adj} (skillful) -- competent, handig, bedreven, kundig
able {adj} (legally qualified) -- competent, in aanmerking komend, gerechtigd, bevoegd
-able {suffix} (able to be done) -- -baar
-able {suffix} (fit to be done) -- -baar
-able {suffix} -- [before the infinitive] te
able {adj} (healthy) -- SEE: healthy
able {v} (enable) -- SEE: enable
able {v} (vouch for) -- SEE: vouch for
able-bodied {adj} (having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust) -- volwaardig, lichamelijk geschikt, valide, robust
able-bodied {adj} ((Nautical)) -- volslagen, bevaren
able-bodied seaman {n} (seaman who has been trained in certain skills) -- volmatroos {m}
abled {adj} -- valide,
ablegate {n} (representative of the pope in foreign countries) -- ablegaat {m}, pauselijke gezant {m}
able-minded {adj} (unimpaired mental capability) -- goed bij zijn verstand, verstandig
abloom {adv} ((postpositive) in or into bloom; in a blooming state) -- in bloei, in volle bloei
abluent {adj} (washing away) -- reinigend
abluent {n} (detergent) -- reinigingsmiddel {n}
ablush {adj} (blushing) -- blozend
ablution {n} (the act of washing or cleansing) -- rituele wassing, ablutie {m}
ablution {n} (Roman Catholic Church: a small quantity of wine and water) -- ablutie {m}
abnegate {v} (to deny oneself something) -- ontzeggen,
abnegate {v} (to reject, to deny) -- verwerpen, ontzeggen, verzaken, afzweren
abnegation {n} (denial; renunciation) -- verloochening, verwerping {m}, afwijzing
abnegator {n} -- verloochenaar {m}, verwerper {m}
abneural {adj} -- abneuraal,
abnormal {adj} (not conforming to rule or system) -- abnormaal
abnormal {adj} (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) -- abnormaal, afwijkend
abnormal psychology {n} (academic study) -- psychopathologie {m}
abnormality {n} (state of being abnormal) -- abnormaliteit {m}
abnormality {n} (something abnormal) -- abnormaliteit {m}, afwijking {m}, misvorming {m}
abnormalize {v} (to make abnormal) -- abnormaal maken
abnormally {adv} (In an abnormal manner) -- abnormaal
abnormalness {n} (abnormality) -- SEE: abnormality
abnormity {n} (departure from the ordinary type) -- abnormaliteit {m}
aboard {adv} (on board) -- aan boord
aboard {adv} (nautical) -- langszij
aboard {prep} (on board of) -- aan boord
abode {n} (obsolete: act of waiting) -- wachten
abode {n} (stay or continuance in a place; sojourn) -- verblijf {n}, woonstee {f}
abode {n} (slightly dated: residence) -- woonstee {f}, verblijf {n}, onderkomen {n}
abode {n} (omen) -- SEE: omen
aboil {adj} (boiling) -- aan de kook, kokend
aboil {adj} (excited) -- opgewonden, in alle staten, over zijn toeren
abolish {v} (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice) -- afschaffen, opheffen
abolish {v} (to destroy) -- vernietigen, buiten werking stellen
abolishable {adj} (capable of being abolished) -- afschafbaar, ophefbaar
abolisher {n} (one who abolishes) -- afschaffer
abolishment {n} (The act of abolishing) -- afschaffing {f}, opheffing
abolition {n} (act of abolishing) -- afschaffing {m}, opheffing {m}
abolition {n} (abolition of slavery and the slave trade) -- abolitie
abolitionism {n} (opinion in favor of the abolition of something) -- abolitionisme {n}
abolitionist {n} (person who favors the abolition) -- abolitionist {m}
abomasum {n} (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant) -- leb {f}, lebmaag {f}
abominable {adj} (hateful; detestable; loathsome) -- abominabel, afstotelijk, verschrikkelijk, afschuwelijk, verfoeilijk
abominable {adj} (very bad or inferior) -- onaangenaam, walgelijk
abominable snowman {n} (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) -- verschrikkelijke sneeuwman {m}, yeti {m}
abominably {adv} (in an abominable manner) -- op afschuwelijke wijze
abominate {v} (to feel disgust towards, to hate in the highest degree) -- verachten, verafschuwen
abominate {v} (to dislike strongly) -- gruwelen van, walgen van
abomination {n} (an abominable act) -- gruwel {m}
abomination {n} (the feeling of extreme disgust) -- afschuw, walging, afgrijzen {n}, gruwel {m}, abominatie {f}
abomination {n} (something abominable) -- (een) afschuwelijk iets, gruwel {m}, abominatie {f}
abominator {n} (one who abominates) -- verachter {m}, verfoeier {m}
aboral {adj} (situated away from the mouth) -- aboraal
aboriginal {adj} (original; indigenous) -- inheems, inheemse
aboriginal {adj} (living in a land before colonization) -- autochtoon
aboriginal {n} (animal or plant native to a region) -- inheems
aborning {adv} (coming in existence) -- in het kraambed, in wording
abort {n} (event to abort a computer process) -- voortijdige beëindiging
abort {v} (to miscarry) -- (een) miskraam hebben, voortijdig bevallen
abort {v} (to cause a premature termination) -- (doen) aborteren, beëindigen, doen mislukken
abort {v} (to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages) -- doen stoppen in een vroegtijdig stadium, voortijdig afbreken
abort {v} (biology: to become checked in normal development) -- onvolgroeid blijven
abort {v} (aeronautics: to terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket) -- afbreken, voortijdig beëindigen
abort {v} (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion) -- annuleren, aborteren, stoppen, afbreken
aborted {adj} (brought forth prematurely) -- geaborteerd, voortijdig geboren
aborted {adj} (rendered abortive or sterile) -- rudimentair
aborticide {n} (feticide) -- vruchtafdrijving {m}