| la {n} (syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale) | :: λα {n} /la/ |
| lab {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory | :: |
| label {n} (small ticket or sign giving information) | :: ετικέτα {f} /etikéta/, επιγραφή {f} /epigrafí/ |
| label {n} (name categorising someone as part of a group) | :: τίτλος {m} /títlos/ |
| label {v} (put a ticket or sign on) | :: κολλάω ετικέτα /kolláo etikéta/ |
| label {v} (give a label to in order to categorise) | :: τιτλοφορώ /titloforó/, κατατάσσω σε /katatásso se/, βαφτίζω /vaftízo/ |
| label {n} (company selling records) SEE: record label | :: |
| labial {adj} (pertaining to the lips) | :: χειλικός /cheilikós/ |
| labial {adj} (linguistics: articulated by the lips) | :: χειλικός /cheilikós/ |
| labialize {v} (make a sound labial) | :: χειλικοποιώ /cheilikopoió/ |
| labiodental {adj} (articulated with the lower lip and upper teeth) | :: χειλοδοντικός {m} /cheilodontikós/ |
| labionasal {adj} (labial and nasal) | :: χειλεορινικός {m} /cheileorinikós/ |
| labiovelar {n} (a velar sound articulated with lip-rounding) | :: χειλοϋπερωικός {m} /cheiloÿperoikós/ |
| labor {n} (labor) SEE: labour | :: |
| labor {v} (labor) SEE: labour | :: |
| laboratory {n} (room, building or institution equipped for scientific research) | :: εργαστήριο {m} /ergastírio/ |
| Labor Day {n} (holiday on May 1st) SEE: May Day | :: |
| laborer {n} (One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly) | :: εργάτης {m} /ergátis/, δουλευτής {m} /douleftís/ |
| labor market {n} (market consisting of workers) | :: αγορά εργασίας {f} /agorá ergasías/ |
| labor union {n} (labor union) SEE: trade union | :: |
| labour {n} (work) | :: εργασία {f} /ergasía/, δουλειά {f} /douleiá/ |
| labour {n} (hard work) | :: μόχθος {m} /móchthos/, κόπος {m} /kópos/ |
| labour {n} (workers) | :: εργατικό δυναμικό {n} /ergatikó dynamikó/ |
| labour {n} (political party) | :: εργατικοί {m-p} /ergatikoí/, εργατικό κόμμα {n} /ergatikó kómma/ |
| labour {n} (giving birth) | :: τοκετός {m} /toketós/, γέννα {f} /génna/, ωδίνες τοκετού {f-p} /odínes toketoú/ |
| labour {v} (to work) | :: εργάζομαι /ergázomai/, δουλεύω /doulévo/, κοπιάζω /kopiázo/, μοχθώ /mochthó/ |
| labour force {n} (people available for employment) | :: εργατικό δυναμικό {n} /ergatikó dynamikó/ |
| Labrador {prop} (mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador) | :: Λαμπραντόρ {n} /Lamprantór/ |
| labyrinth {n} (maze) | :: λαβύρινθος {m} /lavýrinthos/ |
| labyrinth {n} (part of inner ear) | :: λαβύρινθος {m} /lavýrinthos/ (lavýrinthos) |
| labyrinthal {adj} (like a labyrinth) SEE: labyrinthine | :: |
| labyrinthian {adj} (mazelike) SEE: labyrinthine | :: |
| labyrinthiform {adj} (having the form of a labyrinth) SEE: labyrinthine | :: |
| labyrinthine {adj} (physically resembling a labyrinth) | :: λαβυρινθώδης /lavyrinthódis/, δαιδαλώδης /daidalódis/ |
| lac {n} (a resinous substance) | :: λάκη {f} /láki/ |
| lace {n} (fabric) | :: δαντέλα {f} /dantéla/ |
| lace {n} (cord for fastening a shoe) SEE: shoelace | :: |
| lachanophobia {n} (irrational fear of vegetables) | :: λαχανοφοβία {f} /lachanofovía/ |
| lackadaisical {adj} (showing no interest or enthusiasm) | :: βαρυεστημένος /varyestiménos/ |
| lackey {n} (liveried male servant) | :: λακές {m} /lakés/, υπηρέτης {m} /ypirétis/ |
| lackluster {adj} (Having no shine or lustre; dull) | :: μουντός /mountós/ |
| lackluster {adj} (Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest) | :: μουντός /mountós/ |
| Laconia {prop} (region in the southern Peloponnese) | :: Λακωνία /Lakonía/ |
| laconic {adj} (using as few words as possible) | :: λακωνικός /lakonikós/ |
| La Coruña {prop} (A Coruña) SEE: A Coruña | :: |
| lacrimal sac {n} (dilated upper end of the tear duct) | :: δακρυϊκός ασκός {m} /dakryïkós askós/ |
| lacrosse {n} (the sport) | :: λακρός /lakrós/ |
| lactic acid {n} (2-hydroxy-propanoic acid (CH3.CHOH.CO2H)) | :: γαλακτικό οξύ {n} /galaktikó oxý/ |
| lactose {n} (disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products) | :: λακτόζη {f} /laktózi/ |
| lacuna {n} (absent part) | :: κενό {n} /kenó/, χάσμα {n} /chásma/ |
| lacuna {n} (in linguistics) | :: κενό {n} /kenó/ |
| lacy {adj} (made of lace or decorated with it) | :: δαντελένιος {m} /dantelénios/, δαντελωτός {m} /dantelotós/ |
| lacy {adj} (looking like lace) | :: δαντελένιος {m} /dantelénios/ |
| ladder {n} (climbing tool) | :: σκάλα {f} /skála/ |
| ladder {n} (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment) | :: πόντος {m} /póntos/ |
| ladies and gentlemen {n} (phrase used to address an audience of men and women) | :: κυρίες και κύριοι /kyríes kai kýrioi/ |
| ladle {n} (deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle) | :: κουτάλα {f} /koutála/ |
| lady {n} (mistress of a household) | :: νοικοκυρά {f} /noikokyrá/ |
| lady {n} (woman of breeding and authority) | :: κυρία {f} /kyría/ |
| lady {n} (wife of a lord) | :: λαίδη {f} /laídi/ |
| lady {n} (polite term referring a woman) | :: κυρία {f} /kyría/ |
| ladybird {n} (member of Coccinellidae) | :: πασχαλίτσα {f} /paschalítsa/ |
| ladybug {n} (ladybird) SEE: ladybird | :: |
| ladyfinger {n} (okra) SEE: okra | :: |
| lady's man {n} (womanizer) SEE: womanizer | :: |
| Laestrygonians {n} (tribe) | :: Λαιστρυγόνες /Laistrygónes/ |
| lag {n} ((Internet) bad connection, loss of connection) | :: καθυστέρηση {f} /kathystérisi/, χρονοτριβή {f} /chronotriví/ |
| lag {v} (To fall behind) | :: καθυστερώ /kathysteró/, χρονοτριβώ /chronotrivó/ |
| lagging {n} (insulation material) | :: θερμομονωτικό υλικό {n} /thermomonotikó ylikó/ |
| lagoon {n} (shallow body of water) | :: λιμνοθάλασσα {f} /limnothálassa/ |
| lahmacun {n} (dish of Arab origin) | :: λαχματζούν {n} /lachmatzoún/ |
| Lahore {prop} (Lahore) | :: Λαχώρη /Lachóri/, Λαχόρη {f} /Lachóri/ |
| Lahti {prop} (city of Finland) | :: Λάχτι /Láchti/ |
| lair {n} (of a criminal) | :: κρησφύγετο {n} /krisfýgeto/, λημέρι {n} /liméri/ |
| laity {n} (people of a church who are not ordained) | :: αμύητοι {m-p} /amýitoi/ |
| Laius {prop} (father of Oedipus and husband of Jocasta) | :: Λάιος {m} /Láios/ |
| lake {n} (body of water) | :: λίμνη {f} /límni/ |
| lake {n} (a kind of coloring agent) | :: λάκη {f} /láki/ |
| lakeshore {n} (the shore of a lake) | :: ακρολιμνιά {f} /akrolimniá/, ακρόλιμνο {n} /akrólimno/ |
| lakeside {adj} (by the side of a lake) | :: παραλίμνιος {m} {f} /paralímnios/, παραλίμνιο {n} /paralímnio/ |
| Lalibela {prop} (town in Ethiopia) | :: Λαλιμπέλα /Lalimpéla/ |
| lama {n} (master of Tibetan Buddhism) | :: λάμα {m} /láma/ |
| lamaism {n} (Tibetan Buddhism) | :: λαμαϊσμός {m} /lamaïsmós/ |
| lamb {n} (young sheep) | :: αρνί {n} /arní/ |
| lamb {n} (flesh of lamb as food) | :: αρνί {n} /arní/ |
| lamb {n} (meek person) | :: αρνάκι {n} /arnáki/ |
| lambda {n} (name of the Greek letter) | :: λάμδα {n} /lámda/, λάμβδα {n} /lámvda/ |
| lamb fries {n} (lamb's testicles) | :: αμελέτητα {n-p} /amelétita/ |
| Lamb of God {prop} (Jesus, symbolized as a sacrifice) | :: Αμνός του Θεού {m} /Amnós tou Theoú/ |
| lamb's lettuce {n} (corn salad) SEE: corn salad | :: |
| lame {adj} (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) | :: χωλός {m} /cholós/, κουτσός {m} /koutsós/ |
| lame {adj} (moving with difficulty) | :: χωλός {m} /cholós/, κουτσός {m} /koutsós/ |
| lame {adj} (slang: unconvincing) | :: αστήρικτος {m} /astíriktos/, αστείος {m} /asteíos/ |
| lame duck {n} (an official who is marking time until leaving their office) | :: κουτσή πάπια {f} /koutsí pápia/ |
| lamella {n} (gill of a mushroom) SEE: gill | :: |
| Lamentations {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Θρήνοι /Thrínoi/ |
| lamia {n} (monster in mythology) | :: Λάμια /Lámia/, λάμια {f} /lámia/ |
| Lamia {prop} (city in Greece) | :: Λαμία /Lamía/ |
| lamina {n} (very thin layer of material) | :: έλασμα {n} /élasma/ |
| lamina {n} ((anatomy) thin plate or scale) | :: φολίδα {f} /folída/ |
| lamina {n} ((botany) flat part of a leaf) | :: πέταλο {n} /pétalo/ |
| laminar {adj} (of fluid motion, smooth and regular) | :: ελασματώδης {m} /elasmatódis/ |
| lammergeier {n} (bird) | :: γυπαετός {m} /gypaetós/ |
| lammergeyer {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier | :: |
| lamp {n} (device producing light) | :: λάμπα {f} /lámpa/ |
| lamp {n} (oil device producing light) | :: λάμπα {f} /lámpa/ |
| Lampedusa {prop} (Italian island) | :: Λαμπεντούζα {f} /Lampentoúza/ |
| lampoon {n} (written satirical attack) | :: σάτιρα {f} /sátira/, λίβελλος {m} /lívellos/ |
| lamppost {n} (pole that holds up a light) | :: φανοστάτης {m} /fanostátis/ |
| lampshade {n} (cover over a lamp) | :: αμπαζούρ {n} /ampazoúr/ |
| Lancaster {prop} (An English surname) | :: Λάνκαστερ {n} /Lánkaster/ |
| Lancaster {prop} (The House of Lancaster) | :: Λάνκαστερ {n} /Lánkaster/ |
| Lancaster {prop} (Four-engined bomber aircraft) | :: Λάνκαστερ {n} /Lánkaster/ |
| lance {n} (weapon of war) | :: λόγχη {f} /lónchi/ |
| lancer {n} (cavalry soldier with a lance) | :: λογχοφόρος {m} /lonchofóros/ |
| lancet {n} (surgical instrument) | :: αμφίστομο νυστέρι {n} /amfístomo nystéri/, νυστέρι {n} /nystéri/ |
| lancet arch {n} (a sharp pointed arch used in doors and windows, etc.) | :: λογχοειδές τόξο {n} /lonchoeidés tóxo/ |
| land {n} (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) | :: ξηρά {f} /xirá/, γη {f} /gi/ |
| land {n} (real estate or landed property) | :: γαίες {f-p} /gaíes/, εκτάσεις {f-p} /ektáseis/, κτήματα {n-p} /ktímata/ |
| land {n} (country or region) | :: χώρα {f} /chóra/ |
| land {v} (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) | :: προσγειώνω /prosgeióno/ |
| land {n} (fright) SEE: fright | :: |
| landfill {n} (site at which refuse is buried) | :: χωματερή {f} /chomaterí/ |
| landing {n} (coming to earth, as of an airplane) | :: προσγείωση {f} /prosgeíosi/ |
| landing net {n} (Fishnet) | :: απόχη {f} /apóchi/ |
| landing strip {n} (auxiliary or temporary runway for aircraft) | :: λωρίδα {f} /lorída/ |
| landlocked {adj} (surrounded by land) | :: ηπειρωτικός /ipeirotikós/ |
| landlord {n} (person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo) | :: σπιτονοικοκύρης /spitonoikokýris/ |
| landmass {n} (large continuous area of land) | :: ήπειρος {f} /ípeiros/ |
| Land of the Rising Sun {prop} (Japan) | :: Χώρα του Ανατέλλοντος Ηλίου {f} /Chóra tou Anatéllontos Ilíou/ |
| landowner {n} (a person who owns land) | :: γαιοκτήμονας {m} /gaioktímonas/, κτηματίας {m} /ktimatías/ |
| landscape {n} (portion of land or territory) | :: τοπίο {n} /topío/ |
| landscape {n} (pictorial aspect of a country) | :: τοπίο {n} /topío/ |
| Landsknecht {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) SEE: lansquenet | :: |
| landslide {n} (natural disaster) | :: κατολίσθηση {f} /katolísthisi/ |
| lane {n} (division of roadway) | :: λωρίδα {f} /lorída/ |
| Langhe {prop} (hilly area in Piedmont) | :: Λάνγκε {n} /Lángke/ |
| language {n} (body of words used as a form of communication) | :: γλώσσα {f} /glóssa/ |
| language {n} (the ability to communicate using words) | :: λόγος {m} /lógos/, ομιλία {f} /omilía/ |
| language {n} (nonverbal communication) | :: γλώσσα {f} /glóssa/ |
| language {n} (vocabulary of a particular field) | :: ιδιογλωσσία {f} /idioglossía/, φρασεολογία {f} /fraseología/, διάλεκτος {f} /diálektos/ |
| language {n} (particular words used) | :: γλώσσα {f} /glóssa/ |
| language {n} (computer language, see also: computer language) | :: γλώσσα προγραμματισμού {f} /glóssa programmatismoú/, κώδικας {m} /kódikas/ |
| language family {n} (set of languages) | :: γλωσσική οικογένεια {f} /glossikí oikogéneia/ |
| Languedoc {prop} (French province) | :: Λανγκντόκ /Langkntók/ |
| languish {v} (to pine away with longing) | :: μαραζώνω /marazóno/ |
| languor {v} (to languish) SEE: languish | :: |
| languorous {adj} (lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical) | :: άτονος {m} /átonos/, νωθρός {m} /nothrós/ |
| lanichol {n} (lanolin) SEE: lanolin | :: |
| laniol {n} (lanolin) SEE: lanolin | :: |
| lanky {adj} (tall, slim) | :: ψηλόλιγνος /psilólignos/ |
| lanolin {n} (greasy yellow substance) | :: λανολίνη {f} /lanolíni/ |
| lansquenet {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) | :: Λάντσκνεχτ {m} /Lántsknecht/ |
| lantern {n} (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light) | :: φανάρι {n} /fanári/ |
| lanternfish {n} (Any small, deep sea fish of family Myctophidae) | :: λυχναρόψαρο {n} /lychnarópsaro/ |
| lanthanide {n} (Any of the 14 rare earth elements) | :: λανθανίδιο {n} /lanthanídio/ |
| lanthanum {n} (metallic element) | :: λανθάνιο {n} /lanthánio/ |
| Laocoön {prop} (Trojan or Argonaut) | :: Λαοκόων /Laokóon/ |
| Laos {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: Λάος {n} /Láos/ |
| LAOS {prop} | :: ΛΑΟΣ /LAOS/ |
| Lao-Tzu {prop} (Laozi) SEE: Laozi | :: |
| Laozi {prop} (influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism) | :: Λάο Τσε {m} /Láo Tse/ |
| laparoscopy {n} (examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity) | :: λαπαροσκόπηση {f} /laparoskópisi/ |
| La Paz {prop} (capital city of Bolivia) | :: Λα Παζ /La Paz/ |
| lap dog {n} (small dog suited to resting in its master's lap) | :: σκυλάκι {n} /skyláki/ |
| lapel {n} (each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat) | :: πέτο {n} /péto/, γιακάς {m} /giakás/ |
| lapidation {n} (act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death) | :: λιθοβολισμός {m} /lithovolismós/ |
| lapis lazuli {n} (precious blue stone) | :: λαζουρίτης {m} /lazourítis/ |
| lap of honour {n} (victory lap) SEE: victory lap | :: |
| Lappeenranta {prop} (city of Finland) | :: Λαπενράντα /Lapenránta/ |
| lapse {n} (a termination of a right, etc, through disuse or neglect.) | :: παραγραφή {f} /paragrafí/ |
| lapsus linguae {n} (An inadvertent remark) | :: παραδρομή της γλώσσας {f} /paradromí tis glóssas/ |
| laptop {n} (computing: a laptop computer) | :: φορητός υπολογιστής {m} /foritós ypologistís/ |
| laptop computer {n} (laptop) SEE: laptop | :: |
| lapwing {n} (bird belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae) | :: καλημάνα {f} /kalimána/ |
| larboard {n} (port) SEE: port | :: |
| larch {n} (a coniferous tree) | :: λάρικας /lárikas/ |
| lard {n} (bacon) SEE: bacon | :: |
| lard {n} (fat from the abdomen of a pig) | :: λαρδί {n} /lardí/ |
| large {adj} (of greater size, see also: big) | :: μεγάλος /megálos/ |
| large intestine {n} (bodily organ) | :: παχύ έντερο {n} /pachý éntero/ |
| largish {adj} (somewhat large) | :: μεγαλούτσικος /megaloútsikos/ |
| Larissa {prop} (the city in Greece) | :: Λάρισα {f} /Lárisa/, Λάρισα {f} /Lárisa/ |
| lark {n} (bird) | :: κορυδαλλός {m} /korydallós/, σταρήθρα {f} /staríthra/ |
| Larnaca {prop} (city) | :: Λάρνακα {f} /Lárnaka/ |
| larnax {n} (small closed coffin, box or cinerary urn) | :: λάρναξ /lárnax/, λάρνακα /lárnaka/ |
| larva {n} (a stage of growth) | :: προνύμφη {f} /pronýmfi/ |
| larva {n} (an animal in such stage of growth, see also: tadpole) | :: προνύμφη {f} /pronýmfi/ |
| larvicide {n} (pesticide that attacks the larval stage of an insect) | :: νυμφοκτόνο {n} /nymfoktóno/ |
| laryngeal {adj} (of or pertaining to larynx) | :: λαρυγγικός /laryngikós/ |
| laryngological {adj} (of or pertaining to laryngology) | :: λαρυγγολογικός /laryngologikós/ |
| laryngologist {n} (a person who studies or specializes in laryngology) | :: λαρυγγολόγος {m} /laryngológos/, λαρυγγολόγη {f} /laryngológi/ |
| laryngology {n} (branch of physiology) | :: λαρυγγολογία /laryngología/ |
| larynx {n} (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production) | :: λάρυγγας /láryngas/ |
| lascivious {adj} (wanton) | :: λάγνος /lágnos/, ασελγής /aselgís/ |
| lasciviousness {n} (the state or characteristic of being lascivious) | :: ασέλγεια {f} /asélgeia/, λαγνεία {f} /lagneía/ |
| laser {n} (device producing beam of light) | :: λέιζερ /léizer/ |
| lash {n} (eyelash; hair growing from the eyelid) SEE: eyelash | :: |
| Lasha {prop} (Lasha) | :: Λασά /Lasá/, Δασά /Dasá/ |
| Lasithi {prop} (a region in the east of Crete) | :: Λασίθι {n} /Lasíthi/ |
| La Spezia {prop} (city in Liguria, Italy) | :: Λα Σπέτσια {f} /La Spétsia/ |
| lass {n} (sweetheart) SEE: sweetheart | :: |
| last {adj} (final) | :: τελευταίος /teleftaíos/, τελικός {m} /telikós/, ύστατος {m} /ýstatos/ |
| last {adj} (most recent) | :: τελευταίος {m} /teleftaíos/, πρόσφατος {m} /prósfatos/ |
| last {adj} (least preferable) | :: τελευταίος {m} /teleftaíos/ |
| last {adv} (after everything else) | :: τελικά /teliká/ |
| last {adv} (finally) | :: τελικά /teliká/ |
| last {v} (to endure, continue over time) | :: διαρκώ /diarkó/ |
| last {v} (to hold out) | :: κρατώ /krató/ |
| last {n} (tool) | :: καλαπόδι {n} /kalapódi/ |
| lastborn {n} (youngest child of a family) | :: στερνοπαίδι {n} /sternopaídi/, στερνοπούλι {n} /sternopoúli/, αποσπόρι {n} /apospóri/, απογέννι {n} /apogénni/, Βενιαμίν {m} /Veniamín/, αποζούδι {n} /apozoúdi/ |
| last but one {adj} (penultimate) SEE: penultimate | :: |
| last name {n} (surname) SEE: surname | :: |
| last night {n} (previous evening or night) | :: εψές {n} /epsés/ |
| last resort {n} (only remaining option) | :: έσχατη λύση {f} /éschati lýsi/ |
| last straw {n} (small additional burden) | :: η σταγόνα που ξεχείλισε το ποτήρι {f} /i stagóna pou xecheílise to potíri/ |
| Last Supper {prop} (last meal Jesus ate with disciples) | :: Μυστικός Δείπνος {m} /Mystikós Deípnos/ |
| last year {adv} (year before this one, see also: yesteryear) | :: πέρυσι {n} /pérysi/ |
| Las Vegas {prop} (city) | :: Λας Βέγκας {n} /Las Végkas/ |
| latch {n} (fastening for a door) | :: μάνταλος {m} /mántalos/, σύρτης {m} /sýrtis/ |
| latch {n} (flip-flop electronic circuit) | :: μανταλωτής {m} /mantalotís/, μανδαλωτής /mandalotís/ |
| late {adj} (near the end of a period of time) | :: αργά /argá/ |
| late {adj} (near the end of the day) | :: αργά /argá/ |
| late {adj} (not arriving until after an expected time) | :: αργά /argá/, αργοπορημένος {m} /argoporiménos/ |
| late {adj} (euphemism for dead) | :: μακαρίτης {m} /makarítis/ |
| late {adj} (existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now) | :: πρώην /próin/, προηγούμενος /proïgoúmenos/ |
| late {adj} (recent) | :: τελευταίος {m} /teleftaíos/ |
| late {adv} (proximate in time) | :: αργά /argá/ |
| Late Antiquity {prop} (the period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages) | :: Ύστερη Αρχαιότητα {f} /Ýsteri Archaiótita/ |
| lateen {n} (sail) | :: λατίνι {n} /latíni/ |
| late lamented {adj} (Sadly missed, due to death) | :: αείμνηστος /aeímnistos/ |
| lately {adv} (recently) SEE: recently | :: |
| latency {n} (delay) | :: υστέρηση {f} /ystérisi/, καθυστέρηση {f} /kathystérisi/ |
| latent {adj} (existing or present but concealed or inactive) | :: λανθάνων {m} /lanthánon/ |
| latent heat {n} (heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase) | :: λανθάνουσα θερμότητα {f} /lanthánousa thermótita/ |
| later {adv} (afterward in time) | :: αργότερα /argótera/ |
| lateral {adj} (pertaining to the left or right of the body) | :: έξω /éxo/ |
| later on {adv} | :: αργότερα /argótera/ |
| latex {n} (milky sap) | :: κόμμι {n} /kómmi/ |
| lathe {v} (to shape with a lathe) | :: τόρνος /tórnos/ |
| Latin {adj} (Roman Catholic) SEE: Roman Catholic | :: |
| Latin {adj} (of the language) | :: λατινικός /latinikós/ |
| Latin {prop} (language of the ancient Romans) | :: λατινικά {n-p} /latiniká/ |
| Latin alphabet {n} (the 26-letter alphabet) | :: λατινικό αλφάβητο {n} /latinikó alfávito/ |
| Latin America {prop} (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) | :: Λατινική Αμερική {f} /Latinikí Amerikí/ |
| latitude {n} (angular distance north or south from the equator) | :: πλάτος {n} /plátos/ |
| latitude {n} (imaginary line parallel to the equator) | :: γεωγραφικό πλάτος {n} /geografikó plátos/ |
| latitude {n} (freedom from restrictions) | :: χαλαρότητα {f} /chalarótita/ |
| latitude {n} (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) | :: πλάτος {n} /plátos/ |
| Latium {prop} (region of central Italy) | :: Λάτιο {n} /Látio/ |
| latrine {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| latter-day {adj} (modern, recent) SEE: modern | :: |
| lattermath {n} (literally) | :: συνέπεια {f} /synépeia/, επακόλουθο {n} /epakóloutho/ |
| lattermath {n} (figuratively) | :: συνέπειες {f-p} /synépeies/, επακόλουθα {n-p} /epakóloutha/ |
| lattice {n} (flat panel constructed with strips of wood or other material) | :: καφάσι {n} /kafási/ |
| Latvia {prop} (country) | :: Λεττονία {f} /Lettonía/ |
| Latvian {n} (Baltic language of Latvia) | :: λεττονικά {n-p} /lettoniká/ |
| Latvian {n} (person pertaining to Latvia) | :: Λετονός {m} /Letonós/ |
| laudable {adj} (worthy of being lauded) | :: αινετός /ainetós/ |
| laugh {n} (expression of mirth peculiar to the human species) | :: γέλιο {n} /gélio/ |
| laugh {v} (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds) | :: γελάω /geláo/ |
| laugh {v} (be or appear cheerful) | :: γελάω /geláo/ |
| laugh {v} (make an object of laughter or ridicule) | :: γελάω /geláo/ |
| laughable {adj} (fitted to exite laughter) | :: γελοίος /geloíos/, αστείος /asteíos/ |
| laughing dove {n} (Spilopelia senegalensis) | :: φοινικοτρύγονο {n} /foinikotrýgono/ |
| laughing stock {n} (object of ridicule) | :: αναγέλασμα {n} /anagélasma/, περίγελος {m} /perígelos/, ρεζίλι {n} /rezíli/, σούργελο {n} /soúrgelo/ |
| laughter {n} (sound (as) of laughing) | :: γέλιο {n} /gélio/ |
| laughter {n} (movement of the muscles of the laughing face) | :: γέλιο {n} /gélio/ |
| launch {n} (largest boat belonging to a ship of war) | :: άκατος {f} /ákatos/ |
| launch {n} (boat used to convey guests) | :: άκατος {f} /ákatos/ |
| launcher {n} (a device that throws something) | :: προωθητής {m} /proothitís/, εκτοξευτής {m} /ektoxeftís/ |
| laundress {n} (A woman whose employment is laundering) | :: πλύστρα {f} /plýstra/ |
| laundry {n} (laundering; washing) | :: πλύσιμο {n} /plýsimo/, μπουγάδα {f} /bougáda/ |
| laundry {n} (place or room where laundering is done) | :: πλυσταριό {n} /plystarió/, πλυντήριο {n} /plyntírio/ |
| laundry {n} (that which needs to be laundered) | :: άπλυτα {n-p} /áplyta/ |
| Laura {prop} (female given name) | :: Λαύρα {f} /Lávra/ |
| laureate {adj} (one crowned with laurel) | :: δαφνοστεφής {m} {f} /dafnostefís/ |
| laureate {n} (one crowned with laurel) | :: δαφνοστεφής {m} {f} /dafnostefís/ |
| laurel {n} (Laurus nobilis) | :: δάφνη {f} /dáfni/ |
| laurel {n} (crown of laurel) | :: κότινος {m} /kótinos/ |
| laurel {n} (honor, distinction) | :: δάφνες {f-p} /dáfnes/ |
| Laurence {prop} (male given name) | :: Λαυρέντιος /Lavréntios/ |
| lava {n} (molten rock) | :: λάβα {f} /láva/ |
| lava {n} (magma) SEE: magma | :: |
| lavabo {n} (church washbasin) | :: φιάλη αγιασμού {f} /fiáli agiasmoú/ |
| lavatory {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| lavatory {n} (sink) SEE: sink | :: |
| lavender {n} (plant) | :: λεβάντα {f} /levánta/ |
| lavender {n} (colour) | :: λεβάντα {f} /levánta/ |
| lavish {adj} (profuse) | :: άφθονος {m} /áfthonos/, αφειδής {m} /afeidís/ |
| lavish {adj} (excessive) | :: πληθωρικός {m} /plithorikós/, υπεράφθονος {m} /yperáfthonos/ |
| lavish {v} (to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander) | :: επιδαψιλεύω /epidapsilévo/ |
| law {n} (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) | :: νόμος {m} /nómos/, δίκαιο {n} /díkaio/ |
| law {n} (any rule that must or should be obeyed) | :: νόμος {m} /nómos/ |
| law-abiding {adj} (obeying the laws) | :: νομοταγής /nomotagís/ |
| law enforcement {n} (ensuring obedience to law) | :: επιβολή του νόμου {f} /epivolí tou nómou/ |
| lawlessness {n} (lack of law and order) | :: ανομία {f} /anomía/, αναρχία {f} /anarchía/ |
| lawmaker {n} (legislator) SEE: legislator | :: |
| lawman {n} (lawyer) SEE: lawyer | :: |
| lawn {n} (ground covered with grass) | :: γκαζόν {n} /gkazón/ |
| lawn mower {n} (machine for cutting grass) SEE: lawnmower | :: |
| lawn-mower {n} (lawnmower) SEE: lawnmower | :: |
| lawnmower {n} (a device to cut grass) | :: χλοοκοπτική μηχανή {f} /chlookoptikí michaní/ |
| Lawrence {prop} (male given name) SEE: Laurence | :: |
| lawrencium {n} (chemical element) | :: λωρένσιο {n} /lorénsio/ |
| lawsuit {n} (case where a court is needed to resolve differences) | :: αγωγή {f} /agogí/, μήνυση {f} /mínysi/ |
| lawyer {n} (professional person authorized to practice law) | :: δικηγόρος {m} {f} /dikigóros/ |
| lax {adj} (not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation) | :: επιεικής {m} {f} /epieikís/, ελαστικός {m} /elastikós/, χαλαρός {m} /chalarós/ |
| lax {adj} (loose; not tight or taut) | :: χαλαρός {m} /chalarós/, λάσκος {m} /láskos/ |
| lax {adj} (lacking care) | :: αμελής {m} {f} /amelís/ |
| lax {adj} (diarrheal) SEE: diarrheal | :: |
| laxative {adj} (causing movement of the bowels) | :: καθαρτικός {m} /kathartikós/, υπακτικός {m} /ypaktikós/ |
| laxative {n} (substance with a laxative effect) | :: καθαρτικό {n} /kathartikó/, υπακτικό {n} /ypaktikó/ |
| layabout {n} (lazy person) | :: τεμπέλης {m} /tempélis/ |
| layer {n} (single thickness of some material covering a surface) | :: στρώση {f} /strósi/, στρώμα {n} /stróma/, στιβάδα {f} /stiváda/, διάστρωση {f} /diástrosi/ |
| layer {n} (deposit) | :: στρώμα {n} /stróma/, διάστρωση {f} /diástrosi/ |
| layer {v} (to cut or divide into layers) | :: καταβολεύω /katavolévo/ |
| layer {n} (hen kept to lay eggs) | :: καρπερή {f} /karperí/ |
| layered {adj} (formed of layers) | :: διαστρωματωμένος /diastromatoménos/ |
| layering {n} (structure of layers) | :: διαστρωμάτωση {f} /diastromátosi/, στρωμάτωση {f} /stromátosi/ |
| layering {n} (a method of propagating plants by rooting cuttings) | :: καταβολάδα {f} /katavoláda/ |
| layman {n} (someone who is not an ordained cleric) | :: λαϊκός {m} /laïkós/ |
| layman {n} (someone who is not a professional in a given field) | :: ερασιτέχνης {m} /erasitéchnis/, ερασιτέχνις {f} /erasitéchnis/ |
| lay off {v} (to dismiss workers from employment) | :: απολύω /apolýo/ |
| layoff {n} (dismissal of employees) | :: προσωρινή απόλυση {f} /prosoriní apólysi/ |
| layperson {n} (one who is not a cleric) | :: αμύητος {m} /amýitos/ |
| lay the groundwork {v} (To provide the basics) | :: προετοιμάζω το έδαφος /proetoimázo to édafos/ |
| laytime {n} (amount of time specified in a charter party for a vessel's loading and unloading) | :: σταλία {f} /stalía/ |
| Lazarist {n} (member of an order) | :: λαζαριστής {m} /lazaristís/ |
| Lazarus {prop} (New Testament characters) | :: Λάζαρος {m} /Lázaros/ |
| laziness {n} (quality of being lazy) | :: τεμπελιά {f} /tempeliá/ |
| Lazio {prop} (Italian region) | :: Λάτιο {n} /Látio/ |
| lazurite {n} (lapis lazuli) SEE: lapis lazuli | :: |
| lazy {adj} (unwilling to work) | :: τεμπέλης /tempélis/ |
| lazybones {n} (person who is lazy) | :: τεμπέλης {m} /tempélis/ |
| lazy eye {n} (amblyopia) SEE: amblyopia | :: |
| lcm {n} (initialism for least common multiple) | :: ΕΚΠ {m} /EKP/ |
| lead {n} (chemical element) | :: μόλυβδος {m} /mólyvdos/ |
| lead {n} (plummet to measure depth of water) | :: βυθομετρητής {m} /vythometritís/ |
| lead {n} (typography: vertical space) | :: διάστιχο {n} /diásticho/ |
| lead {n} (sheets or plates covering a roof) | :: μολυβδοταινία {f} /molyvdotainía/ |
| lead {n} (roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates) | :: μολυβδοσκεπή {f} /molyvdoskepí/ |
| lead {n} (bullets) | :: μολύβι {n} /molývi/ |
| lead {v} (to cover, fill, or affect with lead) | :: επιμολυβδώνω /epimolyvdóno/ |
| lead {n} (precedence; advance position) | :: προβάδισμα {n} /provádisma/ |
| lead astray {v} (to misguide or misdirect) | :: παρασύρω /parasýro/, ξελογιάζω /xelogiázo/ |
| leader {n} (one having authority) | :: αρχηγός {m} /archigós/, ηγέτης {m} /igétis/ |
| leader {n} (principal article in a newspaper) | :: κύριο άρθρο {n} /kýrio árthro/ |
| leading {n} (Vertical space added between lines) | :: διάστιχο {n} /diásticho/ |
| lead someone up the garden path {v} (to deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone) SEE: deceive | :: |
| leaf {n} (part of a plant) | :: φύλλο {n} /fýllo/ |
| leaf {n} (anything resembling the leaf of a plant) | :: φύλλο {n} /fýllo/ |
| leaf {n} (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) | :: φύλλο {n} /fýllo/ |
| leaf {n} (sheet of a book) | :: φύλλο {n} /fýllo/ |
| leaf {n} (flat section used to extend a table) | :: φύλλο {n} /fýllo/ |
| leafless {adj} (without leaves) | :: άφυλλος /áfyllos/ |
| leaflike {adj} (having the form of a leaf) | :: φυλλοειδής /fylloeidís/ |
| leaf through {v} (to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random) | :: φυλλομετρώ /fyllometró/ |
| league {n} (a group or association of cooperating members) | :: σύνδεσμος {m} /sýndesmos/, ένωση {f} /énosi/ |
| league {v} (to form an association) | :: συνασπίζομαι /synaspízomai/ |
| league {n} (distance) | :: λεύγα {f} /lévga/ |
| League of Nations {prop} (international organization) | :: Κοινωνία των Εθνών {f} /Koinonía ton Ethnón/ |
| Leah {prop} (elder daughter of Laban) | :: Λεία {f} /Leía/ |
| leak {n} (hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape) | :: διαρροή {f} /diarroḯ/ |
| leak {n} (entrance or escape of a fluid) | :: διαρροή {f} /diarroḯ/ |
| leak {n} (divulgation, or disclosure, of information) | :: διαρροή {f} /diarroḯ/ |
| leak {v} (to allow fluid to escape or enter) | :: διαρρέω /diarréo/ |
| leak {v} (to reveal secret information) | :: διαρρέω /diarréo/ |
| leakage {n} (act of leaking) | :: διαρροή {f} /diarroḯ/ |
| leakage {n} (amount lost) | :: διαρροή {f} /diarroḯ/ |
| leakage {n} (undesired flow of electric current) | :: διαρροή {f} /diarroḯ/ |
| Leaning Tower of Pisa {prop} (the leaning bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa) | :: Κεκλιμένος Πύργος της Πίζας {m} /Kekliménos Pýrgos tis Pízas/, Πύργος της Πίζας {m} /Pýrgos tis Pízas/ |
| leap {v} | :: πάλλομαι /pállomai/, αναπηδώ /anapidó/, ξεπετάγομαι /xepetágomai/, πετάγομαι /petágomai/ |
| leap {n} | :: άλμα {n} /álma/ |
| leap {n} (significant move forward) | :: άλμα {n} /álma/ |
| leapfrog {n} (game) | :: βαρελάκια {n-p} /varelákia/ |
| leap of faith {n} (act of believing in something despite proof) | :: τυφλή πίστη {f} /tyflí písti/ |
| leaps and bounds {adv} (idiom: considerably) | :: αλματώδης /almatódis/ |
| leap year {n} (366-day year in the Gregorian calendar) | :: δίσεκτο έτος {n} /dísekto étos/ |
| learn {v} (to acquire knowledge or ability) | :: μαθαίνω /mathaíno/ |
| learn {v} (to attend educational activity) | :: μαθαίνω /mathaíno/ |
| learn {v} (to make use of a bad experience) | :: μαθαίνω /mathaíno/ |
| learn {v} (to be studying) | :: μελετώ /meletó/, σπουδάζω /spoudázo/ |
| learn {v} (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out) | :: μαθαίνω /mathaíno/, πληροφορούμαι /pliroforoúmai/ |
| learned {adj} (having much learning) | :: λόγιος {m} /lógios/, πολυμαθής {m} {f} /polymathís/, εγγράμματος {m} /engrámmatos/ |
| learned {adj} (scholarly) SEE: scholarly | :: |
| learning {n} (action of the verb) | :: μάθηση {f} /máthisi/ |
| learning {n} (accumulated knowledge) | :: γνώση {f} /gnósi/, μόρφωση /mórfosi/, πολυμάθεια {f} /polymátheia/ |
| learning difference {n} (learning disability) SEE: learning disability | :: |
| learning difficulty {n} (learning disability) SEE: learning disability | :: |
| learning disability {n} (disability which prevents the sufferer from learning in a typical manner) | :: μαθησιακές δυσκολίες /mathisiakés dyskolíes/ |
| learningless {adj} (uneducated) SEE: uneducated | :: |
| lease {n} (contract granting use or occupation of property) | :: σύμβαση μίσθωσης /sýmvasi místhosis/, μισθωτήριο /misthotírio/, εκμίσθωση {f} /ekmísthosi/ |
| leash {n} (long cord for dogs) | :: λουρί {n} /lourí/ |
| leash {n} (a set of three) | :: τριάδα {f} /triáda/ |
| leash {v} (to fasten or secure with a leash) | :: δένω /déno/ |
| least weasel {n} (Mustela nivalis) | :: νυφίτσα {f} /nyfítsa/ |
| leather {n} (material produced by tanning animal skin) | :: δέρμα {n} /dérma/ |
| leatherette {n} (type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather) | :: δερματίνη {f} /dermatíni/ |
| leave {v} (to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting) | :: αφήνω /afíno/ |
| leave {v} (to transfer possession after death) | :: αφήνω /afíno/ |
| leave {v} (to give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit) | :: αφήνω /afíno/ |
| leave {v} (to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with) | :: αφήνω /afíno/ |
| leave {v} (to depart (intransitive)) | :: φεύγω /févgo/ |
| leave {n} (permission to be absent) | :: άδεια {f} /ádeia/ |
| leave {n} (absence from work) | :: άδεια {f} /ádeia/ |
| leave alone {v} (to stop bothering) | :: αφήνω ήσυχο /afíno ísycho/ |
| leave me alone {phrase} (stop talking to me) | :: άσε με ήσυχο {m} /áse me ísycho/, άσε με ήσυχη {f} /áse me ísychi/, αφήστε με ήσυχο {m} /afíste me ísycho/, αφήστε με ήσυχη {f} /afíste me ísychi/ |
| leave of absence {n} (absence from work) SEE: leave | :: |
| leave out {v} (to leave out or to not include) SEE: omit | :: |
| Lebanese Republic {prop} (official name of Lebanon) | :: Δημοκρατία του Λιβάνου {f} /Dimokratía tou Livánou/ |
| Lebanon {prop} (mountain range) | :: Λίβανος /Lívanos/ |
| Lebanon {prop} (Lebanese Republic) | :: Λίβανος {m} /Lívanos/ |
| leblebi {n} (kind of snack) | :: στραγάλι {n} /stragáli/ |
| lecherous {adj} (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) | :: λάγνος /lágnos/, ασελγής /aselgís/ |
| lecithin {n} (lecithin) | :: λεκιθίνη {f} /lekithíni/ |
| lectern {n} (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service) | :: αναλόγιο {n} /analógio/ |
| lecture {n} (a spoken lesson) | :: διάλεξη {f} /diálexi/ |
| lecture {v} (to teach) | :: δίνω διάλεξη /díno diálexi/ |
| lecture {v} (to berate, to scold) | :: κατσαδιάζω /katsadiázo/ |
| lecturer {n} (person who gives lectures) | :: λέκτορας {m} {f} /léktoras/ |
| lecturer {n} (member of university or college) | :: επιμελητής {m} /epimelitís/, επιμελήτρια {f} /epimelítria/ |
| ledger {n} (book for keeping notes) | :: ημερολόγιο {n} /imerológio/, καθολικό {n} /katholikó/, τεφτέρι {n} /teftéri/ |
| ledger {n} (collection of accounting entries) | :: τεφτέρι {n} /teftéri/ |
| ledger line {n} (notation to inscribe notes outside the musical staffs) | :: βοηθητική γραμμή {f} /voïthitikí grammí/ |
| leech {n} (annelid) | :: βδέλλα {f} /vdélla/ |
| leech {n} (person who derives profit from others) | :: βδέλλα {f} /vdélla/ |
| leech {n} (physician) SEE: physician | :: |
| Leeds {prop} (city in England) | :: Ληντς {n} /Lints/ |
| leek {n} (vegetable) | :: πράσο {n} /práso/ |
| Leesburg {prop} (city) | :: Λήζμπουργκ /Lízmpourgk/ |
| leeward {adj} (on the side sheltered from the wind) | :: υπήνεμος /ypínemos/ |
| leeward {adv} (away from the direction of the wind) | :: υπηνέμως /ypinémos/ |
| Leeward Islands {prop} (Island group) | :: Υπήνεμες Νήσοι {f-p} /Ypínemes Nísoi/ |
| Lefkada {prop} (town in Greece) | :: Λευκάδα {f} /Lefkáda/ |
| Lefkas {prop} (town in Greece) | :: Λευκάδα {f} /Lefkáda/ |
| Lefkosia {prop} (capital of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus) | :: Λευκωσία {f} /Lefkosía/ |
| Lefkosian {adj} (from Lefkosia) | :: Λευκωσιάτης {m} /Lefkosiátis/ |
| Lefkosian {n} (someone from Lefkosia) | :: Λευκωσιάτης {m} /Lefkosiátis/ |
| left {adj} (the west side of the body when one is facing north) | :: αριστερός {m} /aristerós/ |
| left {adj} (pertaining to the political left) | :: αριστερός {m} /aristerós/ |
| left {adv} (on the left side) | :: αριστερά /aristerá/ |
| left {adv} (towards the left side) | :: αριστερά /aristerá/ |
| left {n} (the left side) | :: αριστερά {f} /aristerá/ |
| left {n} (the ensemble of left-wing political parties) | :: αριστερά {f} /aristerá/ |
| left {v} (remaining) | :: έμεινα /émeina/ |
| left-handed {n} (preferring the left hand over the right) | :: αριστερόχειρας /aristerócheiras/ |
| left-handedness {n} (state of being left-handed) | :: αριστεροχειρία {f} /aristerocheiría/ |
| leg {n} (lower limb from groin to ankle) | :: πόδι {n} /pódi/ |
| legacy {n} (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage) | :: κληρονομιά {f} /klironomiá/ |
| legal {adj} (relating to the law or to lawyers) | :: νομικός /nomikós/ |
| legal {adj} (having its basis in the law) | :: νομικός /nomikós/ |
| legal {adj} (allowed or prescribed by law) | :: νόμιμος /nómimos/ |
| legal entity {n} (organisation that the law treats as a legal person) SEE: legal person | :: |
| legality {n} (lawfulness) | :: νομιμότητα {f} /nomimótita/ |
| legalization {n} (process of making something legal) | :: νομιμοποίηση /nomimopoíisi/ |
| legally {adv} (as permitted by law) | :: νομίμως /nomímos/ |
| legally {adv} (from a legal perspective) | :: νομικώς /nomikós/ |
| legal person {n} (organization or group of people) | :: νομικό πρόσωπο {n} /nomikó prósopo/ |
| legal positivism {n} (legal school of thought in jurisprudence) | :: νομικός θετικισμός {m} /nomikós thetikismós/ |
| legate {n} (deputy representing the pope) | :: παπικός έξαρχος {m} /papikós éxarchos/ |
| legate {n} (ambassador or messenger) | :: απεσταλμένος {m} /apestalménos/, εκπρόσωπος {m} /ekprósopos/ |
| legate {n} (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) | :: έξαρχος {m} /éxarchos/ |
| legato {adv} (music: smoothly, in a connected manner) | :: λεγκάτο /legkáto/ |
| legato {n} (slur curve) | :: λεγκατούρα {f} /legkatoúra/ |
| legend {n} (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events) | :: θρύλος {m} /thrýlos/ |
| legend {n} (any person of extraordinary accomplishment) | :: θρύλος {m} /thrýlos/ |
| legend {n} (key to the symbols and color codes on a map) | :: επεξήγηση {f} /epexígisi/, λεζάντα {f} /lezánta/, υπόμνημα {n} /ypómnima/ |
| legendary {adj} (of or pertaining to a legend) | :: θρυλικός /thrylikós/ |
| leghorn {n} (small white chicken breed) | :: λέγκχορν {f} /légkchorn/ |
| legible {adj} (clear enough to be read) | :: ευανάγνωστος {m} /evanágnostos/, αναγνώσιμος {m} /anagnósimos/ |
| legion {n} (the major unit or division of the Roman army) | :: λεγεώνα {f} /legeóna/ |
| legislate {v} (pass laws) | :: νομοθετώ /nomothetó/ |
| legislation {n} (the act of legislating) | :: νομοθεσία {f} /nomothesía/ |
| legislator {n} (who creates or enacts laws) | :: νομοθέτης {m} /nomothétis/, νομοθέτις {f} /nomothétis/ |
| legislature {n} (governmental body) | :: νομοθετικό σώμα {n} /nomothetikó sóma/ |
| legist {n} (legislator) SEE: legislator | :: |
| legitimate {adj} (lawful) | :: νόμιμος {m} /nómimos/ |
| legitimate {adj} (valid) | :: ορθός {m} /orthós/ |
| legitimate {adj} (genuine) | :: γνήσιος {m} /gnísios/ |
| legitimate {adj} | :: νόμιμος /nómimos/ |
| leguaan {n} (iguana) SEE: iguana | :: |
| legume {n} (fruit or seed of leguminous plants) | :: όσπριο {n} /ósprio/ |
| Leicester {prop} (city in England) | :: Λέστερ /Léster/ |
| Leiden {prop} (city in South Holland) | :: Λέιντεν {n} /Léinten/ |
| Leipzig {prop} (city in Saxony, Germany) | :: Λειψία {f} /Leipsía/, Λιψία {f} /Lipsía/ |
| leishmania {n} (a trypanosome protozoa of genus Leishmania) | :: λεϊσμάνια {f} /leïsmánia/ |
| leishmaniasis {n} (pathology) | :: λεϊσμανίαση {f} /leïsmaníasi/ |
| leisure {n} (time free) | :: ελεύθερος χρόνος /eléftheros chrónos/ |
| leitmotif {n} (melodic theme in an opera) | :: λάιτ μοτίβ {n} /láit motív/ |
| lek {n} (currency of Albania) | :: λέκι {n} /léki/ |
| lemma {n} (linguistics: lexeme) SEE: lexeme | :: |
| lemma {n} (mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition) | :: λήμμα {f} /límma/ |
| lemma {n} (linguistics: canonical form of a term) | :: λήμμα {f} /límma/ |
| Lemnos {prop} (island in the northeastern Aegean Sea) | :: Λήμνος {f} /Límnos/ |
| lemon {n} (citrus fruit) | :: λεμόνι {n} /lemóni/ |
| lemon {n} (tree) | :: λεμονιά {f} /lemoniá/ |
| lemon {n} (defective item) | :: αποτυχία {f} /apotychía/ |
| lemon {n} (colour/color) | :: λεμονί {n} /lemoní/ |
| lemon {adj} (having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons) | :: λεμονί /lemoní/ |
| lemon {adj} (having the colour/color of lemons) | :: λεμονί /lemoní/ |
| lemonade {n} (still beverage) | :: λεμονάδα {f} /lemonáda/, λεμονίτα {f} /lemoníta/ |
| lemonade {n} (carbonated beverage) | :: λεμονάδα {f} /lemonáda/, γκαζόζα {f} /gkazóza/ |
| lemon balm {n} (Melissa officinalis) | :: μελισσόχορτο {n} /melissóchorto/ |
| lemon juice {n} (the liquid extract of lemon fruit) | :: λεμονάδα {f} /lemonáda/, χυμός λεμονιού {m} /chymós lemonioú/ |
| León {prop} (region in north-west Spain) | :: Λεώνη {f} /Leóni/ |
| Lena {prop} (Lena River) | :: Λένας ποταμός /Lénas potamós/ |
| lend {v} (to allow to be used temporarily) | :: δανείζω /daneízo/ |
| lend {v} ((proscribed) to borrow) SEE: borrow | :: |
| lender {n} (one who lends, especially money) | :: δανειστής {m} /daneistís/ |
| length {n} (distance along the longest dimension) | :: μήκος {n} /míkos/ |
| Lenin {prop} (a Russian revolutionary and politician) | :: Λένιν {m} /Lénin/ |
| Leningrad {prop} (name of Saint Petersburg, 1924-1991) | :: Λένινγκραντ {n} /Léningkrant/ |
| Leninism {n} (the political philosophy named after Vladimir Lenin) | :: λενινισμός {m} /leninismós/ |
| lens {n} (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it) | :: φακός {m} /fakós/ |
| lens {n} (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams) | :: φακός {m} /fakós/ |
| lens {n} (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean) | :: φακή {f} /fakí/ |
| lens {n} (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye) | :: φακός {m} /fakós/ |
| Lent {n} (Christian period of penitence before Easter) | :: Σαρακοστή {f} /Sarakostí/ |
| lentigo {n} (pigmented spot on the skin) SEE: freckle | :: |
| lentil {n} (plant Lens culinaris) | :: φακή {f} /fakí/ |
| lentil {n} (seed used as food) | :: φακή {f} /fakí/ |
| Leo {prop} (male given name) | :: Λέων {m} /Léon/ |
| Leo {prop} (constellation) | :: Λέων {m} /Léon/ |
| Leo {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Λέων {m} /Léon/ |
| Leo {n} (Someone with a Leo star sign) | :: λέων {m} /léon/ |
| Leonard {prop} (male given name) | :: Λεωνάρδος {m} /Leonárdos/, Λεονάρδος {m} /Leonárdos/ |
| Leonidi {prop} (town) | :: Λεωνίδι /Leonídi/, Λεωνίδιον /Leonídion/ |
| leopard {n} (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus) | :: λεοπάρδαλη {f} /leopárdali/ |
| Leopold {prop} (male given name) | :: Λεοπόλδος /Leopóldos/ |
| leotard {n} (skin-tight one piece suit of clothing) | :: κορμάκι {n} /kormáki/ |
| leper {n} (person who has leprosy) | :: λεπρός {m} /leprós/ |
| leprosarium {n} (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people) | :: λαζαρέτο {n} /lazaréto/ |
| leprosy {n} (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae) | :: λέπρα {f} /lépra/ |
| lepton {n} (Greek coin) | :: λεπτό {n} /leptó/ |
| lepton {n} (elementary particle) | :: λεπτόνιο {n} /leptónio/ |
| Lepus {prop} (winter constellation of the northern sky) | :: Λαγωός {m} /Lagoós/ |
| lesbian {adj} (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality) | :: λεσβιακός /lesviakós/ |
| lesbian {n} (homosexual woman) | :: λεσβία {f} /lesvía/ |
| Lesbian {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesbian {adj} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesbian {n} (native or inhabitant of the island of Lesbos) | :: Λεσβιακός {m} /Lesviakós/ |
| lesbo {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesbos {prop} (island) | :: Λέσβος /Lésvos/ |
| lese majesty {n} (crime of violating majesty) | :: έγκλημα καθοσιώσεως {n} /égklima kathosióseos/ |
| Lesotho {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Λεσότο {n} /Lesóto/ |
| less {adv} (to a smaller extent or degree) | :: λιγότερο /ligótero/ |
| -less {suffix} (lacking) | :: α- /a-/, αν- /an-/ |
| Lesser Antilles {prop} (Caribbean islands) | :: Μικρές Αντίλλες {f-p} /Mikrés Antílles/ |
| lesser black-backed gull {n} (Larus fuscus) | :: μελανόγλαρος {m} /melanóglaros/ |
| lesser kestrel {n} (Falco naumanni) | :: κιρκινέζι {n} /kirkinézi/ |
| lesser spotted woodpecker {n} (Dendrocopoes minor) | :: νανοτσικλιτάρα /nanotsiklitára/ |
| lesser yellowlegs {n} (Tringa flavipes) | :: κιτρινοσκέλης {m} /kitrinoskélis/ |
| lesson {n} (section of learning or teaching) | :: μάθημα {n} /máthima/ |
| lesson {n} (learning task assigned to a student) | :: μαθήματα {n-p} /mathímata/, εργασία {f} /ergasía/, άσκηση {f} /áskisi/ |
| lesson {n} (something learned) | :: δίδαγμα {n} /dídagma/, μάθημα {n} /máthima/ |
| lesson {n} (something that serves as a warning or encouragement) | :: μάθημα {n} /máthima/ |
| lesson {v} (to give a lesson; to teach) | :: διδάσκω /didásko/, δασκαλεύω /daskalévo/ |
| less-than-stellar {adj} (not very good) SEE: poor | :: |
| less-than-stellar {adj} (mediocre) SEE: mediocre | :: |
| let {v} (to allow) | :: επιτρέπω /epitrépo/, αφήνω /afíno/ |
| let alone {conj} (to say nothing of) | :: πόσο μάλλον /póso mállon/ |
| let bygones be bygones {v} (to disregard a past offense) | :: περασμένα ξεχασμένα /perasména xechasména/ |
| let go {v} (to no longer hold on) | :: αφήνω /afíno/ |
| lethal {adj} (deadly) | :: φονικός /fonikós/, θανατηφόρος /thanatifóros/ |
| lethargy {n} (pathological state of fatigue) | :: λήθαργος {m} /líthargos/ |
| lethargy {n} (state of extreme torpor or apathy) | :: λήθαργος {m} /líthargos/ |
| Lethe {prop} (personification of oblivion) | :: Λήθη {f} /Líthi/ |
| Letitia {prop} (female given name) | :: Λετίτσια {f} /Letítsia/ |
| Leto {prop} (mother of Apollo) | :: Λητώ {f} /Litó/ |
| let's go {phrase} (hortative of go) | :: πάμε /páme/, άντε /ánte/ |
| let's go {phrase} (hurry up) | :: άντε /ánte/, γρήγορα /grígora/ |
| letter {n} (a symbol in an alphabet) | :: γράμμα {n} /grámma/ |
| letter {n} (written message) | :: επιστολή {f} /epistolí/, γράμμα {n} /grámma/ |
| letterbox {n} (collection point for mail) | :: γραμματοκιβώτιο {n} /grammatokivótio/ |
| letterbox {n} (delivery point for mail) | :: γραμματοκιβώτιο {n} /grammatokivótio/ |
| letter of credit {n} (trade finance document) | :: τραπεζική πίστωση {f} /trapezikí pístosi/ |
| letter of recommendation {n} (evaluation letter) | :: συστατική επιστολή {f} /systatikí epistolí/ |
| letter writer {n} (correspondent) | :: αλληλογράφος {m} {f} /allilográfos/ |
| Lettic {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| Lettish {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| Lettish {n} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| lettuce {n} (an edible plant, Lactuca) | :: μαρούλι {n} /maroúli/ |
| lettuce {n} (the leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable or dish) | :: μαρούλι {n} /maroúli/ |
| lettuce {n} (US paper currency) | :: λεφτά {n-p} /leftá/, χρήματα {n-p} /chrímata/ |
| leu {n} (unit of currency of Romania) | :: λέι {n} /léi/ |
| leu {n} (unit of currency of Moldova) | :: λέι {n} /léi/ |
| leucine {n} (essential amino acid; C6H13NO2) | :: λευκίνη {f} /lefkíni/ |
| leukemia {n} (cancer of blood forming tissue) | :: λευχαιμία {f} /lefchaimía/ |
| leukocyte {n} (a white blood cell) | :: λευκό αιμοσφαίριο {n} /lefkó aimosfaírio/ |
| lev {n} (currency of Bulgaria) | :: λεβ /lev/ |
| Levant {prop} (the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea) | :: Λεβάντες {m} /Levántes/ |
| levanter {n} (an easterly wind) | :: λεβάντες {m} /levántes/ |
| Levantine {adj} (of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean) | :: λεβαντίνος /levantínos/ |
| Levant sparrowhawk {n} (Accipiter nisus) | :: σαΐνι {n} /saḯni/ |
| level {adj} (same height at all places) | :: επίπεδο {n} /epípedo/ |
| level {adj} (at the same height as some reference) | :: ισεπίπεδος {m} /isepípedos/, ισοϋψής {m} {f} /isoÿpsís/ |
| level {adj} (being unvaried) | :: επίπεδος /epípedos/ |
| level {adj} (being sensible) | :: νηφάλιος {m} /nifálios/ |
| level {n} (tool) | :: αλφάδι {n} /alfádi/ |
| level {n} (distance relative to a given reference elevation) | :: στάθμη {f} /státhmi/ |
| level {n} (degree or amount) | :: επίπεδο {n} /epípedo/ |
| lever {n} (rigid piece) | :: μοχλός {m} /mochlós/ |
| lever {n} (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device) | :: μοχλός {m} /mochlós/ |
| lever {adv} (rather) SEE: rather | :: |
| leverage {n} (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot) | :: μόχλευση {f} /móchlefsi/ |
| leverage {n} (use of borrowed funds) | :: μόχλευση {f} /móchlefsi/ |
| leverage {v} (use, exploit, take full advantage of) | :: αξιοποιώ /axiopoió/, εκμεταλλεύομαι /ekmetallévomai/ |
| leveret {n} (a young hare) | :: λαγουδάκι {n} /lagoudáki/ |
| Levi {prop} (third son of Jacob) | :: Λευί {m} /Leví/ |
| Leviticus {prop} (the book of the Bible and Torah) | :: Λευϊτικό {n} /Levïtikó/ |
| levo {adj} (levorotatory) SEE: levorotatory | :: |
| levogyre {adj} (levorotatory) SEE: levorotatory | :: |
| levorotatory {adj} (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left) | :: αριστερόστροφος /aristeróstrofos/ |
| lewd {adj} (lascivious) | :: πρόστυχος /próstychos/, ασελγής /aselgís/ |
| Lewis {prop} (male given name) SEE: Louis | :: |
| lexeme {n} (unit of vocabulary, the different forms of the same lemma) | :: λέξημα {n} /léxima/ |
| lexicographer {n} (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) | :: λεξικογράφος {m} {f} /lexikográfos/ |
| lexicography {n} (art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries) | :: λεξικογραφία {f} /lexikografía/, λεξικογράφηση {f} /lexikográfisi/ |
| lexicon {n} (dictionary of lexemes) | :: λημματολόγιο {n} /limmatológio/ |
| lexicon {n} (dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic) | :: λεξικό {n} /lexikó/ |
| lexicon {n} (lexicology of a programming language) | :: λεξιλόγιο {n} /lexilógio/ |
| lexicon {n} ((rare) any dictionary) | :: λεξικό {n} /lexikó/ |
| lexicon {n} (vocabulary used by an individual) | :: λεξιλόγιο {n} /lexilógio/ |
| Leyden jar {n} (glass jar used to accumulate static electricity) | :: φιάλη του Λέιντεν {f} /fiáli tou Léinten/, λουγδουνική λάγηνος {f} /lougdounikí láginos/ |
| LGBT {n} (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transexual) | :: ΛΟΑΤ /LOAT/ |
| Lhasa {prop} (Capital of Xizang (Tibet)) | :: Λάσα /Lása/ |
| liaison {n} (communication between two parties or groups) | :: διασύνδεση {f} /diasýndesi/, συνεργασία {f} /synergasía/ |
| liaison {n} (co-operation, working together) | :: συνεργασία {f} /synergasía/ |
| liaison {n} (a relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war) | :: μεσολαβητής {m} /mesolavitís/ |
| liaison {n} (a tryst, romantic meeting) | :: σχέση {f} /schési/ |
| liaison {n} (an illicit sexual relationship or affair) | :: ερωτοδουλειά {f} /erotodouleiá/ |
| liaison {n} (linguistics: a sandhi) | :: υφέν {n} /yfén/ |
| liar {n} (one who tells lies) | :: ψεύτης {m} /pséftis/, ψεύτρα {f} /pséftra/ |
| libation {n} (act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice) | :: σπονδή {f} /spondí/ |
| libecchio {n} (southwest wind) | :: λίβας {m} /lívas/ |
| libel {n} (defamatory false written statement) | :: λίβελλος {m} /lívellos/, λιβελλογράφημα {n} /livellográfima/ |
| libel {n} (act or crime) | :: συκοφαντική δυσφήμηση {f} /sykofantikí dysfímisi/ |
| libel {n} (any defamatory writing) | :: λιβελλογράφημα {n} /livellográfima/, σάτιρα {f} /sátira/ |
| liberal {adj} (ample, abundant, generous in quantity) | :: γενναιόδωρος {m} /gennaiódoros/ |
| liberal {adj} | :: φιλελεύθερος {m} /fileléftheros/, ελευθέριος {m} /elefthérios/ |
| liberal {n} (supporter of a liberal party, see also: progressive) | :: φιλελεύθερος {m} /fileléftheros/ |
| liberal {n} (Britain: one who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights and laissez-faire markets) | :: φιλελεύθερος {m} /fileléftheros/ |
| Liberal {adj} (of or relating to Liberal party) | :: φιλελευθερισμός /fileleftherismós/ |
| liberalism {n} (political movement) | :: φιλελευθερισμός {m} /fileleftherismós/ |
| liberalism {n} (economic theory) | :: φιλελευθερισμός {m} /fileleftherismós/ |
| liberate {v} (to free) | :: ελευθερώνω /eleftheróno/ |
| Liberia {prop} (country in Western Africa) | :: Λιβερία {f} /Livería/ |
| libero {n} (football player) | :: λίμπερο /límpero/, ελεύθερος /eléftheros/ |
| liberty {n} (condition of being free) | :: ελευθερία {f} /elefthería/ |
| libidinous {adj} (having lustful desires) | :: φιλήδονος /filídonos/, ασελγής /aselgís/ |
| Libra {prop} (constellation) | :: Ζυγός {m} /Zygós/ |
| Libra {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Ζυγός {m} /Zygós/ |
| librarian {n} (the manager of a library) | :: βιβλιοθηκάριος {m} {f} /vivliothikários/, βιβλιοθηκονόμος {m} {f} /vivliothikonómos/ |
| librarian {n} (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library) | :: βιβλιοθηκάριος {m} {f} /vivliothikários/ |
| library {n} (institution which holds books etc.) | :: βιβλιοθήκη {f} /vivliothíki/ |
| library {n} (collection of books) | :: βιβλιοθήκη {f} /vivliothíki/ |
| library {n} (collection of records) | :: δισκοθήκη {f} /diskothíki/ |
| library {n} (collection of subprograms) | :: βιβλιοθήκη {f} /vivliothíki/ |
| Libya {prop} (country in Northern Africa) | :: Λιβύη {f} /Livýi/ |
| licence {n} (license) SEE: license | :: |
| licence {v} (license) SEE: license | :: |
| license {n} (legal document giving official permission to do something) | :: άδεια {f} /ádeia/ |
| license {n} (legal terms of product usage) | :: άδεια {f} /ádeia/ |
| license {v} (authorize officially) | :: αδειοδοτώ /adeiodotó/, δίνω άδεια /díno ádeia/ |
| licensed {adj} (authorized by license) | :: εξουσιοδοτημένος /exousiodotiménos/ |
| license plate {n} (an identifying plate attached to a vehicle) | :: πινακίδα κυκλοφορίας {f} /pinakída kykloforías/ |
| licentious {adj} (lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct) | :: ακόλαστος /akólastos/ |
| licentious {adj} (disregard for accepted rules) | :: ελευθέριος /elefthérios/ |
| lichen {n} (something which spreads across something else, causing damage) SEE: cancer | :: |
| lichen {n} (symbiotic association of algae and fungi) | :: λειχήνα {f} /leichína/ |
| lick {v} (to stroke with the tongue) | :: γλείφω /gleífo/ |
| licorice {n} (plant) | :: γλυκόριζα {f} /glykóriza/ |
| lid {n} (top or cover) | :: καπάκι /kapáki/ |
| lie {v} (be in horizontal position) | :: κείτομαι /keítomai/ |
| lie {v} (tell an intentional untruth) | :: ψεύδομαι /psévdomai/ |
| lie {n} (intentionally false statement) | :: ψέμα {n} /pséma/ |
| Liechtenstein {prop} (Principality of Liechtenstein) | :: Λιχτενστάιν {n} /Lichtenstáin/ |
| lieu {n} (in lieu, in lieu of) SEE: in lieu | :: |
| lieutenant {n} (lowest commissioned officer rank) | :: υπολοχαγός {m} /ypolochagós/ , υποπλοίαρχος {m} /ypoploíarchos/ , υποσμηναγός {m} /yposminagós/ , ανθυπολοχαγός {m} /anthypolochagós/ , ανθυποπλοίαρχος {m} /anthypoploíarchos/ , ανθυποσμηναγός {m} /anthyposminagós/ |
| lieutenant {n} (person who executes the plans and directives of another) | :: πρωτοπαλίκαρο {n} /protopalíkaro/, υπαρχηγός /yparchigós/ |
| lieutenant colonel {n} (military rank) | :: αντισυνταγματάρχης /antisyntagmatárchis/ , αντισμήναρχος /antismínarchos/ |
| lieutenant commander {n} (naval officer) | :: πλωτάρχης /plotárchis/ |
| lieutenant general {n} (an officer above major general and below general) | :: αντιστράτηγος /antistrátigos/ , αντιπτέραρχος /antiptérarchos/ |
| lieutenant junior grade {n} (rank corresponding to ltn. jr. grade) | :: ανθυποπλοίαρχος /anthypoploíarchos/ |
| life {n} (the state of being alive) | :: ζωή {f} /zoḯ/, βίος {m} /víos/ |
| life {n} (the essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being) | :: ζωή {f} /zoḯ/ |
| life {n} (the subjective and inner manifestation of the individual) | :: ζωή {f} /zoḯ/ |
| life {n} (the world in general, existence) | :: ζωή {f} /zoḯ/, ζήση {f} /zísi/, πλάση {f} /plási/ |
| life {n} (a worthwhile existence) | :: ζωή {f} /zoḯ/ |
| life {n} (something inherently part of a person's existence) | :: ζωή {f} /zoḯ/ |
| life {n} (life sentence) | :: ισόβια {f} /isóvia/ |
| life {n} (duration) | :: βίος {m} /víos/, διάρκεια ζωής {f} /diárkeia zoḯs/ |
| life-affirming {adj} (appearing to have an optimistic quality) SEE: optimistic | :: |
| life after death {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| lifeboatman {n} (lifeboat crew member) | :: ναυαγοσώστης {m} /navagosóstis/ |
| life expectancy {n} (the amount of time one is expected to live) | :: προσδόκιμο ζωής {n} /prosdókimo zoḯs/, μέσος όρος ζωής {m} /mésos óros zoḯs/ |
| lifeguard {n} (attendant) | :: ναυαγοσώστης {m} /navagosóstis/ |
| lifeguard {n} (bodyguard) SEE: bodyguard | :: |
| life of Riley {n} (ideal life of care-free prosperity) | :: ζωή και κότα {f} /zoḯ kai kóta/ |
| life sentence {n} (sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life) | :: ισόβια {f} /isóvia/ |
| lifetime {n} (duration of the life of someone or something) | :: βίος {m} /víos/ |
| Liffey {prop} (river in Ireland) | :: Λίφεϊ {m} /Lífeï/ |
| lift {v} (to raise or rise) | :: ανυψώνω /anypsóno/, σηκώνω /sikóno/ |
| lift {v} (to steal) | :: σηκώνω /sikóno/ |
| lift {n} (the act of transporting someone in a vehicle) | :: μεταφορά {f} /metaforá/ |
| lift {n} (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people) | :: ασανσέρ {n} /asansér/ |
| lift {n} (upward force) | :: άνωση {f} /ánosi/ |
| lift {n} (thief) SEE: thief | :: |
| lifter {n} (spatula) SEE: spatula | :: |
| lifter {n} (weightlifter) SEE: weightlifter | :: |
| lifting {n} (weightlifting) SEE: weightlifting | :: |
| ligament {n} (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position) | :: σύνδεσμος {m} /sýndesmos/ |
| ligase {n} (enzyme) | :: δεσμάση {f} /desmási/ |
| ligature {n} (act of tying) | :: δεσμός {m} /desmós/ |
| ligature {n} (typography: character that combines multiple letters) | :: λιγκατούρα {f} /ligkatoúra/ |
| ligature {n} (music: group of notes played as a musical phrase) | :: λιγκατούρα {f} /ligkatoúra/ |
| Liège {prop} (province in Belgium) | :: Λιέγη /Liégi/ |
| light {v} (to start (a fire)) | :: ανάβω /anávo/ |
| light {v} (to illuminate) | :: φωτίζω /fotízo/ |
| light {adj} (having light) | :: φωτεινός /foteinós/ |
| light {adj} (pale in colour) | :: αχνός /achnós/, ανοιχτός /anoichtós/ |
| light {adj} (of low weight) | :: αβαρής /avarís/ |
| light {n} (electromagnetic waves) | :: φως {n} /fos/ |
| light {n} (source of illumination) | :: φως {n} /fos/ |
| light {n} (spiritual illumination) | :: φως {n} /fos/ |
| lightboat {n} (lightship) SEE: lightship | :: |
| light bulb {n} (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament that produces light) | :: ηλεκτρικός λαμπτήρας {m} /ilektrikós lamptíras/, ηλεκτρική λυχνία {f} /ilektrikí lychnía/ |
| lighter {n} (fire making device) | :: αναπτήρας {m} /anaptíras/ |
| lighter {n} (a barge) | :: φορτηγίδα {f} /fortigída/ |
| light globe {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| light-headed {adj} (Feeling faint) | :: λιπόθυμος /lipóthymos/ |
| lightheadedness {n} (the property of feeling lighheaded) | :: λιποθυμία {f} /lipothymía/ |
| lighthearted {adj} (enjoyable lack of seriousness) | :: ελαφρός /elafrós/ |
| lighthouse {n} (building containing a light to warn or guide ships) | :: φάρος {m} /fáros/ |
| lighthouse keeper {n} (person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light) | :: φαροφύλακας {m} /farofýlakas/ |
| lightning {n} (flash of light) | :: αστραπή {f} /astrapí/ |
| lightning {n} (discharge) | :: κεραυνός {m} /keravnós/ |
| lightning {adj} (extremely fast) | :: αστραπιαίος /astrapiaíos/, κεραυνοβόλος {m} /keravnovólos/ |
| lightning bug {n} (firefly) SEE: firefly | :: |
| lightning conductor {n} (metallic conductor) SEE: lightning rod | :: |
| lightning fast {adv} (extremely quickly) SEE: quick as a flash | :: |
| lightning fast {adj} (fast as lightning) | :: κεραυνοβόλος /keravnovólos/, αστραπιαίος /astrapiaíos/ |
| lightning-quick {adj} (incredibly fast) SEE: lightning fast | :: |
| lightning rod {n} (metallic conductor that protects from lightning) | :: αλεξικέραυνο {n} /alexikéravno/ |
| lightning rod {n} (metaphorically: person or thing that distracts criticism from another target) | :: κεραυνός /keravnós/ |
| lightning strike {n} (event during an electrical storm) | :: κεραυνός /keravnós/, χτύπημα κεραυνού /chtýpima keravnoú/ |
| light pen {n} (a computer input device) | :: φωτογραφίδα {f} /fotografída/ |
| lightsaber {n} (a fictional type of sword) | :: φωτόσπαθο {n} /fotóspatho/ |
| lightship {n} (lightship) | :: φαρόπλοιο {n} /faróploio/, καραβοφάναρο {n} /karavofánaro/ |
| light spectrum {n} (range of colors) SEE: spectrum | :: |
| lightspeed {n} (the speed of light) | :: ταχύτητα του φωτός {f} /tachýtita tou fotós/ |
| lightvessel {n} (lightship) SEE: lightship | :: |
| lightweight {adj} (lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity) | :: ελαφρός /elafrós/ |
| lightweight {adj} (having less than average weight) | :: ελαφρύς {m} /elafrýs/, ελαφρός /elafrós/ |
| light year {n} (astronomical distance) | :: έτος φωτός {n} /étos fotós/ |
| lignite {n} (coal) | :: λιγνίτης {m} /lignítis/ |
| Liguria {prop} (region) | :: Λιγουρία {f} /Ligouría/ |
| like {v} (enjoy) | :: αρέσει /arései/, αρέσκομαι /aréskomai/, προτιμώ /protimó/, αγαπώ /agapó/ |
| like {v} (find attractive) | :: αρέσει /arései/, αγαπώ /agapó/ |
| like {n} (something that a person likes) | :: προτίμηση {f} /protímisi/, συμπάθεια {f} /sympátheia/, αγάπη {f} /agápi/ |
| like {n} (Internet interaction) | :: αγαπημένο {n} /agapiméno/ |
| like {adj} (similar) | :: όμοιος {m} /ómoios/, ίδιος {m} /ídios/, παραπλήσιος {m} /paraplísios/ |
| like {n} (something similar to a given person or object) | :: όμοιος {m} /ómoios/ |
| like {prep} (similar to) | :: ως /os/, σαν /san/ |
| like {prep} (such as) | :: όπως /ópos/ |
| like a bull in a china shop {adj} (clumsy, aggressive) | :: σαν ταύρος σε υαλοπωλείο /san távros se yalopoleío/, σαν ταύρος εν υαλοπωλείω /san távros en yalopoleío/ |
| like a chicken with its head cut off {prep} (in a frantic, disorganized manner) | :: σαν την άδικη κατάρα /san tin ádiki katára/ |
| like father, like son {proverb} (a son will have traits similar to his father) | :: κατά μάνα κατά κύρη /katá mána katá kýri/ |
| likelihood {n} (probability) | :: πιθανότητα {f} /pithanótita/, ενδεχόμενο {n} /endechómeno/ |
| likelihood {n} (mathematical likelihood) | :: πιθανοφάνεια {f} /pithanofáneia/ |
| likely {adv} (probably) SEE: probably | :: |
| like-minded {adj} (of similar opinion) | :: ομοϊδεάτης {m} /omoïdeátis/, ομοϊδεάτισσα {f} /omoïdeátissa/ |
| likewise {adv} (also; moreover; too) SEE: too | :: |
| likewise {adv} (the same to you) | :: επίσης /epísis/ |
| lilac {n} (shrub) | :: πασχαλιά {f} /paschaliá/ |
| lilac {n} (flower) | :: πασχαλιά {f} /paschaliá/ |
| Lilith {prop} (mythological demon) | :: Λίλιθ {f} /Lílith/ |
| Lille {prop} (city in France) | :: Λίλλη {f} /Lílli/, Λιλ {f} /Lil/ |
| Lilongwe {prop} (capital of Malawi) | :: Λιλόνγκουε {f} /Lilóngkoue/ |
| lily {n} (flower in the genus Lilium) | :: κρίνο {n} /kríno/ |
| Lima {prop} (the capital city of Peru) | :: Λίμα {f} /Líma/ |
| Limassol {prop} (port of Cyprus) | :: Λεμεσός /Lemesós/ |
| limber {adj} (flexible) SEE: flexible | :: |
| limbic system {n} (Part of the human brain) | :: μεταιχμιακό σύστημα {n} /metaichmiakó sýstima/ |
| lime {n} (linden tree) SEE: linden | :: |
| lime {n} (green citrus fruit) | :: μοσχολέμονο {n} /moscholémono/ |
| lime green {adj} (having a bright, light-green colour) | :: λαχανής /lachanís/ |
| limekiln {n} (a furnace used to produce lime from limestone) | :: ασβεστοκάμινος {f} /asvestokáminos/ |
| limelight {n} (attention or notice) | :: δημοσιότητα /dimosiótita/ |
| lime mortar {n} (soft form of mortar) | :: ασβεστοκονίαμα {n} /asvestokoníama/ |
| Limerick {prop} (town) | :: Λίμερικ /Límerik/ |
| limestone {n} (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) | :: ασβεστόλιθος /asvestólithos/ |
| limewater {n} (a solution of calcium hydroxide) | :: ασβεστόνερο {n} /asvestónero/ |
| liminal {adj} (pertaining to an entrance or threshold) | :: μεθοριακός {m} /methoriakós/, μεταιχμιακός {m} /metaichmiakós/ |
| limit {n} (boundary) | :: όριο {n} /ório/, σύνορο {n} /sýnoro/ |
| limit {n} (mathematics: value to which a sequence converges) | :: όριο /ório/ |
| limit {v} (restrict) | :: περιορίζω /periorízo/ |
| limited liability company {n} (type of company) | :: εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης {f} /etaireía periorisménis efthýnis/ |
| limo {n} (limousine) SEE: limousine | :: |
| Limos {prop} (Greek goddess of famine and hunger) | :: Λιμός {f} /Limós/ |
| limousine {n} (luxury sedan/saloon car) | :: λιμουζίνα {f} /limouzína/ |
| limp {v} (to walk lamely) | :: κουτσαίνω /koutsaíno/ |
| limpet {n} (a small mollusc) | :: πεταλίδα {f} /petalída/ |
| limpid {adj} (clear) | :: διαφανής /diafanís/ |
| Lincoln {prop} (a city, a surname) | :: Λίνκολν /Línkoln/ |
| linden {n} (tree) | :: φλαμουριά {f} /flamouriá/, φιλύρα {f} /filýra/ |
| linden {n} (wood from such tree) | :: φλαμούρι {n} /flamoúri/ |
| lindgrenite {n} (mineral containing copper, hydrogen, molybdenum and oxygen) | :: λιντγκρενίτης {f} /lintgkrenítis/ |
| line {n} (rope, cord, or string) | :: σπάγκος {m} /spágkos/ |
| line {n} (path through two or more points, threadlike mark) | :: γραμμή {f} /grammí/ |
| line {n} (geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure) | :: γραμμή {f} /grammí/ |
| line {n} (geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure) | :: γραμμή {f} /grammí/, ευθύγραμμο τμήμα {n} /efthýgrammo tmíma/ |
| line {n} (geography: equator) | :: ισημερινός {m} /isimerinós/ |
| line {n} (music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed) | :: γραμμή {f} /grammí/ |
| line {n} (telephone or network connection) | :: γραμμή {f} /grammí/ |
| line {n} (fortifications: trench or rampart) | :: γραμμή {f} /grammí/ |
| line {n} (straight sequence of people, queue) | :: ουρά {f} /ourá/ |
| line {n} (military: regular infantry of an army) | :: πεζικό {n} /pezikó/ |
| line {n} (series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person) | :: καταγωγή {f} /katagogí/ |
| line {n} (single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.) | :: γραμμή {f} /grammí/ |
| line {n} (poetic: verse) | :: στίχος {m} /stíchos/ |
| line {n} (official, stated position of an individual or political faction) | :: γραμμή {f} /grammí/ |
| lineage {n} (descent) | :: γενεαλογία {f} /genealogía/ |
| lineament {n} (distinctive feature) | :: χαρακτηριστικό {n} /charaktiristikó/ |
| linear {adj} (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial) | :: γραμμικός /grammikós/ |
| Linear A {prop} (syllabary used to write the as-yet-undeciphered Minoan language) | :: Γραμμική Αʹ {f} /Grammikí Aʹ/ |
| linear algebra {n} (branch of mathematics) | :: γραμμική άλγεβρα {f} /grammikí álgevra/ |
| Linear B {prop} (syllabary used to write Mycenaean Greek) | :: Γραμμική Βʹ {f} /Grammikí Vʹ/ |
| linearity {n} (state of being linear) | :: γραμμικότητα {f} /grammikótita/ |
| linearity {n} (proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it) | :: γραμμικότητα {f} /grammikótita/ |
| linear space {n} (vector space) SEE: vector space | :: |
| linear transformation {n} (a map between vector spaces which respects addition and multiplication) | :: γραμμικός μετασχηματισμός {m} /grammikós metaschimatismós/ |
| linen {n} (thread or cloth made from flax fiber) | :: λινό {n} /linó/ |
| linen {n} (colour) | :: λινόχρους /linóchrous/ |
| linesman {n} (soccer: assistant referee) | :: επόπτης {m} /epóptis/, επόπτρια {f} /epóptria/ |
| lingua franca {n} (common language) | :: κοινή διάλεκτος /koiní diálektos/, κοινή γλώσσα /koiní glóssa/ |
| lingual {adj} (related to language) SEE: linguistic | :: |
| lingual {adj} (related to the tongue) | :: γλωσσικός /glossikós/ |
| linguine {n} (ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle) | :: λιγκουίνι {n-p} /ligkouíni/ |
| linguist {n} (one who studies linguistics) | :: γλωσσολόγος {m} {f} /glossológos/ |
| linguistic {adj} (of or relating to language) | :: γλωσσικός /glossikós/ |
| linguistic {adj} (of or relating to linguistics) | :: γλωσσολογικός /glossologikós/ |
| linguistics {n} (scientific study of language) | :: γλωσσολογία {f} /glossología/ |
| link {n} (computing: short for hyperlink, see also: hyperlink) | :: σύνδεσμος {m} /sýndesmos/, υπερσύνδεσμος /ypersýndesmos/ |
| linkage {n} (connection or relation between things or ideas) SEE: link | :: |
| linseed {n} (seed of the flax plant) | :: λιναρόσπορο {m} /linarósporo/ |
| lintel {n} (horizontal structural beam) | :: υπέρθυρο {n} /ypérthyro/, ανώφλι {n} /anófli/, πρέκι {n} /préki/ |
| Linus {prop} (male given name) | :: Λίνος {m} /Línos/ |
| Linux {prop} (operating system) | :: Λίνουξ {n} /Línoux/ |
| Linz {prop} (city) | :: Λιντς {n} /Lints/ |
| lion {n} (big cat Panthera leo) | :: λιοντάρι {n} /liontári/ |
| lion {n} (person with strength and courage) | :: λιοντάρι {n} /liontári/ |
| lion cub {n} (young lion) | :: λιονταράκι {n} /liontaráki/ |
| lioness {n} (female lion) | :: λιονταρίνα {f} /liontarína/, λέαινα {f} /léaina/ |
| lionet {n} (lion cub) SEE: lion cub | :: |
| Lionheart {prop} (nickname of Richard I of England) | :: Λεοντόκαρδος /Leontókardos/ |
| lionhearted {adj} (brave) | :: λεοντόκαρδος /leontókardos/ |
| lion's share {n} (the majority; a large or generous portion) | :: μερίδα του λέοντος {f} /merída tou léontos/ |
| lip {n} (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth) | :: χείλος {n} /cheílos/, χείλι {n} /cheíli/ |
| lip {n} (part of body resembling a lip) | :: χείλος {n} /cheílos/ |
| lip {n} (rim of an open container) | :: χείλος {n} /cheílos/ |
| lipogram {n} (word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols) | :: λειπόγραμμα {f} /leipógramma/ |
| liposuction {n} (cosmetic surgery procedure in which bodily fat is removed by suction) | :: λιποαναρρόφηση {f} /lipoanarrófisi/ |
| lipreading {n} (the act of reading lips) | :: διάβασμα των χειλιών /diávasma ton cheilión/, χειλεανάγνωση /cheileanágnosi/ |
| lip service {n} (cunnilingus) SEE: cunnilingus | :: |
| lipstick {n} (make-up for the lips) | :: κραγιόν {n} /kragión/ |
| liquefiable {adj} | :: υγροποιήσιμος /ygropoiísimos/ |
| liquefy {v} (make into a liquid) | :: υγροποιώ /ygropoió/ |
| liquescent {adj} (liquescent) SEE: melting | :: |
| liqueur {n} (a flavored alcoholic beverage) | :: ηδύποτο {n} /idýpoto/, λικέρ {n} /likér/ |
| liquid {n} (substance that is liquid) | :: υγρό {n} /ygró/ |
| liquid {adj} (fluid; not solid and not gaseous) | :: υγρός /ygrós/ |
| liquidate {v} (to settle a debt) | :: εκκαθαρίζω /ekkatharízo/ |
| liquidate {v} (to settle the affairs) | :: εκκαθαρίζω /ekkatharízo/ |
| liquidate {v} (to convert assets into cash) | :: εκκαθαρίζω /ekkatharízo/ |
| liquidate {v} (to kill someone) | :: καθαρίζω /katharízo/ |
| liquidation {n} (process of converting into cash) | :: εκκαθάριση {f} /ekkathárisi/ |
| liquidator {n} (one who liquidates) | :: εκκαθαριστής {m} /ekkatharistís/ |
| liquidity {n} (state of being liquid) | :: ρευστότητα {f} /refstótita/ |
| liquidity {n} (property of being able to be easily converted into cash) | :: ρευστότητα {f} /refstótita/ |
| liquidity {n} (finance: availability of cash over short term) | :: ρευστότητα {f} /refstótita/ |
| liquorice {n} (plant) SEE: licorice | :: |
| liquorice {n} (confection) SEE: licorice | :: |
| liquor store {n} (liquor store, bottle shop) | :: κάβα {f} /káva/ |
| lira {n} (basic unit of currency in Turkey) | :: λίρα {f} /líra/ |
| lira {n} (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) | :: λίρα {f} /líra/ |
| Lisa {prop} (female given name) | :: Λίζα {f} /Líza/ |
| Lisbon {prop} (capital of Portugal) | :: Λισσαβώνα {f} /Lissavóna/ |
| lisp {n} (The habit or an act of lisping.) | :: ψευδισμός {m} /psevdismós/, ψεύδισμα {n} /psévdisma/ |
| lisp {v} (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly) | :: ψευδίζω /psevdízo/ |
| list {n} (enumeration or compilation of items) | :: κατάλογος {m} /katálogos/, λίστα /lísta/ |
| list {n} (computing: codified representation of a list) | :: λίστα {f} /lísta/ |
| listen {v} (to pay attention to a sound) | :: ακούω /akoúo/ |
| listen {v} (to accept advice or obey instruction) | :: ακούω /akoúo/ |
| listen {v} (to hear (something)) | :: ακούω /akoúo/ |
| listener {n} (someone who listens) | :: ακροατής {m} /akroatís/, ακροάτρια {f} /akroátria/ |
| listenership {n} (audience) | :: ακροαματικότητα {f} /akroamatikótita/ |
| listless {adj} (Lacking enthusiasm) | :: νωθρός {m} /nothrós/, άτονος {m} /átonos/ |
| listlessness {n} (state of being listless) | :: νωθρότητα {f} /nothrótita/, ατονία {f} /atonía/, ακηδία {f} /akidía/ |
| litany {n} (ritual liturgical prayer) | :: λιτανεία {f} /litaneía/ |
| litany {n} (prolonged or tedious list) | :: λιτανεία {f} /litaneía/ |
| liter {n} (cubic decimeter) SEE: litre | :: |
| literacy {n} (ability to read and write) | :: αλφαβητισμός {m} /alfavitismós/ |
| literacy {n} (understanding of something) | :: γνώση {f} /gnósi/ |
| literal {adj} (exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation) | :: κατά γράμμα /katá grámma/ |
| literal {n} (programming: value written in the source code) | :: κυριολεκτικό {n} /kyriolektikó/ |
| literally {adv} (not metaphorically) | :: κυριολεκτικά /kyriolektiká/, κατά γράμμα /katá grámma/ |
| literary {adj} (bookish) SEE: bookish | :: |
| literature {n} (body of all written works) | :: λογοτεχνία {f} /logotechnía/, βιβλιογραφία {f} /vivliografía/ |
| lithium {n} (chemical element) | :: λίθιο {n} /líthio/ |
| lithography {n} (printing method) | :: λιθογραφία {f} /lithografía/ |
| lithosphere {n} (The outer layer of the Earth) | :: λιθόσφαιρα {f} /lithósfaira/ |
| Lithuania {prop} (country) | :: Λιθουανία {f} /Lithouanía/ |
| Lithuanian {adj} (referring to Lithuania) | :: λιθουανικός /lithouanikós/ |
| Lithuanian {n} (language) | :: λιθουανικά {n-p} /lithouaniká/ |
| Lithuanian {n} (person from Lithuania) | :: Λιθουανός {m} /Lithouanós/, Λιθουανή {f} /Lithouaní/ |
| litigation {n} (conduct of a lawsuit) | :: αντιδικία {f} /antidikía/ |
| litigious {adj} (of or relating to litigation) | :: επίδικος {m} /epídikos/ |
| litigious {adj} (inclined to engage in lawsuits) | :: δικομανής {m} {f} /dikomanís/ |
| litigious {adj} (argumentative or combative) | :: φιλόδικος {m} /filódikos/ |
| litmus {n} (dyestuff from lichen) | :: ηλιοτρόπιο {n} /iliotrópio/ |
| litmus paper {n} | :: χαρτί ηλιοτροπίου {n} /chartí iliotropíou/ |
| litotes {n} (rhetoric: stating a point by denying its opposite) | :: λιτότητα /litótita/ |
| litre {n} (unit of fluid measure) | :: λίτρο {n} /lítro/ |
| little {adj} (small in size) | :: μικρός /mikrós/, λίγος /lígos/ |
| little {adj} (very young) | :: μικρός {m} /mikrós/ |
| little {adj} ((of a sibling) younger) | :: μικρός /mikrós/ |
| little {adv} (not much) | :: λίγο /lígo/ |
| little {determiner} (small amount) | :: λίγο /lígo/ |
| little boy {n} (a diminutive male child) | :: αγοράκι {n} /agoráki/ |
| little brother {n} (younger brother) SEE: younger brother | :: |
| little bustard {n} (Tetrax tetrax) | :: χαμωτίδα {f} /chamotída/ |
| little egret {n} (bird) | :: λευκοτσικνιάς {m} /lefkotsikniás/ |
| little finger {n} (outermost and smallest finger of the hand) | :: μικρός {m} /mikrós/ |
| little girl {n} (a female child) | :: κοριτσάκι {n} /koritsáki/ |
| little green man {n} (humorous: space alien, Martian, see also: alien) | :: πράσινο ανθρωπάκι {n} /prásino anthropáki/ |
| little owl {n} (species of owl) | :: κουκουβάγια {f} /koukouvágia/ |
| Little Red Riding Hood {prop} (a folktale) | :: Κοκκινοσκουφίτσα {f} /Kokkinoskoufítsa/ |
| Little Red Riding Hood {prop} (the main character in this story) | :: Κοκκινοσκουφίτσα {f} /Kokkinoskoufítsa/ |
| Little Russia {prop} (a historical area) | :: Μικρορωσία {f} /Mikrorosía/ |
| littoral {adj} (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore) | :: παράκτιος /paráktios/ |
| littoral {n} (the shore) | :: ακτή {f} /aktí/ |
| liturgic {adj} (liturgical) SEE: liturgical | :: |
| liturgical {adj} (Pertaining to liturgy) | :: λειτουργικός /leitourgikós/ |
| liturgy {n} (a predetermined or prescribed set of rituals) | :: λειτουργία {f} /leitourgía/ |
| live {v} (be alive) | :: ζω /zo/ |
| live {v} (have permanent residence) | :: μένω /méno/ |
| live {v} (survive, persevere, continue) | :: επιζώ /epizó/, επιβιώνω /epivióno/ |
| live {adj} (having life) | :: ζωντανός {m} /zontanós/ |
| live {adj} ((broadcasting) seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens) | :: ζωντανός {m} /zontanós/ |
| live {adj} (capable of causing harm) | :: άσκαστος /áskastos/, άκαυστος /ákafstos/, άκαυτος /ákaftos/ |
| live {adj} (electrically charged) | :: ηλεκτροφόρος /ilektrofóros/, ρευματοφόρος /revmatofóros/ |
| live {adv} (as it happens) | :: ζωντανά /zontaná/, λάιβ /láiv/ |
| live by the sword, die by the sword {proverb} (one who uses violence can expect a violent response) | :: πάντες όσοι πιάσωσι μάχαιραν διά μαχαίρας θέλουσιν απολεσθή /pántes ósoi piásosi máchairan diá machaíras thélousin apolesthí/ |
| live-in son-in-law {n} (live-in son-in-law, man who marries and lives with his wife's family) | :: σώγαμπρος {m} /sógampros/ |
| liveliness {n} (the quality of being lively) | :: ζωντάνια {f} /zontánia/ |
| liver {n} (organ of the body) | :: ήπαρ {n} /ípar/, συκώτι {n} /sykóti/ |
| liver {n} (organ as food) | :: συκώτι {n} /sykóti/ |
| livermorium {n} (chemical element with atomic number 116) | :: λιβερμόριο /livermório/ |
| Liverpool {prop} (Liverpool, England) | :: Λίβερπουλ {n} /Líverpoul/ |
| Liverpool {prop} (NY, Canada or Australia) | :: Λίβερπουλ {n} /Líverpoul/ |
| livery {n} (distinctive uniform worn by a group) | :: στολή {f} /stolí/ |
| livestock {n} (farm animals) | :: ζωικό κεφάλαιο {n} /zoikó kefálaio/ |
| live stream {n} (Internet broadcast) | :: ζωντανή ροοθήκευση {f} /zontaní roothíkefsi/ |
| livid {adj} (pallid) SEE: pallid | :: |
| livid {adj} (having a dark, bluish appearance) | :: μολυβής /molyvís/, μελανιασμένος /melaniasménos/ |
| livid {adj} (very angry, furious) | :: μαινόμενος /mainómenos/, έξαλλος /éxallos/ |
| living {adj} (having life) | :: ζωντανός /zontanós/, έμβιος /émvios/ |
| living {adj} (in use or existing) | :: ζωντανός /zontanós/ |
| living {n} (state of being alive) | :: ζωή {f} /zoḯ/ |
| living {n} (financial means; a means of maintaining life) | :: επιούσιος {m} /epioúsios/ |
| living room {n} (room in a private house) | :: σαλοτραπεζαρία {f} /salotrapezaría/, σαλόνι {n} /salóni/ |
| living standard {n} (standard of living) SEE: standard of living | :: |
| Livonia {prop} (historical region) | :: Λιβονία {f} /Livonía/ |
| Livorno {prop} (city in Italy) | :: Λιβόρνο {n} /Livórno/ |
| Lixouri {prop} (town in Greece) | :: Ληξούρι {m} /Lixoúri/, Ληξούριο {m} /Lixoúrio/, Ληξούριον {m} /Lixoúrion/ |
| lizard {n} (reptile) | :: σαύρα {f} /sávra/ |
| lizard {n} (coward) SEE: coward | :: |
| Ljubljana {prop} (Capital city of Slovenia) | :: Λιουμπλιάνα /Lioumpliána/ |
| llama {n} (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) | :: λάμα {f} /láma/ |
| Llandovery {prop} (Llandovery epoch) | :: Λανδοβέρια {f} /Landovéria/ |
| lo {interj} (look, see, behold) | :: ιδού /idoú/ |
| load {n} (burden) | :: φορτίο {n} /fortío/, βάρος {n} /város/ |
| load {n} (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) | :: φόρτωμα {n} /fórtoma/, φορτίο {n} /fortío/ |
| load {n} (a large number or amount) | :: φορτία {n-p} /fortía/ |
| load {n} (the volume of work required to be performed) | :: φόρτος {m} /fórtos/ |
| load {n} (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) | :: φορτίο {n} /fortío/ |
| load {v} (to put a load on or in) | :: φορτώνω /fortóno/ |
| load {v} (to fill with munition) | :: οπλίζω /oplízo/, γεμίζω /gemízo/ |
| load {v} (to read into memory) | :: φορτώνω /fortóno/ |
| loadable {adj} | :: φορτώσιμος /fortósimos/ |
| loaded {adj} ((slang) having wealth) | :: ματσωμένος {m} /matsoménos/ |
| loading {n} (action of the verb to load) | :: φόρτωση {f} /fórtosi/ |
| loaf {n} (block of bread) | :: καρβέλι {n} /karvéli/, φρατζόλα {f} /fratzóla/ |
| loaf {v} (do nothing) | :: τεμπελιάζω /tempeliázo/, κοπροσκυλιάζω /koproskyliázo/ |
| loafer {n} (idle person) | :: τεμπέλης {m} /tempélis/ |
| loan {n} (borrowed sum of money or other property) | :: δάνειο {n} /dáneio/ |
| loan {n} (contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan) | :: δάνειο {n} /dáneio/ |
| loan {n} (permission to borrow any item) | :: δανεισμός {m} /daneismós/ |
| loan {v} (to lend) | :: δανείζω /daneízo/ |
| loan shark {n} (money lender; usurer) | :: τοκογλύφος {m} {f} /tokoglýfos/ |
| loan translation {n} (calque) SEE: calque | :: |
| loanword {n} (word taken from another language) | :: δάνειο {n} /dáneio/ |
| loath {adj} (angry, hostile) SEE: angry | :: |
| loath {adj} (loathsome, unpleasant) SEE: loathsome | :: |
| loathsome {adj} (highly offensive; abominable, sickening) | :: απαίσιος {m} /apaísios/, επάρατος {m} /epáratos/ |
| lob {n} (lump) SEE: lump | :: |
| lobe {n} (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form) | :: λοβός {m} /lovós/ |
| lobe {n} (division of the brain) | :: λοβός {m} /lovós/ |
| lobe {n} (division of the lung) | :: λοβός {m} /lovós/ |
| lobe {n} (division of the liver) | :: λοβός {m} /lovós/ |
| lobotomy {n} (surgical operation) | :: λοβοτομή {f} /lovotomí/ |
| lobster {n} (crustacean) | :: αστακός {m} /astakós/ |
| local {adj} (of a nearby location) | :: τοπικός /topikós/ |
| local {n} (a person who lives near a given place) | :: ντόπιος {m} /dópios/ |
| local area network {n} (network) | :: ΤΔ /TD/, τοπικό δίκτυο {n} /topikó díktyo/ |
| localhost {n} (this computer) | :: τοπικός υπολογιστής {m} /topikós ypologistís/ |
| locality {n} (surroundings of a particular place) | :: τοποθεσία {f} /topothesía/ |
| locality {n} (situation or position of an object) | :: θέση {f} /thési/ |
| locality {n} (neighbourhood) | :: γειτονιά {f} /geitoniá/ |
| localization {n} (act of localizing) | :: εντοπισμός {m} /entopismós/ |
| localization {n} (software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region) | :: τοπικοποίηση {f} /topikopoíisi/ |
| locate {v} (to place; to set in a particular spot or position) | :: εντοπίζω /entopízo/ |
| location {n} (place) | :: τοποθεσία {f} /topothesía/, θέση {f} /thési/ |
| locative {n} (locative case) SEE: locative case | :: |
| locative case {n} (case used to indicate place, or the place where) | :: τοπική {f} /topikí/, τοπική πτώση {f} /topikí ptósi/ |
| Loch Ness monster {prop} (hypothetical creature) | :: Τέρας του Λοχ Νες {n} /Téras tou Loch Nes/ |
| lock {n} (something used for fastening) | :: κλειδαριά {f} /kleidariá/ |
| lock {n} (segment of a canal) | :: υδατοφράκτης {m} /ydatofráktis/ |
| lock {v} (to fasten with a lock) | :: κλειδώνω /kleidóno/ |
| lock {n} (length of hair) | :: μπούκλα {f} /boúkla/ |
| locker room {n} (locker room) SEE: changing room | :: |
| locksmith {n} (one who practices locksmithing) | :: κλειδαράς {m} /kleidarás/ |
| lockup {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| locomotive {n} (self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails) | :: ατμομηχανή {f} /atmomichaní/, μηχανή {f} /michaní/ |
| locomotive {adj} (relating to locomotion) | :: κινητήριος {m} /kinitírios/ |
| Locris {prop} (region of ancient Greece) | :: Λοκρίδα /Lokrída/ |
| locus {n} (place or locality) | :: τόπος {m} /tópos/ |
| locus {n} (set of all points given by an equation or condition) | :: τόπος {m} /tópos/ |
| locust {n} (type of grasshopper) | :: ακρίδα {f} /akrída/ |
| locution {n} (phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals) | :: έκφραση {f} /ékfrasi/, ιδιωματισμός {m} /idiomatismós/ |
| locution {n} (the use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way) | :: έκφραση {f} /ékfrasi/ |
| lode {n} (vein of metallic ore) | :: φλέβα {f} /fléva/ |
| lode {n} (rich source of supply) | :: πηγή {f} /pigí/ |
| Lode Star {prop} (Polaris) SEE: Polaris | :: |
| lodge {n} (inn) SEE: inn | :: |
| loft {n} (an attic or similar space) | :: σοφίτα {f} /sofíta/ |
| loftiness {n} (arrogance) SEE: arrogance | :: |
| log {n} (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) | :: κούτσουρο {n} /koútsouro/, κορμός {m} /kormós/ |
| log {n} (bulky piece of timber) | :: κούτσουρο {n} /koútsouro/ |
| log {n} (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) | :: δρομόμετρο {n} /dromómetro/ |
| log {v} (to cut down trees) | :: υλοτομώ /ylotomó/ |
| log {n} (chronological record) | :: χρονολογία {f} /chronología/ |
| log {n} (logbook) SEE: logbook | :: |
| logarithm {n} (The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number) | :: λογάριθμος {m} /logárithmos/ |
| logboat {n} (dugout canoe) SEE: dugout | :: |
| logbook {n} (nautical: book in which details from journey are recorded) | :: ημερολόγιο {n} /imerológio/ |
| loge {n} (stall) SEE: stall | :: |
| logic {n} (method of human thought) | :: λογική {f} /logikí/ |
| logic {n} (mathematical study) | :: λογική {f} /logikí/ |
| logic {n} (formal or informal language) | :: λογική {f} /logikí/ |
| logic {n} (any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness) | :: λογική {f} /logikí/ |
| logic {n} (part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations) | :: λογική /logikí/ |
| -logic {suffix} (-logical) SEE: -logical | :: |
| -logical {suffix} (used to form adjectival forms of nouns) | :: λογικός /logikós/ |
| logical connective {n} (logic: truth-valued function) | :: λογικό συνδετικό {n} /logikó syndetikó/ |
| logically {adv} (in a logical manner) | :: λογικά /logiká/ |
| logician {n} (person who studies or teaches logic) | :: λογικολόγος {m} {f} /logikológos/ |
| -logist {suffix} (person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy) | :: -λόγος {m} /-lógos/, -λόγή {f} /-lógí/ |
| logistic {adj} (relating to logistics) | :: λογιστικός {m} /logistikós/ |
| logistics {n} (planning and implementing the flow of goods and services) | :: επιμελητεία {f} /epimeliteía/ |
| logistics {n} (military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation) | :: επιμελητεία {f} /epimeliteía/ |
| logo {n} (visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an entity) | :: λογότυπο {n} /logótypo/, λογότυπος {m} /logótypos/ |
| logogram {n} (character or symbol that represents a word or phrase) | :: λογόγραμμα {n} /logógramma/ |
| logograph {n} (character or symbol that represents a word or phrase) | :: ιδεόγραμμα {n} /ideógramma/ |
| logorrhea {n} (excessive talkativeness) | :: λογοδιάρροια {f} /logodiárroia/, λογόρροια {f} /logórroia/ |
| logorrhea {n} (excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder) | :: λογοδιάρροια {f} /logodiárroia/, λογόρροια {f} /logórroia/ |
| logorrhea {n} (excessive use of words in writing) SEE: prolixity | :: |
| logos {n} (form of rhetoric in which the writer or speak uses logic) | :: λόγος {m} /lógos/ |
| Logos {prop} (rational principle in Ancient Greek philosophy) | :: λόγος {m} /lógos/ |
| Logos {prop} ((Christianity) the Word of God) | :: Λόγος {m} /Lógos/ |
| Logos {prop} ((Christianity) the word of God as incarnate) | :: Λόγος {m} /Lógos/ |
| logotype {n} (symbol used by organization, logo) | :: λογότυπο {n} /logótypo/, λογότυπος {m} /logótypos/ |
| logotype {n} (single type two letters, a ligature) | :: λογόγραμμα {n} /logógramma/ |
| Logroño {prop} (capital city of La Rioja, Spain) | :: Λογρόνιο {n} /Logrónio/ |
| -logy {suffix} (branch of learning) | :: -λογία {f} /-logía/ |
| loin {n} (part of the body) | :: λαγόνες {f-p} /lagónes/ |
| loin {n} (cut of meat) | :: φιλέτο {n} /filéto/ |
| loins {n} (plural form of loin) SEE: loin | :: |
| Lois {prop} (female given name) | :: Λουίζα /Louíza/ |
| loitering {n} (The action of the verb loiter) | :: χρονοτριβή {f} /chronotriví/ |
| Lojban {prop} (artificial logical language based on Loglan) | :: Λόζμπαν /Lózmpan/ |
| lokma {n} (fried dough pastry) | :: λουκουμάς {m} /loukoumás/ |
| lokun {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor | :: |
| lolita {n} (sexually alluring girl) | :: λολίτα {f} /lolíta/, νυμφίδιο {n} /nymfídio/ |
| loll {v} (to act lazily or indolently) | :: χουζουρεύω /chouzourévo/, τεμπελιάζω /tempeliázo/ |
| lollipop {n} (confectionery on a stick) | :: γλειφιτζούρι {n} /gleifitzoúri/ |
| lolly {n} (money) SEE: money | :: |
| lolly {n} (confection) SEE: confection | :: |
| lolly {n} (lollipop) SEE: lollipop | :: |
| Lombard {n} (banker or moneylender) SEE: banker | :: |
| Lombardy {prop} (region in northern Italy) | :: Λομβαρδία {f} /Lomvardía/ |
| London {prop} (in the United Kingdom) | :: Λονδίνο {n} /Londíno/ |
| London {prop} (of, from or pertaining to London in the UK) | :: λονδρέζικος {m} /londrézikos/ |
| Londoner {n} (person from or inhabitant of London) | :: Λονδρέζος {m} /Londrézos/, Λονδρέζα {f} /Londréza/ |
| Londonian {n} (Londoner) SEE: Londoner | :: |
| London Underground {prop} (the London underground) | :: μετρό του Λονδίνου {n} /metró tou Londínou/ |
| loneliness {n} (condition of being lonely) | :: μοναξιά {f} /monaxiá/ |
| lonely {adj} (solitary) SEE: solitary | :: |
| loner {n} (one who lacks or avoids company) | :: ερημίτης {m} /erimítis/ |
| long {adj} (having much distance from one point to another) | :: μακρύς /makrýs/ |
| long {adj} (having great duration) | :: πολύς /polýs/ |
| long {adj} (tennis: bounces behind the baseline) | :: έξω /éxo/ |
| long {adv} (over a great distance) | :: μακριά /makriá/ |
| long {adv} (particular duration) | :: ώρα {f} /óra/ |
| long {adv} (long duration) | :: πολύ /polý/ |
| long {v} (to wait, to aspire) | :: λαχταρώ /lachtaró/ |
| long {adj} (not short) SEE: tall | :: |
| longanimous {adj} (long-suffering) | :: μακρόθυμος /makróthymos/ |
| long arm of the law {n} (influence or effectiveness of law enforcement) | :: τσιμπίδα του νόμου {f} /tsimpída tou nómou/ |
| longbow {n} (large bow) | :: τόξο {n} /tóxo/ |
| long-eared owl {n} (Asio otus) | :: νανόμπουφος {m} /nanómpoufos/ |
| longevity {n} (the quality of being long-lasting, especially of life) | :: μακροζωία {f} /makrozoía/ |
| long-haired {adj} (Having long, uncut hair on the head) | :: μακρύτριχος {m} /makrýtrichos/, μακρύτριχη {f} /makrýtrichi/, μακρύτριχο {n} /makrýtricho/ |
| longhouse {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse | :: |
| longitude {n} (angular distance) | :: μήκος {n} /míkos/, γεωγραφικό μήκος {n} /geografikó míkos/ |
| longitude {n} (imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole) | :: μήκος {n} /míkos/, γεωγραφικό μήκος {n} /geografikó míkos/, παράλληλοι {m-p} /parálliloi/ |
| longline {n} (very long fishing line with multiple hooks) | :: παραγάδι {n} /paragádi/ |
| long live {v} (prosper) | :: ζήτω /zíto/ |
| long pepper {n} (Piper longum, or its fruit) | :: μακρύ πιπέρι {n} /makrý pipéri/, μακροπίπερο {n} /makropípero/ |
| longship {n} (type of Viking vessel) | :: ντράκαρ {n} /drákar/ |
| long-suffering {adj} (having endured discomfort) | :: μακρόθυμος /makróthymos/ |
| long-tailed tit {n} (bird) | :: αιγίθαλος {m} /aigíthalos/ |
| long-term {adj} (becoming evident after a relatively long time period) | :: μακροπρόθεσμος /makropróthesmos/ |
| long-term {adj} (extending over a relatively long time period) | :: μακροπρόθεσμος /makropróthesmos/ |
| long time no see {interj} (idiomatic: I (or we) have not seen you for a long time) | :: χρόνια και ζαμάνια /chrónia kai zamánia/ |
| long-winded {adj} (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose) | :: απεραντολόγος /aperantológos/ |
| long-windedness {n} (the use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity) | :: απεραντολογία {f} /aperantología/ |
| loo {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| look {v} (to try to see) | :: κοιτάζω /koitázo/ |
| look {v} (to appear, to seem) | :: φαίνομαι /faínomai/ |
| look {v} (give an appearance of being) | :: ψάχνω /psáchno/ |
| look {v} (to face) | :: βλέπω /vlépo/ |
| look {n} (action of looking) | :: βλέμμα {n} /vlémma/, ματιά {f} /matiá/ |
| look {n} (physical appearance) | :: όψη {f} /ópsi/ |
| look for {v} (search; seek) | :: ψάχνω /psáchno/ |
| look forward to {v} (anticipate, expect, or wait for) | :: προσβλέπω /prosvlépo/, ευελπιστώ /evelpistó/, ανυπομονώ /anypomonó/ |
| looking-glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror | :: |
| look like {v} (be similar in appearance, resemble) | :: μοιάζω /moiázo/ |
| lookout {n} (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area) | :: παρατηρητήριο {n} /paratiritírio/ |
| lookout {n} (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.) | :: παρατηρητής {m} /paratiritís/ |
| look who's talking {phrase} | :: κοίτα ποιος μιλάει /koíta poios miláei/ |
| loom {n} (weaving frame) | :: αργαλειός {m} /argaleiós/ |
| loom {n} (impend, threaten, hang over) | :: διαγράφομαι /diagráfomai/, διαφαίνομαι /diafaínomai/, ξεπροβάλλω /xeprovállo/ |
| loom {n} (bird of order Gaviiformes) SEE: loon | :: |
| loon {n} (a crazy person) | :: παλαβός {m} /palavós/ |
| loony {adj} (very silly) SEE: silly | :: |
| loop {n} (length of thread, line or rope) | :: θηλιά {f} /thiliá/, βρόχος {m} /vróchos/ |
| loop {n} (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself) | :: θηλιά {f} /thiliá/, βρόχος {m} /vróchos/ |
| loop {n} (complete circuit for an electric current) | :: πλήρες ηλεκτρικό κύκλωμα {n} /plíres ilektrikó kýkloma/ |
| loop {n} (programmed sequence of instructions) | :: βρόχος {m} /vróchos/ |
| loop {n} (loop-shaped intrauterine device) | :: ενδοκολπικό διάφραγμα {n} /endokolpikó diáfragma/ |
| loop {n} (ring road) SEE: ring road | :: |
| loose {adj} (not fixed tightly) | :: χαλαρός {m} /chalarós/ |
| loose {adj} (not packaged) | :: χύμα /chýma/ |
| loose {adj} (not fitting tightly) | :: ευρύχωρος {m} /evrýchoros/ |
| loose {adj} (relaxed) | :: χαλαρός {m} /chalarós/ |
| loose {adj} (indiscreet) | :: απρόσεκτος {m} /aprósektos/, ασύνετος {m} /asýnetos/ |
| loose {adj} (promiscuous) | :: έκλυτος {m} /éklytos/, ακόλαστος {m} /akólastos/ |
| loose {adj} (not leashed) SEE: unleashed | :: |
| loose change {n} (coins kept in one's pocket or bag) | :: ψιλά {n-p} /psilá/ |
| loose change {n} (small sum of money) | :: ψιλά {n-p} /psilá/ |
| loosen {v} (to make less tight) | :: χαλαρώνω /chalaróno/ |
| loot {n} (the proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag, contraband) | :: λεία {f} /leía/, κλοπιμαία {n} /klopimaía/ |
| loot {v} (to steal from) | :: λεηλατώ /leïlató/, λαφυραγωγώ /lafyragogó/, πλιατσικολογώ /pliatsikologó/ |
| looter {n} (one who loots) | :: πλιατσικολόγος {m} /pliatsikológos/ |
| lop {v} (cut off) | :: κλαδεύω /kladévo/ |
| Lopingian {prop} (Lopingian epoch) | :: Λοπίνγκια {f} /Lopíngkia/ |
| loquacious {adj} (talkative, chatty) | :: ομιλητικός /omilitikós/ |
| loquat {n} (fruit) | :: μούσμουλο {n} /moúsmoulo/ |
| loquat {n} (tree) | :: μουσμουλιά {f} /mousmouliá/ |
| lord {n} (master of a household) | :: κύριος {m} /kýrios/, πυργοδεσπότης {m} /pyrgodespótis/ |
| lord {n} (property owner) | :: κύριος {m} /kýrios/, αφέντης {m} /aféntis/ |
| lord {n} (ruler, one having mastery over others) | :: άρχοντας {m} /árchontas/, αφέντης {m} /aféntis/, δεσπότης {m} /despótis/ |
| lord {n} (aristocrat) | :: δεσπότης {m} /despótis/, λόρδος {m} /lórdos/, άρχοντας {m} /árchontas/, ευγενής {m} /evgenís/ |
| lord {n} (titled nobleman) | :: λόρδος {m} /lórdos/, ευγενής {m} /evgenís/ |
| Lord {prop} (God) | :: Κύριος {m} /Kýrios/ |
| Lord {prop} (Jesus) | :: Κύριος {m} /Kýrios/ |
| Lord {n} (British aristocratic title) | :: λόρδος {m} /lórdos/ |
| lordosis {n} (excessive backwards curvature of the spine) | :: λόρδωση {f} /lórdosi/ |
| Lord's Prayer {prop} (the prayer taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples) | :: Κυριακή προσευχή {f} /Kyriakí prosefchí/, Πάτερ Ημών {n} /Páter Imón/ |
| Lord's Supper {prop} (Eucharist) SEE: Eucharist | :: |
| Lord's Supper {prop} (Last Supper) SEE: Last Supper | :: |
| Lorraine {prop} (region west of Alsace) | :: Λωρραίνη {f} /Lorraíni/ |
| lorry {n} (motor vehicle) SEE: truck | :: |
| Los Angeles {prop} (largest city in California) | :: Λος Άντζελες /Los Ántzeles/ |
| lose {v} (cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability) | :: χάνω /cháno/ |
| lose {v} ((transitive) fail to win) | :: ηττώμαι /ittómai/, χάνω /cháno/ |
| lose {v} (shed (weight)) | :: χάνω /cháno/, αδυνατίζω /adynatízo/ |
| lose {v} (have (somebody of one's kin) die) | :: χάνω /cháno/ |
| lose {v} (be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer) | :: χάνω /cháno/ |
| lose {v} (fail to be the winner) | :: ηττώμαι /ittómai/, χάνω /cháno/ |
| lose count {v} (to forget the number of times that something has happened) | :: χάνω το λογαριασμό /cháno to logariasmó/ |
| lose face {v} (lose respect of others) | :: ρεζιλεύομαι /rezilévomai/ |
| lose one's mind {v} (to become insane) | :: χάνω τα λογικά μου /cháno ta logiká mou/ |
| lose one's way {v} (get lost) SEE: get lost | :: |
| loser {n} (person who fails to win) | :: χαμένος /chaménos/ |
| lose weight {v} (to become less heavy or obese) | :: αδυνατίζω /adynatízo/ |
| lossy {adj} (reducing the amount of information in data) | :: απολεστικός /apolestikós/, απωλειακός /apoleiakós/ |
| lost {adj} (unable to find one's way) | :: χαμένος {m} /chaménos/ |
| lost {adj} (in an unknown location) | :: χαμένος {m} /chaménos/ |
| lost and found {n} (department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners) | :: γραφείο απολεσθέντων αντικειμένων {n} /grafeío apolesthénton antikeiménon/, απολεσθέντα {n-p} /apolesthénta/ |
| lost property {n} (lost and found) SEE: lost and found | :: |
| lot {n} (large quantity or number) SEE: a lot | :: |
| Lot {prop} (nephew of Abraham) | :: Λωτ {m} /Lot/ |
| lotion {n} (ointment that one rubs on the skin) | :: λοσιόν {n} /losión/ |
| lots {n} (lots) SEE: a lot | :: |
| lottery {n} (scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance) | :: λοταρία {f} /lotaría/ |
| lottery ticket {n} (slip of paper drawn in a lottery) | :: λαχείο {n} /lacheío/ |
| lotus {n} (Nymphaea) SEE: water lily | :: |
| lotus {n} (plant of the genus Nelumbo) | :: λωτός {m} /lotós/ |
| lotus eater {n} | :: λωτοφάγοι {m} /lotofágoi/ |
| loud {adj} (of a sound) | :: ηχηρός /ichirós/, δυνατός /dynatós/ |
| loud {adj} (noisy) | :: θορυβώδης /thoryvódis/, βροντερός /vronterós/, βροντώδης /vrontódis/ |
| loud {adj} (of a colour, clothing, etc.) | :: φανταχτερός /fantachterós/, χτυπητός /chtypitós/, κραυγαλέος /kravgaléos/ |
| loudmouth {n} (one who talks too much or too loudly) | :: φαφλατάς {m} /faflatás/ |
| loudspeaker {n} (transducer) | :: μεγάφωνο {n} /megáfono/ |
| Louis {prop} (male given name) | :: Λουδοβίκος {m} /Loudovíkos/ |
| louis d'or {n} (any gold coin introduced in France by Louis XIII) | :: χρυσός λουδοβίκος {m} /chrysós loudovíkos/ |
| Louisiana {prop} (US state) | :: Λουιζιάνα {f} /Louiziána/ |
| loukoumades {n} (lokma) SEE: lokma | :: |
| lounge {n} (waiting room) | :: αίθουσα αναμονής {f} /aíthousa anamonís/ |
| lounge {n} (living room) | :: καθιστικό {n} /kathistikó/ |
| lounge diner {n} (room in a private house) | :: σαλοτραπεζαρία {f} /salotrapezaría/ |
| louse {n} (insect) | :: ψείρα {f} /pseíra/ |
| louse {n} (worthless person) | :: κοπρόσκυλον {n} /kopróskylon/, ασυνείδητος {m} /asyneíditos/ |
| Louvain {prop} (Belgian city) | :: Λέουβεν /Léouven/ |
| Louvre {prop} (an art museum in France) | :: Λούβρο {n} /Loúvro/ |
| lovable {adj} (inspiring love) | :: αξιαγάπητος /axiagápitos/ |
| lovage {n} (a Mediterranean herb) | :: λεβιστικό {n} /levistikó/ |
| love {n} (strong affection) | :: αγάπη {f} /agápi/ |
| love {n} (object of one's romantic feelings; darling or sweetheart) | :: αγάπη {f} /agápi/ |
| love {n} | :: έρωτας {m} /érotas/ |
| love {v} (have a strong affection for) | :: αγαπώ /agapó/ |
| love {v} (be strongly inclined towards doing) | :: λατρεύω /latrévo/, ποθώ /pothó/, θέλω /thélo/ |
| love {v} (care about; will good for) | :: εκτιμώ /ektimó/, αγαπώ /agapó/ |
| love {v} ((euphemistic): to have sex with) | :: κάνω έρωτα /káno érota/ |
| love affair {n} (adulterous relationship) | :: ερωτοδουλειά {f} /erotodouleiá/ |
| love at first sight {n} (an instantaneous attraction) | :: κεραυνοβόλος έρωτας {m} /keravnovólos érotas/ |
| lovebird {n} (a parrot of the genus Agapornis) | :: αγαπόρνις {m} /agapórnis/ |
| lovebird {n} (an affectionate couple (or a person thereof)) | :: τρυγονάκι {n} /trygonáki/ |
| love interest {n} (romantic relationship) SEE: romance | :: |
| love letter {n} (letter about the author's love) | :: ερωτικό γράμμα {n} /erotikó grámma/ |
| love-lies-bleeding {n} (plant) | :: αμάραντη αγάπη {f} /amáranti agápi/ |
| lovely {n} (attractive person) | :: υπέροχη /ypérochi/ |
| love potion {n} (philter) SEE: philter | :: |
| lover {n} (one who loves another person) | :: εραστής {m} /erastís/, ερωμένη {f} /eroméni/ |
| lover {n} (sexual partner) | :: εραστής {m} /erastís/, ερωμένη {f} /eroméni/, αγαπητικός {m} /agapitikós/, αγαπητικιά /agapitikiá/ |
| lover {n} (person who loves something) | :: λάτρης {m} {f} /látris/, θαυμαστής {m} /thavmastís/, θαυμάστρια {f} /thavmástria/ |
| love rat {n} (adulterer) SEE: adulterer | :: |
| love triangle {n} (situation in which two people vie for the love of a third) | :: ερωτικό τρίγωνο {n} /erotikó trígono/ |
| loveworthy {adj} | :: αξιαγάπητος /axiagápitos/ |
| loving {adj} (expressing a large amount of love) | :: στοργικός /storgikós/ |
| low {adj} (in a position comparatively close to the ground) | :: χαμηλός /chamilós/ |
| low {adj} (small in height) | :: κοντός /kontós/ |
| low {adj} (depressed, sad) | :: στα κάτω μου /sta káto mou/, κατηφής /katifís/ |
| low {adj} (despicable) | :: ποταπός /potapós/ |
| low {n} (something that is low) | :: χαμηλό {n} /chamiló/, ναδίρ {n} /nadír/ |
| low {n} (area of low pressure) | :: χαμηλό {n} /chamiló/ |
| low {n} (lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system) | :: πρώτη {f} /próti/ |
| low {adv} (close to the ground) | :: χαμηλά /chamilá/ |
| low {adv} (at a lower frequency) | :: χαμηλά /chamilá/ |
| low {n} (flame) SEE: flame | :: |
| low {v} (moo) SEE: moo | :: |
| Low Countries {prop} (countries around the Rhine, Scheldt and Meuse rivers) | :: Κάτω Χώρες {f-p} /Káto Chóres/ |
| lower {v} (let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail) | :: χαμηλώνω /chamilóno/ |
| lower {v} (pull down) | :: κατεβάζω /katevázo/ |
| lower {v} (reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney) | :: χαμηλώνω /chamilóno/ |
| lower {v} (depress as to direction, as a gun) | :: κατεβάζω /katevázo/ |
| lower {v} (reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature) | :: χαμηλώνω /chamilóno/ |
| lower {v} (reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.) | :: κατεβάζω /katevázo/ |
| lower {v} (to fall, to grow less) | :: χαμηλώνω /chamilóno/ |
| lower {v} (intransitive: to decrease in value) | :: κατεβαίνω /katevaíno/ |
| lower arm {n} (section of an arm) SEE: forearm | :: |
| lowercase {adj} (in lower case) | :: μικρά γράμματα {n-p} /mikrá grámmata/ |
| lower chamber {n} (lower house) SEE: lower house | :: |
| lower house {n} (part of a parliament) | :: κάτω βουλή {f} /káto voulí/ |
| lowering {n} (act of something being lowered) | :: χαμήλωμα {n} /chamíloma/ |
| lower lip {n} | :: κάτω χείλος {n} /káto cheílos/ |
| Lower Saxony {prop} (state) | :: Κάτω Σαξονία {f} /Káto Saxonía/ |
| low-grade fever {n} (slight fever) | :: πυρέτιο {n} /pyrétio/ |
| low-hanging fruit {n} | :: ώριμο φρούτο /órimo froúto/ |
| low-level language {n} (computer language whose source code is a somewhat user-friendly version of a computer architecture's assembly language) | :: γλώσσα χαμηλού επιπέδου {f} /glóssa chamiloú epipédou/ |
| low tide {n} (the tide at its lowest level) | :: άμπωτη {f} /ámpoti/ |
| loxodrome {n} (A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle) SEE: rhumb line | :: |
| loyal {adj} (firm in allegiance to a person or institution) | :: πιστός /pistós/ |
| lozenge {n} (rhombus) | :: ρόμβος {m} /rómvos/ |
| Læsø {prop} (Danish island) | :: Λέσε {n} /Lése/ |
| lube {n} (lubricant) SEE: lubricant | :: |
| lube {v} (lubricate) SEE: lubricate | :: |
| lubricant {n} (substance used to reduce friction) | :: λιπαντικό {n} /lipantikó/ |
| lubricate {v} (to make slippery or smooth) | :: λιπαίνω /lipaíno/ |
| Lucan {prop} (a Roman poet) | :: Λουκανός {m} /Loukanós/ |
| Lucas {prop} (male given name) SEE: Luke | :: |
| Lucerne {prop} (city) | :: Λουκέρνη {n} /Loukérni/ |
| Lucia {prop} (female given name) SEE: Lucy | :: |
| Lucian {prop} (sophist of Syrian origin) | :: Λουκιανός /Loukianós/ |
| Lucifer {prop} (figure mentioned in Isaiah 14:12) | :: Εωσφόρος /Eosfóros/ |
| Lucifer {prop} (Venus, the morning star) | :: Αφροδίτη {f} /Afrodíti/ |
| Lucius {prop} (male given name) | :: Λούκιος {m} /Loúkios/ |
| luck {n} (something that happens to someone by chance) | :: τύχη {f} /týchi/ |
| lucky {adj} (of people, having good fortune) | :: τυχερός /tycherós/ |
| lucky charm {n} (object kept for good luck) | :: φυλαχτό {n} /fylachtó/, γούρι {n} /goúri/, πορτμπονέρ {n} /portmponér/ |
| lucky dog {n} (one with good luck) | :: κωλόφαρδος /kolófardos/, ξεκωλιάρης /xekoliáris/ |
| lucrative {adj} (producing a surplus; profitable) | :: επικερδής {m} /epikerdís/, κερδοφόρος {m} /kerdofóros/, προσοδοφόρος {m} /prosodofóros/ |
| Lucy {prop} (female given name) | :: Λουκία /Loukía/ |
| ludicrous {adj} (idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny) | :: σαχλός /sachlós/, γελοίος /geloíos/ |
| Ludlow {prop} (town) | :: Λουντλόβια {f} /Lountlóvia/ |
| luggage {n} (traveller's containers) | :: αποσκευές {f-p} /aposkevés/ |
| Luhansk People's Republic {prop} (secessionist state in Luhanshchyna, the Ukraine) | :: Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Λουγκάνσκ {f} /Laïkí Dimokratía tou Lougkánsk/ |
| Lukas {prop} (given name) SEE: Luke | :: |
| Lukashenko {prop} (surname) | :: Λουκασένκο /Loukasénko/, Λουκασένκα /Loukasénka/ |
| Luke {prop} (given name) | :: Λουκάς {m} /Loukás/ |
| Luke {prop} (evangelist) | :: Λουκάς {m} /Loukás/ |
| Luke {prop} (gospel of Luke) | :: κατά Λουκάν ευαγγέλιον {n} /katá Loukán evangélion/ |
| lukewarm {adj} (temperature) | :: χλιαρός {m} /chliarós/ |
| lukewarm {adj} (not very enthusiastic) | :: χλιαρός {m} /chliarós/ |
| lullaby {n} (a soothing song to lull children to sleep) | :: νανούρισμα {n} /nanoúrisma/ |
| lumbago {n} (lumbar-region backache, see also: backache) | :: οσφυαλγία {f} /osfyalgía/ |
| lumber {n} (wood as building material) | :: ξυλεία {f} /xyleía/ |
| lumberjack {n} (person who fells trees) | :: ξυλοκόπος {m} /xylokópos/ |
| lumen {n} (SI-unit for luminous flux) | :: λούμεν {n} /loúmen/ |
| luminosity {n} (ratio of luminous to radiant flux) | :: φωτεινότητα {f} /foteinótita/ |
| luminosity {n} (rate at which a star radiates energy) | :: φωτεινότητα {f} /foteinótita/ |
| luminous {adj} (emitting light; glowing brightly) | :: φωτεινός /foteinós/ |
| luminous flux {n} | :: φωτεινή ροή {f} /foteiní roḯ/ |
| lummox {n} (clumsy, stupid person) | :: παιδοβούβαλος {m} /paidovoúvalos/, ατσούμπαλος {m} /atsoúmpalos/, άγαρμπος {m} /ágarmpos/ |
| lump {n} (something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group) | :: βόλος {m} /vólos/ |
| lumpen {adj} (of or relating to social outcasts) | :: λούμπεν /loúmpen/ |
| lump hammer {n} (small sledgehammer) | :: ματρακάς {m} /matrakás/ |
| Luna {prop} (Earth's moon) SEE: Moon | :: |
| lunar {adj} (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon) | :: σεληνιακός /seliniakós/ |
| lunar eclipse {n} (when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon) | :: έκλειψη Σελήνης {f} /ékleipsi Selínis/ |
| lunar module {n} (spacecraft) | :: σεληνάκατος {f} /selinákatos/ |
| lunar phase {n} (any one of the aspects presented by the moon) | :: σεληνιακή φάση {f} /seliniakí fási/ |
| lunatic asylum {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
| lunch {n} (meal around midday) | :: γεύμα {n} /gévma/, μεσημεριανό {n} /mesimerianó/ |
| lunch {v} (to eat lunch) | :: γευματίζω /gevmatízo/ |
| lunchbox {n} (container for transporting meals) | :: φαγητοδοχείο {n} /fagitodocheío/ |
| luncheon {n} (a formal term for lunch) SEE: lunch | :: |
| lunch pail {n} (lunchbox) SEE: lunchbox | :: |
| lung {n} (organ that extracts oxygen from the air) | :: πνεύμονας {m} /pnévmonas/ |
| lupin {n} (any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae) | :: λούπινο {n} /loúpino/ |
| lupine {n} (lupin) SEE: lupin | :: |
| lupus {n} (autoimmune disease) | :: λύκος {m} /lýkos/ |
| Lupus {prop} (summer constellation of the northern sky) | :: Λύκος {m} /Lýkos/ |
| lurid {adj} (melodramatic) SEE: melodramatic | :: |
| lurk {v} (to remain concealed in order to ambush) | :: παραμονεύω /paramonévo/, ελλοχεύω /ellochévo/, ενεδρεύω /enedrévo/, καραδοκώ /karadokó/ |
| lust {n} (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature) | :: λαγνεία {f} /lagneía/ |
| lust {n} (general want or longing) | :: επιθυμία {f} /epithymía/ |
| lust {v} (strongly desire) | :: ποθώ /pothó/ |
| luster {n} (refinement, polish or quality) | :: λάμψη /lámpsi/ |
| lustful {adj} (full of lust) | :: λάγνος {m} /lágnos/ |
| lustration {n} (a rite of purification, especially washing) | :: κάθαρση {f} /kátharsi/, εξαγνισμός {m} /exagnismós/ |
| lustration {n} (restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators) | :: κάθαρση {f} /kátharsi/ |
| lustre {n} (luster) SEE: luster | :: |
| lustre {v} (luster) SEE: luster | :: |
| lute {n} (stringed instrument) | :: λαούτο {n} /laoúto/ |
| luteinizing hormone {n} (hormone) | :: ωχρινοτροπίνη {f} /ochrinotropíni/ |
| lutetium {n} (chemical element with atomic number of 71) | :: λουτέτσιο {n} /loutétsio/ |
| Lutheran {adj} (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) | :: λουθηρανικός /louthiranikós/ |
| Lutheran {n} (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) | :: λουθηρανός {m} /louthiranós/ |
| Lutheranism {n} (branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther) | :: λουθηρανισμός {m} /louthiranismós/ |
| lux {n} (the derived unit of illuminance) | :: λουξ {n} /loux/ |
| Luxembourg {prop} (country) | :: Λουξεμβούργο {n} /Louxemvoúrgo/ |
| luxuriant {adj} (abundant in growth or detail) | :: άφθονο /áfthono/ |
| luxury {n} (very wealthy and comfortable surroundings) | :: πολυτέλεια {f} /polytéleia/, χλιδή {f} /chlidí/ |
| luxury {n} (something desirable but expensive) | :: πολυτέλεια {f} /polytéleia/ |
| luxury {n} (something very pleasant but not really needed in life) | :: πολυτέλεια {f} /polytéleia/ |
| luxury {adj} (indulgent) | :: πολυτελής {m} {f} /polytelís/ |
| -ly {suffix} (used to form adverbs from adjectives) | :: -α /-a/, -ως /-os/ |
| lycanthrope {n} (werewolf) SEE: werewolf | :: |
| lycanthropy {n} (act of shapeshifting) | :: λυκανθρωπία {f} /lykanthropía/ |
| lycée {n} (a public secondary school in France) | :: λύκειο {n} /lýkeio/ |
| lyceum {n} (a public hall designed for lectures or concerts) | :: λύκειο {n} /lýkeio/ |
| Lycia {prop} (ancient region) | :: Λυκία /Lykía/ |
| Lydia {prop} (historical region) | :: Λυδία {f} /Lydía/ |
| Lydia {prop} (biblical woman) | :: Λυδία {f} /Lydía/ |
| Lydia {prop} (female given name) | :: Λυδία {f} /Lydía/ |
| Lydian {n} (native or inhabitant of Lydia) | :: Λυδός {m} /Lydós/ |
| Lydian {adj} (pertaining to Lydia) | :: λυδικός /lydikós/ |
| lye {n} (caustic alkaline solution) | :: αλισίβα {f} /alisíva/ |
| lymph {n} (the fluid carried by the lymphatic system) | :: λύμφη {f} /lýmfi/, λέμφος {f} /lémfos/ |
| lymphadenopathy {n} (abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes) | :: λεμφαδενοπάθεια {f} /lemfadenopátheia/ |
| lymphatic system {n} (network of lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes) | :: λεμφικό σύστημα {n} /lemfikó sýstima/ |
| lymphocyte {n} (type of white blood cell) | :: λεμφοκύτταρο {n} /lemfokýttaro/ |
| lymphoma {n} (malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue) | :: λέμφωμα {n} /lémfoma/ |
| lynx {n} (wild cat) | :: λύγκας {m} /lýgkas/ |
| Lyon {prop} (city in France) | :: Λυών /Lyón/, Λούγδουνο {n} /Loúgdouno/ |
| lyre {n} (stringed musical instrument) | :: λύρα {f} /lýra/ |
| lyric {n} (words of a song) SEE: lyrics | :: |
| lyrics {n} (the words to a song) | :: στίχοι {m-p} /stíchoi/ |
| lysergic {adj} (psychedelic) SEE: psychedelic | :: |
| lysergic acid {n} (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) | :: λυσεργικό οξύ {n} /lysergikó oxý/ |
| lysergic acid diethylamide {n} (a powerful hallucinogen) | :: διαιθυλαμίδιο του λυσεργικού οξέος {n} /diaithylamídio tou lysergikoú oxéos/ |
| lysine {n} (essential amino acid, C6H14N2O2) | :: λυσίνη {f} /lysíni/ |
| lysis {n} ((chemistry) destruction of cells) | :: λύση {f} /lýsi/ |
| -lysis {suffix} (decomposition or breakdown) | :: -λυση {f} /-lysi/ |
| -lysis {suffix} (dissolving) | :: -λυση {f} /-lysi/ |
| -lysis {suffix} (disintegration) | :: -λυση {f} /-lysi/ |