Polish–English dictionary

babiloński

(historical) Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire. [from 16th c.]

babka

A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, e.g. chocolate, lemon, etc.

babochłop

(slang, LGBTQ, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.

babol

(derogatory) An ugly woman.

babon

(derogatory) An ugly woman.

babrać

(transitive) To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble. [from late 16th c.]

babranina

Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.

babski

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

babsko

(derogatory) An ugly woman.

babskość

The quality of being effeminate.

babstwo

The quality of being effeminate.

babsztyl

(derogatory) An ugly woman.

babunia

A mother of someone's parent.

babus

(derogatory) An ugly woman.

babusia

(colloquial) A grandmother.

bać

(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.

bach

Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.

bachanalia

(Greek mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.

bachnąć

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

bachor

(pejorative) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.

bachować

To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.

Bachus

(Roman god) Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and vivid social gatherings.

bachusować

To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.

baciar

(often, humorous) A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]

backup

(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.

bączek

(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

baczenie

The quality of being alert or on the alert.

bacznie

In an alert manner; with alertness.

baczność

(military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.

baczny

Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

baczyć

(transitive) To look at attentively.

badać

(transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.

badać DNA

(transitive) To examine a sample of (someone's) deoxyribonucleic acid.

badać dokładnie

To observe (someone or something) as a spy; also, to examine or observe (someone or something) carefully; or to look out or watch for.

badacz

A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.

badaczka

A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.

badania

(uncountable, countable, _, in some dialects) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to one's self).

badanie

Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.

badanie lekarskie

(countable, medicine) A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness.

badanie naukowe

(uncountable, countable, _, in some dialects) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to one's self).

badminton

(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.

badyl

A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.

badylarka

One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden.

badylarstwo

(horticulture) The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture.

badylarz

One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden.

bądź

(idiomatic, informal) Any, absolutely any, any typical, a run-of-the-mill.

badziewie

Something of poor quality.

bagatela

(figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.

bagatelizować

(transitive, rare) To regard as a bagatelle; to play down, trivialize or belittle.

bagatelność

The quality of being trivial or unimportant.

bagatelny

Ignorable; of little significance or value.

bagażnik

(North America, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.

bagażownia

(British, Irish, India) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.

bagażowy

A person who carries luggage and related objects.

Bagdad

The capital city of Iraq.

bagienny

Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.

bagietka

A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.

bagnet

A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.

bagnisko

Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.

bagnisty

Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.

bagno

Any of three Rhododendron species (R. tomentosum, R. groenlandicum, or R. neoglandulosum).

bagrować

To bring something to the surface with a dredge.

Bahamy

An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

Bahrajn

An archipelago, island, and country in West Asia in the Persian Gulf. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain. Capital: Manama.

baj

(narratology) The person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story.

baja

A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.

bajać

To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.

bajacz

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

bajaczka

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

bajarka

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

bajarstwo

The act and skills of presenting stories and tales. [1709]

bajarz

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

bajbot

(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

bajczyć

(intransitive) To talk idly.

bajda

(obsolete) An absurdity. [early 17th–mid 17th c.]

bajduła

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

bajdura

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

bajdurzyć

To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.

bajdy

(uncountable) Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. [from 1782.]

bajecznie

In a fabulous manner.

bajeczny

(slang) Very good; outstanding, wonderful.

bajeczny komin

(geology) A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.

bajer

A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.

bajerancki

(colloquial, North America, Australia) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

bajerancko

In a spectacular manner, extraordinarily, amazingly.

bajerant

(informal) A smooth talker, a persuasive person.

bajerantka

(informal) A smooth talker, a persuasive person.

bajgeł

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

bajgiel

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

bajka

A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.

bajkopis

A person who writes or tells fables.

bajkopisarz

A person who writes or tells fables.

bajkowo

In a fabulous manner.

bajkowy

(slang) Very good; outstanding, wonderful.

Bajonna

A city and commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.

bajopis

A person who writes or tells fables.

bajoro

(wetland science, specifically) An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)

bajpas

(medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.

Bajron

Lord Byron, George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788–April 19, 1824), a famous English poet and leading figure in romanticism.

bajtlować

(intransitive, pejorative) To talk rapidly without making much sense.

bajzel

A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.

bajzelmama

A person who runs a brothel, whether legally or illegally.

bąk

Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.

bąkać

(intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

bakalaureat

A high school completion exam and qualification awarded in many countries (e.g. Finland, France, Moldova, Romania), designed to enable students to go on to higher education.

bakałarz

Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.

bakan

(nautical) A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.

bakarat

(card games) A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms - usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt - also bearing some similarities to blackjack.

bakbort

(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.

bakburta

(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.

bakcyl

(informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.

baken

(nautical) A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.

baki

Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.

baklava

A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. [since c. 1650; modern spelling since 1800s]

baklawa

A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. [since c. 1650; modern spelling since 1800s]

bakłażan

(North America, AU, NZ, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.

bakłażanowy

A dark purple colour; eggplant.

bąknąć

(intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

baks

(US, Australia, NZ, Canada, informal) A dollar (one hundred cents).

bakteria

(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.

bakteriologia

(biology, microbiology) The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.

bakteryjny

(microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.

Baku

The capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

bal

Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".

bal przebierańców

An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

balanga

(informal) A session of heavy drinking.

balangować

(idiomatic) To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.

balans

(literally, or, figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.

balansista

An acrobat.

balansjer

(watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.

balansować

(transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.

balast

(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.

baldachim

(countable) A canopy suspended over an altar or throne, originally made of this fabric; a ciborium.

baldrian

(uncountable) The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine.

baleron

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight.

balet

(rare, slang) A sexual act involving more than three people, or a group of individuals involved in such an act.

Bali

A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.

balista

(weaponry, historical) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

balistyczny

(not comparable) Of or relating to ballistics.

balistyka

(physics) The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.

baliw

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

baliwat

The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.

balladować

(intransitive) To compose or sing ballads.

balon

(colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.

baloniarstwo

(uncountable) The sport or hobby of flying in a hot-air balloon.

balonik

A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.

balonówka

(usually, _, uncountable) A sweet chewing gum formulated to be stretchy so the chewer can blow bubbles with it.

balot

A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.

balotaż

The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.

balotować

(transitive) To wrap into a bale.