Polish–English dictionary

pionierski

A ceremony marking the commencement of construction of a road, bridge, or building.

pionowo

(crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.

pionowy

Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.

pióro

The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.

pióropusz

The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.

piorun

A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.

piosenkarka

A person who sings, often professionally.

piosenkarz

A person who sings, often professionally.

Piotrek

A en given name.

Piotrogród

A region of Saint Petersburg city, Saint Petersburg, Northwest Russia district, European Russia, Russia.

Piotruś

A en given name.

pipsztyk

(slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.

piracić

(transitive, intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.

piracki

Illegally produced, transported or sold; pirated.

piracki produkt

An illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband.

pirania

(ichthyology) Any of certain freshwater fish of the subfamily Serrasalminae, native to South America; they are characterised by razor-sharp teeth and a reputation of being ferocious predators (despite most species being omnivorous).

pirat

(nautical) A sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding her, or one repelling such attempts by an enemy.

piratka

(nautical) A sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding her, or one repelling such attempts by an enemy.

piratować

(transitive, intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.

Pireneje

The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east.

piroga

A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft.

piroman

(slang) A pyromaniac or arsonist.

piromania

(psychology) A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.

piromanka

A person experiencing pyromania.

pirotechnika

The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.

pirs

A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.

pisać

(transitive) To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.

pisać drukowanymi literami

(ambitransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.

pisać wielką literą

(transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.

pisać z dużej litery

(transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.

pisanie

(uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.

pisanie na klawiaturze

The act of typing on a keyboard.

pisanina

Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing

pisany

Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).

pisarka

(dated) A female author.

pisarz

Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.

pisk

An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.

pisklę

A young bird.

piskliwy

Tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak.

piskorz amurski

The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a freshwater fish native to East Asia.

piskorz mułowy

The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a freshwater fish native to East Asia.

piśmienność

The ability to read and write.

piśmienny

Able to read and write; having literacy.

pismo

The characteristic writing of a particular person.

pismo chińskie

(uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.

Pismo Święte

The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.

pisownia

(uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.

pistacja

The nutlike fruit of this tree.

pistacja kleista

An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.

pistolet

A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.

pisywać

(transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.

piszczałka

(woodwind instrument) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. [from 10th c.]

piszczałka burdonowa

(musical instrument) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.

piszczałka melodyczna

The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.

piszczeć

(intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound.

piszczel

(anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee

pita

A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

Pitagoras

Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.

pitny

(of water) Safe to drink.

piwiarnia

To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

piwnica

(architecture) A floor of a building below ground level.

piwnica win

A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.

piwny

Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)

piwonia

A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.

piwowar

Someone who brews, or whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.

Piza

The capital city of the province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.

piżama

Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.

pizda

(vulgar, slang) The female genitalia; the vulva.

piżmak

A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.

piżmian właściwy

The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.

piżmo

A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.

pizzeria

A restaurant that bakes and sells pizzas.

Pjongjang

The capital city of North Korea.

PL

(military, aviation) Initialism of anti-aircraft or anti-air.

plac

An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.

plac boju

(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.

plac zabaw

(outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780]

placebo

(medicine) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment. [from 18th c.]

placówka

The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]

plądrować

(ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.

plaga

(now, _, rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.

plagiat

(uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.

plagiator

One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief

plagiatorka

One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief

plagiatować

(ambitransitive) To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.

plajta

(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

plakat

A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.

plama

A smear, smudge or blot.

plamiak

A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

plamić

(transitive) To make (something) dirty.

plamisty

Covered in blotches.

plamka

A rather large spot or blotch of color.

plamka żółta

(anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.

plan

(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).

plan awaryjny

An alternative plan to be put into operation if needed, especially in case of emergencies, or if a primary plan fails.

plan podróży

A route or proposed route of a journey.

Planck

(physics) Used attributively in the names of various units, formulae etc. first devised or worked on by the German physicist Max Planck (1858–1947), chiefly in the realm of quantum theory. [from 20th c.]

planetarium

A display museum in which images of stars and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling.

planetarny

(astronomy) Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.

planetoida

(astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.

planetowy

(astronomy) Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.

plankton

(uncountable) Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.

planować

(intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.

planowany

at or through the planning stage, but not yet implemented or started.

planowy

(engineering) According to plan or design.

plansza

Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.

plantacja

A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.

plantator

Any member of a similar landed class of (often wealthy) farm owners elsewhere, such as plantation owners whose lands are worked by farm workers, wage slaves, or slaves.

pląs

A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.

pląsać

(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.

plasnąć

To slap or hit someone.

plaster

(Australia, North America, Philippines) An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.

plaster miodu

(uncountable) A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; (countable) a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.

plasterek

(UK, Ireland) A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon.

plastik

Made of plastic. [from 20th c.]

plastikowy

Made of plastic. [from 20th c.]

plastyczny

Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. [from 17th c.]

plastyk

A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.

plastyka

The purely aesthetic arts, such as music, painting, and poetry, as opposed to industrial or functional arts such as architecture or carpentry.

plątać się

(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.

platan

(countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.

plątanina

That which entangles; an involvement, a complication; an intricacy; a perplexity.

plateau

A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.

platforma

A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade. [from 1836]

platfus

A person having the above condition.

Platon

The Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC, follower of Socrates.

platończyk

A member of the philosophical school of thought established by Plato; a believer in Platonism.

platoniczny

Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.

platonik

A member of the philosophical school of thought established by Plato; a believer in Platonism.

platonizm

The philosophy of Plato.

platoński

Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.

platyna

A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.

platynowa

Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).

platynowy

Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).

playback

(music, singing) The synchronization of prerecorded audio signals and movement of the lips such that there is no lack of simultaneity between them.

playboy

A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.

playlista

(radio) A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.

PlayStation

(video games, trademark) A video game console of the "PlayStation" brand.

plaża

A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

ple ple

(uncountable, informal) Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.

plebejski

(historical) Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.

plebejusz

(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.

plebs

A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.

plecak

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.

plecenie

An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.

plecionka

An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.

plecy

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

pled

A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands. [from 16thc.]

pleks

Comprising a number of parts, as in duplex.

plemię

A socially cohesive group of people within a society.