Polish–English dictionary

prezenter

(US, Canada) A presenter of news broadcasts.

prezenterka

A female anchorperson.

prezentować

To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally. [from 14th c.]

prezes

The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.

prezydencki

Pertaining to a president or presidency. [from 17th c.]

prezydent

The head of state of a republic.

prezydentka

The head of state of a republic.

prezydentura

The office or role of president.

prezydować

(intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.

prima aprilis

The first day in April, when tricks and practical jokes are traditionally played

primogenitura

The state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents.

prion

(molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.

priorytet

An item's relative importance.

pro-

agreeing with; supporting; favouring

pro-choice

Supportive in general of a person's right to choose; supportive of self-determination, bodily integrity, and individual sovereignty.

próba

The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

probierz

(figurative, by extension) A standard of comparison or evaluation.

probiotyczny

Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes.

probiotyk

(bacteriology) A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons.

próbka

(chemistry, biotechnology, broadly) A portion of a total amount (of some substance or a sample or specimen thereof, usually a solution or suspension).

problem

An issue which causes a relationship or proposal, especially in business, to fail.

problematyczny

Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s):

problematyka

A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study.

problematyzować

(transitive) To consider something as if it were a problem.

próbny

Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.

proboszcz

(Roman Catholicism) The main priest serving a parish.

próbować

(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.

proca

(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.

procedural

(literature, film genre) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.

procent

(colloquial, uncountable) Any alcoholic beverage (especially beer or hard liquor).

proces

(legal) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.

procesor

(computer hardware) The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions from memory, possibly through a cache.

procesować się

(intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.

procesualny

Of or relating to a process, especially to the methodological study of processes in social science.

proch

(countable, obsolete) A single fine, dry particle of earth or other material; grain of dust.

próchnica

The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay.

próchno

(This entry is a translation hub.)

producent

A person or company that manufactures.

producentka

A person or company that manufactures.

produkcja

(economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.

produkcja filmowa

The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.

produkować

(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

produkować się

To criticize by ranting.

produkt

(mathematics) The limit of two (or more) objects, considered without regard to any arrows between them.

produkt uboczny

Something made incidentally during the production of something else.

produkt w sprzedaży

Something which sells.

produktywność

The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.

produktywny

Yielding good or useful results; constructive.

profanacja

An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.

profanować

(transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.

profesja

(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.

profesjonalizm

The status, methods, character or standards expected of a professional or of a professional organization, such as reliability, discretion, evenhandedness, and fair play.

profesjonalnie

In a professional manner.

profesor

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

Profesorek

The seventh reindeer of Santa Claus.

profesorka

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

profesorski

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a professor or professors, or of a professorship or professorships.

profilaktyka

(medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease.

profit

(uncountable, informal) Unearned gain; extra benefit.

próg

(music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.

progenitura

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

prognosta

A person who forecasts.

prognoza

An estimation of a future condition.

prognozer

A person who forecasts.

program

A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.

program komputerowy

(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

program logujący

That which logs, such as a computer program to keep track of events.

program nauczania

(US) The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.

program niszczący

(computing) A program that overwrites deleted data to prevent recovery.

program użytkowy

(computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.

programator

A device that installs or controls a software program in some other machine.

programista

(computing) A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

programistka

(computing) A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

programować

(computing) To write software programs.

programowanie

The process of writing computer software code.

progresja

(music) A pattern of two or more chords, often chords diatonic to a particular key.

progresywista

A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.

progresywnie

In a progressive manner.

progresywny

One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.

prohibicja

(history) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.

projekcja

The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.

projekt

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

projekt ustawy

A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

projektant

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

projektantka

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

projektor

An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. [from 19th c.]

projektować

(obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

projektowy

Existing or designed according to a plan.

proklamacja

A statement which is proclaimed; formal public announcement.

proklamować

To announce or declare.

prokrastynacja

The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

prokreacja

The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring

proktolog

A doctor specializing in the colon, rectum, and anus; an expert in proctology.

prokuratura

The office of a procurator.

proletariacki

Of or relating to the proletariat.

proletariusz

A member of the proletariat.

proletariuszka

A member of the proletariat.

proliferacja

(uncountable) In paticular, the spread (proliferating) of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.

prolog

A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.

prom

(watercraft) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

promenada

A slightly elevated path (walkway) for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.

Prometeusz

(Greek god) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.

promień

(heraldry, of an escutcheon) Covered with gyrons, or divided into several gyrons, typically eight.

promień księżyca

A shaft of moonlight.

promień słońca

A visible, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight.

promienie słoneczne

The light and heat which are received from the sun; sunshine or sunlight.

promieniotwórczy

Exhibiting radioactivity.

promieniowanie

Radioactive energy.

promienisty

(literary, also, figuratively) Radiant, resplendent, shining.

promienny

(literary, also, figuratively) Radiant, resplendent, shining.

prominentny

Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.

promiskuityzm

The state or quality of being promiscuous.

promocja

Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity.

promocyjny

Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.

promotor

(genetics) The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.

promotor wiary

(historical, Roman Catholic) A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.

promotorka

(genetics) The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.

promować

To describe in praiseworthy terms; to promote.

prompter

A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.

promulgacja

The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.

promulgować

(transitive) To make known or make public.

propaganda

(religion, historical) The propagation of the faith by the Catholic Church by means of missionary work etc.

propan

(organic compound) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C3H8, a constituent of natural gas. [from 1867]

proponować

(transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.

proporcja

(countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.

proporczyk

A small banner.

proporzec

A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.

proporzyca marzymłódka

(countable) A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.

propozycja

A proposal that has been made.

proroctwo

A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.

proroczy

Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.

prorok

One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.

prosak

(dermatology) A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.

prośba

Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

proscenium

(in a modern, _, theater) The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.

prosciutto

A dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.

prosiak

A young pig.

prosić

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

prosić się

To give birth to (a litter of piglets).

prosię

A young pig.

prosię ziemne

The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]

proso

Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.

prospekt

A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

prosperować

(transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.

prosta

(geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.

prostacki

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

prostactwo

The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.

prostaczka

(informal, pejorative) A simple-minded person lacking common sense.

prostak

An uncultured person; a vulgarian.

prostata

The prostate gland. [from 1646]