Polish–English dictionary

rektalny

Of, via or related to the rectum.

rektor

Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.

rekultywacja

The act or process of remedying a situation.

rekuperacja

Instance of getting something back.

rekurencja

(mathematics) The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.

rekwiem

A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.

rekwizyt

(theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.

relacja

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

relaks

The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.

relaksacja

The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.

relaksować

(transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.

relanium

(pharmaceutical drug) A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used mainly to relieve anxiety.

relatywny

Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

relewantny

Related to a topic of discussion or consideration.

religia

(uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.

religijny

Belonging or pertaining to a religious order or religious congregation.

relikt

Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.

relikwia

(religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.

relikwiarz

(religion) A container to hold or display religious relics.

relokacja

The act of moving from one place to another.

reluktancja

(physics) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

remake

A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.

remedium

Something that corrects or counteracts.

remibrydż

A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

remik

A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

remiks

(music) A rearrangement of an older piece of music, possibly including various cosmetic changes.

reminiscencja

An act of remembering long-past experiences, especially positive or pleasant ones, often fondly.

remis

A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

remisja

(medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.

remisować

(cricket, archaic) Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. [from 19th c.]

remont

An act, or the process, of renovating.

remont generalny

A major repair, renovation, or revision.

remontować

To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.

Ren

A major river in western Europe, which flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.

Renata

A en given name.

renderować

(transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

renderowanie

(computer graphics) The process of producing an image from an internal model, or the image thus produced.

renderujący

present participle of render

renegat

A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

renegocjować

(transitive) To negotiate new terms to replace old ones.

renesans

(by extension) Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.

renesansowy

Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.

renifer

(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

renkloda

A plum cultivar with greenish-yellow flesh and skin, Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana.

renoma

(uncountable) Reputation; distinction.

renta

(uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.

reorganizacja

The act or process of rearranging. See reorganize.

repatriacja

The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.

repatriant

A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.

repatriantka

A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.

reper

A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.

reperkusja

Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.

repertuar

A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.

repetycja

(music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.

replika

An exact copy.

reportaż

The reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness.

reporter

A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.

reporterka

A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.

repozytorium

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

represja

(psychology) A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.

reprezentant

(chiefly, North America, idiomatic) One who is a prototypical or quintessential example of something.

reprezentantka

(chiefly, North America, idiomatic) One who is a prototypical or quintessential example of something.

reprezentatywny

Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.

reprodukcja

The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.

reprodukcyjny

Of or relating to reproduction.

reprymenda

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

repryza

(music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.

republika bananowa

(politics, idiom, pejorative) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.

Republika Weimarska

The period in German history from 1919 to 1933, when the nation was under a constitution drafted in the city of Weimar.

republikanin

(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.

republikanka

Someone who favors a republic as a form of government. [from 17th c.]

republikański

Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]

reputacja

A reputation.

requiem

A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.

rerać

(transitive) To pronounce with a uvular "r".

reranie

A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.

resentyment

Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one or one's group has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.

reset

(also, figurative) The act of resetting to the initial state.

resetować

To set back to the initial state.

respekt

A feeling of fear and reverence.

respektować

To have respect for.

respirator

A device to assist breathing.

respondent

Someone being interviewed, i.e. the person answering the questions.

respondentka

Someone being interviewed, i.e. the person answering the questions.

restart

(computing) An instance of rebooting.

restartować

(computing) Synonym of reboot.

restauracja

(informal) A restaurant featuring scantily clad female waitstaff.

restauracja serwująca steki

A restaurant that specializes in good cuts of meat, particularly steak.

restaurator

A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

restauratorka

A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

restrukturalizacja

A reorganization; an alteration of structure.

restrukturyzacja

A reorganization; an alteration of structure.

restrykcja

A regulation or limitation that restricts.

restrykcyjny

Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.

restytucja

(legal) A process of compensation for losses.

resublimacja

(physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)

resuscytacja

A first aid procedure for cardiac arrest involving compression of the chest wall alternating with artificial respiration.

reszka

(numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse. [from 17th c.]

reszta

(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

resztki

Litter and discarded refuse.

retaliacja

Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.

retor

One who uses words skilfully. [from late 19th c.]

retorta

(chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.

retoryczny

Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.

retoryka

The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

retro

Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.

retrospekcja

The deliberate recall of past events

retrowirus

(virology) Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell.

retusz

The act of retouching.

retuszować

(transitive) To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.

reumatologia

(medicine) The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.

reumatyczny

Resembling or relating to rheumatism.

reumatyzm

(pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.

Reunion

An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar.

rewaloryzacja

The process of altering the relative value of a currency or other standard of exchange.

rewaluacja

The process of altering the relative value of a currency or other standard of exchange.

rewanż

Revenge or retaliation.

Rewel

The capital city of Estonia.

rewelacja

(US, slang) Something very good of its kind.

rewerans

Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.

rewerencja

Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.

rewers

(numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse. [from 17th c.]

rewia

An event at which fashionable clothes are modelled for an audience.

rewident

(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.

rewidować

(transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.

rewir

(ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.

rewitalizacja

The process of revitalizing.

rewizja

An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

rewizjonista

A proponent of revisionism.

rewizjonistka

A proponent of revisionism.

rewizjonizm

(historiography) The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events.

rewolta

An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.

rewolucja

Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.

rewolucjonista

A revolutionist; a person who revolts.

rewolucjonistka

A revolutionist; a person who revolts.

rewolucjonizować

(transitive, idiomatic) To revolutionize a field of endeavor.

rewolucyjny

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

rewolwer

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

rewolwerowiec

(historical) A person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing.

rezeda żółtawa

A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.

rezerwa

(accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.

rezerwacja

A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.

rezerwat

A reservation, a nature preserve.

rezerwowa

Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.

rezerwować

(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.

rezerwowe

Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.

rezerwowy

Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.

rezerwuar

A place where anything is kept in store.

rezerwy

A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.

reżim

Mode of rule or management.