Polish–English dictionary

sakiewka

A bag, normally with a drawstring, used for holding money.

saksofon

A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.

Saksończyk

A native or inhabitant of Saxony, Germany.

Saksonia

A state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands. Official name: Free State of Saxony.

Saksonka

A native or inhabitant of Saxony, Germany.

saksoński

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language.

sakura

cherry blossom (blossom of the Japanese cherry tree)

sakwa

A bag, normally with a drawstring, used for holding money.

Sala

A coastal city near Rabat in the region of Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, Morocco.

sala balowa

A large room used for dancing and banquets.

sala lekcyjna

A room, often in a school, where classes take place.

sala posiedzeń

The room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings

sala rozpraw

The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.

sala sądowa

The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.

Saladyn

(history) First sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, who led the Muslim opposition to the European Crusaders in the Levant.

salam

A respectful ceremonial greeting used mostly by Muslims.

salami

A large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices.

salceson

(chiefly, British) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.

saldo

(accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.

Salisbury

A cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1430).

salmonella

Any of the serotypes of the two species of rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, especially Salmonella enterica, that cause typhoid fever and salmonellosis, manifest as food poisoning and other diseases.

salon

(countable) A room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.

Saloniki

A port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.

salto

Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.

salwa

The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.

salwa burtowa

(nautical) One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing.

sałata

(uncountable, slang) Money.

sałatka

A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.

sam

By oneself, solitary.

sam z siebie

Unaided; without assistance or help from others.

sama

Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. [from 10th c.]

Samanta

A en given name.

Samarytanin

A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region.

Samarytanka

A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region.

samarytański

Of, or relating to Samaria or Samaritans.

samba

(dance) A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.

sambuca

An Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavoured with licorice, traditionally served with 3 coffee beans that represent health, wealth and fortune (or past, present and future).

sambuka

(musical instruments) An ancient form of triangular harp having a very sharp, shrill tone.

same

(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

sami

(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

samica

One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

samica daniel

A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).

samiec

(of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).

samiec rozpłodowy

A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).

samo-

Unaided; without assistance or help from others.

Samoa

A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.

samoanaliza

(psychology) analysis of oneself

Samoańczyk

(countable) A person from Samoa or of Samoan descent.

Samoanka

(countable) A person from Samoa or of Samoan descent.

samoański

Of, from, or pertaining to Samoa, the Samoan people or the Samoan language.

samobójca

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

samobójczyni

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

samochód

(US, Canada, Philippines, AU, NZ) A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.

samochód ciężarowy

(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.

samochód dostawczy

(British) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.

samochód hybrydowy

A hybrid vehicle, especially a car; a vehicle that runs on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).

samochwała

(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]

samoczynny

Capable of operating without external control or intervention.

samodziałowy

(of clothing, etc.) Made from homespun fabric.

samodzielnie

Without outside help.

samodzielność

(philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.

samodzielny

Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.

samogon

(North America, informal) An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.

samogonka

(math, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.

samokontrola

Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.

samokupstwo

An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.

samolot

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

samolot bezzałogowy

An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

samolot bombowy

(aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.

samolot naddźwiękowy

An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.

samolot pasażerski

A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.

samolub

An egocentric or self-centered person.

samolubka

An egocentric or self-centered person.

samolubnie

in an egoistic manner

samolubność

The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.

samolubny

Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others; selfish.

samolubstwo

The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.

samorealizacja

Psychological development that can be achieved when all basic and mental needs are fulfilled. [from 1950]

samorodny

Produced independently of an external cause or influence.

samorzutny

Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.

samosiejka

(botany, agriculture) A plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose; see volunteer plant in Wikipedia.

samostrzał

A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.

samoświadomość

(countable, psychology) The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.

samoświadomy

Aware of oneself as an individual that exists in the real world.

samotnia

A place of seclusion.

samotnica

A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.

samotniczka

A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.

samotniczy

Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.

samotnie

By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.

samotnik

Tringa ochropus, a small wading bird.

samotność

Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.

samotny

By oneself, solitary.

samouczek

(education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.

samowar

A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.

samowładca

An absolute ruler with infinite power.

samowładczyni

An absolute ruler with infinite power.

samowładztwo

A condition of absolute power.

samozwańczy obrońca

A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.

samozwaniec

Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.

sampel

(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.

sampler

A device that takes samples.

sampling

(music) The electronic splicing of pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance music.

samplować

(music, transitive) To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.

Samuel

One of two books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

samuraj

In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

San

A river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine.

sanatorium

An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.

sandał

(footwear) A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot

sandałowiec

Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.

sandhi

(phonology) Any of a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.

sandwicz

A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.

saneczkarka

Someone who competes in the luge.

saneczkarz

Someone who competes in the luge.

sango

The primary language spoken in the Central African Republic.

sangria

A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit.

sanie

(British) any type of sled or sleigh.

sanitarny

Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.

sankcja

Agreement; act of agreeing.

sankcjonować

(transitive) To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.

sanki

(British) any type of sled or sleigh.

sanskryt

A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.

śanti

(Hinduism) Peace, tranquility.

Santoryn

An island in the Cyclades, Greece.

sapać

(intransitive) To make dull explosive sounds.

sapanie

The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

Sapporo

The capital and largest city of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

Sara

(biblical character) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.

Saraj

(biblical character) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.

Sarajewo

The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.

sardela

Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food.

Sardyńczyk

A native or inhabitant of Sardinia, Italy.

Sardynia

An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Sardynka

A native or inhabitant of Sardinia, Italy.

sardyński

Of, from or relating to Sardinia, Italy.

sari

The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head.

sarkać

(intransitive, now, _, rare) To grumble; to complain in a low, muttering voice, or express discontent at or against someone or something. [from 14th c.]

sarkastycznie

In a sarcastic manner.

sarkazm

(uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.

sarknąć

(intransitive, now, _, rare) To grumble; to complain in a low, muttering voice, or express discontent at or against someone or something. [from 14th c.]

sarma

A dumpling of minced meat and other ingredients wrapped in a leaf (grape or cabbage); the Turkish equivalent of dolma.

sarna

A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).

sarnina

The meat of a deer, typically one that had lived in its own natural habitat.

Sas

A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.

sashimi

A dish consisting of thin slices or pieces of raw fish or meat.

sąsiad

A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

sąsiadka

A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

sąsiadować

(intransitive, followed by "on"; figurative) To be similar to, to be almost the same as.

sąsiedni

Being in contact at some point or line; joining to

sąsiedztwo

An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.

saski

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language.