Polish–English dictionary

Sieć

The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.

sieczka

Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

sieczna

(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec

siedem

A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.

siedemdziesiąt

The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.

siedemnaście

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

siedemnaścioro

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

siedemnasty

The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

siedlisko

A place in which a person lives.

siedmiobój

(athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport.

Siedmiogród

A historical region in western Romania.

siedmioro

A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.

siedzący

(medicine, of a job, lifestyle, etc.) Not moving much; sitting around.

siedzenie

The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.

siedzenie pasażera

(automotive) A seat in a vehicle for a passenger, especially the front seat next to the driver in a motor vehicle.

siedziba

(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]

siedzieć

(colloquial) To spend time in prison (as a prisoner) or in the military (as a servicemember).

siedzieć na ogonie

(automotive, intransitive, transitive) To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.

siedzieć na zderzaku

(automotive, intransitive, transitive) To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.

siedzisko

A place in which to sit.

sięgać

(transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.

sięgnąć

(transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.

sięgnięcie

The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.

siekać

(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.

siekanie

(sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.

siekiera

An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

sielanka

An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.

sielankowy

Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.

sielski

Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.

siema

(slang) A greeting similar to hi.

sień

(architecture) A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building. [from the 17th c.]

siennik

A straw bed.

sierdzić

(intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.

sierociniec

A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

sieroctwo

The state of being an orphan; the losing of both parents through their death.

sierota

(British) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.

sierotka

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

sierp

(agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.

sierpień

The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.

sierpowy

(boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc

sierść

A stiff or coarse hair on a nonhuman mammal or on a plant.

sierżant

The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.

siew

The act or process by which something is sown.

sieweczka

A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family. [from 15th c.]

sigma

The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets (Σ, σ), the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient.

signore

A courtesy title for Italian men.

sikać

(slang) To urinate.

sikacz

(uncountable, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, informal) Cheap or inferior everyday wine.

sikh

An adherent of Sikhism.

sikhijka

An adherent of Sikhism.

sikhijski

of, or relating to the Sikhs or to Sikhism.

siki

(by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.

Sikoku

The fourth-largest of Japan's islands.

sikora

A small passerine bird (songbird) of the genus Parus or the family Paridae.

sikorka

(archaic) A young girl, later especially a minx, hussy.

silikon

(chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts.

sill

(geology) A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.

silne mięśnie

Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.

silnia

(mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.

silnie

In a strong or powerful manner.

silnik

A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.]

silnik odrzutowy

A rocket engine.

silny

(figurative) Robust, strong.

siła

(countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

siła ciążenia

(physics) The fundamental force of attraction that exists between all matter in the universe, caused by the curvature of spacetime caused by matter. It is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton.

siła nacisku

A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.

siła robocza

All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.

siła skręcająca

A twisting force.

siła woli

The unwavering strength of will to carry out one's wishes.

siłacz

A man who performs feats of strength, as in competitions or as an attraction in a circus.

siłaczka

A man who performs feats of strength, as in competitions or as an attraction in a circus.

siłka

(especially, weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

siłownia

(nautical) A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.

siłownik

A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

siły

(countable) A group organized for the goal of attacking, controling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).

siły zbrojne

The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines, and sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force.

Simona

A en given name.

Sinaloa

A state of Mexico.

Sindbad

(fiction) A fictional sailor, the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin, who encountered monsters and magic while travelling the seas east of Africa and south of Asia.

Singapur

An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.

singel

(music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.

singiel

(music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.

singleton

(mathematics) A set with exactly one element.

siniaczyć

(transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.

siniak

A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

siniec

A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

Sinozęby

The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.

sinus

(trigonometry, mathematics) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.

sio

(colloquial) An imperative demand to leave, often understood by speaker and listener as impertinent.

siodełko

The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.

siodło

(geology) A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.

siódmy

The ordinal form of the number seven.

siogun

The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.

siogunat

(historical, Japan) The office or dignity of a shogun.

sioło

A small village or a group of houses.

siorbać

(transitive) To eat or drink noisily.

siostra

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

siostrzany

(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

siostrzenica

A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

siostrzeniec

A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).

sirocco

A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.

sit

The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.

sitar

(musical instruments) A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.

sitko

A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

sito

A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

sitowie

(AU) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]

siusiak

(slang, sometimes, _, childish) The penis.

Śiwa

(Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.

siwieć

(demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)

siwy

Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.

sjużet

(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]

ska

(music genre) A style of Jamaican dance music originating in the late 1950s, combining elements of Caribbean calypso and mento with American jazz and rhythm and blues; it was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

skacowany

Suffering from a hangover.

skąd

(archaic, formal, or, literary) From where; from which place or source.

skądinąd

(conjunctive) In addition to what has been said.

skakać

(ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]

skalać

To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.

skaleczenie

An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.

skaleń

(mineral) Any of a large group of rock-forming aluminosilicate minerals containing potassium, sodium, or calcium that, together, make up about 60% of the Earth's outer crust.

skalisty

Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.

skalpel

A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.

skała

(Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

skała macierzysta

(countable, uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface.

skałoczep

Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.

skamielina

The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.

skamieniałość

The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.

skan

(computing) The result or output of a scanning process.

skandal

An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.

skandaliczny

Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. [from 18th c.]

skandować

To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.

Skandynaw

A person of Nordic descent or having features typical of Nordic people.

Skandynawia

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.

Skandynawka

Someone from Scandinavia.

skandynawski

(of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

skanować

(computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.

skanowanie

(computing) An instance of scanning.

skąpić

(intransitive) To be sparing or mean.

skąpiec

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

skapitulować

(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]

skąpstwo

Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

skąpy

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

skarabeusz

A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.

skarb

A person's romantic partner; a term of endearment used to refer to or address e.g. one's girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse.

Skarb Państwa

Any specific instance of a government department responsible for the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenue.

skarbek

(mythology, fantasy) One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually smaller than dwarves and more focused on engineering than mining.

skarbiec

A place where treasure is stored safely.

skarbnica

A place where treasure is stored safely.

skarbniczka

The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.

skarbnik

The government official in charge of the Treasury.

skarbować

To make wavy; to crimp.