Polish–English dictionary

bezwstydnie

In a brazen (shamelessly shocking and offensive) manner.

bezwstydnik

A person who is filthy or vulgar in nature.

bezwstydność

(countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence.

bezwstydny

(figurative) ; impudent, brazen.

bezwydarzeniowy

monotonous; lacking significant or noteworthy events

bezwyznaniowiec

a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion.

bezwzględnie

Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors.

bezwzględność

The quality of being harsh.

bezwzględny

Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. [first attested in the late 1400s]

bezzałogowiec

(aviation) Initialism of unmanned aerial vehicle or uncrewed aerial vehicle: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted, that is capable of controlled, sustained, level flight.

bezzałogowy

Not operated by a person or a crew.

bezzapachowy

Having no odor.

bezzasadny

Without any grounds to support it; baseless.

bezzębny

Having no teeth.

bezzęby

Having no teeth.

bezzwłocznie

(chiefly, formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately. [from early 14th c.]

bezzwłoczny

Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

BHP

Initialism of occupational health and safety.

Bhutan

A country in South Asia, in the Himalayas. Official name: Kingdom of Bhutan. Capital: Thimphu.

bi-

Every two; a rate of once every two.

biada

(archaic) An exclamation of grief.

biała

A person of European descent with light-colored skin.

biała lista

(legal, computing) A list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.

biała śmierć

(uncountable, slang) Any of various recreational substances:

białaczka

(oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

białas

(US, derogatory, racial slur, offensive) An impoverished white person from the southeastern United States, originally associated with Georgia and parts of Florida; (by extension) any white person (slang).

białaska

(US, Canada, pejorative, racial slur) A white (Caucasian) person.

białawy

Of a very pale colour that is almost white.

białko

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

białko opiekuńcze

(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.

białkówka

(anatomy) The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.

białogłowa

(US, dated, informal, slightly, derogatory) A woman.

Białoruś

A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.

białość

The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.

białucha

A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.

biały

Of or relating to Russians with tsarist or anti-Soviet sympathies in the period directly following the Revolution in 1917.

biały kruk

(figuratively) A rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing; a rare bird.

biały proszek

(archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.

biały ser

A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.

biały sport

(sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.

Białygród

A city, the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia.

Bias

(historical) One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century BC.

biathlon

(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.

biatlon

(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.

biba

(informal) A large party; a gala event.

Biblia

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

bibliofil

One who loves books.

biblioteczka

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

biblioteka

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

bibułka

(countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.

bić

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.

bić brawo

(transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.

bić monety

To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

bić na głowę

(transitive) To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.

bić pokłony

(idiomatic, by extension) To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.

bicie

The pulsation of the heart.

bicie piany

(figuratively) Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.

bicie serca

One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.

bicz

A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.

bicz boży

A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.

biczować

(transitive) To whip or scourge.

biczowy

Resembling a whip.

Biden

A surname.

bidet

A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.

bidło

(weaving) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

bidon

A bottle or flask for holding a beverage such as water or wine; (specifically, sports) a water bottle which can be squeezed to squirt the beverage out of the nozzle, especially (cycling) one designed for mounting on a bicycle.

bidul

A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

biec

(intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.

biec sprintem

(ambitransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.

bieda

An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.

biedacy

(with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.

biedaczka

A person suffering from extreme poverty.

biedak

A person suffering from extreme poverty.

biednieć

(intransitive) To become poor.

biedny

Of low quality.

biedronka

Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.

biedujący

In need; poor.

bieg

A sequence of events.

bieg wsteczny

(nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

biegać

(idiomatic) To pursue someone with romantic intentions; to woo.

biegacz

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.

biegacz uprawiający jogging

A person who jogs (as exercise).

biegaczka uprawiająca jogging

A person who jogs (as exercise).

bieganina

(countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.

biegle

In a fluent manner, as expressing oneself easily, especially in a foreign language.

biegłość

A natural or innate talent or aptitude.

biegły

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient

biegnik

(music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).

biegun

A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.

biegunka

(slang, often with "the") Diarrhea/diarrhoea.

biegunowość

Either of the two extremes of such attributes.

biegunowy

(mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.

biel

The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap).

bielactwo

Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.

bielaczy

Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.

bieleć

(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.

bielić

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

bielić się

(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.

bielidło

A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.

bielik

Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

bielinek

Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.

bielizna

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

bielizna (damska)

Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.

bielizna do prania

That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. [from c. 1930]

bielizna osobista

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

bielizna pościelowa

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

bielizna stołowa

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

bielmo

(ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

bieługa

A fish, Huso huso, that is a source of caviar, which is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

bierka

(chess) Any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.

bierność

(chemistry) Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or elements.

bierny

Not active, temporarily or permanently.

bierzmować

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

bierzmowanie

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

bies

An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil. [from 10th c.]

biesiada

A large celebratory meal; a feast.

biesiadny

Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity

biesiadować

To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.

biesowski

Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.

bieżący

(figurative) Currently receiving attention.

bieżnia

(engineering) A ring with a groove in which rolling elements (such as balls) ride, forming part of a rolling-element bearing (for example, a ball bearing).

bieżnik

A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.

bieżnikować

To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.

bifurkacja

(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.

bigamia

The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

bigiel

Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.

bigos

An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.

bigot

(obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.

bigoteria

A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show.

bigotka

(obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.

Bihar

A state in eastern India. Capital: Patna.

bijak

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

bijatyka

A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

bijnik

(firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.

bikini

A brief bathing suit worn by men.

bilans

The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.

bilansować

(transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.

bilansować się

(intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.

bilard

(games, British) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.

bilateralny

Involving both sides equally.

bilet

A citation for a traffic violation.

biletować

To mark with a ticket.

biliard

(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,0004): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.

bilingwalny

Having the ability to speak two languages fluently.

bilingwista

A person who is able to use two languages.

bilion

(dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million (times a) million (logic: 1,000,0002): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (1012); a thousand milliard.

bilon

(uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.

bim-bam

(slang) The clang of a large bell.

bimbać

(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.

bimber

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