Polish–English dictionary

Swietłana

A en given name, common in Slavic nations in which Orthodox Christianity is established.

świetnie

In a manner that demonstrates excellence; very well.

świetność

The quality of being excellent; brilliance

świetny

Of surpassing excellence; magnificent.

święto

An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.

Święto Dziękczynienia

(Canada, US) The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.

Święto Losów

(Judaism) A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.

Święto Świateł

(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.

Święto Świec

(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.

świętojebliwość

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

świętojebliwy

(derogatory) Hypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior.

świętokradczy

Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.

świętokradzki

Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.

świętokradztwo

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

świętokupstwo

The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.

świętość

The state or condition of being holy.

świętoszek

(derogatory) A goody-goody; a person who is almost always perfectly well-behaved, with an implication of smugness.

świętoszka

(derogatory) A goody-goody; a person who is almost always perfectly well-behaved, with an implication of smugness.

świętoszkostwo

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

świętoszkowatość

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

świętoszkowaty

(derogatory) Hypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior.

świętować

(transitive, or, intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.

świętowanie

A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.

Święty

A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.

Święty Graal

(Arthurian mythology) An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.

Święty Michał Archanioł

(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending the faithful in the tribulation.

świeżo upieczony

Emergent or rising.

świeżość

The state or quality of being fresh.

świeży

Having happened a short while ago.

SWIFT

(banking) Acronym of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.

świnia

Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.

świnka

(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

świński

Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.

świństwa

Activity that is morally questionable or even mildly illegal.

świntuch

(engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.

świntuszyć

(intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).

świr

(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.

świren

(agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

świst

An act of whistling.

świstać

(ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.

świstak amerykański

(Northern US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

świszcz

Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.

świszczeć

To make a rustling sound while moving.

świt

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

świta

A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.

świtać

(intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

switch

(telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.

świtezianka

A damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.

swoboda

(figurative) Freedom or leeway.

swobodnie

In a free manner.

swobodny

(linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.

swoistość

That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.

swój

Belonging to him. [from 8th c.]

swój chłop

A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion.

swoją drogą

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.

swojski

Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cosy. [from early 14th c.]

sworzeń

A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.

Syberia

The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

syberyjski

Of or relating to Siberia.

Sybir

The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

sycić

(transitive) To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.

Sycylia

The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily.

sycylijski

Of, from or relating to Sicily, Italy.

syczeć

To sputter or hiss.

syczenie

A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.

Syczuan

A province in central China. Capital: Chengdu.

Sydney

(uncountable) A major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.

syf

(by extension, figurative) Anything disgusting or worthless.

syfilis

(disease) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

syfny

(slang, vulgar) Extremely ugly.

syfon

A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.

sygmatyzm

The act or a habit of lisping.

sygnalizować

(transitive) To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.

sygnał

The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.

sygnałek

The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.

sygnałówka

(brass instrument, historical, or, poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.

sygnatariusz

One who signs or has signed something.

sygnet

(historical) An object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin.

Sygurd

(Norse mythology) The principal hero of the Volsungasaga and of the Elder Edda's Niflung cycle, who slew a dragon.

Syjam

(historical) Former name of Thailand: a country in Southeast Asia.

syjamski

Of or relating to Siam; Thai.

Syjon

(biblical) A hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events.

syjonistyczny

Of or relating to a Zionist or Zionists.

syk

A spluttering or hissing sound.

sykstyński

Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.

sylaba

(linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.

sylf

The elemental being of air, usually female.

sylfida

The elemental being of air, usually female.

sylikon

(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.

Sylwester

A en given name used in English since the sixteenth century.

sylwetka

A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.

Sylwia

A en given name.

symbiont

(ecology) An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.

symbioza

A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.

symbol

Something serving as an expression of something else.

symbol nieskończoności

(uncountable) A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.

symbol zastępczy

Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.

symbolicznie

In a symbolic manner.

symboliczny

Pertaining to a symbol.

symbolika

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]

symbolizm

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]

symbolizować

(transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent.

symetryczny

Exhibiting symmetry; having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts; having corresponding parts or relations.

symfonia

An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.

symonia

The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.

sympatia

A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

sympatyczka

(US) One who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization without belonging to it; especially a Communist sympathizer. [mid-20th c.]

sympatyczny

Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.

sympatyk

(US) One who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization without belonging to it; especially a Communist sympathizer. [mid-20th c.]

sympleks

(algebraic, _, topology, geometry) A generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension; more accurately, the convex hull of n+1 affinely independent points in n-dimensional space.

sympozjum

A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.

symptom

(medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.

symptomatyczny

(by extension) Constituting a symptom or indication; characteristic, indicative.

symulakrum

A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.

symulant

A person who malingers.

symulantka

A person who malingers.

symulator

A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.

symulować

(transitive) To disguise or conceal something.

symulowana

Invented in imitation of a particular thing or of a specific condition; artificial.

symulowane

Invented in imitation of a particular thing or of a specific condition; artificial.

symulowani

Invented in imitation of a particular thing or of a specific condition; artificial.

symulowany

Invented in imitation of a particular thing or of a specific condition; artificial.

syn

A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.

synagoga

(countable, Judaism) A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.

synchronia

(uncountable) The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.

synchroniczność

(uncountable) The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.

synchronizacja

The state or property of being synchronized.

synchronizm

(uncountable) The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.

synchronizować

(transitive) To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.

syndrom

(pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.

syndykalista

A person who advocates syndicalism.

synek

A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.

synekura

A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.

synergistyczny

Of or pertaining to synergy or synergism; synergic; co-operative, working together, interacting, mutually stimulating.

synod

(Christianity) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

synonimiczny

(particularly, in, semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)

synowski

(not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.

syntetyczny

Created by people, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.

syntetyzator

(musical instrument) An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.

syntetyzer

(musical instrument) An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.

synteza

The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.

syntezator

(musical instrument) An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.

sypać

(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

sypel

The fleshy false fruit of a wild rose plant (e.g. sweetbrier, dog rose, burnet rose, etc.), containing the achenes or true fruits.

sypialnia

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

sypki

Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.

sypnąć

(intransitive, impersonal) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.

syrena

A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

Syria

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.

syrop

(UK, AU, NZ) A concentrated non-carbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking.