Polish–English dictionary

teokracja

Government under the control of a state religion.

teolog

One who studies theology.

teologia

(uncountable) The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general. [from mid-14th c.]

teologiczny

Of or relating to theology.

teolożka

One who studies theology.

teoretyczka

Someone who constructs theories, especially in the arts or sciences.

teoretycznie

in theory though not necessarily in reality.

teoretyczny

Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.

teoretyk

Someone who constructs theories, especially in the arts or sciences.

tępak

(colloquial) A stupid person.

tępota

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

tępy

Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

tępy ból

Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.

tequila

An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.

terapena

(countable, obsolete) Any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water, especially the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin).

terapeuta

Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally.

terapeutka

Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally.

terapeutyczny

Of, or relating to therapy.

terapia

Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.

terasa

(agriculture) A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.

teraz

At the present time.

teraźniejszość

The current moment or period of time.

tercet

A group of three people or things.

tercja

(music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

tercjarka

(Roman Catholicism) A member of a Roman Catholic third order; a layperson who participates in activities similar to those engaged in by men and women who take religious vows (respectively the first and second orders), and who may wear some elements of an order's habit such as a scapular.

tercjarz

(Roman Catholicism) A member of a Roman Catholic third order; a layperson who participates in activities similar to those engaged in by men and women who take religious vows (respectively the first and second orders), and who may wear some elements of an order's habit such as a scapular.

tercyna

a three-line stanza in a poem

teren

An area of land or the particular features of it.

tereny

The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

Teresa

A en given name, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.

terier

A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).

terkot

The sound of talking.

Termagant

(archaic, historical) A fictitious deity with a violent temperament who featured in medieval mystery plays, represented as being worshipped by Muslims or (less commonly) other non-Christians.

termiczny

Of, related to, or associated with heat; thermal.

termin

The date on which a pregnant female is expected to give birth, which is determined by the term for the species.

terminacja

The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.

terminal

A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.

terminator

A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

terminologiczny

Of, or relating to terminology.

termit

A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.

termodynamika

(physics) The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

termojądrowy

Of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures.

termometr

An apparatus used to measure temperature.

termonuklearny

Of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures.

termos

A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.

termostat

A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.

Teron

Theron of Akragas (died 473 BC), a tyrant of Akragas in Sicily.

terpentyna

A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.

Terpsychora

(Greek god) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne.

terrier

A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).

terror

(uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.

terrorysta

A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.

terrorystka

A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.

terrorystyczny

Of or relating to terrorism.

terroryzm

(historical) The system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France around 1793-94.

terroryzować

To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.

terytorialny

Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.

terytorium

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

teściu

(Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.

Tesja

A en given name.

tęsknić

(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]

tęsknota

An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

tęskny

Full of longing or yearning.

tesla

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity.

test

A challenge, trial.

test wydajności

(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.

tester

A person who administers a test.

testerka

A person who administers a test.

testosteron

(steroid hormone) A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.

testować

To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

testowanie

The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.

testowy

Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.

tętent

(onomatopoeia) The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.

tętniak

(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.

tętnić

To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat.

tętnica

(anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.

tętniczy

Of or relating to an artery.

tętno

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

tetra

Any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.

tetra-

Four.

tetracja

(arithmetic) The arithmetic operator consisting of repeated exponentiation, by analogy with exponentiation being repeated multiplication and multiplication being repeated addition, ^ba denoting a to the power of a to the power of \ldots to the power of a, in which a appears b times.

Tetris

A puzzle video game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines, which are then cleared from the grid.

Teuton

A member of any Germanic-language-speaking people, especially a German.

teutoński

Relating to the ancient Germanic people, the Teutons.

też

(conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14th c.]

też nie

(conjunctive, after a negative) As well.

teza

(rhetoric) A proposition or statement supported by arguments.

tezaurus

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

tężec

(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.

tężenie

The action of solidifying.

Tezeusz

A legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete.

tężyzna

Physical strength; muscularity.

tfu

(archaic) Sometimes followed by on or upon: used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage.

theta

The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.

thriller

(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.

tiara

(usually) The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Tiencin

A direct-administered municipality and major city in northern China, between Beijing and the Bohai Bay.

Timbuktu

A city in central Mali.

Timor

An island in the Sundas.

tipi

A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.

tiramisu

An Italian semifreddo dessert, originally from Veneto, made from ladyfinger biscuits, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, Marsala wine, eggs (or sometimes cream), sugar and espresso coffee.

tiret

(law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash.

Titelitury

The fictional dwarf who is the title character of that story.

tiul

A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.

tj.

(initialism) That is, namely, in other words, that is to say.

tkać

(transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

tkactwo

(uncountable) The process of making woven material on a loom.

tkacz

A weaverbird that builds composite nests, Philetairus socius.

tkaczka

A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.

tkanina

A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.

tkany w domu

(of fabric) Woven in the home.

tleć

(intransitive, now, US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.

tlenek

(chemistry) A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.

tlenowy

Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.

tlić się

(intransitive, now, US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.

tło

An image that serves as a visual background.

tłoczyć

(transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.

tłok

(mechanics) A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)

tłoka

A community gathering to share labour, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.

tłuczek

A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.

tłum

(figuratively, by extension, usually, in the plural) A large number of people on the move.

tłumacz

(computing) A program that converts commands into machine language in real time rather than compiling it in advance. [1954]

tłumacz symultaniczny

(music, theater) A performer who presents a piece of art in a distinct style, particularly so as to make older works relevant to their audience.

tłumacz ustny

(music, theater) A performer who presents a piece of art in a distinct style, particularly so as to make older works relevant to their audience.

tłumaczenie

A translation.

tłumaczenie libretta

A translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance of an opera or other similar performance sung in a foreign language; a supertitle.

tłumaczka

(music, theater) A performer who presents a piece of art in a distinct style, particularly so as to make older works relevant to their audience.

tłumaczyć

(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).

tłumić

To defeat decisively, to suppress.

tłumienie

(military) The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.

tłumik

An attachment to a gun that reduces the sound it emits.

tłumik wydechowy

(US, automotive) A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.

tłuścioch

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight.

tłusty

(typography, of, _, typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

tłuszcz

(countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.

tłuszcza

(idiomatic, derogatory) The general populace, particularly the working class.

to

Used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent.

to samo

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

to znaczy

(colloquial) An indication of approximation or uncertainty.

to, co

(fused relative) That which; those that; the thing(s) that.

toaleta

(UK, AU, HK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]

toast

(countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.

tobogan

A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills.

Tobruk

A city and port on the Mediterranean in eastern Libya.

toć

(dated, or, literary) An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.

toczek

A type of hat with no brim.

toczeń

(pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.

toczyć

To shape with a lathe.

toczyć pianę

(transitive) To create froth in (a liquid).

toffi

(uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.