Polish–English dictionary

wodołaz

A very large breed of working dog from Newfoundland, with a shaggy, usually black coat, known for its water rescue ability, strength, and gentle disposition.

wodoodporny

That slows the penetration of water (but is not necessarily fully watertight).

wodopój

A depression in which water collects, especially one where wild animals come to drink.

wodorost

Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.

wodorotlenek

(chemistry) A univalent anion (OH−) based on the hydroxyl functional group.

wodospad

(figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.

wodoszczelny

So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.

wodotrysk

an eye-catching person or thing

wodować

(transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.

wodowanie

The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)

wody

(poetic, archaic, or, dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.

wódz

The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group. [from 13th c.]

wodze

A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.

wodzian

(chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.

wodzić

(uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played

wodzirej

A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.

wodzirejka

A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.

woj

A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

wojak

Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas. [from 19th c.]

wojenny

Of or pertaining to war.

wojewoda

The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).

województwo

A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. [from 14th c.]

wojna

(chiefly, _, US) A sustained campaign against a social problem, idea, set of values, etc.

wojna błyskawiczna

A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.

wojna partyzancka

(now, _, rare) A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.

wojować

(intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).

wojownicza osoba

A pugnacious, competitive person.

wojowniczka

A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.

wojowniczość

An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour.

wojowniczy

Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.

wojownik

A person who fights; a combatant.

wojska pancerne

(military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.

wojsko

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.

wojskowy

Characteristic of members of the armed forces.

wok

(cookware) A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.

wokabularz

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information. [ca. 1480]

wokalista

A singer; a person who likes to sing.

wokalistka

A singer; a person who likes to sing.

wokalizm

(linguistics) The vowel sounds used in a language.

wokalny

(phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.

wokanda

(legal) A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.

wokół

On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around. [from before 1150]

wokoło

On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around. [from before 1150]

wola

A conscious choice or decision. [from early 17th c.]

wolant

(aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)

wole

The crop of a bird.

woleć

(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14th c.]

wolfram

A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.

wolne

Time when one is not working.

wolno

(manner) At a slow pace.

wolno stojący

Standing or set apart.

wolnomularz

A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization.

wolnomyślicielstwo

The principles of a freethinker; free thought

wolność

(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.

wolny

Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.

wolny czas

Free time, time free from work or duties.

wolny duch

One who is a nonconformist or who does not recognize the authority of others.

wolny obywatel

(usually as two words) A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.

wolontariat

The act of voluntarily giving time and labor for charity or community service.

wolontariusz

One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.

wolontariuszka

One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.

wolt

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V

wolta

An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.

woltaż

(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.

Wolter

A pen name of the French philosopher François-Marie Arouet.

woltyżerka

The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line.

wolumin

One in a series of volumes.

woluntarysta

Someone who endorses voluntarism.

woluntarystka

Someone who endorses voluntarism.

woluntarystyczny

Pertaining to voluntary activity; supporting or promoting voluntarism.

woluntaryzm

(philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect.

woluta

(architectural element) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.

wół

An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.

wół roboczy

(by extension) Someone or something that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly.

wołać

(intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.

wołacz

(grammar) Used in address; appellative; said of the case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective by which a person or thing is addressed.

wołanie

A cry or shout.

wołchw

A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.

Wołga

A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea.

wołowy

Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient.

WOM

Initialism of power take-off, a powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment.

wombat

Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.

woń

A pleasant smell or odour.

wonieć

(intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

wonny

Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.

wonton

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

woreczek

(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.

worek

(countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.

worek mosznowy

(anatomy) The sac of skin and muscle that contains the testicles in most placental (boreoeutherian) mammals.

worek z piaskiem

A small bag filled with sand and used as a cudgel.

Wormacja

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

wosk

Made of wax.

wosk pszczeli

A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.

woskować

(transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.

woskownica

A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

woskowy

Made of wax.

Wotan

The Germanic chief god, distributor of talents and god of wisdom and war (corresponding to Odin), especially in his Anglo-Saxon form.

wotum

A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.

wow

An expression of amazement, awe, or admiration.

wow!

An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.

wówczas

Back then, at the time referred to in the past.

wóz

A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.

wozak

(obsolete) A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart.

wózek

(by extension, rail transport, also, attributively) One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.

wózek ręczny

A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)

wózek suwnicowy

A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.

wózek transportowy

A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.

wózek widłowy

A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

wozić

(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

woźna

(Scotland, Hong Kong) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles (the term caretaker is also used in Hong Kong, particularly in ESF and independent British schools).

woźnica

A person who drives a chariot.

woźny

(Scotland, Hong Kong) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles (the term caretaker is also used in Hong Kong, particularly in ESF and independent British schools).

wpadać

(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.

wpadać na

To observe (someone or something) as a spy; also, to examine or observe (someone or something) carefully; or to look out or watch for.

wpadka

A major glitch or breakdown; a mistake or blunder.

wpajać

(transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

wpaść

(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.

wpaść na

To observe (someone or something) as a spy; also, to examine or observe (someone or something) carefully; or to look out or watch for.

wpatrywać się

(transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.

wpatrzyć się

(transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.

wpierdol

The pulsation of the heart.

wpis

A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.

wpisywać

To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

wplątać

(transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.

wplątywać

(transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.

wpłacać

(transitive) To put money or funds into an account.

wpłacić

(transitive) To put money or funds into an account.

wpłata

(banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.

wpłynąć

(transitive) Of a river, water, etc.: to flood or flow into (a place).

wpływ

(figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.

wpływać

(transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.

wpływowy

Having impact. [from c. 1940]

wpływy

(now, _, only, _, US) Proceeds; profits from business transactions. [from 15th c.]

wpoić

(transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

wprawdzie

Although; though; despite or in spite of the fact that.

wprawiać w zakłopotanie

To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]

wprawić w zakłopotanie

(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.

wprawny

(obsolete) Skillful, artful.

wprost

In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.

wprowadzać

To introduce, add or initiate a person or group of people to an organisation; to give (someone) a share or portion of something.

wprowadzenie

The act or process of introducing.

wprowadzić

To introduce, add or initiate a person or group of people to an organisation; to give (someone) a share or portion of something.

wprowadzić w życie

To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.

wpuścić

(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration

wpust

(woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. [from 14th c.]

wpuszczać

(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration

wrabiać

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

wrak

The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.

wrap

A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.

wraz

In company; together.