Polish–English dictionary

adiektyw

(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

adiektywizować

(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.

adiustacja

The correction of the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and preparation of it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.

adiutant

(military rank) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs. [from 1641]

adiutantka

(military rank) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs. [from 1641]

admin

(countable, informal, computing) A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network).

administracyjny

Of or relating to administering or administration.

administrator

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

administratorka

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

administrować

(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.

admiracja

A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful

admirator

One who admires.

admiratorka

One who admires.

admirować

(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.

admisja

The act or practice of admitting.

admitancja

(physics) The reciprocal of impedance

admonicja

A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in their actions; a reprimand.

adnotacja

A comment added to a text.

adnotować

(transitive) To add annotation to.

adolescencja

The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

adolescencyjny

Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.

adolescent

A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.

adonis

A beautiful man.

adopcja

The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.

adopcyjny

Related through adoption.

adoptacja

The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.

adoptować

To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

adoracja

The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.

adorator

Someone who adores.

adoratorka

Someone who adores.

adornacja

A decoration; that which adorns.

adorować

To worship.

adres mailowy

A unique identifier of the form user name@domain name specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.

adres mejlowy

A unique identifier of the form user name@domain name specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.

adresacja

A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail

adresant

Someone who sends.

adresantka

Someone who sends.

adresat

The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.

adresatka

The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.

adresografia

A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail

adresowanie

A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail

Adrianna

A en given name, a feminine form of Adrian.

adriatycki

Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea.

adwent

(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.

adwersarka

An opponent or rival.

adwersarz

An opponent or rival.

adwokat

A Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy.

adwokat diabła

(idiomatic) One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument.

adwokatka

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

adwokatować

(informal, intransitive) To practice law.

adwokatura

The profession of an advocate.

aero-

air or aircraft

aerobik

A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music. [1968]

aerobikowy

Of or relating to aerobics.

aerobowy

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

aerodrom

An airfield:

aerodyna

(aviation) A heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift from motion.

aerodynamiczny

Of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics.

aerodynamika

The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.

aerograf

A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.

aerokosmonautyka

(elliptical) The industry concerned with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.

aeromechanika

(physics) The branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases; it comprises aerostatics and aerodynamics

aeronauta

A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.

aeronautka

A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.

aeronautyczny

Having to do with aerial navigation

aeroplan

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

aeroport

An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.

aerosol

A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

aerostatyka

(physics) the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions

aerożel

A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas.

aerozol

A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

Afar

A member of the people who speak this language and reside in these regions.

afarski

A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

afazja

(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

afe

(informal, demeaning) Go away! Clear off!

afekcja

(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.

afekt

(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.]

afektacja

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. [from 1548]

afektacyjny

(by extension) Excessively dramatic or emotional, especially with the intention to draw attention.

afektowanie

In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.

afektowany

Simulated in order to impress.

afelium

(astronomy, also, figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun.

afera

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

aferzysta

One who plots or schemes, who formulates devious plans.

affidavit

(legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.

afgan

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.]

Afgańczyk

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.]

afgani

The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.

Afganistan

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768]

Afganka

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.]

afgański

Of, from or relating to Afghanistan.

afiks

(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix.

afiliacja

The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.

afiliować

(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

afirmacyjny

(algebra) positive; not negative

afirmatywa

An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.

afirmatywny

(algebra) positive; not negative

afisz

A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

afiszować

(transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.

aflaston

(nautical) A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.

afoniczny

Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak.

afro

hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.

afro-

African

Afrodyta

(Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.

afrodyzjak

Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.

afront

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

afrontować

(transitive) To insult intentionally, especially openly.

Afryka

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

Afrykaner

A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.

Afrykanerka

A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.

Afrykanin

Of or pertaining to Africa.

Afrykanka

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

afrykański

Of or pertaining to Africa.

afrykata

(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.

Aga

A en given name.

Agamemnon

(Greek mythology) One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war.

agapa

(uncountable) Spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.

agape

(uncountable) Spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.

Agata

A en given name.

agatodajmon

A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).

agawa

Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave: succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles; they flower at maturity after several years, and generally die thereafter; large species, such as the maguey or century plant, (Agave americana), produce gigantic inflorescences. Several are of economic importance as sources of fibre such as sisal, and alcoholic beverages such as tequila.

agawa amerykańska

Agave americana, an ornamental flowering plant.

ageizm

The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.

agencja

A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.

agencja towarzyska

A house of prostitution.

agenda

A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).

agens

(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".

agent

Someone who works for an intelligence agency: whether an officer or employee thereof or anyone else who agrees to help their efforts (for ideology, for money, as blackmailee, or otherwise).

agent nieruchomości

(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.

agentka

Someone who works for an intelligence agency: whether an officer or employee thereof or anyone else who agrees to help their efforts (for ideology, for money, as blackmailee, or otherwise).

agentka nieruchomości

(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.

agitator

One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.

agitatorka

One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.

aglomerować

To heat a compacted powder mass to form a hardened mass.

aglutynacyjny

(grammar) Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning.

Agnieszka

A en given name.

agnostycystyczny

Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.

agnostycyzm

The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.

agnostyczka

A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.

agnostyczny

Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.

agnostyk

A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.

agnozja

(neurology) The inability to recognise objects by use of the senses.

agonista

Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.

agonistka

Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.

agorafobia

The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.

agoryzm

(politics, economics) A revolutionary political philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society by means of counter-economics (i.e. black market).

Agra

A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.

agrarny

Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land.

agregacja

The act of collecting together, of aggregating.

agregat

The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or (aggregated) sum.