Polish–English dictionary

cenzuralny

Suitable to be openly talked about, or mentioned; not taboo.

cenzurować

(transitive) To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.

cep

A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.

cep bojowy

A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.

cera

The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.

ceramiczny

Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

ceramika

(uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.

Cerber

(Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.

ceregiele

A long and complicated formal procedure.

ceremonia

A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.

ceremonia rozdania dyplomów

(education) A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.

cerkiew

(countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. [from 9th c.]

cerować

(transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

certyfikacja

The act of certifying.

certyfikat

A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.

certyfikować

(transitive) To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard.

cesarski

Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.

cesarstwo

A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.

cesarz

Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.

cesarzowa

The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.

cesja

(legal) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

ceta

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

cętka

A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.

cętkowany

Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.

ceviche

(cooking) Raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America.

cewka

(electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.

cewka moczowa

(anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.

cewnik

(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.

cezar

A title of Roman emperors.

chabeta

(UK) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).

Chaco

A province in northern Argentina.

Chaldejczyk

(biblical) A diviner or astrologer.

chaldejski

Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.

chałtura

An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.

chałupa

A small wooden shed.

Cham

(biblical character) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.

chamski

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

chamskość

The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.

chamstwo

The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.

chan

(historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

chandra

(usually, in the plural, informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.

Chanuka

(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.

chaos

A lack of clarity or order.

chaotycznie

In a chaotic manner.

chaotyczny

Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.

chapać dzidę

(transitive, intransitive) To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.

chapeau bas

(figurative) Used to express approval or praise: congratulations, kudos, well done! [with to]

charakter

(uncountable, figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.

charakterystyczny

Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

charakteryzować

(transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).

charczeć

(intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.

charczenie

A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

chart

A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.

chart afgański

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

Chartum

The capital city of Sudan.

charytatyny

Pertaining to charity.

charytatywność

(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.

chaszcze

A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.

chata

(US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.

chazan

singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony

chciany

Wished for; desired; sought.

chcieć

To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.

chciejstwo

(idiomatic, psychology) The formation of beliefs based on an outcome that aligns with one's desires or hopes, while disregarding evidence, rationality, or reality.

chciwość

Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.

chciwy

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

cheat

(video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.

cheatowanie

An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.

chęć

The state of being willing

cheddar

A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.

cheerleaderka

(chiefly, US) A person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for.

cheeseburger

A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).

chełpić się

(intransitive, often with of) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.

chemiczka

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

chemiczny

Of or relating to chemistry.

chemik

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

chemo-

Relating to or using chemicals or chemistry.

cherlak

Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.

cherub

(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.

cherubin

(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.

chętnie

(informal) Used to express acceptance of something offered to the speaker.

chętny

(comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

Chetyta

A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

Chetytka

A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

chi

The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.

chia

A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.

Chicago

A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.

chichot

A quiet laugh.

chichotać

To laugh quietly or inwardly.

chihuahua

The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears.

Chile

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

chili

Pulverized dry chilis used for culinary purposes.

Chilijczyk

A person from Chile or of Chilean descent.

Chilijka

A person from Chile or of Chilean descent.

chilijski

Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.

Chimera

(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

Chińczycy

(uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.

Chińczycy Han

The Chinese ethnicity, when distinguished from other peoples of the Chinese state

Chińczyk

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent.

chinina

(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]

Chinka

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent.

chinol

(dated, now, offensive) A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent.

chińska dzielnica

A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.

chiński

(uncountable) The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects.

chip

(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.

chipotle

A ripe jalapeño pepper, dried and smoked for use in cooking.

chiropraktyk

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

chirurg

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

chirurgia

(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

chirurgicznie

Relating to surgery; by means of surgery.

chirurgiczny

Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.

chirurżka

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

Chittyta

A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

Chittytka

A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

chlać

(slang, intransitive) To drink alcohol.

chlamydia

(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.

chlast

A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.

chleb

A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.

chleb kukurydziany

(US) Bread made from cornmeal.

chlebak

a container for storing bread or other baked goods to keep them fresh

chlebowiec różnolistny

The large fruit from this tree.

chlipać

(ambitransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

Chloe

A en given name.

chlor

A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.

chloran

(chemistry) Any salt of chloric acid.

chlorek

(chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid.

chlorofil

(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.

chloroform

(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

chloroformować

To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

chlorowodorowy

(chemistry) Of or relating to hydrochloric acid.

chlubić

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

chlusnąć

(slang, intransitive) To drink alcohol.

chłeptać

(ambitransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

chłód

(uncountable) A condition of low temperature.

chłodnia

An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

chłodny

Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.

chłodzenie

(uncountable) Refrigeration.

chłodziarka

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

chłodziwo

A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.

chłonąć

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]

chłoniak

(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.

chłoniaki

(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.

chłonka

(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

chłonny

Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. [First attested in the early 18th century.]

chłop

(chiefly, US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.

chłop pańszczyźniany

A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.

chłopak

A male child. [from 15th c.]

chłopczyca

(slang, LGBTQ, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.

chłopczyk

A male child. [from 15th c.]

chłopiec

A male child. [from 15th c.]

chłopiec pracujący jako służący

(archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.