Polish–English dictionary

chwytający za serce

That elicits deep sympathy.

chwytak

(countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.

chwytliwy

(of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable.

chyba

In all likelihood.

chyba że

Except on a specified condition; if not.

chybiać

(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

chybić

(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

chybienie

A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.

chybiony

Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.

chytrość

The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.

chytry

Quickly and critically discerning.

chyży

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.]

ci

Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "third"

ciachać

To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

ciachnąć

To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

ciacho

(slang, originally, Australian) A physically or sexually attractive person.

ciąg

A series of related items.

ciąg znaków

(countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

ciągać

(transitive) To draw or pull something heavy.

ciągle

(set phrase, duration) Always; constantly; for the complete duration.

ciągliwość

(materials science) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.

ciągliwy

Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.

ciągły

Of or pertaining to continuation.

ciągnąć

(slang, intransitive) To drink alcohol.

ciągnąć druta

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

ciągnąć los

(cricket, archaic) Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. [from 19th c.]

ciągnik

(agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

ciągutka

(US) A soft, chewy candy made from boiled sugar, molasses, or corn syrup and butter.

ciało

(countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. [from 9th c.]

ciało migdałowate

(neuroanatomy) Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.

ciało stałe

(chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).

ciałopalenie

A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

ciamajda

(US, pejorative) A clumsy or stupid person.

ciapa

(chiefly, derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.

ciasno

In a tight manner.

ciasny

Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.

ciasteczko

(Internet) A packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then returned by the browser each time it accesses that server, used to maintain state between otherwise stateless HTTP transactions, for example, to identify the user.

ciastko

(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes, Canada, rare) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.

ciasto

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

ciasto na zakwasie

(obsolete) Leaven; an agent that makes dough rise.

ciasto z nadzieniem

(Jamaica) A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.

ciastowaty

Like paste, sticky.

ciąża

The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.

ciążenie

(physics) The fundamental force of attraction that exists between all matter in the universe, caused by the curvature of spacetime caused by matter. It is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton.

ciążenie powszechne

(loosely, see usage notes) Gravitation, the universal force exercised by two bodies on each other by virtue of their masses.

cicha myszka

A quiet or shy person.

cicha woda

(idiomatic) Someone who possesses talents or favorable characteristics that are not known or expected by others.

cicho

In a quiet manner.

cichy

(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.

cie

Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.

ciebie

(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]

ciec

(intransitive) To leak slowly.

cięcie

(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.

ciecierzyca

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

ciecierzyca pospolita

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

cięciwa

(rail) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.

ciecz

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.

cieczka

(uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.

cieczowy

(not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.

cięgi

(informal) A great loss or defeat.

ciek

A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.

ciekawić

(obsolete, often, _, impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.

ciekawość

(uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. [from 17th c.]

ciekawostka

A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. [from 17th c.]

ciekawski

Too curious; overly interested; nosy.

ciekawy

Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.

ciekły

(not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.

cieknąć

To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.

ciel

(added to nouns, chiefly denoting occupations) A person whose occupation is the root noun; (more broadly, occasionally with adjectives) a person characterized by the root.

cielak

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

cielę

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

cielęcina

The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.

cielesność

(countable) A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.

cielesny

Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.

cielica

A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.

cielisty

A yellowish pink color; the color of some Caucasian human skin.

ciemiączko

(anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.

ciemię

The topmost part of the head.

ciemieniowy

(anatomy) Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.

ciemięzca

Someone who oppresses another or others.

ciemnawy

Not bright or colorful.

ciemnia

(photography) A dark room, where photographs are developed.

ciemnica

An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.

ciemnieć

(intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).

ciemno

With a dark appearance.

ciemnofioletowy

A dark purple colour; eggplant.

ciemność

A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.

ciemnowłosy

(of a person) Having brown hair.

ciemny

A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.

cień

(by extension) Something or someone utterly destroyed.

cienias

(slang, mildly, derogatory) A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person.

cieniować

(ambitransitive) To cut or divide into layers.

cienisty

In shadow; darkened by shadows.

cienki

Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.

cieplarnia

A heated greenhouse.

cieplny

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

ciepło

The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face).

ciepły

(of a place or object) Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable.

ciepnąć

(transitive) To throw violently.

cierń

(botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.

ciernisty

(literally) Having thorns or spines.

cierpiący na niestrawność

A dyspeptic person.

cierpieć

(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.

cierpienie

A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.

cierpiętnica

(by extension) One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.

cierpiętnik

(by extension) One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.

cierpki

Tasting sour or bitter.

cierpliwie

In a patient manner.

cierpliwość

The quality of being patient.

cierpliwy

(of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

cieśnina

(geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.

cieszyć

To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

cietrzew

A large, black bird with a lyre-shaped tail, Lyrurus tetrix (syn. Tetrao tetrix).

cięty

Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.

ciężar

A burden; a weight to be carried.

ciężar dowodu

(legal) Burden of proof, onus probandi.

ciężarek

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.

ciężarny

(mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

ciężarówka

A lorry, truck or other large vehicle used to transport cargo with a total weight of at least 3.5 tonnes.

ciężka praca

Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)

ciężki

Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

ciężkie przestępstwo

(law, criminology, US, historical, _, in, _) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.

ciężkostrawny

(of food) Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.

ciii

Demanding silence.

ciocia

The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.

ciort

An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil. [from 10th c.]

cios

An instance of the act of striking or hitting.

cios prosty

(boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.

ciosać

(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.

ciota

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

ciotka

(euphemism, _, slang) A personification of the menstrual period or menstruation.

cipa

(vulgar, slang) The female genitalia; the vulva.

cipka

(childish) The female genitalia.

cipsko

(vulgar, slang) The female genitalia; the vulva.

circa

Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)

cis

Cisgender (or sometimes cissexual): not trans (transgender or transsexual) nor non-binary.

ciskać

To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.

cisnąć

To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.

ciśnienie

Distress.

cisowy

Made from the wood of the yew tree.

cisza

(meteorology) The absense of wind; a period of time without wind.

ciurkiem

Without stopping; without interruption or break

ciżba

A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.

cki

Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.

ckliwy

(figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.

cknić się

(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.

clearing

(banking, finance) The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.

cliffhanger

(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.

clubbing

(uncountable) The practice of frequenting nightclubs.

cło

(in the plural) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.