Polish–English dictionary

drwa

Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

drwal

A worker whose occupation is to harvest trees.

drwalka

An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood.

drwalnia

An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood.

drwiący

Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.

drwić

(transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.

drwina

(uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.

dryfować

(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.

dryg

A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. [from 1580]

dryja

(cards, dice, dominoes) A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.

drylować

(transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

drzazga

A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.

drżeć

(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.

drzeć się

(intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.

drzemać

(intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

drzemka

A short unintentional nap, an instance of dozing off.

drzemlik

A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.

drżenie

(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

drzewiasty

(botany) Non-herbaceous.

drzewo

(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

drzewo cytrynowe

A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.

drzewo goździkowe

(countable) A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.

drzewo iglaste

(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

drzewo pomarańczowe

(countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).

drzeworytnik

A person who makes woodcuts.

drzwi

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

dualność

A classification into two subclasses or opposed parts.

dubbing

(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.

dubbingować

To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation

dublet

A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.

Dublin

(metonym) The government of the Republic of Ireland.

dublować

(transitive) To multiply by two.

Dubrownik

A city and port in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea; formerly, Ragusa.

duch

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

duchowieństwo

Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service.

duchowny

A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

duchowość

Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.

duchowy

Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

dudnić

(intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.

dudnienie

A deep low noise.

dudy

A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.

dudziarz

One who plays the bagpipes.

duet

A comic pairing in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin and profession, but often with drastically different personalities or behavior, maybe with a stooge or straight man.

dulka

(nautical) A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.

Duma

A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).

dumać

(intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.

dumnie

In a proud manner.

dumny

Full of pride.

dumping

(economics, trading) Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.

Dunaj

(with the) A river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.

Duńczyk

A person of Danish descent.

Düne

an island close to Heligoland

Dunka

A person of Danish descent.

Dunkierka

A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.

duński

Of or pertaining to Denmark.

dupa

(informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.

dupka

(archaic) A young girl, later especially a minx, hussy.

duplikat

One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.

dupsko

(US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.

dur

Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)

dureń

(colloquial) A stupid person.

durian

Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.

durny

(informal, pejorative, especially of a person) Stupid.

durowy

Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)

durszlak

A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.

dusić

(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.

dusiciel

One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.

dusicielka

One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.

dusigrosz

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

dusza

(religion, folklore) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.

duszenie

A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.

duszność

(pathology) Difficult or laboured breathing.

duszny

Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.

duszpasterski

Relating to the care of souls, to the pastor of a church or to any local religious leader charged with the service of individual parishioners, i.e. a priest or rabbi.

dutka

(farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.

duża

(slang, dated) used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

dużo

(informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.

dużo czytający

Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.

duży

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

DW

Initialism of carbon copy.

dwa

Two of the same kind connected or considered together.

dwa ognie

A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition.

dwa tygodnie

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, _, in North America) A period of 2 weeks.

dwadzieścia

The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

dwadzieścioro

The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

dwanaście

The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.

dwanaścioro

The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.

dwie

Two of the same kind connected or considered together.

dwoistość

A classification into two subclasses or opposed parts.

dwoisty

Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.

dwojaki

Having two aspects; ambiguous.

dwoje

Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.

dwójka

Two of the same kind connected or considered together.

dwójkowy

(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.

dwór

An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

dworka

A person in attendance at a royal court.

Dworzak

(music) Antonín Leopold Dvořák, Czech composer

dworzanin

A person in attendance at a royal court.

dworzec

A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.

dworzec czołowy

A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

dwu-

Every two; a rate of once every two.

dwubiegunowy

Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.

dwubój zimowy

(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.

dwuczęściowy

Having two parts (two principal or main parts).

dwudziestoczterogodzinny

(biology) Of, relating to, or showing rhythmic behaviour with a period of approximately 24 hours; especially of a biological process.

dwudziesty

The ordinal form of the number twenty.

dwujęzyczny

Having the ability to speak two languages fluently.

dwujęzykowiec

A person who is able to use two languages.

dwukółka

(road transport, historical) A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.

dwukropek

The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

dwukrotnie

Two times.

dwukrotność

Twice the number, amount, size, etc.

dwulatek

A child aged two.

dwulatka

A child aged two.

dwuletni

Lasting for two years.

dwulicowość

Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.

dwulicowy

Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.

dwumiejscowy

Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).

dwunasta

The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

dwunastkowy

(arithmetic) Of a number, expressed in base twelve.

dwunasty

The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

dwuosobowy

Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).

dwuparzec

Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments. [from 1601]

dwupłciowy

(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.

dwuroczny

Lasting for two years.

dwustronny

Having two sides.

dwutlenek

(archaic) a dioxide

dwutlenek węgla

(ecology, climate change, uncountable) Ellipsis of carbon dioxide.

dwutygodnik

Something that is published or released once every two weeks.

dwutygodniowy

Occurring once every two weeks; fortnightly.

dwuwiersz

(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.

dwużeństwo

The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

dwuznaczność

The quality of being equivocal.

dwuznaczny

Open to multiple interpretations.

dy-

Double, twice the quantity.

dyby

A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

dycha

(informal, UK, Irish) A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note.

dychawica

(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

dychotomia

A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.

dydaktyczny

Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.

dydelf

Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.

dyferencjacja

The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.

dyfteria

(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

dyfteryt

(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

dyfuzja

(physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.

dygnitarz

An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.

dygresja

(generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.

dykcja

The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.

dykcjonarz

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]

dykta

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.