Polish–English dictionary

dyktando

(countable, uncountable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.

dyktat

a harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor

dyktator

A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.

dyktatorka

A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.

dyktatorski

of or pertaining to a dictator

dyktatura

A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.

dyktować

To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.

dyl

Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".

dylemat

A difficult choice or decision that must be made.

dyliżans

(historical) A four-wheeled public stage-coach, widely used in France before the general establishment of the railways.

Dym

The 44th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

dymić

(intransitive) To give off smoke.

dymieniczy

Of or pertaining to buboes.

dymisja

Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.

dymisjonować

(transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).

Dymitr

A en given name.

dymnik

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.

dymówka

Hirundo rustica, the most widespread species of swallow in the world; a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings, is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

dynamicznie

Of a dynamic nature; variable or constantly changing nature.

dynamika

(physics) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.

dynamit

A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.

dynamo

(electromagnetism) An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.

dynastia

A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

dynastia Han

An imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by the expansion of the Yellow River's Huaxia culture to the recent conquests of the Qin and a flowering of economic, literary, and scientific development

dynia

The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

dyniowy

(uncountable) The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant.

dynks

(slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.

dyplom

A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.

dyplomata

A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations

dyplomatka

A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations

dyrdymała

A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, which is meaningless despite possibly appearing to have meaning.

dyrekcja

An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.

dyrektor

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

dyrektoriat

An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.

dyrektorka

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

dyrektywa

A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour.

dyrektywalny

Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.

dyrygent

(music) The conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band.

dyrygentka

(music) The conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band.

dyrygować

(transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)

dyscyplina

(countable) A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill. [from 14th c.]

dyscyplinarny

For the purpose of imposing punishment.

dysertacja

A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.

dysfemizacja

(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one that is derogatory, offensive or vulgar) to replace a (more) neutral original.

dysfemizm

(countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.

dysforia

A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety.

dysfunkcja

(mostly, medical) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.

dysharmonia

The absence of harmony or concordance.

dyshonor

Shame or disgrace.

dysjunkcja

A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. [from 17th c.]

dysk

A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.

dysk twardy

(computer hardware) Ellipsis of hard disk.

dyskoidalny

Shaped like a disc/disk.

dyskomfort

Mental or bodily distress.

dyskonto

(finance) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

dyskordianizm

A minor new religious movement with absurdist elements, often seen as a parody, based on the worship of Eris, the Greek goddess of discord and confusion.

dyskoteka

(countable, slightly, dated) Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).

dyskrecja

The quality of being discreet.

dyskrecjonalny

Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.

dyskredytować

(transitive) To harm the good reputation of (a person).

dyskretnie

In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.

dyskretny

(topology) Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.

dyskryminacja

(uncountable, countable) Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions. [from early 17th c.]

dyskryminacyjny

Of or pertaining to discrimination (in all senses).

dyskryminować

(intransitive, construed with against) To make decisions harmful to (a person or group) based on prejudice.

dyskwalifikować

(transitive) To make ineligible for something.

dysleksja

(neurology, pathology) A learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.

dysocjacja

(psychology) A defence mechanism where certain thoughts or mental processes are compartmentalised in order to avoid emotional stress to the conscious mind.

dysonans

(countable, uncountable) A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.

dysonans poznawczy

(psychology) A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.

dyspepsja

(pathology) Any mild disorder of digestion characterised by stomach pain, discomfort, heartburn, and nausea, often following a meal.

dyspeptyczny

(pathology, not comparable) Of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion.

dyspeptyk

A dyspeptic person.

dysponent

A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.

dysponentka

A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.

dysproporcja

The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.

dystans

(military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.

dystansować się

To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.

dystopia

A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.

dystorsja

(optics) An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.

dystres

(medicine, psychology) An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.

dystrybucja

The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

dystrybuować ponownie

(transitive) To distribute again.

dystrykt

An administrative division of an area.

dystych

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

dystyngowany

Having a dignified appearance or demeanor

dystynkcja

(uncountable) The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.

dysydencki

(informal) Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.

dysydent

One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.

dysydentka

A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.

dysymilacja

(phonology, phonetics) A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar.

dysza

A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.

dyszeć

(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

dywan

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

dywanik

A partial covering for a floor. [1624]

dywergencja

(calculus) The operator which maps a function F=(F1, ... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{\partial F_i}{\partial x_i}.

dywersant

A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.

dywersantka

A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.

dywersja

(military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.

dywersyfikacja

The act, or the result, of diversifying.

dywersyfikować

(transitive, intransitive) To make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks.

dywidenda

(finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).

dywiz

The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

dywizja

(music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.

dyzenteria

(pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.

dyżur

(engineering) The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.

dyżurna

(Hong Kong, Singapore, archaic, _, in, _, British) A student leader in a class.

dyżurny

(Hong Kong, Singapore, archaic, _, in, _, British) A student leader in a class.

Dżakarta

A province and capital city of Indonesia.

Dżamal

A en given name.

Dżamila

A en given name.

dzban

A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water

dzbanek

A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.

dżdżownica

A worm that lives in the ground.

dżdżyć

(impersonal, meteorology) To have rain fall from the sky.

dżdżysty

Pouring with rain; wet; showery

dżem

(less common in the, _, US, &, Canada) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts

dżentelmen

Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.

dżentelmeńsko

In the manner or with the behavior of a gentleman; with social grace, politely.

Dżesika

A en given name.

dzeta

The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ)

dżez

(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.

dżezować

To play (jazz music).

dźgnąć

To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick. [from late 14th c.]

dziać

(transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.

dziać się

(intransitive) To happen or take place.

dziadek

A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.

dziadkowie

The parent of someone's parent.

dziadziuś

(informal) grandfather

dział

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

dział wód

(hydrology, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.

dział wodny

(hydrology, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.

działać

(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.

działacz

One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.

działaczka

One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.

działający

In good working order.

działalność

(countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.

działalność charytatywna

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

działania

(military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).

działanie

The process of doing something.

działka

(British) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.

działka kielicha

(botany) One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure.

działo

(military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.

działon

(military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.

dziara

An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.

dziarski

(archaic) Lively; brisk.

dziąsła

(often, in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.

dziąsło

(often, in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.

dzicz

(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

dziczyzna

(uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.