Polish–English dictionary

dżonka

(nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.

dżudo

A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu.

dżuma

(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.

dźwięczeć

(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.

dźwięczny

Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.

dźwięk stereo

Of sound, music, etc, recorded in stereo.

dźwiękoszczelny

Not allowing sound through.

dźwiękowy

Of or relating to sound.

dźwig

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.

dźwigać

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

dźwigacz

(anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.

dźwigar

A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.

dźwignąć

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

dźwignia

(combat sports) Any lock designed to hyperextend one of the joints of the body, leading to pain and/or injury.

dźwignia finansowa

(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.

dzwon

(percussion instrument) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

dzwonek

(percussion instrument) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

dzwonek do drzwi

A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

dzwoniący

(telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.

dzwonić

(ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.

dzwonienie

A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.

dzwonka

(card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.

dzwonki

(slang) Doorbell chimes.

dzwonnica

(architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.

dzyń

(slang) The clang of a large bell.

dzyndzel

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

ę

small, immature, miniature

e-mail

(uncountable) A system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network.

earl

(nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.

Ebenezer

A en given name taken up by Puritans in the 17th century.

ebonit

The relatively hard product of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulfur; vulcanite.

ech

An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.

Echo

(Greek mythology) An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others.

ecie-pecie

(uncountable, informal) Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.

ecstasy

(slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.

eden

(by extension, countable) A paradise on Earth.

Edgar

A en given name.

editorial

(UK, journalism) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.

Edmonton

The capital city of Alberta, Canada.

Edmund

A en given name, borne by early English kings and saints.

edukacja

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

edukacyjny

Of, or relating to education.

edukować

(transitive) To instruct or train.

Edward

A en given name.

Edwin

A en given name.

edycja

(computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.

edykt

A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.

Edyp

(Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.

Edyta

A en given name.

edytor

(computing) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

edytor tekstu

(computing) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

edytorial

An article in a publication giving the opinion of its editors on a given topic or current event.

edytować

To change a text, or a document.

ef

The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

efekt

Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested.

efekt domina

The circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other events.

efektywność

A degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.

efektywny

Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.

efemeryczny

Lasting for a short period of time.

efendi

An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.

egalitarny

Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.

Egidiusz

A en given name.

Egipcjanin

A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.

Egipcjanka

A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.

egipski

Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

Egipt

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.

ego

(psychology, Freudian) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings.

egocentryczka

A person who is egocentric.

egocentryczny

Egotistical.

egocentryk

A person who is egocentric.

egocentryzm

The constant following of one's egotistical desires to an extreme.

egoista

An advocate of egoism.

egoistka

An advocate of egoism.

egoistycznie

in an egoistic manner

egoistyczny

Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others; selfish.

egoizm

The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.

egotyzm

A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.

egzaltowany

Influenced or changed by something.

egzamin

(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.

egzasperacja

The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

egzegeza

A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.

egzekucja

(legal) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.

egzekutywa

The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.

egzema

(biology, medicine) A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.

egzemplarz

The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.

egzemplifikować

(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.

egzorcysta

A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.

egzorcyzm

The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.

egzorcyzmowanie

The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.

egzoszkielet

(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.

egzoteryczny

Capable of being fully or readily comprehended by the public; accessible; also, having an obvious application.

egzystencja

(Ontology) The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.

egzystencjalny

Of or relating to existence.

egzystować

(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality

Einstein

Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th-century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.

ej

An exclamation to get attention.

ejakulacja

(specifically) A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.

ejże

A protest or reprimand.

ek

Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside.

ekier

An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.

ekipa

A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.

eklezjalny

Of or pertaining to the church.

ekliptyka

(astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies.

eko-

ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)

ekolog

A scholar of ecology.

ekologia

(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

ekologiczny

Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.

ekonomia

(social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.

ekonomicznie

(manner) In an economical manner; not wastefully; not extravagantly.

ekonomiczny

Pertaining to an economy.

ekonomika

(social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.

ekonomista

An expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.

ekonomistka

An expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.

ekosystem

A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.

ekoton

A transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems).

ekranować

(electricity) To protect from the influence of.

ekranowo

Inside the frame of the cinema, television or computer screen.

ekranowy

As seen on a screen (as of television, film, or computer) rather than in real life.

eks

(colloquial) A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband.

eks-

former

ekscelencja

(used with His, Her or Your) A form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries.

ekscentrycy

One who does not behave like others.

ekscentryczka

One who does not behave like others.

ekscentryczki

One who does not behave like others.

ekscentryczność

The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.

ekscentryczny

(physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).

ekscentryk

One who does not behave like others.

ekscentryzm

The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.

ekscytacja

(uncountable) The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).

ekscytujący

Refreshingly thrilling.

ekshibicjonista

One who exposes their genitalia (or female nipples) in public.

ekshibicjonistka

One who exposes their genitalia (or female nipples) in public.

ekshibicjonistyczny

Compulsively seeking attention.

ekshumacja

The act of disinterring.

ekshumować

(transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

Ekskalibur

(Arthurian legend) The legendary sword of King Arthur, having magical properties.

ekskluzywność

The quality of being exclusive.

ekskluzywny

(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.

ekskomunika

The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.

ekskrecja

The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.

ekskrementy

(now, _, specifically) Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.

eksmisja

The act of evicting.

eksmitować

(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

ekspansja

An act, process, or instance of expanding.

ekspatriant

One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.

ekspedycja

A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose

ekspens

A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.

ekspert

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

ekspertka

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

ekspertyza

Advice, or opinion, of an expert.