Polish–English dictionary

alaskański

Of or pertaining to Alaska, its people, or their culture.

alaski

Of or pertaining to Alaska, its people, or their culture.

Alaskijczyk

A native or resident of the state of Alaska in the United States of America.

Alaskijka

A native or resident of the state of Alaska in the United States of America.

alaskijski

Of or pertaining to Alaska, its people, or their culture.

Alba

A county of Transylvania, Romania.

Albańczyk

A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from 1569?]

Albania

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. [from ca. 1503]

Albanka

A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from 1569?]

albański

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]

Alberta

A province in western Canada. Capital: Edmonton. Largest city: Calgary.

albinos

(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.

albinoska

(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.

albinotyczny

Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.

Albion

(now, poetic) Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles).

albo

Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.

albowiem

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

alchemia

(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.

alchemiczny

(alchemy) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.

alchemik

One who practices alchemy.

alchemista

One who practices alchemy.

alchimia

(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.

alchimista

One who practices alchemy.

alchymik

One who practices alchemy.

alcista

A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.

alcistka

A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.

aldehyd mrówkowy

(organic compound) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.

aldryna

An insecticide and persistent organic pollutant containing a naphthalene-derived compound.

ale

A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.

alegoryzować

To create an allegory from (a character, an event or situation, etc.); also, to use one or more symbols to depict (a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences).

aleja

A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.

alejka

A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.

Aleksander

A en given name, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

Aleksandra

A en given name.

Aleksy

A en given name, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

Aleppo

The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria.

alergia

(informal, figuratively) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.

alert

An alarm.

ależ

(dated, or, literary) An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.

ależ tak

Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.

alfa

The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.

alfabetowy

According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

alfabetyczny

According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

alfabetyzm

The ability to read and write.

alfanumeryczny

Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.

Alfons

A en given name.

algebraik

A mathematician who specializes in algebra.

Algier

The capital and largest city of Algeria.

Algierczyk

Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria or the Algerian people.

Algieria

A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. [from 1575]

Algierka

A person from Algeria or of Algerian descent.

algierski

Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria or the Algerian people.

algorytmiczny

(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.

Ali

A surname from Arabic.

alians

(uncountable) The state of being allied.

aliant

A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.

aliantka

A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.

alias

Initialism of also known as.

aliaż

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.

Alicja

A en given name popular in England since the Middle Ages.

alienacja

(property law) The transfer of property to another person.

alienować

To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.

alifatyczny

(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.

aligator

Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.

alija

(countable) One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.

alikwot

(physics, music) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series. [from 1867]

alimenty

(legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.

aliteracja

The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.

alkacymetria

(analytical chemistry) The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete, for instance by the colour change of an indicator.

alkalia

(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

alkaliczność

(chemistry) The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline.

alkaliczny

Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.

alkan

(organic compound) Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).

alkazar

Any Moorish fortress in Spain.

alkohol

(organic compound, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).

alkohol etylowy

(organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.

alkohol metylowy

(organic compound) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.

alkoholiczny

Of or pertaining to alcohol.

alkoholizm

A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.

alkoholowy

Of or pertaining to alcohol.

alkomat

A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.

alkowa

(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

Allach

(Islam) God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

Allah

(Islam) God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

allegro

(music) in a quick and lively manner

alleluja

A liturgical form of hallelujah.

allo-

Different, distinct, or other with respect to the root.

allograf

A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme).

Alma Mater

A school, college, or university which a person has graduated from or attended.

almeja

An Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute. [from 18th c.]

alny

Able to be done; fit to be done.

alo-

Different, distinct, or other with respect to the root.

alograf

A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme).

Alojzy

A en given name, notably of a 16th-century Italian saint.

alokacja

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

alokować

(computing) To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program.

aloza

Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.

alpejski

Relating to the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.

alpinista

A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure. [from 19th c.]

alpinistka

A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure. [from 19th c.]

alpinizm

The sport of climbing mountains.

Alpy

A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.

alt

(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to alter the function of other keys.

altana

A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.

alternator

(electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.

alternatywa

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

alternatywnie

in an alternative way

alternatywny

One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. [from 17th c.]

alternować

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).

altówka

A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

altruista

A person showing altruism.

altruistka

A person showing altruism.

altruistycznie

In an altruistic manner; in a manner having regard of others

altruistyczny

Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

altysta

A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.

altystka

A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.

aluminium

A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.

alumn

A male graduate.

aluwium

(geology) The Holocene epoch.

aluzja

An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.

Alvin

A en given name.

Alzacja

A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

alzacki

Of, from or relating to Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

Alzatczyk

A native or inhabitant of Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

Alzatka

A native or inhabitant of Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

ałas

A type of geological depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.

Ałłach

(Islam) God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

Amadeusz

A en given name.

amagnetyczny

Not magnetic; not affected by a magnet.

amalgam

A combination of different things.

amalgamat

(metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.

amalgamować

To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.

Amalia

A en given name.

Amanda

A en given name.

amant

A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

amantka

A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

amastia

The absence of breast tissue, nipple, and areola.

amator

Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

amatorka

Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

amatorski

(pejorative) Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.

amatorstwo

Amateur beliefs and practices generally.

amatorszczyzna

Amateur beliefs and practices generally.

Amazonka

(Greek mythology) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.

ambaje

Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.

ambaras

Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively

ambarasować

(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.

ambarkacja

The act of embarking.

ambarkować się

(transitive) To cover or enclose with bark.

ambasada

An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.

ambicja

The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).