Polish–English dictionary

Fabian

(rare) A en given name.

fabryka

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.]

fabryka smrodu

A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. [from 1892]

fabrykant

A person or company that manufactures.

fabrykantka

A person or company that manufactures.

fabuła

(of a literary work) Plot.

Facebook

(trademark) A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or friends, exchange messages, and post updates.

facepalm

A gesture of bringing one or both palms to the face, with various interpretations including exasperation, chagrin, frustration, embarrassment (one's own or vicarious), etc.

facet

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. [From 1847]

facetka

(US, dated, informal, slightly, derogatory) A woman.

fach

An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.

fachowa robota

The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.

fachowość

The skill of an artisan or craftsman.

fachura

(often, in combination) A person who is skilled at some activity.

facio

(chiefly, US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.

fagot

A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.

fair

(manner) In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party

fajans

(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.

fajczarka

A person who smokes tobacco habitually.

fajczarz

A person who smokes tobacco habitually.

fajerwerk

A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

fajka

(colloquial, countable) A cigarette.

fajka wodna

A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances, especially cannabis.

fajnie

(informal) Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).

fajno

(informal) Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).

fajny

(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.

fajtłapa

(US, pejorative) A clumsy or stupid person.

fak

(with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.

fakir

(Hinduism, more, _, loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.

fakoszer

(zoology) A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.

faks

A document sent, or received and printed, by a fax machine.

faksować

To send a document via a fax machine.

faksymile

(countable) A copy or reproduction.

faktor

(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.

faktoriał

(mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.

faktura

A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

faktycznie

(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

faktyczny

Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims.

fakultatywny

Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.

fakultet

A division of a university.

fala

Hazing, the informal system of subjection and physical or sexual abuse of new junior conscripts, formerly in the Soviet Armed Forces and contemporarily in the Russian, Ukrainian, etc. armed forces.

falbana

A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.

falbanka

(sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.

falistość

A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.

falisty

Wavy in appearance or form.

falka

(mathematics) A fast-decaying oscillation.

fallus

(psychoanalysis) The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.

falochron

A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

falować

(intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.

falowanie

A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.

falset

(singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.

falsyfikacja

The quality of being falsifiable. [c. 1910]

falsyfikat

That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.

falsyfikować

To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.

falujący

Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.

fałdować

To make wavy; to crimp.

fałsz

(countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.

fałszerka

A person who counterfeits.

fałszerski

That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something.

fałszerstwo

The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

fałszerz

A person who counterfeits.

fałszować

(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

fałszowanie

The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

fałszywość

(uncountable) The property of being false.

fałszywy

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

fałszywy trop

(figuratively) A clue, information, argument, etc. that is or is intended to be misleading, diverting attention from the real answer or issue.

familiarny

Intimate or friendly.

familijny

Suitable for children and adults.

fan

A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.

fanaberie

(by extension) An instance of fantastical, unrestrained, lavish, or chaotic behaviour or conduct.

fanatyczka

A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.

fanatyczny

Fanatical.

fanatyk

An adherent or fan (of something).

fanatyzm

The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.

fanfara

(countable) A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.

fanfaron

Someone who constantly brags or boasts. [from late 16th c.]

fanka

A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.

fantastyczny

Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.

fantastyka

(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

fantasy

Of or pertaining to fantasy.

fantazja

(music, also, figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces. [from early 18th c.]

fantom

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

faraon

(historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty

faraoński

Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.

farba

A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.

farba akrylowa

(painting) A paint containing an acrylic resin.

farbiarka

One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.

farbiarz

One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.

farbki

(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

farbować

(ambitransitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

farbowanie

act or process

farbowany

Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.

farma

(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

farmaceuta

(pharmacy, academic) One who studies pharmacy.

farmaceutka

(pharmacy, academic) One who studies pharmacy.

farmaceutyczny

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

farmaceutyka

(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics.

farmacja

(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics.

farmer

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.

farmerka

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.

farsowy

Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.

farsz

The contents of a pie, etc.

fartuch

The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.

fasada

(figuratively) A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.

fascynacja

The state or condition of being fascinated.

fascynować

To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.

fascynujący

Commanding the attention of spectators.

faseta

An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.

fasetka

(anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.

fasola

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

faszerować

To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.

faszysta

A proponent of fascism.

faszystka

A proponent of fascism.

faszyzm

Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition. [1922]

fatalny

(rare, archaic) Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.

fatamorgana

A form of mirage seen just above the horizon, caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, in which multiple upright and inverted images of a distant object appear to be stacked on top of each other in a highly distorted fashion; especially one seen at sea, and particularly in the Strait of Messina.

fatum

Destiny, especially terrible.

faul

(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.

faun

(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

fauna

(uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. [from late 18th c.]

faux pas

An embarrassing or tactless blunder.

faworyt

A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.

faworyzować

To look upon fondly; to prefer.

fax

A document sent, or received and printed, by a fax machine.

faza

(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.

febra

(pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

federacja

Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.

federalizm

A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.

federalny

Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.

fedora

A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down.

feedback

Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.

fekalny

Of or relating to feces.

felerny

Having one or more defects.

Felicja

A en given name.

felietonista

A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.

fellach

A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.

fellatio

Performance of oral sex upon the penis.

feminista

An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life.

feministka

An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life.

feministyczny

Relating to or in accordance with feminism.

feminizm

A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.

femme fatale

An attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman.

fen

A unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan.

Fenicjanin

An inhabitant of Phoenix, Arizona.

Fenicjanka

An inhabitant of Phoenix, Arizona.

fenicki

Of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia.

Feniks

A white variety of grape of German origin used for winemaking.

fenkuł

A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.

fenkuł włoski

A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.

fenomen

A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.