Polish–English dictionary

fenomenalny

(colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.

fenotyp

(genetics, evolutionary theory) The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.

fentanyl

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C22H28N2O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C22H28N2O·C6H8O7 is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.

ferajna

A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

Ferdynand

A en given name, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but seldom popular in English.

ferie

(chiefly, UK, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).

fermentacja

(biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide

fermentować

To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.

feromon

(biology) A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex.

ferwor

(uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

Fes

A city in Morocco.

festiwal

An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.

feta

A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.

fetor

A strong unpleasant smell.

fetować

(transitive, or, intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.

feudalizm

A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.

feudalny

Of, or relating to feudalism.

feudum

(figurative) A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.

Fez

A city in Morocco.

fi

Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph".

fiala

(architectural element) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

fiasko

(informal, film) A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.

fibula

An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.

fiducjarny

(legal) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.

Fidżi

A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

figa

(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.

figa błogosławiona

The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.

figa rajska

The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.

figi

Underpants for women and girls.

figiel

A playful trick done for amusement to the detriment of someone else.

figlarka

Someone who instigates practical jokes; a prankster.

figlarność

The characteristic of being mischievous; the tendency to make mischief.

figlarny

Characterised or marked by frolicking; playful.

figlarz

Someone who instigates practical jokes; a prankster.

figle

Activity that is mischievous, stupid, or time-wasting. [from mid 19th c.]

figlować

(intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.

figowiec

(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.

figowiec bengalski

A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.

figura

(informal) A person of importance in a group or organization.

figura heraldyczna

(heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.

figura herbowa

(heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.

figurant

(theater, film) An actor who has a minor role in a production.

figurantka

(theater, film) An actor who has a minor role in a production.

fikcja

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

fikcyjny

Invented, as opposed to real.

fiksacja

Compulsion; mania.

fiksatuar

A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.

fikus

(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.

fikuśny

(colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.

filantropia

(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.

filantropijny

Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind

filar

(architecture) The top stone of an arch.

filc

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

filetować

(ambitransitive) To remove the bones from.

filia

(pathology) Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.

Filipińczyk

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Filipinka

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Filipiny

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.

filister

(US, dated) A person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals.

filisterski

(derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.

Filistyn

(historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

Filistynka

(historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

filistyński

(historical) Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.

filiżanka

A cup, typically a small one, in which coffee can be served.

filiżanka herbaty

(countable, Commonwealth, northern, _, US) A cup or (East Asia, Southern, _, US) glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls.

film

A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.

film animowany

Any of several types of film / movie, the frames of which are drawn by hand in order to give a sense of movement when projected in rapid sequence.

film dokumentalny

A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

film rysunkowy

Any of several types of film / movie, the frames of which are drawn by hand in order to give a sense of movement when projected in rapid sequence.

film sensacyjny

(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.

filmować

(ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

filmowiec

A producer or director of films/movies.

filmowo

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

filmowy

Of or relating to the cinema.

filolog

A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

filologia

(philosophy, rare) Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

filologiczny

(linguistics) Pertaining to historical linguistics.

filolożka

A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

Filomena

A en given name.

filozoficznie

In a philosophical manner.

filozoficzny

Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.

filtracja

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

filtrować

(transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.

filut

(often, humorous) A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]

Fin

(by extension) A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.

finał

(North America, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

finanse

An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.

finansować

(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.

finansowanie

Money provided as funds.

finansowo

In terms of finance or money.

finansowy

Related to finances.

finezja

The quality of being delicate.

finito

(figuratively, in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show) An end or death.

Finka

(by extension) A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.

Finlandia

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

finlandzki

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

fiński

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

fiolet

The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.

fioletowy

Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone

fiolka

A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.

fioł

A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.

fiołek

(botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

Fiona

A en given name, in regular use since the 20th century, first in Scotland, then in England.

fiord

A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

firana

A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.

firanka

A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.

Fircyk

The first reindeer of Santa Claus.

firma

(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

firmament

(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.

firmowy

Of or relating to a corporation.

firn

A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.

fisharmonia

(music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.

fistaszek

A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

fistuła

(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.

fiszbin

(physiology, uncountable) keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale (Mysticeti), which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.

fiszka

A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain an English word, and the other side the Spanish translation.

fitness club

(especially, weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

fitoplankton

Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.

fizjologia

A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.

fizjologia patologiczna

(pathology) The physiological processes associated with disease or injury.

fizjologiczny

Of, or relating to physiology.

fizyk

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

fizyka

The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.

fląderka

A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).

flądra

A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).

flaga

(internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.

flageolet

(music) A type of small flute of the fipple family.

flagowy

(by extension, often, attributive) The most important one out of a related group.

flagsztok

A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.

flak

(chiefly, in plural) The entrails; (by extension, humorous, or, derogatory) the belly.

flaki

The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

flakonik na sole trzeźwiące

(obsolete) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts

flakowaty

(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.

flamandzki

Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.

flaming

(countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.

flanela

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

flanelowy

Made of flannel.

flanka

(military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.

flankować

(transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.

flaszka

The contents of such a container.

flauta

(meteorology) The absense of wind; a period of time without wind.

flażolet

(music) A type of small flute of the fipple family.

flażoletka

A type of small light green kidney-shaped bean, common in France.

flebotomia

The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.

flegma

Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. [from 14th c.]

flegmatyczny

Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.

fleja

Someone with an untidy appearance.

flejtuch

(firearms) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.

fleksja

Deviation from straightness.

flesz

(photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene”).