Polish–English dictionary

garncarz

Any of several species of passerine birds in the genus Furnarius, native to South America.

garnek

A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.

garnir

(cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.

garnirować

To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.

garnirowanie

(cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.

garnirunek

(cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.

garnitur

A plain, formal matching jacket and trousers (or skirt), as worn by office workers.

garnizon

A permanent military post.

garować

(transitive, baking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped

garść

The amount that can be held in a closed fist.

garson

A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.

garstka

The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.

garuda

A large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Garuda is the son of Vinata.

gary

(in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.

gasić

(transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.

gąsię

A young goose.

gąsienica

The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.

gąsior

A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.

gasnąć

(intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

gastrofaza

(slang, with the definite article) Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of cannabis or alcohol consumption.

gastronomia

The study of the relationship between food and culture.

gastronomiczny

Of or pertaining to gastronomy.

gastryczny

Of or relating to the stomach.

gąszcz

A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers. [from 1813]

gate

Combined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals.

gatki

(chiefly, Australia, informal) Male underpant bikini briefs.

gatunek

All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.

gaussowski

(mathematics) Of or pertaining to Carl Friedrich Gauss.

gawędziarka

A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.

gawędziarstwo

The act and skills of presenting stories and tales. [1709]

gawędziarz

A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.

gawędzić

To be engaged in informal conversation.

gawial

A crocodilian of species Gavialis gangeticus, of the family Gavialidae.

gaworzenie

Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.

gaworzyć

(intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds

gawron

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

gawronię

A young rook.

gaz

(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.

Gaza

A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.

gazela

An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods.

gazeta

A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically. [from 1605]

gazeter

(geography) A dictionary or index of geographical locations.

gazetówka

(uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.

gaźnik

(US, Canada) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition. [from 1890s]

gazon

(UK, Western Australia, New Zealand) The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.

gazować

(slang, intransitive) To drink alcohol.

gazowany

(of a liquid) Containing bubbles.

gazowy

Relating to, or existing as gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma).

gazpacho

A cold soup of Spanish origin, made with olive oil, vinegar, bread and raw vegetables such as tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber and sweet peppers.

gazy

The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.

gbur

An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.

gburowaty

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

gdakać

(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

gdakanie

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

gdy

To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.

gdy tylko

At the moment when; immediately (after); instantly; directly.

gdybać

(intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.

gdyby

Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.

gdyż

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

gdzie

In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).

gdzie bądź

In or at any location.

gdzie nie

In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.

gdzie tylko

In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.

gdziekolwiek

In or at any location.

gdzieś

In an uncertain or unspecified location.

gdzież

(interrogative) Where ever; an emphatic form of where.

gęba

The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.

gędźba

A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.

geek

(colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.

gęgać

To repeat something incessantly.

gehenna

In rabbinical literature and Christian and Islamic scripture, the place where the souls of the wicked go after death, where they suffer eternal damnation or annihilation.

gej

(now, _, chiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual.

gejdar

(LGBTQ slang) The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc. [from early 1980s]

gejowski

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

gejsza

A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.

gejzer

(planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.

gekon

Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae of small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.

gen

A producer of something, or an agent in the production of something.

gender

Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.) [from 20th c.]

genealogia

(countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.

genealogiczny

Of or relating to genealogy.

generacja

The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation. [from 14th c.]

generalissimus

(military) A supreme commander of the armed forces of a country, especially one who is also a political leader.

generalizować

To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.

generał

(military ranks) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. [from 16th c.]

generator

(music) An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales.

generować

(transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.

generowanie

(geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.

Genesis

(religion, book of the bible) The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

genetycznie

In a manner relating to genes or genetics.

genetyk

A scientist who studies genes.

genetyka

(biology) The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.

geneza

The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.

genialny

Highly intelligent.

genitalia

(by extension) Any sex organs, whether external or internal; body parts responsible for sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.

genny

Forms adjectives relating to things produced or generated by something.

genocyd

The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people, typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

genom

(genetics) The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism. [from 1930]

genotyp

(genetics) The part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of an organism which determines a specific characteristic (phenotype) of that organism.

Genowefa

A en given name.

gentryfikacja

(urban studies) The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.

genueński

Of, from or relating to the city of Genoa or surrounding province, Liguria, Italy.

geo-

Earth

geodeta

a professional who measures land, delineates property boundaries, etc.

geografia

The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.

geograficzny

Pertaining to geography (or to geographics).

geolog

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

geologia

The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.

geologiczny

Of, or relating to geology or a geologic time scale.

geolożka

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

Georgia

A state in the Southern United States. Capital: Atlanta. It is named for George II of Great Britain (1683–1760).

Georgina

A en given name.

georginia

Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

geotermalny

Pertaining to heat energy extracted from reservoirs in the earth's interior.

gepard

(cat) A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.

Geraldyna

A en given name.

geranium

Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.

gerbil

A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

german

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.

Germania

(historical) An ancient Roman term for a cultural region describing the lands in Central Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples.

Germanin

A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.

Germanka

A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.

germański

(linguistics) The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.

germańskie

(linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.

germinal

(historical) The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20.

Gertruda

A en given name.

Gerwazy

A en given name, common in the Middle Ages but rare today.

gęś hawajska

The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

gęsiarka

(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.

gęsię

A young goose.

gęsina

The flesh of the goose used as food.

gest

A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.

Gestapo

(historical, Nazism) The secret police of Nazi Germany.

gęstnieć

(intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).

gęstwina

A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.

gęsty

Having relatively high density.

gestykulować

(intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking.

getry

A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.

getto

An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)

Ghana

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Ghana.

ghi

A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.

ghostować

(chiefly, social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.

ghostwriter

A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.

ghul

(mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses.

gi

Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "second"

giąć

(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.

giaur

(religious slur) A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.

gibki

Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully.

gibkość

The quality of being supple; litheness.

gibon

A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.