Polish–English dictionary

Haiti

A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.

haj

(colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.

Hajfa

A port city in northern Israel.

hajs

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang) Money.

hak

(nautical) A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel.

haker

(computing) One who cracks (i.e. overcomes) computer software or security restrictions.

hakerka

(computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.

hala

A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.

halabarda

Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.

hali-

sea, salt, salt water

halibut

A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.

halit

(mineral) Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.

halka

A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.

hall

An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.

Halloween

The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.

halluks

(pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.

halo

The blurring of light around a bright area of a photographic image, or on a television screen.

halo-

sea, salt, salt water

halo?

A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.

halsować

(intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

halsztuk

A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.

halucynacja

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.

halucynogen

Any substance tending to induce hallucination.

halucynogenny

producing hallucinations

haluks

(pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.

hałas

A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

Hałasik

A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.

hałaśliwy

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.

hałastra

A mob; a disorderly crowd. [from late 14th c.]

hamak

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

Hamas

A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.

hamburczyk

A person from Hamburg.

Hamburg

The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.

hamburger

The patty used in such a sandwich.

Hamlet

The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.

hamować

(intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.

Hampshire

A maritime county in the south of England, United Kingdom bordered by Berkshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Dorset, Wiltshire, the English Channel and the Solent separating it from the Isle of Wight; the county town is Winchester.

hamulec ręczny

(mechanical engineering, automotive, railroading) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.

hamza

A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء‎) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ‎ (over an alif [ا‎]), إ‎ (under an alif), ؤ‎ (over a wāw [و‎]) or ئ‎ (over a dotless yāʾ [ى‎]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".

Han

An imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by the expansion of the Yellow River's Huaxia culture to the recent conquests of the Qin and a flowering of economic, literary, and scientific development

hańba

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

hańbić

(transitive) To disgrace, or bring shame upon.

handel

(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

handel detaliczny

(business) The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them.

handicapizm

(uncountable) Discrimination against people with disabilities in favor of those without. [from late 20th c.]

handlarka

A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

handlarz

A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

handlarz niewolników

A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves.

handlować pirackim produktem

(ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.

handlowy

Of or pertaining to commerce.

hangar

A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.

haniebnie

In a shameful manner.

haniebny

Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.

hanja

The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature.

Hanna

A place name in the United States, which could be from the given name or surname:

Hanoi

The capital city of Vietnam.

Hanower

The capital city of Lower Saxony, Germany.

Hanowie

The Chinese ethnicity, when distinguished from other peoples of the Chinese state

hantel

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.

happening

(originally, arts) A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.

haram

(Islam, fiqh) Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.

harce

Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm.

harcerka

A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.

harcerz

A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.

harcować

(intransitive) To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.

harcownik

A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.

hardcore'owy

(colloquial) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.

hardware

(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.

harfa

(music, colloquial) Any musical instrument.

harfista

Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.

harfistka

Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.

Hari

(Hinduism) A name or epithet given commonly to Vishnu, but also to Indra and Yama.

harmider

A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.

harmonia

Agreement or accord.

harmonia ręczna

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

harmonijka

A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.

harmonijka ustna

A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.

harmonijnie

In a harmonious manner; coordinately.

harmonijny

Having components pleasingly or appropriately combined.

harmonium

(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.

harmonogram

A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur. [from 19th c.]

harować

(intransitive) To labour in (or as in) a low servile job.

harówka

Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.

harpia

(informal, sometimes, humorous) A domineering, antagonistic woman.

harpun

A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.

hart

Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.

hart ducha

(informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.

hartować

(ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.

hashtag

(Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. [from 2007]

Haskell

(programming language) A general-purpose purely functional programming language with support for recursive functions and pattern matching.

hasło

(by extension) A strong motto or purpose statement, especially in regards to winning a goal in sports, games or work.

hasło frazowe

(computing) A password that comprises a whole phrase.

hasz

(slang) Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

hasztag

(Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. [from 2007]

haszysz

The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.

hat trick

(by extension, sports) Three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc., such as three consecutive wins.

hau

Representing the sound of a dog barking.

haubica

A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.

haust

(informal) A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.

hawajski

The Hawaiian language.

Hawana

The capital city of Cuba.

Hawela

A river in Germany.

hazard

A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.

hazardzista

One who plays at a game of chance, who gambles.

hazardzistka

One who plays at a game of chance, who gambles.

hę

(informal, chiefly, Canada, Northern US, New Zealand, AU, UK) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.

headshot

A gunshot to the head.

hebanowiec

The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.

hebel

(countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

heblować

(transitive, carpentry) To smooth (wood) with a plane.

hebrajski

Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

Hebrydy

The islands off the west coast of Scotland, divided into the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides.

heca

A frolic or romp, some fun.

hedonistyczny

Devoted to pleasure

hedonizm

(ethics, uncountable) The philosophical belief that happiness, particularly sensual pleasure, is the highest good in life.

Hefajstos

(Greek god) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.

Hegel

A surname from German, notably borne by the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

hegemonia

(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.

Heidelberg

A city and urban district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany; the administrative seat of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg.

heinemedina

(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

hej

A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

hejt

(Internet slang) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.

hejter

One who hates.

hejtować

(intransitive, internet slang) To put down on social media [with on].

Hekata

(Greek mythology) A powerful goddess of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia.

Hekate

(Greek mythology) A powerful goddess of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia.

heksa

(Scotland, Northern England, derogatory) A troublesome woman.

heksenszus

(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.

hel

(uncountable) The second-lightest chemical element (symbol He), with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602, a colorless, odorless and inert noble gas.

helikopter

(aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.

Helios

(Greek god) The god of the Sun; son of Hyperion and Theia, brother of Selene and Eos, father of Phaeton amongst others. His Roman counterpart is Sol.

heliotrop

A green chalcedony that is sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite.

helisa

(informal) A helix.

Hellen

A Greek, especially an Ancient Greek.

helleński

Of or relating to the ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.

helmut

(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male.

helota

(historical, Ancient Greece) A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.

Helsinki

The capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland.

hełm

(headwear) A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.

hemofilik

A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac.

hemoglobina

(American spelling) The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).

hemoroid

(pathology, often, in the plural) An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.

henna

(countable) A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers.

henr

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H

Henryk

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

hentai

(Japanese pornography) A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art.

heparyna

(carbohydrate, pharmaceutical drug) A compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood coagulation. A sulfur-containing polysaccharide, it is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis.

hepatektomia

(surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the liver.

Hera

(Greek god) The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.

herbaciarnia

A cafe or restaurant that serves tea, usually with light food.