Polish–English dictionary

khaki

A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

Khmer

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

Khmerka

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

khmerski

Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.

kibel

(US, Philippines, euphemism) A room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory.

kibic

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

kibicka

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

kibuc

A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.

kić

(slang, with "the") prison.

kichać

(intransitive, medical sign) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.

kichanie

An act of sneezing.

kichnąć

(intransitive, medical sign) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.

kichnięcie

An act of sneezing.

kicia

(by extension) An adult cat; also (often, childish) , sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age.

kiciuś

(by extension) An adult cat; also (often, childish) , sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age.

kick boxing

(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.

kick-boxing

(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.

kicz

Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.

kiczowaty

(informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.

kiedy

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

kiedy bądź

At any time.

kiedy tylko

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

kiedykolwiek

At any time.

kiedyś

Formerly.

kielich

(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.

kieliszek

(countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.

kieliszek alkoholu

(by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now, _, particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.

kieliszek do szampana

A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

kielnia

A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

kieł

One of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolar teeth.

kiełb

A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.

kiełb krótkowąsy

A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.

kiełb pospolity

A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.

kiełbasa

A spicy, smoked sausage of a particular kind from Eastern Europe.

kiełbaska

A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing; a length of this food.

kiełkować

To germinate.

kiełznać

(transitive) To put a bridle on.

kiepścizna

Something of poor quality.

kiepski

(semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

kier

(card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.

kierat

(historical) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It was used principally as a means of prison discipline.

kierki

(card games) A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades.

kiermasz

An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.

kierować

(transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.

kierować się

(intransitive) To move in a specified direction.

kierowanie

The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.

kierowca

A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.

kierowca rydwanu

A person who drives a chariot.

kierowca wozu strażackiego

(US, firefighting) A person who drives or operates a fire engine (firefighting apparatus).

kierowczyni

A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.

kierownica

(geometry) A line used to define a curve or surface; especially a line, the distance from which a point on a conic has a constant ratio to that from the focus.

kierownictwo

Skillful guidance or management.

kierowniczka

A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.

kierowniczy

Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.

kierownik

A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.

kierownik budowy

(management) The leader of a work crew.

kierujący

One who drives a motor vehicle.

kierunek

A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).

kierunek obrotu

(mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.

kierunkowskaz

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive ) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.

kierzanka

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.

kierzek

A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

kieszonkowiec

A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.

kieszonkowy

Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.

kifoza

(pathology) An abnormal convex curvature of the spine in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine.

kij

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

kij od miotły

The handle of a broom (sweeping tool); (sometimes) the entire broom.

kijanka

(historical) A wooden paddle-shaped bat or beetle used to wash clothes by beating, stirring, or smoothing them.

kikongo

A Bantu language (or family of languages) of Central Africa.

kikut

The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.

Kil

(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

Kilimandżaro

A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).

kilka

A small number of (a set of countable items); more than one but not very many; especially, more than two but not very many (explained in usage note at several).

kilkadziesiąt

(as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.

kilkujęzyczny

Of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages; multilingual.

kilkujęzykowy

Of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages; multilingual.

kilo

(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

kilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

kilof

A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.

kilogram

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

kiloherc

A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz

kilokaloria

A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

kilometr

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

kilometrówka

An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.

kilwater

(nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.

kiła

Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.

kimchi

A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.

Kimmeryjczyk

(Greek mythology) Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.

Kimmeryjka

(Greek mythology) Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.

kimono

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

kinderbal

The occasion of a child having a friend come over to play at their house, traditionally scheduled by both children's parents.

kindybał

(pejorative) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.

kindżał

(weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

kinematografia

The art, process, or job of filming movies.

kinestetyczny

Of or relating to kinesthesia.

Kingston

The capital and largest city of Jamaica; it is also the capital of its eponymous parish.

kinkiet

(now, historical) A type of oil lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.

kino

(chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.

kinol

(slang) The human nose, especially one that is large.

kinówka

(piracy) A bootleg recording of a film recorded in a movie theater.

kinowy

Of or relating to the cinema.

kiosk

(nautical) A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail.

kiosk z gazetami

A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.

Kioto

A prefecture of Japan.

kiper

A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.

kipieć

(ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.

kir

A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine.

kirsch

(often capitalized) A clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser.

kirys

A piece of armor that covers the chest.

kiść

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

kiścień

A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.

kisić

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

kisz

A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.

kiszenie

An instance of processing something in brine or in vinegar.

kiszka

(anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.

kiszkowy

Relating to the intestines.

kiszonka

(often, in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.

kiszony

Preserved by pickling.

kit

A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.

kita

The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.

Kiusiu

The third-largest of Japan's islands and the southwesternmost of its four main islands.

kiwać

(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

kiwi

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.

kiwnąć

(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

kląć

To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

klacz

Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.

klaczka

A young female horse.

klaka

(collective) A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.

klakson

The horn in a motor vehicle.

klamerka

(British, Australia, NZ, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.

klamka

(gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.

klamra

A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.

klan

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.

klanowy

Of or related to a clan.

klapa

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

klapek

(footwear) A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.

klapnąć

To slap or hit someone.

klaps

(film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production to be able to synchronize picture and sound during editing.

klarnet

(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

klarowność

The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.

klarowny

Clear; easily understood.

klaryfikacja

The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

Klarysa

(Catholicism) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

klasa

A room, often in a school, where classes take place.

klask

The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.

klaskać

(transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.

klasy

(playground games) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.

klasycznie

In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.

klasyczny

Exemplary of a particular style; defining a class/category; typical.

klasyfikacja

The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.