Polish–English dictionary

kobyła

An adult female horse.

kobziarz

One who plays the bagpipes.

koc

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

kochać

(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).

kochana

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.

kochanek

A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.

kochanica

A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

kochanie

A person's romantic partner; a term of endearment used to refer to or address e.g. one's girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse.

kochanka

A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.

kochany

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.

kochliwy

Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.

koci

Resembling a cat; feline.

kociak

A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).

kocić

(transitive, intransitive) To give birth to kittens.

kocica

A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]

kocię

A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).

kocimiętka

Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.

kocimiętka właściwa

Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.

kociokwik

Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.

kocioł

A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.

kocmołuch

(slang) An unclean person; used in similes.

kocur

A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]

koczkodan

A member of the genus Cercopithecus of Old World monkeys, of sub-Saharan Africa, principally forests.

koczować

(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.

koczowisko

(often, military) A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.

koczowniczka

(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.

koczowniczy

(figuratively) Of or related to any habitually wandering person or animal.

koczownik

(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.

kod

(video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.

kod dostępu

A string of characters used for authentication on a digital device.

kod pocztowy

(UK, Irish) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.

kodeina

(pharmaceutical drug) An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and antitussive; often mixed with aspirin etc.

kodeks

An early manuscript book.

kodować

(computing) To write software programs.

kodowanie

The process of encoding or decoding.

kodycyl

(legal) An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.

kodyfikacja

The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws.

kodyfikacja normatywna

(linguistics) The act of establishing or formalizing ideal norms for language use, as opposed to describing the actual norms of such use; an instance of this.

kodyfikacja preskryptywna

(linguistics) The act of establishing or formalizing ideal norms for language use, as opposed to describing the actual norms of such use; an instance of this.

kodyfikować

To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.

koegzystencja

The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.

koegzystować

(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.

kofeina

An alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system. [from 1830]

kogel-mogel

A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas.

kognitywny

Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.

kogo

As the object of a verb.

kogucik

A young male chicken.

kogut

(North America, Kent, Australia, NZ) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.

koherencja

State of cohering, or of working together.

kohezja

State of cohering, or of working together.

kohl

A dark powder, usually powdered stibnite (an antimony ore), used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries.

koić

(transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.

koincydencja

Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.

koja

(nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.

kojący

Appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.

kojarzyć

(transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

kojec

(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.

kojec (dla dziecka)

An enclosure in which babies or small children can play.

kojot

(canid) Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

kok

A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

koka

The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.

kokaina

(uncountable, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

kokainista

A person who regularly consumes cocaine.

kokainistka

A person who regularly consumes cocaine.

kokietować

To act as a flirt or coquet.

kokos

A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

kokot

(North America, Kent, Australia, NZ) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.

kokpit

The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled. [from 20th c.]

koks

(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.

koktajl

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

koktajl lodowy

A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.

kola

A particular cola soft drink (type of carbonated drink), produced by the Coca-Cola Company.

kolaboracja

(uncountable) Treasonous cooperation.

kolaborant

A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.

kolaborantka

A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.

kolaborować

To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.

kolacja

Food consumed before going to bed.

kolagen

(biochemistry) The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.

kolana

The upper legs of a seated person.

kolarka

A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.

kolarstwo

(uncountable) The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.

kolarz

A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.

kolaż

A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.

kolba

(countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end

kolba kukurydzy

Cooked ears of corn (maize, specifically sweet corn).

kolczasty

(literally) Having thorns or spines.

kolczatka

Any of the species of small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.

kolczuga

A flexible defensive armor, made of a mesh of interlinked metal rings.

kolczyk

A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

kolebać się

(intransitive) To tilt back and forth on an edge.

kolebka

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.

kolec

A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.

kolęda

(music genre) A carol (song or hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas.

kolędować

(intransitive) To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group.

kolega

Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.

kolega z drużyny

One who is on the same team.

kolega z klasy

A student who is in the same class at school.

kolega z pracy

Somebody with whom one works.

kolegialny

Of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues.

kolegium

(in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.

kolego

(colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.

koleina

A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.

kolej

A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).

kolej jednoszynowa

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

kolej podziemna

(North America, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.

kolej żelazna

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, and, Commonwealth) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.

kolejka

A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. [from mid-16th c.]

kolejka górska

An amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.

kolejność

(countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

kolejny

One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

kolekcja

(set theory, topology, analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.

kolekcjoner

A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.

kolekcjonerski

Worthy or suitable for collecting on historical/financial grounds, or for meeting a personal aesthetic.

kolekcjonerstwo

A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.

kolekcjonować

(transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

kolekta

(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

kolektomia

(surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all or part of the large intestine or colon.

kolektor

(electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.

kolektyw

A group of people supporting the same thing or person.

kolektywizm

An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively

kolendra

(US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

kolendra siewna

(UK, Irish) The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.

koleś

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

kolesław

A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).

koleżanka

Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.

koleżanka z klasy

A student who is in the same class at school.

koleżanka z pracy

Somebody with whom one works.

koleżanko

(colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.

koleżeństwo

Close friendship in a group of friends or teammates.

koleżka

(colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

koliber

Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

kolidować

(intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible.

kolizja

An instance of colliding.

kolka

(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).

koloid

(physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.

kolokacja

(linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.

kolokwializm

A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.

kolokwialny

(linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.

Kolombo

The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

Kolonia

The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.

kolonialista

One who supports or advocates colonialism.

kolonialistyczny

Of or pertaining to colonialism.

kolonializm

The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.

kolonialny

Of or pertaining to colonialism.

kolonista

A founder of a colony.

kolonistka

A founder of a colony.

kolonizacja

The process of establishing a colony.

kolonoskopia

(medicine) The examination of the colon using a colonoscope.

kolor

(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.

kolor cappuccino

(uncountable, also, attributively) A medium- to dark-brown colour like that of the coffee drink (sense 1) or the habit of a Capuchin monk.