Polish–English dictionary

komża

A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.

koń

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

koń mechaniczny

Metric horsepower, a metric unit approximately equal to 735.5 watts.

koń parowy

Metric horsepower, a metric unit approximately equal to 735.5 watts.

koń roboczy

A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse.

koń trojański

(figuratively) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.

koń wojenny

(historical, military) Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight.

koń wyścigowy

(UK, Australia, slang) A horse, especially a racehorse.

konać

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

konający

Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.

konar

A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.

koncentracja

The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

koncentrat

A substance that is in a condensed form.

koncentrator

(networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.

koncentrować

(ergative) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.

koncepcja

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

konceptualizować

To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.

konceptualny

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

koncern

A business, firm or enterprise; a company.

koncert

(music) A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.

koncertyna

A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.

koncesja

(by extension) Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.

końcówka

The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.

końcowy

Last; ultimate.

kończyć

(transitive) To finish, terminate.

kończyć karierę

(intransitive, sports) To stop playing their sport and in competitions a sports player.

kończyć się

(copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.

kończyna

A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

kondensacja

(physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.

kondensat

(physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.

kondensator

(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.

kondensor

(optics) A lens (or combination of lenses) designed to gather light and focus it onto a specimen or part of a mechanism.

kondolencje

(countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.

kondominium

(international law) Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries. [from 18th c.]

konduktor

(archaic) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; a bus conductor.

kondycja

The health status of a medical patient.

kondygnacja

A floor or level of a building or ship.

koneser

A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.

koneserka

A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.

konewka

A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).

konfederacja

A union or alliance of states or political organizations.

konferansjer

One who makes announcements.

konferansjerka

One who makes announcements.

konfesja

Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

konfesjonał

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.

konfident

(countable, slang) A police informant.

konfiguracja

The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape.

konfirmacja

A verification that something is true or has happened.

konfiskata

The act or process of confiscating.

konfiskować

(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

konflikt

A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.

konfliktowy

Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.

konfluencja

The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

konformacja

(physical chemistry) The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken.

konfrontacyjny

Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.

Konfucjusz

An influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘).

konfuzja

The state of being bewildered.

konglomerat

(business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.

kongregacja

A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.

Kongres

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.

kongresman

A male member of congress.

kongresmen

A male member of congress.

kongruencja

The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.

kongruentny

(mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.

koniak

(geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Late (Upper) Cretaceous epoch.

koniczny

Shaped like a cone.

koniczyna

A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

koniec

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

koniec końców

(idiomatic) In summary; ultimately.

koniec tygodnia

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

koniecznie

In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.

konieczność

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.

konieczny

Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

konik

An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

konik polny

In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.

koniunkcja

(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)

konjugować

(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.

konklawista

The personal aide of a cardinal at a papal conclave.

konkokcja

A mixture prepared in such a way.

konkordancja

(chiefly, _, Bible) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.

konkretnie

In a concrete manner, physically, definitely

konkretny

Specific; discrete; concrete.

konkretyzacja

(countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.

konkretyzować

(transitive) To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.

konkubent

A person who cohabits with another

konkubentka

A person who cohabits with another

konkubin

A person who cohabits with another

konkubina

A person who cohabits with another

konkubinat

The state of cohabiting or living together as man and woman while not married.

konkurencja

(uncountable) The action of competing.

konkurent

One who challenges; especially, one who plays against the current champion of a game or contest in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.

konkurentka

A person or organization against whom one is competing.

konkurs

(countable) A contest for a prize or award.

konkury

The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.

konnica

(military, usually, _, historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.

konopie

A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.

konotacja

(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

konotować

(intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.

konował

(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]

Konrad

A en given name.

konsekracja

The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

konsekwencja

Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested.

konsekwentnie

(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.

konsekwentny

Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]

konsensualny

With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.

konsensus

General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.

konserwa

(NZ, AU, South African, Irish, British, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.

konserwa turystyczna

A type of tinned meat made mainly from ham.

konserwacja

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

konserwant

Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.

konserwator

One who conserves, preserves or protects something.

konserwatorium

A music school or a drama school

konserwatorka

One who conserves, preserves or protects something.

konserwatysta

A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.

konserwatystka

A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.

konserwatywnie

In a conservative manner.

konserwatywny

Tending to resist change or innovation.

konserwatyzm

A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.

konserwować

(transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

koński

Of or relating to a horse or horses.

koński ogon

A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.

konsolacja

The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.

konsolidacja

The combination of several actions into one.

konsolidator

(compilation) A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.

konspekt

A statement summarizing the important points of a text.

konspiracja

(loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.

konspiracyjny

Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.

konspirator

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

konspiratorka

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

konspirować

(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.

Konstanty

A en given name.

Konstantyn

A en given name.

Konstantynopol

(historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.

konsternacja

The state of being bewildered.

konstrukcja

The process of constructing.

konstruktor

(object-oriented programming) A class method that creates and initializes each instance of an object.

konstruktywny

Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.

konstruować

(transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

konstytucja

(law) A legal document describing such a formal system.

konsultacja

The act of consulting.

konsument

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

konsumentka

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

konsumpcja

(pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.

konsumpcjonizm

An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.

konsystencja

(archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of density, firmness, solidity, and viscosity; consistency.

konsystentny

(logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

kontakt

The act of touching physically; being in close association.

kontaktować

(transitive) To establish communication with (something or someone).

kontaminacja

(linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.

kontekst

Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.