Polish–English dictionary

kontemplacja

The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought

kontemplacyjny

Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.

kontent

Satisfied, pleased, contented.

kontinuum

A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.

konto

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

konto wykluczające inne konto

(accounting, often, attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).

kontorsja

A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.

kontorsjonista

An acrobat who is capable of twisting their body into unusual positions.

kontorsjonistka

An acrobat who is capable of twisting their body into unusual positions.

kontr-

In opposition to.

kontra

Against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to.

kontra-

In opposition to.

kontrabanda

(uncountable) Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.

kontrabandzista

One who smuggles things.

kontrabandzistka

One who smuggles things.

kontrakcja

(orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.

kontrakt

(uncountable, legal) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

kontrapunkt

(music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.

kontrast

A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.

kontrasygnować

(transitive, by extension) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.

kontrfaktyczny

Contrary to known or agreed facts; untrue.

kontrola

A control; a limit or stop.

kontroler

(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.

kontrolka

(graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.

kontrolować

(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

kontrowersyjny

Marked by heated arguments or controversy.

kontrproduktywny

More of a hindrance than a help.

kontrybucja

The act of contributing.

kontuar

A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted

kontur

An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.

kontuzja

The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

kontyna

A house of worship, especially:

kontynent

Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.

kontyngent

(business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

kontynuacja

The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession

kontynuant

(linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.

kontynuować

(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).

konurbacja

A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.

konwekcja

(physics) The transmission of heat in a fluid by the circulation of currents.

konwencja

A meeting or gathering.

konwencjonalnie

Ordinarily, by convention.

konwencjonalność

(uncountable) The state of being conventional.

konwent

(now, _, especially) Synonym of nunnery, a female religious community and its residence.

konwentykiel

A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.

konwergencja

(mathematics) The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.

konwersacja

Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. [from 16th c.]

konwersacyjny

Of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty.

konwersatorium

A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.

konwersja

(law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.

konwersować

(formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.

konwertować

(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.

konwertyta

A person who has converted to a religion.

konwertytka

A person who has converted to a religion.

konwój

A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.

konwokacja

An assembly or meeting.

konwulsyjny

Convulsive; consisting of spasms.

kooperacja

(usually, uncountable) The act of cooperating.

kooperatywa

A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.

koordynata

(mathematics, cartography, astronomy, geography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.

koordynator

One who, or that which, coordinates.

koordynatorka

One who, or that which, coordinates.

koordynować

(ambitransitive) To synchronize (activities).

kop

(uncountable) Power, strength, energy.

kopa

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

kopać

(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole.

kopacz

One who digs.

kopalnia

An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

kopalny

(geology) Trapped within a rock at the time of its formation (especially of water or petroleum).

koparka

A piece of excavating equipment, either an integral subassembly or an attachment, consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth; used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.

koparkoładowarka

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Ellipsis of backhoe loader: A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader (component) and an excavator/digger (component).

kopcić

(intransitive) To give off smoke.

kopeć

Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

Kopenhaga

The capital city of Denmark.

koper

Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.

koper ogrodowy

Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.

koper włoski

A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.

koperek

Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.

Kopernik

Nicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

koperta

A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.

kopertówka

A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.

kopia

The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.

kopia bezpieczeństwa

(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.

kopia zapasowa

(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.

kopia-matka

The original of a document or of a recording.

kopidół

A person employed to dig graves.

kopiec

A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

kopiować

(transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.

kopista

A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.

kopistka

A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.

kopnięcie do tyłu

(countable) A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.

kopulacja

(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.

kopulować

(somewhat, _, formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.

kopuła

(architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.

kopytny

Having a hoof or hooves; ungulate.

kopyto

The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

kora

(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.

koral

(countable) Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.

korale

A beaded necklace.

koralowiec

(countable) Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.

koralowina

(uncountable) A hard substance made of the skeletons of these organisms.

kord

(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.

kordialność

(uncountable) The quality of being cordial.

kordiał

A liqueur prepared using the infusion process.

kordzik

(nautical) A ceremonial dagger worn by naval or air force officers in some nations' militaries; formerly, a fighting dagger used by sailors as a boarding weapon.

Korea

A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.

Koreańczyk

(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent.

Koreaniec

(countable, slang, ethnic slur, pejorative) A Korean person.

Koreanka

(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent.

koreański

Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.

Korejczyk

(countable, slang, ethnic slur, pejorative) A Korean person.

korek

A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.

korepetycje

(Ireland, United Kingdom, ) The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.

korespondent

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

korespondentka

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

korespondować

(intransitive, constructed with with) To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.

korkociąg

An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

kormoran

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

Kornel

A en given name.

Kornelia

A en given name in quiet use since the 18th century.

Korneliusz

A en given name.

kornet

A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

kornijski

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

kornik drukarz

A kind of bark beetle, Ips typographus.

korniszon

A small cucumber, often pickled whole.

kornwalijski

Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England.

korodowanie

The act of corroding or the condition so produced.

korona

(botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem

koronacja

(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.

koronka

(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.

koronkowy

Made of lace or decorated with it.

koronować

To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.

korozja

The act of corroding or the condition so produced.

korporacja

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

korporacja studentek

(US, Philippines) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.

korporacyjny

Of or relating to a corporation.

korporał

(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.

korpulentny

Large in body; fat; overweight.

korpus

The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.

korpuskuła

A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

korsarz

(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.

Korsyka

An island and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.

Korsykanin

A native or inhabitant of Corsica, France.

Korsykanka

A native or inhabitant of Corsica, France.

korsykański

Of, from or relating to Corsica, France or the Corsican language.

kort

The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.

korund

(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.

korupcja

Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.

korygować

(transitive, rare) To revise or make corrections to a publication.

Korynt

A port city in Greece.

korytarz

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