Polish–English dictionary

księgowy

A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

księgozbiór

A collection of books or other forms of stored information.

ksieni

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. [First attested around 1150 to 1350]

księstwo

A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.

księżna

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

księżniczka

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

Księżyc

The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.

księżycówka

(math, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.

księżycowy

(astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.

ksylofon

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

Ksymena

A en given name.

ksywa

A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.

ksywka

A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.

kształcenie

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

kształt

A shape.

kształtny

Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.

kształtować

(transitive, US) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

kszyk

A bird of the species Gallinago gallinago.

kto

(fused relative, archaic, or, marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.

kto bądź

Any person; anybody.

ktokolwiek

Any thing(s) or person(s).

któregoś dnia

Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future.

który

(fused relative, archaic, or, marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.

którykolwiek

A/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature.

ktoś

(impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.

ktoś podpierający ściany

(informal) Any person who is socially awkward, shy, or reserved.

ku

Towards; in the direction of.

ku wschodowi

Towards the east; eastwards.

Kuba

A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.

kuban

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

Kubańczyk

A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.

Kubanka

A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.

kubański

Of, from, or pertaining to Cuba, the Cuban people or the Cuban dialect.

kubeczek

A small mug, cup or ladle; the contents of such a container.

kubek

A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.

kubeł

The amount held in this container.

kubiczny

(crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.

kubit

(quantum computing) A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition; A binary qudit.

Kubryk

A surname from Polish.

Kubuś

A en given name.

kuć

(metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.

kucać

(intransitive) To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down

kucharka

(cooking) A person who prepares food.

kucharz

(cooking) A person who prepares food.

kucharzyć

(ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.

kuchenka

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.

kuchmistrz

The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.

kuchmistrzyni

The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.

kuchnia

(countable, uncountable) A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.

kuchnia pokładowa

(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

kuciapka

(childish) The female genitalia.

kucie

The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.

kucki

A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.

kucnąć

To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.

kucyk

(now, especially) Either of a pair of braids or tails worn on the sides of the head.

kudłaty

Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.

kufel

A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.A mug

kufer

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

kuglarka

One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.

kuglarz

One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.

kuguar

A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.

kujny

Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

kujon

(slang, British) One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck.

kukać

To make the call of a cuckoo.

kukła

A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy.

kukurydza

Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

kukurydza zwyczajna

Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

kula

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

kula armatnia

A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.

kula ziemska

The planet Earth.

kulawka

A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.

kulawy

(especially, of an, animal) Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

kulbak

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

kulbin

An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.

kulczyk

Serinus serinus, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

kuleć

To walk lame, or unevenly.

kulejący

(especially, of an, animal) Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

kulenie

An unsteady, off-balance step.

kulinarny

Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.

kulis

An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.

kulisty

Spherical, ball-shaped.

kulka

(slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.

kulka śniegowa

A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.

kulka śnieżna

A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.

kulminacja

(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.

kuloodporny

(of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.

kult

(religion) The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.

kultowy

Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.

kulturalnie

Related to culture.

kulturalny

Pertaining to culture.

kulturowy

Pertaining to culture.

kultywator

Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.

kultywatorka

A person who cultivates.

kultywować

To grow plants, notably crops.

kum

(onomatopoeia) The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

kumaty

(of a person) Characterized by efficient organization.

Kumiko

A en given name.

kumkać

(intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its vocal sound.

kumpel

A male friend.

kumpela

(dated) A friend; a pal.

kuna

The former (until 2023) currency of Croatia, divided into 100 lipa.

kuna wodna

A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti), that has thick brown fur.

kundel

(dated, or, humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.

kunszt

Significant artistic skill.

kunsztowny

Aesthetically pleasing.

kupa

(informal) A large amount, especially of money.

kupcowa

A person who makes one or more purchases.

kupić

(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).

Kupid

(astronomy) A moon of Uranus.

Kupido

(Roman god) The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros.

Kupidyn

(Roman god) The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros.

kupiec

A person who makes one or more purchases.

kupiszta

A house of worship, especially:

kupno

The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

kupon

A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.

kupować

(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.

kupująca

A person who makes one or more purchases.

kupujący

A person who makes one or more purchases.

kur

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

kuranty

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.

kurara

A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

kurator

A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

kuratorka

A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

kurcz

A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.

kurczak

A young chicken.

kurczątko

A young chicken.

kurczę

(colloquial, minced oath) Used in place of fuck.

kurcze!

A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain

kurczyć się

(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.

kurde

(mildly, vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

kurde!

A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain

kurdupel

(derogatory, offensive) A short person. [from later 19th c.]

kurdyjski

Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.

Kurdystan

A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

kureczka karolińska

A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.

kurek

(firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.

kurewski

(informal, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, mildly, _) Used as an intensifier.

kurhan

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

kuria

The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church.

kurier

A person who delivers messages.

kurierka

A person who delivers messages.

kuriozalnie

In a bizarre manner.

kurka

(mushroom) A widely distributed edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, being yellow and trumpet-shaped; or any similar mushroom of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.

kurnik

A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.

kuroliszek

(mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.

kuropatwa

A game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix.

kurort

A resort, such as a spa, providing services designed to improve people's health

kurs

A series of lessons covering a single subject.

Kursk

A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.

kursować regularnie

(ambitransitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly.