Polish–English dictionary

leming

A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.

lemniskata

(uncountable) A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.

lemur

Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

leń

A lazy person.

Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.

Leningrad

(historical) Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.

leninista

A person who follows or supports Lenin or the philosophy of Leninism.

leninowiec

A person who follows or supports Lenin or the philosophy of Leninism.

leninowski

Of or relating to Leninism.

lenistwo

The quality of being lazy

leniuch

(slang) A person who is lazy.

leniwie

In a lazy manner.

leniwiec

(slang) A person who is lazy.

leniwo

In a lazy manner.

leniwy

Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.

lenno

(legal, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession

lentyszek

An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.

Leon

A en given name, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes.

Leonard

A surname transferred from the given name.

Leonia

A en given name, a feminine form of Leo through Leon.

leopard

Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).

Leopold

A en given name. Used in the 19th century but rare today.

lepić

(transitive) To join or attach something using glue.

lepiej

comparative of the adverb well

lepki

Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.

lepkość

The property of sticking or adhering; adhesion.

lepnica

(botany) Any of several plants of the genus Silene.

leprechaun

(Irish folklore) One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them.

lepszy

Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.

lesbijka

(typically, formal, distancing, or, dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.

lesbijski

(of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more women; homosexual, gay.

lesisty

Covered in woods; wooded.

leśnictwo

The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit; forestry.

leśniczy

A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.

leśnik

(forestry) A person who practices forestry.

leśny dziadek

A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.

letalny

Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.

letni

(temperature) Between warm and cool.

Leto

(uncountable, Greek goddess) Leto, in Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis.

leukemia

(oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

Lew

A en given name, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes.

lew salonowy

A person (often a woman) of social prominence, considered to be an influential figure.

lewa

The left side or direction.

lewa burta

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

Lewant

A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).

lewar

A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]

lewarowanie

(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.

lewatywa

To administer an enema.

lewiatan

(Bible, mythological creature) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.

lewica

The left side or direction.

lewicowiec

(politics, generally) A person who holds views associated with the political left.

lewicowy

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←

Lewis

Ellipsis of the Isle of Lewis: an island of Scotland, United Kingdom.

lewitować

(intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.

lewkonia

Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.

lewoburtowy

An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.

leworęczny

(occult, of magic) Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path

lewoskrętnie

(Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.

lewoskrętny

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, of movement) In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the hands of an analog clock.

lewy

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←

leże

An animal's lair.

leżeć

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

lezja

(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.

LGBT

Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.

Lhasa

The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

liana

(botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

libacja

The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.

Libańczyk

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent.

Libanka

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent.

libański

Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people.

liberalny

(political) A supporter of any of several liberal parties.

liberał

(political) A supporter of any of several liberal parties.

Liberia

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia.

Libia

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

Libijczyk

A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.

Libijka

A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.

libijski

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.

lice

(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

licencja

A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.

licencjat

Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.

licencjonowanie

A giving of license to do something; sanction.

liceum

(historical) A public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts.

licha

The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.

licho

(epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.

lichtensztajński

Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Liechtenstein.

lichtuga

A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).

lichwa

(countable) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.

lichwiarka

Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally. [1900]

lichwiarstwo

(countable) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.

lichwiarz

Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally. [1900]

lichy

(informal) Bad; poor.

lico

(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

licytacja

A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

licz

(fantasy, RPG) A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.

liczba

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

liczba atomowa

(physics, chemistry) The number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z

liczba całkowita

(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.

liczba kardynalna

(math) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)

liczba mnoga

Consisting of or containing more than one of something.

liczba niewymierna

A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.

liczba podwójna

(mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.

liczba pojedyncza

(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.

liczebnik

(grammar) A noun that represents a number

liczenie

The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

licznik

An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.

licznik Geigera

A device designed to detect radioactivity and measure its intensity.

licznik Geigera-Müllera

A device designed to detect radioactivity and measure its intensity.

liczny

Indefinitely large numerically; many.

liczyć

(transitive) To reckon, calculate.

liczyć się

(intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.

liczydło

(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated. [from mid 16th c.]

lider

One having authority to direct.

Lidia

A en given name.

Lidka

A en given name.

lidokaina

(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline compound C14H22N2O that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and as an antiarrhythmic agent.

Liechtenstein

A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz.

liechtensteiński

Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Liechtenstein.

Liège

The largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

liga

A group or association of cooperating members.

liga lądowa

A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

ligustr

Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.

lijek

A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.

lik dolny

(nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.

likantrop

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

likier

A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.

likwidacja

(retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.

likwidator

One who liquidates.

likwidować

(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

lila

A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.

lilak

A flower of the lilac shrub.

lilia

(heraldiccharge) A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom (⚜, ⚜️), often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.

Lilianna

A en given name.

liliowy

Having a pale purple colour.

liliput

A very small person or being.

liliputka

A very small person or being.

Lilit

(mythology) A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death.

Lilith

(mythology) A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death.

Lille

The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France.

Lima

The capital city of Peru.

limeryk

A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.

limeta

Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.

limfa

(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

limfatyczny

(anatomy) Pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.

limit

An artificial upper limit or ceiling.

limonka

Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.

limonowy

Containing lime or lime juice.

limuzyna

A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]

lina

(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.

linczować

(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.

lingwista

(usually) One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science.