Polish–English dictionary

lingwistka

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

lingwistyczny

Of or relating to language.

lingwistyka

The systematic and scholarly study of language.

linia klifów

A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.

linia lotnicza

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

linia opływowa

(physics) A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.

linia ratownicza

A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.

linie lotnicze

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

linieć

(of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. [from 15th c.]

linijka

A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.

link

(engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.

linker

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

linoleum

An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.

Linus

A en given name.

Linz

The capital of, and largest city in, the state of Upper Austria, Austria, and the third-largest city in the country.

lipa

(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.

lipiec

The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August.

liposukcja

(medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.

Lipsk

An independent city in Saxony, Germany.

lir

The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

lira

The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

liryk

A lyric poem.

lis

(in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.

liść

(publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).

liść ozdobny

Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.

liść paproci

(botany) The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.

liściasty

(botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.

liście

The leaves of plants.

liściowy

Of or relating to leaves.

liściożerca

(biology) A herbivore that eats mostly foliage.

lisi

Having the qualities of a fox.

lisia nora

The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.

lisica

(in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.

lisię

The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.

list

(chiefly, literary, or, humorous) A letter, especially one which is formal or issued publicly.

List (św.) Jana

(biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).

List [[św.]] Piotra

(biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

List do Hebrajczyków

(biblical) The nineteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to the Hebrews.

List do Koryntian

(biblical) Either of the two books in the New Testament of the Bible that are written as epistles to the people of Corinth and which are attributed to Paul the Apostle, Sosthenes and Timothy.

List do Tymoteusza

Either of two books in the New Testament (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) which are epistles to Timothy.

List do Tytusa

The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.

List Judy

(biblical character) Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve original Apostles of Jesus, known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities.

list pasterski

(religion, Christianity) A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

List Piotra

(biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

List świętego Piotra Apostoła

(biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

lista kontrolna

A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.

lista oczekujących

A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.

lista odtwarzania

(computing) A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or a streaming service.

lista płac

A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.

lista wyborcza

(politics, informal) A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.

listonosz

(North America) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

listonoszka

(North America) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

listopad

The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.

listowie

The leaves of plants.

listownicowiec

Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (order Laminariales).

listowy

(North America) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

listwa

(carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.

listwa progowa

(construction) The threshold, the raised floorboard in a doorway.

listy płac

A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.

lisz

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

liszaj

Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.

liszka

The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.

lit

Used to form the names of rocks and minerals.

litera

A symbol in an alphabet.

literalny

Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.

literał

(programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.

literatura faktu

Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.

liternictwo

Written text, especially when printed.

literować

(intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]

literówka

A typographical error. [from late 19th c.]

litewski

Of or relating to Lithuania.

litograf

A person who makes lithographs, who does lithography.

litoralny

Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.

litość

The act of commiserating; sorrow for the hardships or afflictions of another; pity; compassion.

litościwy

Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).

litota

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.

litotes

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.

litowy

(inorganic chemistry) Relating to lithium.

litr

The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.

liturgia

(uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service. [from 10th c.]

Litwa

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania.

Litwin

(countable) A person living in or coming from Lithuania.

Litwinka

(countable) A person living in or coming from Lithuania.

live

(broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.

lizać

(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

lizać pałę

(transitive, vulgar) To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.

lizak

(motorsport) A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop.

lizanie

The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.

Lizbona

A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.

liznąć

(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

lizus

(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.

lizusowski

Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.

lniany

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

loafersy

An idle person.

lob

(sports, _, such as soccer) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.

lobbista

A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.

lobbować

(intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

lobby

(politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.

lobbysta

A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.

locale

(computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.

loch

An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.

lockdown

The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.

lód

(slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.

lodołam

One of the piles used in forming such a breakwater.

lodołamacz

(watercraft) A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.

lodowacieć

To immobilize with fright.

lodowaty

(by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold

lodowcowy

Of, or relating to glaciers.

lodowiec

(geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

lodowisko

A specially frozen surface of water on which people skate or play ice hockey; the building that houses such a surface.

lodówka

(informal) A refrigerator. [from 1920s]

lodówka turystyczna

(New Zealand) An insulated picnic cooler, using refrigerated blocks to keep food cool.

lodownia

A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.

lodowy

Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.

lody

A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.

lodżia

(architecture) A roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level.

lofer

A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.

loggia

(architecture) A roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level.

logicznie

In a logical manner, with logic.

logiczny

Reasonable.

login

(computing) Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.

logo

(television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.

logowanie

(computing) The process or an instance of logging in.

lojalista

A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.

lojalistka

A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.

lojalnie

In a loyal manner, faithfully.

lojalność

Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.

lojalny

Firm in allegiance to a person or institution; allegiant.

lok

A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.

lokacja

An act of locating.

lokaj

A footman, a liveried male servant.

lokajski

Slavish or submissive.

lokal

(mathematics) A partially ordered set with the following additional axiomatic properties: any finite subset of it has a meet, any arbitrary subset of it has a join, and distributivity, which states that a binary meet distributes with respect to an arbitrary join. (Note: locales are just like frames except that the category of locales is opposite to the category of frames.)

lokalizacja

A particular point or place in physical space.

lokalizować

(transitive) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)

lokalna odmiana

(often, attributive) Any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work). [from late 19th c.]

lokalnie

With respect to place; in place.

lokalność

(uncountable, maths, computing) The condition of being local.

lokalny

(group theory, of a property of a finite group) Detectable from the behavior of the normalizers of the nontrivial p-subgroups.

lokator

(computing) Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.

lokaut

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lokomocja

(uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.

lokomotywa

(rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.

lokucja

A phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people.

lokum

A place to live or lodge.

lol

(Internet slang, text messaging) Lots of laughs. (occasionally used)

lombard

The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security

lombardzista

A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.

lon

A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.

London

A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.