Polish–English dictionary

łamiący serce

(idiomatic) That causes extreme sorrow or grief.

łamigłówka

A complex riddle or puzzle.

łamistrajk

A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.

łamliwy

Able to break or be broken.

łańcuch

(soil science) A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope.

łańcuch bloków

A shared record of past transactions in a distributed network, typically used for cryptocurrency. [from 2010s]

łańcuch choinkowy

Thin wire or foil made of brass, gold or silver; now especially thin strips of metallic foil used as Christmas decoration.

łańcuch pokarmowy

The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.

łańcuszek

A letter that can be mailed successively to different recipients, with each recipient ostensibly (but sometimes sarcastically) being instructed in the body of the letter to mail the letter to another person or persons.

łania

A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).

łapa

The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

łapa (kotwicy)

(nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.

łapać

(transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.]

łapać obcęgami

(transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

łapczywy

Greedy, eager for wealth.

łapka kuchenna

An insulated pad used for handling hot cooking utensils

łapówka

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

łapówkarstwo

The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.

łapownictwo

The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.

łapserdak

(historical, Judaism) A long, close-fitting coat with shawl collars and pockets, worn by Ashkenazi Jewish men in Eastern Europe until the early 20th century

łasica

The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.

łaska

(uncountable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.

łaskawość

(uncountable) Disposition to do good.

łaskawy

kind and warmly courteous

łaskotać

(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.

łaskotliwy

Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

łat

A coin or bill of either currency.

łata

(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.

łatać

To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.

łatacz

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

łatka

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.

łatwa

(informal, pejorative, of a woman) Consenting readily to sex.

łatwizna

(informal) Something that is very easy to do.

łatwopalna

Capable of burning.

łatwopalne

Capable of burning.

łatwopalność

(uncountable) The condition of being flammable.

łatwopalny

Capable of burning.

łatwość

The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:

łatwowierny

Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

łatwy

Requiring little skill or effort.

ława oskarżonych

(law) Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

ława przysięgłych

(law) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.

ławica

(collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

ławica piaskowa

A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore.

ławka

A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.

ławka treningowa

A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.

ławniczka

(law) A member of a jury.

ławnik

A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.

ławra

(historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.

łazienka

A building or area where bathing occurs.

łazik

A vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.

łazior

(specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.

łaźnia

A building with baths for communal use.

łeb

(slang) The head.

łechtać

(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.

łechtaczka

(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]

łęk przedni

The upper front brow of a saddle.

łękotka

The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid. [from 19th c.]

łeż

A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie.

łgać

(intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.

łgarz

(informal) A liar.

łkać

(intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps.

łkanie

A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.

łobuz

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]

łobuzerstwo

The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief.

łobuziak

Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

łobuzować

(intransitive, or, reflexive) To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.

łódka nabojowa

(military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.

Łódź

The capital city of Lodz Voivodeship, Poland, also spelled Łódź.

łódź motorowa

(nautical) Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.

łódź podwodna

(watercraft) A boat that can go underwater.

łódź ratunkowa

(nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).

łódź rzeczna

A watercraft designed for operating on rivers.

łódź wiosłowa

(US) A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing).

łodzik

A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.

łój

(physiology) A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.

łom

A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

łomot

The sound of a dull impact.

łomotać

To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.

łomotnąć

To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.

łoniaki

(slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.

łono

The upper legs of a seated person.

łopata

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

łopatka

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

łopatka kuchenna

(cookware) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.

łopian

Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

łopotać

(intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.

łopuch

Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

łoś

The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

łosica

The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

łoskot

A sudden percussive noise.

łososiowy

Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

łosza

The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

łotewski

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

łotr

One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.

Łotwa

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

Łotysz

(countable) A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent.

Łotyszka

(countable) A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent.

łowca

One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.

łowca głów

(business) One who recruits skilled personnel, especially executive-level ones, for a company.

łowczy

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

łowczyni

One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.

łowić ryby

(intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.

łowić włokiem

(ambitransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.

łoże śmierci

The bed on which someone dies.

łóżko

(countable) The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river. [from later 16thc.]

łożysko

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction.

łub

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

łubianka

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.

łubin

Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.

łubudu

The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.

Łucja

A surname from Old French derived from place names in Normandy based on a male personal name, from Latin Lucius.

Łucjusz

(rare) A en given name.

łucznictwo

(uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.

łuczniczka

One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.

łucznik

One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.

łuk

(archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.

łuk brwiowy

a bony projection in humans and other primates located above eye sockets delimiting the bottom of the forehead

Łukasz

(biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.

Łuke

A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.

łuna

The light given off by a glowing object.

łup

(Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket). [From 1850s.]

łupacz

A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

łupek

(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

łupiestwo

The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.

łupież

Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.

łupieżca

One who engages in a raid; a plunderer.

łupieżczy

(figuratively) Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.

łupina

The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.

łupliwość

(mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes; schistosity. [from 19th c.]

łupliwy

(geology) Easily split along a grain.

łuska

Spent cartridge casings (usually made of brass): the part of the cartridge left over after bullets or shells have been fired.

łuskowaty

Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.

łuskowiec

Any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia.

łuszczyca

(disease) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.

łut

(historic) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

łuza

(sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

łydka

The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

łyk

The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

łyko

Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants (particularly the lime tree) and used for making ropes, cords and matting.

Łyman

A city, the administrative centre of Lyman urban hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1667 or 1678.

łysienie

(medicine) Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease.

łyska

Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.

łysol

(pejorative) A bald person, especially a man.

łysy

Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.

łyszczyk

(mineral) Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

łyżeczka

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

łyżeczka do herbaty

A small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.

łyżeczkować

(transitive, medicine) To scrape with a curette.

łyżka

Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).