Polish–English dictionary

męska dziwka

A male prostitute who sells his services to men.

męska prostytutka

(rare, US, LGBTQ, idiomatic, colloquial, vulgar) A male prostitute.

męska przyjaźń

(slang) A close but nonsexual relationship between two or more men.

męski

(slang, originally, _, Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.

męsko-żeński

(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.

męskoosobowy

(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.

męskość

The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.

Messyna

A surname from Italian.

męstwo

The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.

Mesyna

A surname from Italian.

meta

(curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.

metabolia

(pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.

metaboliczny

Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.

metabolizm

(physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

metadane

Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.

metadon

(pharmaceutical drug) A powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is similar to morphine in its effects but less sedative and is used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.

metafizyczny

Of or pertaining to metaphysics.

metafizyka

branch of philosophy that studies first principles

metaforycznie

(manner) In a metaphorical manner; not literally; by means of metaphor.

metaforyczny

Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.

metakognicja

(philosophy) the act of thinking about thinking.

metalowa końcówka rękojeści scyzoryka

The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.

metalurgia

The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.

metamfetamina

A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.

metamorfoza

A transformation, such as one performed by magic.

metan

(organic compound, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.

metanal

(organic compound) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.

metanol

(organic compound) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.

metapsychiczny

Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.

metateza

(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.

metempsychoza

Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. [from 16th c.]

meteor

Any extraterrestrial body that collides with Earth.

meteoroid

(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere

meteorolog

A person, especially a male one, who reports the weather conditions or forecasts.

meteorologia

The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.

meteorologiczny

Of or pertaining to meteorology.

meteoryt

A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid.

meteorytyka

(astronomy, mineralogy, geochemistry, cosmochemistry) The science that deals with meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids.

mętlik

A confusing or perplexing situation.

mętna

Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)

mętne

Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)

mętnieć

(intransitive) To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.

mętny

Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure. [from mid 16th c.]

metoda

(countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).

metodologia

(originally, sciences) The study of methods used in a field.

metodologiczny

Of, pertaining to, or using methodology or a methodology.

Metody

A en given name, notably of the Byzantine Christian theologian and missionary.

metodyczny

In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.

metodyka

(loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.

metodysta

A member of the Methodist Church; a Wesleyan.

metodystka

A member of the Methodist Church; a Wesleyan.

metodystyczny

Of or pertaining to the branch of Christianity that descends from the religious societies overseen by John Wesley (1703–1791) among others.

metonimia

(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.

metr

Used to form the names of measuring devices.

metro

A commuter rail system that combines aspects of an interurban railway with those of a subway, using a menagerie of pathways such as viaduct, tunnel, beam, cut and cover, trench, at grade, and others.

metronom

(music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.

metropolia

(ecclesiastical) The jurisdiction of an archbishop.

metropolita

(Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. [from 15th c.]

metroseksualny

(dated) A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.

metrum

US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).

metryczny

Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.

metryka

(analysis) A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M \times M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y) = 0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y) = d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.

Metuszelach

The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.

męty

(figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.

metyl

(organic compound) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, formally derived from methane by the loss of a hydrogen atom; a compound or part of a compound formed by the attachment of such a radical.

mewa

A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.

mężczyzna

A human member of the masculine sex or gender.

mężny

Having the characteristics of a man.

Mezopotamia

(historical) A geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.

mężulek

(informal, endearing) Husband.

mężuś

(informal, endearing) Husband.

mgiełka

Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)

mglisty

Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.

mgła

(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.

mgławica

(astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).

mgławicowy

Relating to a nebula or nebulae.

mgnienie

(figurative) A short moment.

mi

The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.

miąć

(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.

miałki

Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

Miami

A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.

mianować

(transitive) To designate for a role.

mianowicie

Specifically; that is to say.

mianownik

(arithmetic) The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½).

Miao

A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.

miara

A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

miara kąta

(geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.

miareczkowanie

(analytical chemistry) The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete, for instance by the colour change of an indicator.

miarka

The quantity of an agent (not always active), substance, or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.

miarodajny

Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority.

miasteczko

(UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

miasto

(UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

miastowa

A woman who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.

miastowy

A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.

miau

Used to indicate the cry of a cat.

miauczeć

(intransitive) Of a cat, to make its cry.

miauczenie

(countable) The cry of a cat.

miauk

(countable) The cry of a cat.

miażdżące zwycięstwo

An overwhelming victory.

miażdżący

That crushes; overwhelming.

miażdżyć

(US, slang, transitive) To defeat utterly.

miazga

(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.

miąższ

The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.

Michalina

A en given name.

Michał

(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending the faithful in the tribulation.

Michał Anioł

A 15th- and 16th-century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564).

Micheasz

(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

Microsoft

(trademark) Microsoft Corporation.

Midas

(Greek mythology) A king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold.

Midgard

(Norse mythology) The Earth of traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a middle realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Helheim); the abode of human beings, between those of the gods (Æsir) and the dead.

mieć

(rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]

mieć coś przeciwko

(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]

mieć dług

(intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.

mieć inne zdanie

(intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.

mieć miękkie serce

Gentle; kind; sympathetic.

mieć możliwość

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

mieć nadzieję

To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

mieć odlot

(intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.

mieć się

(intransitive) To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.

mieć uczucie

(transitive) To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.

mieć zamiar

To intend. [(usually) with to (+ infinitive)]

mieć zasięg

(transitive) To extend through (a time period).

miech

A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.

miecz świetlny

(science fiction) A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy. [from 1977.]

mięczak

A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.

miecznik

A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.

mieczyk

Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.

miednica

(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.

miednicowy

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis

miedź

(countable, dated) Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.

miedza

(archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.

miedziak

(countable) A copper coin, typically of a small denomination, such as a penny.

miedziany

Made of copper.

między

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

międzygalaktyczny

(astronomy) Occurring between galaxies.

międzykontynentalny

Taking place between two or more continents.

międzykrólewie

The period of time between the end of a sovereign or political leader's reign and the accession of another.

międzyludzki

Between two or more people.

międzymordzie

(computing) The connection between a user and a machine.

międzymorze

(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

Międzynarodowa Organizacja Morska

(UN, nautical) Initialism of International Maritime Organization.

międzynarodówka

(politics) A transnational organization of political parties of similar ideology.

międzynarodowo

In an international manner.

międzyplanetarny

Existing or occurring between planets.

międzyrasowy

Between or among two or more different races.

międzysieć

The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.

międzystanowy

(chiefly, US, and, Australia) Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).

miejsce

Room (space) in which to move or maneuver.

miejsce akcji

The place where something happens.

miejsce odosobnienia

(now, rare) A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat. [from 17th c.]