Polish–English dictionary

morus

A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion.

morwa

(countable) The fruit of this tree.

morwowy

Of a dark purple color tinted with red.

morze

The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.

Mosad

The national intelligence agency of Israel.

mosiądz

(countable, uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.

mosiężny

(music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; a band or the section of an orchestra that features such instruments.

Moskal

(countable, obsolete) A person from the Soviet Union.

moskiewski

Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.

moskow

(geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Carboniferous period.

Moskwa

A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.

moskwianin

An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.

moskwianka

An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.

Moskwicin

An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.

most

(anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.

most powietrzny

The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.

most zwodzony

A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leaves equipped with balancing and stabilizing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.

mostek

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

mostek kapitański

(nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.

moszcz

Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes.

moszna

(anatomy) The sac of skin and muscle that contains the testicles in most placental (boreoeutherian) mammals.

motać

To wind on a reel.

motek

A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

motel

(also, _, attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.

motłoch

(archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.

motocykl

Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

motor

Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

motor śnieżny

(vehicle) A vehicle that can travel through snow.

motorower

A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.

motorówka

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

motoryzacyjny

Of, or relating to motor vehicles.

motto

A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.

motyka

(when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.

motyl

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

motyl nocny

Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.

motyw

A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.

motyw przewodni

(by extension) A recurring theme.

motywacyjny

Tending or intended to motivate.

motywator

One who motivates or inspires others.

motywatorka

One who motivates or inspires others.

motywować

(transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.

mowa

A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.

mowa ludowa

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

mowa potoczna

A colloquial manner of speaking.

mowa-trawa

Empty verbiage or nonsense. [from early 19th c.]

mówca

Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

mówczyni

Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

mówiąca

One who speaks.

mówiący

One who speaks.

mówić

(intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.

mówić bzdury

To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner.

mówić monotonnie

To speak in a monotone.

mówić na ty

(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity.

mówienie

One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.

mówiony

Relating to speech

mównica

(sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.

mównik

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information. [ca. 1480]

Mozambik

A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.

móżdżek

The substance of a brain, as a material or foodstuff.

moździerz

(countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

może

(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

mózg

(in the plural) Intellect.

mózgoczaszka

.

mózgowie

(neuroanatomy, especially, embryologic neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.

mózgowiec

(slang, sometimes, derogatory) A very intelligent and usually studious, erudite person.

mózgowy

(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.

możliwe, że

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) Expressing a present possibility; possibly. [from 13th c.]

możliwie jak najszybciej

As soon as is possible; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time.

możliwie najszybciej

As soon as is possible; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time.

możliwość

The power or ability to generate an outcome.

możliwość wyboru

A choice; ability to choose.

możliwy

Able to be done in practice.

możliwy do utrzymania

Able to be sustained.

można by

(auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe.

możność

The quality of being possible.

mozolny

Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

mozzarella

Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.

MP3

(audio, _, file format) MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format.

MP4

(file format) Abbreviation of MPEG-4 Part 14, a file format for playing music and videos.

mroczek

(ophthalmology) A threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour of the eye.

mrocznie

With a dark appearance.

mrocznieć

(intransitive) To become darker.

mroczny

Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.

mrok

(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.

mroki

(uncountable) Ignorance.

mrowić

(transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

mrowie

A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.

mrowienie

A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.

mrowisko

A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.

mrówka

Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.

mrówkojad

Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).

mrówkolew

Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which they trap insects such as ants.

mrówkożer

Any of the South and Central American passerine birds in the family Conopophagidae.

mrówkożer workowaty

A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites.

mrównik

The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]

mróz

(uncountable) A condition of low temperature.

mroźny

Cold, chilly; icy.

mruczeć

To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.

mruczenie

(cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.

mrugać

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

mrugnąć

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

mrużenie

An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.

mrużyć oczy

(intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.

mścić

(transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.

mścić się

(intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.

mściciel

One who avenges or vindicates.

mścicielka

One who avenges or vindicates.

mściwość

The condition of being vindictive; a malevolent desire for revenge.

mściwy

Vindictive or wanting vengeance.

MŚP

(business) Initialism of small and medium-sized enterprise or small- to medium-sized enterprise.

msza

(Roman Catholic Church) The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.

msza za zmarłych

A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.

mszak

(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.

mszyca

A sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.

mu

With dative effect or as an indirect object. [from 9th c.]

mucha

(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).

muchomor

Any of very many agaric mushrooms, of the genus Amanita, most of which are very poisonous.

muczeć

(intransitive) Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound.

muczenie

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic lowing sound made by cattle.

mudżahedin

(Islam) A Muslim engaging in jihad, especially armed jihad; a jihadist.

muffin

A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).

muffinek

A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).

muffinka

A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).

mufka

(historical) A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.

mugol

A person who has no magical abilities.

Mulat

(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

Mulatka

(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

mulcz

(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.

mulczować

(agriculture) To apply mulch.

mulda

(skiing) A hump or bump on a skiing piste.

multikino

A cineplex.

multimilioner

A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.

multipleks

A cineplex.

multum

A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.

muł

The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

mułła

(Islam) A scholar and teacher of theology and sharia law, and an issuer of fatwas.

mumia

(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]

mumifikacja

The preserving of a dead body, by making it into a mummy.

mumifikowanie

The preserving of a dead body, by making it into a mummy.

mundaneness

The quality or condition of being ordinary.

municypalny

Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).

mur

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

mural

A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

murarstwo

The art or occupation of a mason.

murarz

A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.

murawa

A tract of land that is green with grass.

murena

Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.

murować

(transitive, normally with a preposition) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons

murowany

(figuratively) Solid or certain; not able to be disputed or questioned; irrefutable.

murzyn

(countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.