Polish–English dictionary

NATO

Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization

natomiast

(sequence, idiomatic) From another point of view.

natręt

One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.

natrętny

Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.

natrysk

An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.

natura

(figuratively) The fundamental nature or values of a person, or an organization or other thing, especially when considered as innate and/or immutable.

naturalizacja

The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship.

naturalizm

A state of nature; conformity to nature.

naturalnie

(in response to a request for help or a favour) Yes; of course.

naturalny

As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances. [from 14th c.]

natychmiast

Immediately; now; right away.

natychmiastowo

(chiefly, formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately. [from early 14th c.]

natychmiastowy

Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

natywny

(computing, of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.

nauczka

Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.

nauczyć się

To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.

nauczyć się na pamięć

To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.

nauczyciel

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

nauczycielka

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

nauczycielstwo

The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.

nauka

Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.

nauki humanistyczne

The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.

nauki prawne

(legal) The theoretical study of law.

naukowczyni

One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.

naukowiec

One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.

naukowo

Using science or methods of science.

nautilus

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.

nawa

(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

nawa boczna

A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

nawa główna

(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

nawadniać

(transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.

nawadnianie

The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.

Nawaho

A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.

nawał

(figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.

Nawarra

An autonomous community and province in northern Spain.

nawarstwiać

To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.

nawarstwić

To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.

nawet

In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.

nawet jeśli

Regardless of whether; irrespective of (something happening or being the case).

nawias

Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.

nawiasem mówiąc

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.

nawiązywać

(intransitive) To relate to, concern, or be relevant to.

nawidzieć się

To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.

nawiedzać

(transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

nawiedzenie

A punishment or blessing ordained by God.

nawiedzić

(transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

nawiedzony

(obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.

nawierzchnia

(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]

nawietrzny

Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.

nawiew

The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.

nawieźć

To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.

nawigator

A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.

nawigatorka

(US) A person who gives directions for a crane or vehicle (that is challenging to navigate) from a different point of view to the moved load.

nawijać

(intransitive, informal) To talk very quickly or incessantly.

nawinąć

To wind on a reel.

nawodnić

(transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.

nawoływanie

Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.

nawóz

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

nawozić

To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.

nawracać

(transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).

nawracający

Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span.

nawrócić

(transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).

nawrót

The act or situation of relapsing.

nawyk

Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.

nawzajem

(reciprocal pronoun) To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects:

nazad

(not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.

nazarejczyk

A person from Nazareth.

Nazaret

A city in northern Israel.

nazaretańczyk

A person from Nazareth.

nazaretanka

A person from Nazareth.

nazaretański

Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.

nazewnictwo

A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.

naziemny

Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.

nazista

(historical) A member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP). [1930]

nazistka

(historical) A member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP). [1930]

nazistowski

(historical) Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism, or neo-Nazis more generally.

nazizm

The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism.

nazwa

(archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.

nazwa pospolita

A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.

nazwa użytkownika

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

nazwisko

The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

nazwisko panieńskie

The original last name of a person, usually a woman, who has changed their last name upon marriage.

nazwisko rodowe

The original last name of a person, usually a woman, who has changed their last name upon marriage.

nazywać

To have a specific name.

nd.

not applicable

ne-ne

The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

neandertalski

Of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis.

neapolitańczyk

A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

neapolitanka

A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

neapolitański

Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

nęcący

having to power to allure

nęcić

(transitive) To entice; to attract.

nędzarz

One who is extremely poor.

nędznicy

(with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.

nędzny

(figuratively, informal) Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount. [from mid 19th c.]

Neferetiti

A queen of Ancient Egypt, the chief consort of the pharaoh Akhenaten.

Nefertiti

A queen of Ancient Egypt, the chief consort of the pharaoh Akhenaten.

Nefretete

A queen of Ancient Egypt, the chief consort of the pharaoh Akhenaten.

nefryt

(mineral) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).

negacja

(uncountable) The act of negating something.

negatyw

(physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles [from the 18th c.]

negatywizm

The practice of rejecting propositions which are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence, and often of seeking to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.

negatywnie

In a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive.

negatywny

Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.

negatywowy

Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.

negocjacja

The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

negocjacje

The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

negocjator pokojowy

A person who restores peace, especially by settling disputes; one who engages in peacemaking.

negocjować

(intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.

negocjowalny

Open to negotiation or bargaining.

negować

(transitive) To assert that something is not true.

negowanie

(uncountable) The act of negating something.

negus

(historical) A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.

nej

(music) A type of endblown flute.

nękać

To vex, harass, or beset.

nękanie

The crime of following or harassing another person, causing that person to fear death or injury.

nekrofag

An animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.

nekrolog

A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete) , the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published.

nekromancja

Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.

nekromanta

A person who practices or performs necromancy.

nekropola

(chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.

nekropolia

(chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.

nekroza

(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.

nektarium

(botany) A gland that secretes nectar

Nemezis

(Greek god) The goddess of divine retribution.

neolit

The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

neolityczny

Of or relating to the New Stone Age.

neon

(countable) A form or sample of the element.

Nepal

A country in South Asia, located between China and India. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Capital and largest city: Kathmandu.

nepotyzm

The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.

neptek

Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.

nerd

(slang, sometimes, _, derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.

nerka

(North America) A small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips.

nerkowiec

A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

nerkowy

Relating to or connected with a kidney.

Neron

Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

nerwica

(dated, pathology, ;, current in, _, psychology, and) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society. [from the 1700s]

nerwoból

(pathology, neurology) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.

nerwowo

In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness.

nerwy

(in the plural) Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions.

nestor kaka

Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.

netbook

(computing) An economical notebook computer able to access the Internet.

netto

Remaining after expenses or deductions.

neuralgia

(pathology, neurology) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.

neurochirurg

A surgeon specializing in brain surgery.

neurolog

A doctor or scientist who practices or specializes in neurology.

neurologia

The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.

neurologiczny

Dealing with neurology, the study of the nervous system or the health care specialty that provides care for it.

neurolożka

A doctor or scientist who practices or specializes in neurology.

neuromediator

A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.