Polish–English dictionary

neuron

(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.

neuronauka

The scientific study of the nervous system.

neuroprzekaźnik

A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.

neuropsychologia

A branch of neurology and of clinical psychology that investigates the physiological basis of psychological processes.

neurotoksyna

(neuroscience, toxicology, pharmaceutical drug) A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.

neurotransmiter

A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.

neurotyczny

(informal) Overly anxious.

neurotyk

(medicine) A person who has a neurosis.

neuroza

(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]

neutralizować

(transitive) To make even, inactive or ineffective.

neutralność

The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.

neutralny

(politics) Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.

neutrino

An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.

neutron

(particle) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.

Nevada

A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.

Newa

A river in Russia, on which the Saint Petersburg city is placed.

newbie

(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.

Newcastle

A city in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States; a suburb of Oklahoma City.

newralgia

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

news

New information of interest.

newsroom

The office of a news organisation, especially that part of it where the journalists work and news stories are processed.

ni

The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.

ni stąd, ni zowąd

(idiomatic) Unexpectedly; without warning or preparation.

nią

The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.

niańczyć

(transitive) To treat with fondness or affection, as if a child; to pet.

niania

A child's nurse.

niby-

False; not genuine; fake.

nic

Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind; something or other.

nić dentystyczna

A cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth.

nic nie szkodzi; nie ma sprawy

It does not bother me; I am not concerned.

nić przewodnia

A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.

nic takiego

(idiomatic, colloquial) Synonym of no big deal: not important, not something to worry about.

nić wątku

(weaving) The yarn used for the weft; the fill.

Nicea

A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.

nick

A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.

nicość

(archaic) Nothingness.

Niderlandczycy

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

Niderlandczyk

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

Niderlandka

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

niderlandzki

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.

nie

Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.

nie à propos

Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.

nie cierpieć

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

nie do naprawienia

Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified; unrepairable.

nie do obrony

Not defensible; not capable of being defended.

nie do odszyfrowania

Not easily deciphered; difficult to read.

nie do pokonania

Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable

nie doceniać

(transitive) To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.

nie dotyczy

not applicable

nie działać

To fail to function.

nie grać karty tego samego koloru

(intransitive, card games) To break one's commitment to follow suit when capable.

nie lubić

(transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.]

nie ma problemu

No apology is necessary; think nothing of it (said in response to an expression of regret).

nie ma sprawy

No apology is necessary; think nothing of it (said in response to an expression of regret).

nie ma za co

A polite way of responding to thanks, by suggesting that the service is too trivial or humble to warrant thanks; you're welcome.

nie móc się zdecydować

(figuratively) To be indecisive; to hesitate.

nie na miejscu

Arousing disapproval; worthy of objection; offensive.

nie na poziomie

Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

nie posiadać się z radości

(intransitive) To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).

nie rozumieć

(transitive) To fail to understand.

nie słuchać się

(transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).

nie tak

(chiefly, predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

nie udać się

(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.

nie w porę

At an inopportune time.

nie wolno

(uncommon) must not (negative auxiliary); used to indicate that something is forbidden or, in a tag question, that something is not necessary.

nie wprost

Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.

nie z tego świata

(idiomatic, informal) Of exceptionally high quality; wonderful; marvelous.

nie zagrać karty tego samego koloru

(intransitive, card games) To break one's commitment to follow suit when capable.

nie zgadzać się

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

nie zgodzić się

(intransitive) To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).

nie zrozumieć

(transitive) To fail to understand.

nie-

(non-productive) Used with certain words to reverse their meaning.

nieakcentowany

(of a vowel) not stressed or accentuated

nieakceptowalny

Unsatisfactory; not acceptable.

nieaktualność

The state of being invalid; lack of validity.

nieaktualny

Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.

nieaktywny

Not active, temporarily or permanently.

nieambitny

Having little ambition for success or achievement

nieartykułowany

Sounding harsh and throaty.

nieautentyczny

False, not authentic, not genuine.

niebawem

Soon; in a little while.

niebezpieczeństwo

Exposure to likely harm; peril.

niebezpiecznie

In a dangerous manner.

niebezpieczny

Full of danger.

niebezpośrednio

In an indirect manner.

niebiański

Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.

niebieścić

(ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.

niebieski

(particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.

niebieskość

The quality or characteristic of being blue in color.

niebieszczeć

(ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.

niebiosa

(slang) The upper gallery in a theatre.

niebo

The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.

nieboskłon

(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.

nieboszczka

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

nieboszczyk

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

niebywały

Something exceptional or noteworthy.

niech

(auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.

niech to szlag!

(vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.

niechaj

(subjunctive present, defective, chiefly, poetic) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect). [from 16th c.]

niechcący

In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.

niechciany

Not invited.

niechęć

Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.

niechętny

Unwilling or with reluctance.

niechluj

(chiefly, US, informal) A person who is clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt.

niechlujny

sordid, squalid

nieciągły

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

nieciekawy

Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.

niecierpliwie

In an eager manner.

niecierpliwość

The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

niecierpliwy

(comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

niecka

A sunken area on a surface.

niecny

Not honorable; base.

nieco

(degree) To a small extent or degree.

niecodzienny

Not usual, out of the ordinary.

niecywilizowany

Barbaric; not civilized.

nieczuły

(figurative) Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

nieczystość

The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.

nieczystości

The impurities in metal.

nieczysty

Not pure

nieczytelny

Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.

niedasizm

Acceptance of defeat without struggle.

niedatowany

Not marked with a date.

niedawno

(referring to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present) in recent times.

niedawny

Having happened a short while ago.

niedbale

Giving the appearance of carelessness; relaxedly.

niedbalstwo

(legal, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.

niedbałość

Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention

niedbały

Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16thc.]

niedługo

Near; soon.

niedobór

(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.

niedoceniany

Not given enough recognition for its quality.

niedocenienie

An estimate that is too low.

niedoceniony

Not given enough recognition for its quality.

niedochodowy

Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).

niedociągnięcie

A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.

niedogodność

Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.

niedojrzałość

Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown

niedojrzały

(figurative) Lacking life experience; immature, inexperienced, naive; also, of or relating to something immature or inexperienced.

niedokładny

Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.

niedokonany

(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.

niedokończony

Not finished.

niedokrwienie

(cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).

niedokrwistość

(American spelling, uncountable, pathology) A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.

niedomknięty

Slightly turned or opened.

niedomówić

(transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.

niedomytek

Someone with an untidy appearance.

niedookreślić

(transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.

niedopatrzenie

An omission; something that is left out, missed, or forgotten.

niedopłacony

Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.

niedopracowany

Not polished; not brought to a polish.