| vacation {n} (holiday, period of leisure time) | :: wakacje {p} |
| vaccinate {v} (treat with a vaccine) | :: szczepić |
| vaccination {n} (inoculation with a vaccine) | :: szczepienie {n} |
| vaccine {n} (substance meant to stimulate production of antibodies) | :: szczepionka {f}, wakcyna {f} |
| vacuüm {n} (vacuum) SEE: vacuum | :: |
| vacuole {n} (large membrane-bound vesicle) | :: wakuola {f}, wodniczka {f} |
| vacuously {adv} (because of being a vacuous truth) | :: w próżni |
| vacuum {n} (region of space that contains no matter) | :: próżnia {f} |
| vacuum {v} (transitive: to clean with a vacuum cleaner) | :: odkurzać |
| vacuum {v} (intransitive: to use a vacuum cleaner) | :: odkurzać |
| vacuum {n} (vacuum cleaner) SEE: vacuum cleaner | :: |
| vacuum cleaner {n} (machine for cleaning) | :: odkurzacz {m} |
| vacuum flask {n} (a bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls) SEE: thermos | :: |
| vacuum tube {n} (electrical device) | :: lampa próżniowa |
| vade mecum {n} (referential book) | :: vademecum {n}, wademekum {n} |
| vagabond {n} (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) | :: wagabunda {m} |
| vagina {n} (anatomical sense) | :: pochwa {f} |
| vagina {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva | :: |
| vaginal {adj} (of the vagina) | :: pochwowy |
| vaginally {adv} (via the vagina) | :: dopochwowo, dowcipnie |
| vaginismus {n} (muscular contraction) | :: pochwica {f} |
| vagrancy {n} (being a vagrant) | :: włóczęgostwo {n}, żebractwo {n} |
| vague {adj} (not clearly expressed) | :: niejasny {m} |
| vagus nerve {n} (cranial nerve) | :: nerw błędny {m} |
| vain {adj} (overly proud of one's appearance) | :: próżny |
| valence {n} (chemistry: combining capacity) | :: wartościowość {f} |
| valence {n} (chemistry: number of binding sites of a molecule) | :: wartościowość {f} |
| valence band {n} (range) | :: pasmo walencyjne {n} |
| Valencia {prop} (capital of the Valencian Community) | :: Walencja |
| valenki {n} (winter felt boots) | :: walonki {p} |
| valentine {n} (an expression of affection, especially romantic) | :: walentynka {f} |
| valentine {n} (a person to whom you give, or from whom you receive, a valentine, on February 14th) | :: walentynka {f} |
| Valentine {n} (male given name) | :: Walenty {m} |
| Valentine's Day {prop} (Saint Valentine's Day) SEE: Saint Valentine's Day | :: |
| Valentinus {prop} (gnostic theologian) | :: Walentyn {m} |
| vale of tears {n} (the world as the place where difficulties and the sorrows of life are felt) | :: padół łez {m} |
| valerian {n} (Valeriana officinalis) | :: kozłek {m}, odolan {m} |
| Valhalla {prop} (in Norse mythology, the home of warriors slain gloriously in battle) | :: Walhalla {f} |
| valiant {adj} (showing courage or determination) | :: mężny |
| valid {adj} (acceptable, proper or correct) | :: ważny |
| valid {adj} (related to the current topic) SEE: relevant | :: |
| validate {v} (to check the validity of) | :: walidować, przeprowadzać walidację |
| validation {n} (the act of validating something) | :: potwierdzenie {n}, uprawomocnienie {n}, uzasadnienie {n}, walidacja {f} |
| validator {n} (something that validates) | :: walidator {m} |
| valine {n} (essential amino acid C5H11NO2) | :: walina {f} |
| valise {n} (a piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase) SEE: suitcase | :: |
| valkyrie {n} (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin) | :: walkiria {f} |
| Valle d'Aosta {prop} (region of northwestern Italy) | :: Dolina Aosty {f} |
| Valletta {prop} (capital of Malta) | :: Valletta {f} |
| valley {n} (elongated depression between hills or mountains) | :: dolina {f} |
| Valley of the Kings {prop} (Egyptian valley known for its tombs) | :: Dolina Królów {f} |
| valor {n} (value, worth) SEE: value | :: |
| valour {n} (value) SEE: value | :: |
| valuable {adj} (having a great value) | :: wartościowy, drogocenny |
| value {n} (quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable) | :: wartość {f} |
| value {n} (degree of importance given to something) | :: wartość {f}, znaczenie {n} |
| value {n} (amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else) | :: wartość {f}, cena {f}, koszt {m} |
| value {n} (relative duration of a musical note) | :: wartość {f} |
| value {n} (relative darkness or lightness of a color) | :: odcień {m} |
| value {n} (numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed) | :: wartość {f} |
| value {n} (ideal accepted by some individual or group) | :: wartość {f} |
| value {v} (to estimate the value of) | :: wycenić, wyceniać |
| value {v} (to fix or determine the value of) | :: wycenić, wyceniać |
| value {v} (to regard highly) | :: cenić |
| value {v} (to hold dear) | :: cenić |
| value added tax {n} (tax levied on added value of an exchange) | :: podatek od wartości dodanej {m}, podatek od towarów i usług {m} |
| valve {n} (device that controls flow of gas or fluid) | :: zawór {m}, wentyl {m} |
| valve {n} (device in an internal combustion engine) | :: zawór {m} |
| valve {n} (in anatomy) | :: zastawka {f} |
| valve {n} (vacuum tube) SEE: vacuum tube | :: |
| vamp {v} (to seduce or exploit someone) SEE: exploit | :: |
| vamp {n} (seductive woman) | :: wamp {m} |
| vampire {n} (mythological creature) | :: wampir {m}, upiór {m}, wampirzyca {f}, wąpierz {m} |
| vampiress {n} (female vampire) | :: wampirzyca {f} |
| vampirism {n} (extortion) SEE: extortion | :: |
| van {n} (a covered vehicle) | :: van {m} |
| van {n} (enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods) | :: samochód dostawczy {m}, furgonetka {f}, dostawczak {m} |
| vanadinite {n} (mineral) | :: wanadynit |
| vanadium {n} (chemical element) | :: wanad {m} |
| Vancouver {prop} (city) | :: Vancouver |
| Vandal {n} (member of an ancient east Germanic tribe) | :: Wandal {m} |
| vandalise {v} (to needlessly destroy) | :: wandalizować {impf}, zwandalizować {pf} |
| vandalism {n} (needless damage or destruction of property) | :: wandalizm {m} |
| vandalize {v} (vandalise) SEE: vandalise | :: |
| vane {n} (weather vane) SEE: weather vane | :: |
| vanguard {n} (leading units of an army) | :: awangarda {f} |
| vanilla {n} (orchid) | :: wanilia {f} |
| vanilla {n} (natural extract) | :: wanilia {f} |
| vanish {v} (become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed) | :: znikać {impf}, zniknąć {pf} |
| vanishment {n} (disappearance) SEE: disappearance | :: |
| vanity {n} (that which is vain) | :: marność {f} |
| vanity {n} (excessive pride) | :: próżność {f} |
| vanity {n} (emptiness) | :: próżność {n} |
| vanity {n} (dressing table) SEE: dressing table | :: |
| vantage {n} (advantage) | :: przewaga {f} |
| vantage {n} (place or position affording a good view; a vantage point) | :: punkt obserwacyjny {m} |
| vantage point {n} (place or position affording a good view) | :: punkt obserwacyjny {m} |
| vantage point {n} (point of view) SEE: point of view | :: |
| Vanuatu {prop} (Republic of Vanuatu) | :: Vanuatu {n} |
| vapor {n} (the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid) | :: para {f} |
| vapor {v} (intransitive: to become vapor) SEE: evaporate | :: |
| vapor {v} (transitive: to turn into vapor) SEE: vaporize | :: |
| vaporize {v} (turn into vapour) | :: parować, wyparować |
| vapor pressure {n} (pressure that a vapor exerts) | :: ciśnienie pary {n} |
| vapour {n} (vapor) SEE: vapor | :: |
| vapour {n} (steam) SEE: steam | :: |
| vardapet {n} (archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church) | :: wartabed |
| varenik {n} (varenyky) SEE: varenyky | :: |
| vareniki {n} (varenyky) SEE: varenyky | :: |
| varenyk {n} (varenyky) SEE: varenyky | :: |
| varenyky {n} (a kind of dumplings) | :: pierogi {m-p}, wareniki {m-p} |
| variable {adj} (able to vary) | :: zmienny {m} |
| variable {adj} (likely to vary) | :: zmienny {m} |
| variable {adj} (marked by diversity or difference) | :: zmienny {m} |
| variable {adj} (mathematics: having no fixed quantitative value) | :: zmienna {f} |
| variable {adj} (biology: tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type) | :: zmienny {m} |
| variable {n} (something that is variable) | :: zmienny {m} |
| variable {n} (mathematics: a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values) | :: zmienna {f} |
| variable {n} (mathematics: a symbol representing a variable) | :: zmienna {f} |
| variable {n} (computing: a named mutable piece of storage) | :: zmienna {f} |
| variable antshrike {n} (Thamnophilus caerulescens) | :: chronka zmienna |
| variance {n} (second central moment in probability (statistics)) | :: wariancja {f} |
| variant {adj} (variable) SEE: variable | :: |
| variant {adj} (showing deviation or disagreement) | :: odbiegający |
| variant {n} (something slightly different) | :: odmiana {f}, rodzaj {m}, wariant {m} |
| variant {n} (computing: variable that can hold several data types) | :: wariant {m} |
| variation {n} (the act or state of varying) | :: zmienność {f} |
| variation {n} (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme) | :: wariacja {f} |
| varicella {n} (chicken pox) SEE: chicken pox | :: |
| varicose vein {n} (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) | :: żylak {m} |
| variegated {adj} (streaked or spotted with a variety of colours) | :: srokaty, pstry |
| variegated horsetail {n} (plant) | :: skrzyp pstry {m} |
| variety {n} (variation of something) | :: rodzaj {m}, odmiana |
| variety {n} (rank in a taxonomic classification) | :: odmiana {f} |
| variety {n} (linguistics: term used for a specific form of a language) | :: odmiana językowa {f}, odmiana języka {f}, forma języka {f}, forma mowy {f} |
| variety is the spice of life {proverb} | :: różnorodność jest przyprawą życia, różnorodność nadaje życiu smak |
| various {adj} (an eclectic range of) | :: różny, rozmaity |
| varistor {n} (electronic component with variable resistance) | :: warystor {m} |
| varmint {n} (pestering animal) | :: robactwo {n} |
| varmint {n} (person who is obnoxious) | :: łapserdak {m} |
| Varna {prop} (city in Bulgaria) | :: Warna {f} |
| varnish {n} (transparent paint) | :: lakier {m} |
| varnish {v} (to apply varnish) | :: lakierować |
| varnish {v} (to cover up with varnish) | :: lakierować |
| varsity {n} (university) SEE: university | :: |
| Varsovian {adj} (of, from or relating to Warsaw) | :: warszawski {m} |
| Varsovian {n} (someone from Warsaw) | :: warszawiak {m}, warszawianka {f}, warszawianin {m} |
| vary {v} (to change something with time or a similar parameter) | :: zmieniać, zmienić |
| vary {v} (not to remain constant) | :: zmieniać się, zmienić się |
| vary {v} (to display difference) | :: różnić się |
| vary {v} (to institute a change in) SEE: modify | :: |
| vas deferens {n} (vas deferens) | :: nasieniowód {m} |
| vase {n} (container used mainly for displaying flowers) | :: wazon {m} |
| vaseline {n} (petroleum jelly) | :: wazelina {f} |
| vasodilation {n} (dilation of the blood vessels) | :: wazodylatacja {f} |
| vassal {n} (grantee of a fief) | :: wasal {m} |
| vast {adj} (very large or wide (literally or figuratively)) | :: obszerny, rozległy |
| vat {n} (a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning) | :: kadź {f}, stągiew {f} |
| VAT {n} (value-added tax) | :: VAT {m}, PTU {m} |
| Vatican {prop} (state) | :: Watykan {m} |
| Vatican {adj} (Relating to the Vatican City state) | :: watykański {m} |
| Vatican City {prop} (State of the Vatican City) | :: Watykan {m} |
| Vaticanian {adj} (Vatican) SEE: Vatican | :: |
| vatrushka {n} (a small, round cottage cheese-filled pastry) | :: watruszka {f} |
| vaudeville {n} (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) | :: wodewil {m} |
| vault {n} (arched masonry structure) | :: sklepienie {n} |
| vault {n} (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) | :: sklepienie {n} |
| vault {n} (underground storeroom) | :: piwnica {f} |
| vault {n} (secure area for valuables) | :: skarbiec {m-in} |
| vault {v} (to jump) | :: skoczyć |
| vault {n} (a jump) | :: skok {m}, wolta {f} |
| vault {n} (crypt) SEE: crypt | :: |
| vaulting {n} (gymnastics on horseback) | :: woltyżerka {f} |
| vaunt {v} (speak boastfully) SEE: boast | :: |
| veal {n} (flesh of a calf) | :: cielęcina {f} |
| veche {n} (a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries) | :: wiec {m}, wiece {n} |
| vector graphics {n} (geometrical primitives based upon mathematical equations to represent images) | :: grafika wektorowa {f} |
| vector product {n} (vector with size given by the product of two vectors) | :: iloczyn wektorowy {m} |
| vector space {n} (mathematics) | :: przestrzeń wektorowa {f}, przestrzeń liniowa {f} |
| vegan {adj} (relating to vegans or veganism) | :: wegański {m} |
| vegan {n} (supporter of veganism) | :: weganin {m}, weganka {f} |
| veganism {n} (Eating neither meat nor other animal products) | :: weganizm {m} |
| vegetable {n} (a plant raised for some edible part of it) | :: warzywo {n}, jarzyna {f} |
| vegetable {n} (a person whose brain has been damaged) | :: warzywo {n} |
| vegetable {adj} (of or relating to plants) | :: roślinny |
| vegetable {adj} (of or relating to vegetables) | :: jarzynowy, warzywny |
| vegetable garden {n} (vegetable garden) | :: ogród {m} |
| vegetable soup {n} (soup made from mixed vegetables) | :: zupa jarzynowa {f} |
| vegetarian {n} (person who does not eat any animal flesh) | :: wegetarianin {m}, wegetarianka {f}, jarosz {m} |
| vegetarian {n} (plant-eating animal) | :: roślinożerca |
| vegetarian {adj} (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) | :: wegetariański {m} |
| vegetarian {adj} (of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat) | :: wegetariański |
| vegetarianism {n} (practice of following a vegetarian diet) | :: wegetarianizm |
| vehicle {n} (conveyance) | :: pojazd {m}, wóz {m} |
| veil {n} (covering for a person or thing) | :: welon {m} |
| vein {n} (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) | :: żyła {f} |
| vein {n} (thickened portion of a leaf) | :: żyłka {f} |
| vein {n} (nervure of insect's wing) | :: żyłka {f} |
| veinlet {n} (a small or secondary vein, especially on the wing of an insect) | :: żyłka {f} |
| veisalgia {n} (unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol) SEE: hangover | :: |
| Vela {prop} (constellation) | :: Żagiel {m} |
| velar {adj} (articulated at the soft palate) | :: welarny |
| Velcro {prop} (fastener) | :: rzep |
| vellum {n} (type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf) | :: welin {m} |
| velocipede {n} (Early two-wheeled conveyance) | :: welocyped {m} |
| velocity {n} (vector quantity) | :: prędkość {f} |
| velvet {n} (fabric) | :: aksamit {m} |
| velvet scoter {n} (Melanitta fusca) | :: uhla zwyczajna {m} |
| venal {adj} (willing to take bribes) | :: sprzedajny, przekupny |
| venal {adj} (corrupt, mercenary) | :: prostytutka |
| vendace {n} (Coregonus albula) | :: sielawa |
| vendetta {n} (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) | :: wendeta {f}, wróżda {f}, zemsta {f} |
| vending machine {n} (machine that dispenses merchandise) | :: automat sprzedający {m} |
| Vendémiaire {prop} (the first month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: vendémiaire {m} |
| venereal {adj} (of a disease: sexually transmitted) | :: weneryczne {f-p} {n} {n-p} |
| venereal disease {n} (contagious disease spread through sexual intercourse) | :: choroba weneryczna {f} |
| venereal disease {n} (disease contracted through sexual contact) SEE: sexually transmitted disease | :: |
| venereology {n} (branch of medicine) | :: wenerologia {f} |
| Venetian {adj} (relating to Venice) | :: wenecki |
| Venetian {n} (inhabitant of Venice) | :: wenecjanin {m}, wenecjanka {f} |
| Venetian {prop} (Romance language spoken in Veneto) | :: wenecki {m} |
| Venetian blind {n} (blind consisting of overlapping horizontal slats) | :: żaluzja |
| Venezuela {prop} (country) | :: Wenezuela {f} |
| Venezuelan {n} (person from Venezuela or of Venezuelan descent) | :: Wenezuelczyk {m}, Wenezuelka {f} |
| Venezuelan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Venezuela or the Venezuelan people) | :: wenezuelski {m} |
| vengeance {n} (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong) | :: zemsta {f} |
| vengeful {adj} (wanting vengeance) | :: mściwy |
| Venice {prop} (city and province in Italy) | :: Wenecja {f} |
| venison {n} (the meat of a deer) | :: sarnina {f} |
| venom {n} (poison carried by animal) | :: jad {m} |
| venomous {adj} (pertaining to or denoting an animal capable of producing a poisonous chemical) | :: jadowity |
| venomous {adj} (pertaining to or containing venom) | :: jadowity, trujący |
| venous {adj} (of or pertaining to veins) | :: żylny |
| ventilator {n} (device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air) | :: wentylator {m} |
| ventilator {n} (medicine: machine to help breathing) | :: respirator {m} |
| ventricle {n} (one of two lower chambers of the heart) | :: komora {f} |
| ventriloquism {n} (art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source) | :: brzuchomówstwo {n} |
| ventriloquist {n} (a person who practices ventriloquism) | :: brzuchomówca {m}, brzuchomówczyni {f} |
| Ventôse {prop} (the sixth month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: ventôse {m} |
| Ventspils {prop} (city in Latvia) | :: Windawa {f} |
| venturi {n} (throat of a carburetor) SEE: throat | :: |
| Venus {prop} (planet) | :: Wenus {f} |
| Venus {prop} (goddess) | :: Wenus {f} |
| veranda {n} (roofed open gallery) | :: weranda {f} |
| verb {n} ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state) | :: czasownik {m-in} |
| verbal {adj} (of, or relating to words) | :: słowny, werbalny |
| verbal {adj} (concerned with the words) | :: słowny, werbalny |
| verbal {adj} (spoken and not written; oral) | :: ustny |
| verbal {adj} (derived from, or having the nature of a verb) | :: odczasownikowy |
| verbal {adj} (used to form a verb) | :: czasownikowy |
| verbalize {v} (to express) | :: werbalizować |
| verbal noun {n} (grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning) | :: rzeczownik odczasownikowy {m} |
| verbatim {adv} (word for word) | :: słowo w słowo, dosłownie |
| verbena {n} (a genus of herbaceous plants) | :: werbena {f} |
| verbiage {n} (overabundance of words) | :: gadanina {f} |
| Vercingetorix {prop} (Gallic chieftain) | :: Wercyngetoryks {m} |
| verdigris {n} (blue-green patina on copper and copper alloys) | :: grynszpan {m} |
| verdigris {n} (copper acetate) | :: grynszpan {m} |
| verdigris {n} (color) | :: grynszpan {m} |
| verge {n} (phallus) SEE: phallus | :: |
| verily {adv} (truly, doubtlessly) | :: zaprawdę, zaiste, doprawdy |
| vermicular {adj} (relating to or having the form of a worm) | :: robaczkowaty, robakowaty |
| vermiculation {n} (peristalsis) SEE: peristalsis | :: |
| vermilion {n} (pigment) | :: cynober {m-in} |
| vermin {n} (Any one of various common types of small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance) | :: szkodnik {m} |
| Vermont {prop} (a state in the United States) | :: Vermont {m} |
| vermouth {n} (wine infused with herbs) | :: wermut {m} |
| vernacular {n} (national language) | :: język wernakularny {m}, język rodzimy {m}, język narodowy {m} |
| vernacular {n} (everyday speech) | :: język wernakularny {m}, język nieliteracki {m}, język potoczny {m}, mowa ludowa {f}, język obiegowy {m} |
| vernacular {n} (language unique to a particular group of people) | :: dialekt {m}, narzecze {n}, gwara {f} |
| vernacular {adj} (pertaining to everyday language) | :: wernakularny, ludowy, nieliteracki, potoczny, obiegowy |
| vernacular {adj} (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported, see also: folk) | :: wernakularny, ludowy |
| vernal {adj} (pertaining to or occurring in spring) | :: wiosenny |
| vernal equinox {n} (the point) | :: równonoc wiosenna {f} |
| vernal equinox {n} (the moment) | :: równonoc wiosenna {f} |
| vernally {adv} (in a vernal manner) | :: wiosennie |
| vernissage {n} (private viewing of an exhibition before it opens to the public) | :: wernisaż {m} |
| Verona {prop} (city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy) | :: Werona {f} |
| Verona {prop} (province in the Veneto region of northern Italy) | :: Werona {f} |
| Veronica {prop} (female given name) | :: Weronika {f} |
| Versailles {prop} (suburb of Paris) | :: Wersal {m} |
| versatile {adj} (capable of doing many things competently) | :: uniwersalny, wszechstronny, wersatylny |
| versatile {adj} (having varied uses or many functions) | :: uniwersalny, wielofunkcyjny |
| verse {n} (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme) | :: wiersz {m} |
| verse {n} (a small section of the Bible) | :: werset {m} |
| version {n} (a specific form or variation of something) | :: wersja {f} |
| version {n} (an account or description from a particular point of view) | :: wersja {f} |
| version {n} (computing) | :: wersja {f} |
| verst {n} (unit of length) | :: wiorsta {f} |
| versus {prep} (in opposition to) | :: kontra |
| versus {prep} (compared with) | :: a |
| vert {adj} (of green colour) | :: zielony |
| vertebra {n} (any of the small bones which make up the backbone) | :: kręg {m-in} |
| vertebral column {n} (vertebral column) | :: kręgosłup {m} |
| vertebrate {adj} (having a backbone) | :: kręgowiec {m} |
| vertebrate {n} (an animal having a backbone) | :: kręgowiec {m} |
| vertex {n} (highest point) | :: wierzchołek {m} |
| vertex {n} (anatomy: highest surface on skull) | :: ciemię {n} |
| vertex {n} (geometry: corner of a polygon or polyhedron) | :: wierzchołek {m} |
| vertex {n} (element of a graph) | :: wierzchołek {m} |
| vertical {adj} (being perpendicular to horizontal) | :: pionowy, wertykalny |
| vertical angle {n} (opposite angles formed by intersecting lines) | :: kąt wierzchołkowy {m} |
| vertical bar {n} (vertical bar) SEE: pipe | :: |
| vertically {adv} (in a vertical direction or position) | :: pionowo |
| vertigo {n} (sensation of whirling and loss of balance) | :: zawroty głowy {m-p} |
| verve {n} (excitement of imagination) | :: werwa {f} |
| very {adj} (the same; identical) | :: identyczny |
| very {adv} (to a high degree) | :: bardzo, wielce |
| very {adv} (true, truly) | :: naprawdę, prawdziwie |
| very high frequency {n} (frequency area from 30 MHz through 300 MHz) | :: fale ultrakrótkie {f-p}, UKF {m} , VHF {m} , fale metrowe {f-p} |
| very much {adv} (indeed) SEE: indeed | :: |
| very well {interj} (interjection) | :: dobrze |
| vesicle {n} (cytology: membrane-bound compartment) | :: pęcherzyk {m} |
| vessel {n} (craft) | :: statek {m} |
| vessel {n} (container) | :: naczynie {n} |
| vessel {n} (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant) | :: naczynie {n} |
| vest {n} (garment worn over a shirt) | :: kamizelka {f}, bezrękawnik {m} |
| vest {n} (garment worn under a shirt) | :: podkoszulek {m}, podkoszulka {f} |
| vestal {n} (virgin consecrated to Vesta) SEE: vestal virgin | :: |
| vestal virgin {n} (servant of Vesta) | :: westalka {f} |
| vestiary {n} (dressing room or stroreroom for clothes) SEE: vestry | :: |
| vestibule {n} (a passage, hall or room) | :: hol {m}, przedsionek {m}, sień {f} |
| vestibule {n} (body cavity) | :: przedsionek {m} |
| vestment {n} (clothing) SEE: clothing | :: |
| vestment {n} (robe worn by members of the clergy) | :: ornat |
| vestry {n} (room in a church) | :: zakrystia {f} |
| Vesuvius {prop} (volcano in Italy) | :: Wezuwiusz {m} |
| vet {n} (short form of veteran) | :: weteran {m} |
| vet {n} (veterinarian) SEE: veterinarian | :: |
| vetch {n} (plant of the genus Vicia) | :: wyka {f} |
| veteran {n} (old soldier) | :: weteran {m}, kombatant {m} |
| veterinarian {n} (doctor who treats animals) | :: weterynarz {m}, weterynarka {f} |
| veterinary {n} (veterinarian) SEE: veterinarian | :: |
| veterinary medicine {n} (branch of medicine that deals with animals) | :: medycyna weterynaryjna {f}, weterynaria {f} |
| veterinary science {n} (veterinary medicine) SEE: veterinary medicine | :: |
| veterinary surgeon {n} (veterinarian) SEE: veterinarian | :: |
| vetero-testamentary {adj} | :: starotestamentowy |
| Vetka {prop} (a town in Belarus) | :: Wietka {f} |
| veto {n} (political right) | :: weto |
| veto {v} (to use a veto against) | :: wetować {impf}, zawetować {pf} |
| vexillology {n} (study of flags) | :: weksylologia {f} |
| vexillum {n} (sign of the cross) SEE: sign of the cross | :: |
| VFD {n} (US: Volunteer Fire Department) | :: OSP {f} |
| Váh {prop} (river in Slovakia) | :: Wag {m} |
| viaduct {n} (bridge with several spans that carries road or rail traffic over a valley) | :: wiadukt {m} |
| vial {n} (a small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical) | :: fiolka {f} |
| viaticum {n} (Eucharist) | :: wiatyk {m} |
| vibraphone {n} (percussion instrument) | :: wibrafon |
| vibrate {v} (to move with small movements rapidly) | :: wibrować {impf} |
| vibrate {v} (to resonate) | :: rezonować {impf} |
| vibrato {n} (Musical effect or technique) | :: vibrato {m} |
| vibrator {n} (device that causes vibration) | :: wibrator {m} |
| vibrator {n} (device used for massage or sexual stimulation) | :: wibrator {m} |
| viburnum {n} (plants of the genus Viburnum) | :: kalina {f} |
| vice {n} (bad habit) | :: nałóg {m}, narów {m} , wada {f} |
| vice- {prefix} (deputy) | :: wice- |
| vice {n} (screw apparatus) SEE: vise | :: |
| vice chairman {n} (deputy chairman) | :: wiceprezes {m} |
| vice-chancellor {n} (official) | :: wicekanclerz {m} |
| vicenarian {n} (someone in his or her twenties) | :: dwudziestolatek, dwudziestolatka |
| Vicenza {prop} (city or province in Veneto, Italy) | :: Vicenza {f} |
| vice president {n} (deputy to a president) | :: wiceprezydent {m} |
| vicereine {n} (wife of a viceroy) | :: żona wicekróla {f} |
| vicereine {n} (woman who is a viceroy) | :: wicekrólowa {f} |
| viceroy {n} (governor of a country) | :: wicekról {m} |
| viceroy {n} (butterfly) | :: wicekról {m} |
| vice versa {adv} (the other way round) | :: odwrotnie, na odwrót, vice versa |
| vicinal {adj} (of or pertaining to a neighborhood) | :: sąsiedzki {m} |
| vicinity {n} (proximity, or the state of being near) | :: pobliże {n} |
| vicinity {n} (neighbourhood, or the nearby region) | :: sąsiedztwo {n}, okolica {f} |
| vicious {adj} (savage, aggressive) | :: narowisty |
| vicious circle {n} (situation in which the solution to a problem creates another problem) | :: błędne koło {n} |
| victim {n} (one who is harmed) | :: ofiara {f}, poszkodowana {f}, poszkodowany {m} |
| victim {n} (one who is harmed by a crime) | :: ofiara {f}, poszkodowana {f}, poszkodowany {m} |
| victim {n} (one who is harmed by their own undertakings) | :: poszkodowana {f}, poszkodowany {m} |
| victim {n} (one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance) | :: ofiara {f}, poszkodowana {f}, poszkodowany {m} |
| victim {n} (a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice) | :: ofiara {f} |
| victim {n} ((narratology) a character who is conquered or manipulated by a villain) | :: ofiara {f} |
| victor {n} (winner in a fight or contest) | :: zwycięzca {m} |
| Victor {prop} (male given name) | :: Wiktor {m} |
| Victoria {prop} (female given name) | :: Wiktoria |
| Victorian {adj} (relating to the reign of Queen Victoria) | :: wiktoriański |
| Victorian {adj} (displaying the standards of the time of Queen Victoria) | :: wiktoriański |
| Victorian {adj} (style of architecture) | :: wiktoriański |
| victorious {adj} (being the winner) | :: zwycięski |
| victory {n} (an instance of having won a competition or battle) | :: zwycięstwo {n} |
| Victory Day {n} (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) | :: Dzień Zwycięstwa {m} |
| victual {n} (Food, provisions) | :: prowiant {m} |
| video {n} (television show, movie) | :: wideo {n} |
| video {n} (motion picture stored on VHS) | :: wideo {n} |
| video camera {n} (device for recording video) | :: kamera wideo {f} |
| video card {n} (display adapter) | :: karta graficzna {f} |
| videocassette {n} (cassette containing recorded videotape) | :: kaseta wideo {f} |
| videocassette recorder {n} (recording device) | :: magnetowid {m}, wideomagnetofon {m} |
| video conference {n} (conference held by video link) | :: wideokonferencja {f} |
| video game {n} (game controlled by software) | :: gra wideo {f} |
| video game console {n} (dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games) | :: konsola do gier {f}, konsola {f}, konsola gier wideo {f} |
| videotape {n} (tape used to record videos) | :: taśma, kaseta wideo |
| videotape {v} (to make a recording on videotape) | :: nagrywać na kasecie wideo |
| vie {v} (to rival; to struggle for superiority; to compete) | :: współzawodniczyć {impf} |
| Vienna {prop} (capital of Austria) | :: Wiedeń {m} |
| Vienna sausage {n} | :: frankfurterka {f} |
| Viennese {n} (inhabitant) | :: wiedeńczyk {m} |
| Viennese {adj} (connected with Vienna) | :: wiedeński |
| Vientiane {prop} (capital of Laos) | :: Wientian {m} |
| Vietnam {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: Wietnam {m-in} |
| Vietnamese {adj} (of or pertaining to Vietnam) | :: wietnamski |
| Vietnamese {n} (Vietnamese person) | :: Wietnamczyk {m}, Wietnamka {f} |
| Vietnamese {n} (language) | :: wietnamski {m}, język wietnamski {m} |
| view {n} (something to look at) | :: widok {m} |
| view {v} (to look at) | :: widzieć |
| viewer {n} (someone who views a spectacle) | :: widz {m} |
| viewer {n} (someone who watches television) | :: telewidz {m} |
| viewership {n} (viewers, collectively) | :: oglądalność {f} |
| viewfinder {n} (device on a camera) | :: wizjer {m}, celownik {m} |
| viewpoint {n} (point of view) SEE: point of view | :: |
| vigil {n} (keeping awake) | :: czuwanie {n} |
| vigilance {n} (Alert watchfulness) | :: czujność {f} |
| vigilance {n} (Close and continuous attention) | :: czujność {f} |
| vigilant {adj} (watchful) | :: czujny, baczny |
| vignette {n} (decorative design at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book) | :: winieta {f} |
| vigorous {adj} (physically strong and active) | :: energiczny |
| Viking {n} (One of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors) | :: wiking {m} |
| Vilamovian {prop} (Wymysorys) SEE: Wymysorys | :: |
| vile {adj} (morally low) | :: podły, niecny |
| vilify {v} (say defamatory things about; to speak ill of) | :: oczerniać |
| vilify {v} (denounce, belittle through speech) | :: potępiać |
| villa {n} (a house used as a retreat) | :: willa {f}, dacza {f} |
| village {n} (a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town) | :: wieś {f}, wioska {f}, siodło {n} , sioło {n} |
| villager {n} (person who lives in, or comes from, a village) | :: wieśniak {m}, wieśniaczka {f} |
| villain {n} (scoundrel) | :: łotr {m}, łajdak {m}, złoczyńca {m} |
| villain {n} (bad person in a stage or screen play) | :: czarny charakter {m}, złol {m} |
| villeinage {n} (serfdom) SEE: serfdom | :: |
| villus {n} (small projection from a membrane) | :: kosmek {m} |
| Vilnian {adj} (from Vilnius) | :: wileński |
| Vilnius {prop} (capital of Lithuania) | :: Wilno {n} |
| Vincent {prop} (male given name) | :: Wincenty |
| vindictive {adj} (having a tendency to seek revenge) | :: mściwy, złośliwy {m} |
| vine {n} (climbing plant that produces grapes) | :: winorośl {f} |
| vine {n} (any similar climbing or trailing plant) | :: pnącze {n} |
| vinegar {n} (condiment) | :: ocet |
| vinification {n} (winemaking) SEE: winemaking | :: |
| Vinnitsa {prop} (Vinnytsia) SEE: Vinnytsia | :: |
| Vinnytsia {prop} (city) | :: Winnica {f} |
| vintage {n} (yield of grapes during one season) | :: zbiór {m} |
| vintage {n} (wine identified by year and vineyard) | :: rocznik {m} |
| vintage {n} (harvesting of a grape and initial pressing for winemaking) | :: winobranie {n} |
| vintage {adj} (having an enduring appeal; classic) | :: klasyczny |
| vintage {adj} (of a car, built between 1919 and 1930) | :: zabytkowy |
| vintage {adj} (of a watch, produced between the years 1870 and 1980) | :: zabytkowy |
| vintage {v} (to harvest grapes) | :: zbierać |
| vintage {v} (to make wine from grapes) | :: tłoczyć |
| viola {n} (music: stringed instrument of the violin family) | :: altówka {f} |
| viola {n} (botany: any of several flowering plants) | :: fiołek {m} |
| violate {v} (to break or fail to act by rules) | :: naruszać {impf}, pogwałcać {impf} |
| violation {n} (rape) SEE: rape | :: |
| violation {n} (act or instance of violating) | :: naruszenie {n}, pogwałcenie {n} |
| violence {n} (extreme force) | :: gwałtowność {f} |
| violence {n} (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering) | :: przemoc {f} |
| violence {n} (injustice, wrong) | :: gwałt |
| violent {adj} (involving extreme force or motion) | :: gwałtowny |
| violent {adj} (involving physical conflict) | :: brutalny |
| violent {adj} (likely to use physical force) | :: agresywny |
| violent {adj} (intensely vivid) | :: jaskrawy |
| violet {n} (colour) | :: fiolet {m-in} |
| violet {n} (plant) | :: fiołek {m-in} |
| violet {adj} (having a bluish-purple color) | :: fioletowy |
| Violet {prop} (female given name) | :: Wioletta {f}, Wioleta {f} |
| violet carpenter bee {n} (Xylocopa violacea) | :: zadrzechnia fioletowa {f} |
| violin {n} (string instrument) | :: skrzypce {p} |
| violinist {n} (person who plays violin) | :: skrzypek {m}, skrzypaczka {f} |
| violist {n} (person who plays the viola) | :: altowiolista {m}, altowiolistka {f} |
| violoncello {n} (cello) SEE: cello | :: |
| VIP {n} (abbreviation: very important person) | :: VIP {m} |
| viper {n} (a poisonous snake in the family Viperidae) | :: żmija {f} |
| viper {n} (adder) SEE: adder | :: |
| viral {adj} (relating to a virus in biological sense) | :: wirusowy |
| viral {adj} (caused by a virus) | :: wirusowy |
| Virgil {prop} (Roman writer) | :: Wergiliusz {m} |
| virgin {n} (person who has never had sexual intercourse) | :: prawiczek {m} , dziewica {f} |
| virgin {adj} (of a person, in a state of virginity) | :: dziewiczy {m}, dziewicza {f} |
| virgin {adj} (of an object, untouched) | :: dziewiczy {m} |
| Virgin {prop} (Mary, the mother of Jesus) | :: Panna {f} |
| Virgin {prop} (constellation or star sign) | :: Panna {f} |
| virginal membrane {n} (hymen) SEE: hymen | :: |
| virgin forest {n} (forest free from disturbance) | :: las dziewiczy {m} |
| Virginia {prop} (state) | :: Wirginia {f} |
| Virginia {prop} (female given name) | :: Wirginia {f} |
| virginity {n} (state or characteristic of being a virgin) | :: panieństwo {n}, dziewictwo {n} |
| Virgin Mary {prop} (mother of Christ) | :: Najświętsza Maryja Panna {f}, Madonna {f}, Dziewica Maryja {f}, Maryja Panna {f}, Bogurodzica {f}, Bogarodzica {f} |
| Virgo {prop} (constellation) | :: Panna {f} |
| Virgo {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Panna |
| virial theorem {n} (theorem) | :: twierdzenie o wiriale |
| virile {adj} (being manly) | :: męski {m} |
| virile {adj} (pertaining to the grammatical gender) | :: męskoosobowy {m} |
| virility {n} (the state of being virile) | :: męskość {f} |
| virology {n} (branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral disease) | :: wirusologia |
| virtual {adj} (in effect; not fact) | :: wirtualny, dosłowny, rzeczywisty |
| virtual {adj} (simulated in a computer) | :: wirtualny |
| virtually {adv} (almost) | :: praktycznie |
| virtual machine {n} | :: komputer wirtualny {m}, maszyna wirtualna {f} |
| virtual particle {n} (virtual particle) | :: cząstka wirtualna {f} |
| virtue {n} (excellence in morals) | :: cnota {f} |
| virus {n} (infectious organism) | :: wirus {m} |
| virus {n} (computer virus) | :: wirus komputerowy {m} |
| visa {n} (permit) | :: wiza {f} |
| viscera {n} (internal organs of the body) | :: trzewia |
| viscometer {n} (instrument used to measure viscosity) | :: lepkościomierz {m} |
| viscosity {n} (physics: quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid) | :: lepkość {f} |
| viscount {n} (a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl) | :: wicehrabia {m} |
| viscous {adj} (having a thick, sticky consistency) | :: lepki, kleisty |
| vise {n} (two-jawed instrument for holding work) | :: imadło {n} |
| Visean {prop} (A subdivision of the Carboniferous period) | :: wizen {m-in} |
| Visegrád {prop} (town in Hungary) | :: Wyszehrad, Wyszegrad |
| Vishnu {prop} (the god) | :: Wisznu |
| visibility {n} (degree to which things may be seen) | :: widoczność {f} |
| visible {adj} (able to be seen) | :: widoczny |
| Visigothic {adj} (of or pertaining to the Visigoths) | :: wizygocki |
| vision {n} (sense or ability of sight) | :: widzenie {n}, wzrok {m} |
| vision {n} (religious or mystical experience) | :: wizja {f} |
| vision {n} (footage) SEE: footage | :: |
| visit {v} (to go and meet (someone)) | :: odwiedzać {impf}, odwiedzić {pf} |
| visit {n} (single act of visiting) | :: wizyta {f}, odwiedziny {f-p} |
| visit {v} (to avenge) SEE: avenge | :: |
| visitation {n} (act of visiting) | :: wizytacja {f} |
| visitation {n} (punishment or blessing ordained by God) | :: nawiedzenie {n} |
| visiting card {n} (business card) SEE: business card | :: |
| visitors' book {n} (a facility for visitors' comments) SEE: guest book | :: |
| visor {n} (mask) SEE: mask | :: |
| vista {n} (distant view or prospect) | :: widok {m} |
| Vistula {prop} (Polish river) | :: Wisła {f} |
| visual {adj} (related to or affecting the vision) | :: wizualny |
| visual diary {n} (sketchbook) SEE: sketchbook | :: |
| visualise {v} (to form a mental picture) | :: wizualizować {impf} |
| visualise {v} (to make visible) | :: uwidocznić {pf} |
| visually {adv} (by means of sight) | :: wizualnie |
| vis-à-vis {n} (counterpart) SEE: counterpart | :: |
| vis-à-vis {prep} (opposite) | :: naprzeciw, naprzeciwko |
| vis-à-vis {adj} (face-to-face) SEE: face-to-face | :: |
| vital {adj} (containing life) SEE: living | :: |
| vitalism {n} (doctrine that life involves a "vital force") | :: witalizm {m} |
| vitamer {n} (combination of substances that function as a vitamin) | :: prowitamina {f} |
| vitamin {n} (organic compound essential to human health) | :: witamina {f} |
| Vitebsk {prop} (city) | :: Witebsk {m} |
| vitreous humor {n} (vitreous humour) SEE: vitreous humour | :: |
| vitreous humour {n} (clear gel) | :: ciało szkliste {n} |
| vitrify {v} (to be made into glass) | :: zeszklić |
| vitrine {n} (glass-paneled cabinet or case) | :: witryna {f} |
| vitriol {n} (sulfuric acid) SEE: sulfuric acid | :: |
| vitriolic {adj} (bitterly scathing) SEE: caustic | :: |
| Vitsebsk {prop} (Vitebsk) SEE: Vitebsk | :: |
| vituperative {adj} (marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing) | :: potępiający {m} |
| viva {interj} (long live ... !) SEE: long live | :: |
| vivianite {n} (mineral) | :: wiwianit |
| viviparous {adj} (of an animal) | :: żyworodny {m} |
| viviparous blenny {n} (fish in the family Zoarcidae) | :: węgorzyca {f} |
| viviparous eelpout {n} (viviparous blenny) SEE: viviparous blenny | :: |
| vivisection {n} (The action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation) | :: wiwisekcja {f} |
| vixen {n} (attractive woman) SEE: fox | :: |
| vixen {n} (female fox) | :: lisica {f} |
| vixen {n} (temperamental woman) | :: kurwa {f}, suka {f}, jędza {f} |
| Vixen {prop} (reindeer of Santa Claus) | :: Złośnik {m} |
| viz. {adv} (abbreviation for namely) | :: tj. |
| vizier {n} (high-ranking official) | :: wezyr {m} |
| Vladikavkaz {prop} (city) | :: Władykaukaz {m} |
| Vladimir {prop} (male given name) | :: Włodzimierz {m}, Władimir {m} |
| Vladimir {prop} (Russian city) | :: Włodzimierz {m} |
| Vladivostok {prop} (seaport in Russia) | :: Władywostok {m} |
| vlei {n} (marsh) SEE: marsh | :: |
| vlei {n} (wetland) SEE: wetland | :: |
| vlog {n} (weblog using video) | :: vlog {m} |
| vlogger {n} (a contributor to a vlog) | :: vloger {m}, vlogerka {f} |
| Vltava {prop} (a major river in the Czech Republic) | :: Wełtawa {f} |
| Vänern {prop} (Swedish lake) | :: Wener |
| vocabulary {n} (list of words) | :: słownictwo {n} |
| vocabulary {n} (set of words a person knows) | :: słownictwo {n}, słownik {m}, zasób słowny {m} |
| vocabulary {n} (stock of words used in a particular field) | :: słownictwo {n}, nomenklatura {f} |
| vocabulary {n} (words of a language collectively) | :: słownictwo {m}, leksyka {f} |
| vocal {adj} (of or pertaining to the voice or speech) | :: głosowy, wokalny |
| vocal {adj} (phonetics) | :: samogłoska {f} |
| vocal cord {n} (folds of mucous membrane) | :: struna głosowa {f}, więzadło głosowe {n} |
| vocalist {n} (singer) | :: wokalista {m}, wokalistka {f} |
| vocation {n} (occupation for which a person is suited) | :: powołanie {n}, posłannictwo {n} |
| vocational school {n} (1. A school that provides training in specific skills required for different industries.) | :: szkoła zawodowa {f}, zawodówka {f} |
| vocative {adj} (grammar: used in address) | :: wołacz {m} |
| vocative {n} (grammatical case) SEE: vocative case | :: |
| vocative case {n} (case of address) | :: wołacz {m} |
| vociferation {n} (act of exclaiming; violent outcry) | :: krzyk {m} |
| vodka {n} (clear distilled alcoholic liquor) | :: wódka {f} |
| vodyanoi {n} (vodyanoy) SEE: vodyanoy | :: |
| vodyanoy {n} (type of water sprite) | :: wodnik {m} |
| voetsek {interj} (get lost) SEE: get lost | :: |
| voetsek {interj} (go away) SEE: go away | :: |
| voice {n} (sound uttered by the mouth) | :: głos {m} |
| voice {n} (tone or sound emitted by anything) | :: odgłos {m} |
| voice {n} (the faculty or power of utterance) | :: głos {m} |
| voice {n} (language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion) | :: głos {m} |
| voice {n} (opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote) | :: głos {m} |
| voice {n} (grammar: particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs) | :: strona {f} |
| voice actor {n} (an actor who provides voices for animations, dubbed films) | :: aktor głosowy {m} |
| voice box {n} (larynx) SEE: larynx | :: |
| voiced {adj} (sounded with vibration of the vocal cords) | :: dźwięczny {m} |
| voiceless {adj} (lacking a voice, without vocal sound) | :: niemy, bezgłośny |
| voiceless {adj} ((phonetics, of a consonant) spoken without vibration of the vocal cords) | :: bezdźwięczny {m} |
| voice-over {n} (production technique) | :: szeptanka {f} , tłumaczenie lektorskie {n} |
| voice-over {n} (voice-overed release) | :: wersja lektorska {f}, wydanie lektorskie {n}, tłumaczenie lektorskie {n}, lektor {m} |
| voice-over {n} (audio track) | :: lektor {m}, ścieżka lektorska {f} |
| voice talent {n} (voice actor) SEE: voice actor | :: |
| void {adj} (having lost all legal validity) | :: nieważny {m} |
| void {n} (An empty space; a vacuum) | :: pustka {f}, próżnia {f} |
| voilà {interj} (behold!) | :: oto, ot, voilà |
| voila {interj} (voilà) SEE: voilà | :: |
| voivode {n} (a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe) | :: wojewoda {m} |
| voivode {n} (an administrative chief in modern Poland) | :: wojewoda {m} |
| voivodeship {n} (the jurisdiction of a voivode) | :: województwo {n} |
| Vojvodina {prop} (autonomous province of Serbia) | :: Wojwodina {f} |
| vol. {n} (abbreviation of (the equivalent of) volume) | :: t. {m} |
| Volans {prop} (small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky) | :: Ryba Latająca {f} |
| Volapük {prop} (language) | :: volapük {m-in}, wolapik {m-in} |
| volatile {adj} (evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions) | :: lotny |
| volatile {adj} ((of a price etc) variable or erratic) | :: niestabilny, zmienny |
| volatile {adj} (temporary or ephemeral) | :: ulotny {m}, nieuchwytny {m} |
| volatile {adj} ((of a situation) potentially violent) | :: napięty |
| volatile {adj} ((computing, of memory) whose content is lost when the computer is powered down) | :: ulotny |
| volcanism {n} (natural phenomena associated with volcanoes) | :: wulkanizm {m} |
| volcano {n} (mountain containing a magma chamber) | :: wulkan {m} |
| volcanology {n} (study of volcanoes) | :: wulkanologia {f} |
| vole {n} (small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae) | :: nornica {f}, nornik {m}, polnik {m} |
| Volga {prop} (longest river in Europe, flowing to the Caspian Sea) | :: Wołga {f} |
| Volgograd {prop} (Volgograd) | :: Wołgograd |
| Volhynia {prop} (region) | :: Wołyń |
| volley {n} (flight of a ball before it bounces) | :: wolej {m}, volley {m} |
| volley {n} (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground) | :: wolej {m}, volley {m} |
| volleyball {n} (game) | :: siatkówka {f} |
| volleyballer {n} (volleyball player) | :: siatkarz {m}, siatkarka {f} |
| Volodymyr {prop} (Vladimir) SEE: Vladimir | :: |
| Vologda {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Wołogda {f} |
| volt {n} (unit of measure) | :: wolt {m} |
| voltage {n} (difference in electrostatic potential) | :: napięcie {n}, woltaż {m} |
| voltmeter {n} (instrument for measuring electric potential) | :: woltomierz {m} |
| volume {n} (three-dimensional measure of space) | :: objętość {f} |
| volume {n} (strength of sound) | :: głośność {f} |
| volume {n} (issues of a periodical over a period of one year) | :: rocznik {m} |
| volume {n} (single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia) | :: tom {m} |
| voluntarily {adv} (in a voluntary manner) | :: dobrowolnie |
| voluntary {adj} (done, given, or acting of one's own free will) | :: dobrowolny {m} |
| volunteer {n} (one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service) | :: wolontariusz {m}, ochotnik {m} |
| Volyn {prop} (oblast) | :: Wołyń {m}, obwód wołyński {m} |
| vomer {n} (vomer bone) SEE: vomer bone | :: |
| vomer bone {n} (small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils) | :: lemiesz {m} |
| vomit {v} (to regurgitate the contents of a stomach) | :: wymiotować {impf}, rzygać {impf}, zwracać {impf} |
| vomit {n} (regurgitated former contents of a stomach) | :: wymiociny {p} |
| voodoo {n} (Afro-Caribbean religion) | :: voodoo {n}, wudu {f} |
| voracious {adj} (devouring great quantities of food) | :: żarłoczny, zachłanny |
| voracious {adj} (having a great appetite for anything) | :: zachłanny |
| vorarephilia {n} (sexual fetish) | :: worarefilia {f} |
| Vormsi {prop} (fourth largest island in Estonia) | :: Vormsi |
| Voronezh {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Woroneż, Woroneż {m} |
| vorpal {adj} (RPG, of a blade: likely to decapitate) | :: migbłystalny |
| vortex {n} (whirlpool) | :: wir {m} |
| vortex {n} (anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre) | :: wir {m} |
| vortex {n} (anything which draws surrounding things) | :: wir {m} |
| vortical {adj} (pertaining to a vortex) | :: wirowy {m} |
| Vosges {prop} (mountain range in France) | :: Wogezy {p} |
| vote {n} (formalised choice) | :: głos {m} |
| vote {n} (instance of voting) | :: głosowanie {n} |
| vote {v} (assert a formalised choice) | :: głosować {impf} |
| voter {n} (one who votes) | :: wyborca {m} |
| vote with one's feet {v} (to express one's preferences through one's actions) | :: głosować nogami |
| voting {n} (action of the verb to vote) | :: głosowanie {n} |
| voting station {n} (polling station) SEE: polling station | :: |
| votive {adj} (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge) | :: wotywny |
| vouch {v} (to take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest) | :: ręczyć, odpowiadać |
| vouchsafe {v} (Condescendingly grant a right) | :: zaszczycić |
| vow {n} (A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner) | :: ślub {m}, przysięga {f} |
| vowel {n} (sound) | :: samogłoska {f} |
| vowel {n} (letter) | :: samogłoska {f} |
| vowel harmony {n} (phonological process) | :: harmonia samogłosek {f} |
| voyage {n} (long journey; especially by ship) | :: rejs {m} |
| voyager {n} (traveller) SEE: traveller | :: |
| voyeur {n} (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) | :: podglądacz {m} |
| voyeurism {n} (derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching people secretly) | :: wojeryzm {m}, oglądactwo {n} |
| Vulcan {prop} (Roman god of fire) | :: Wulkan {m} |
| vulcanization {n} (process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur) | :: wulkanizacja {f} |
| vulcanology {n} (study of volcanoes) SEE: volcanology | :: |
| vulgar {adj} (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) | :: obsceniczny, wulgarny |
| Vulgar Era {prop} (Common Era) SEE: Common Era | :: |
| vulgar fraction {n} (fraction with two integers) SEE: common fraction | :: |
| vulgarian {n} (vulgar individual) | :: parweniusz |
| vulgarism {n} (word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar) | :: wulgaryzm {m} |
| Vulgar Latin {prop} (the Latin language as spoken by people) | :: łacina ludowa {f} |
| Vulgate {prop} (Latin Bible translation) | :: Wulgata {f} |
| vulnerability {n} (security vulnerability) SEE: hole | :: |
| vulnerability {n} (state of being vulnerable) | :: wrażliwość {f} |
| vulnerable {adj} (exposed to attack) | :: wrażliwy |
| Vulpecula {prop} (autumn constellation) | :: Lisek {m} |
| vulture {n} (bird) | :: sęp {m} |
| vulture {n} (person) | :: sęp {m} |
| vulva {n} (collectively the external female sexual organs) | :: srom {m} |
| vulvectomy {n} (surgical removal of vulva) | :: wulwektomia {f} |
| vulvodynia {n} | :: wulwodynia |
| vyshyvanka {n} (traditional Ukrainian and Belarusian clothing) | :: wyszywanka {f} |