| yacht {n} (slick and light ship) | :: jacht {m} |
| yachtswoman {n} (woman who sails a yacht) | :: żeglarka {f} |
| yaffingale {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| yaffle {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| yaffler {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| Yagi-Uda antenna {n} (type of directional antenna) | :: antena Yagi {f}, antena Yagi-Uda {f} |
| yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes | :: |
| Yahweh {prop} (personal name of God) | :: Jahwe {m} |
| Yahweh {prop} (Jehovah) SEE: Jehovah | :: |
| yak {n} (ox-like mammal) | :: jak {m-an} |
| Yakut {prop} (language) | :: jakucki {m} |
| Yakutia {prop} (region in North Asia) | :: Jakucja {f} |
| Yakutsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Jakuck {m} |
| yakuza {n} (Japanese organized crime gang) | :: yakuza {f}, jakuza {f} |
| yakuza {n} (member of a Japanese organized crime gang) | :: yakuza {m}, jakuza {m} |
| y'all {pron} (plural of you) | :: wy, panie, państwo |
| Yalta {prop} (city in Crimea) | :: Jałta {f} |
| yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato | :: |
| yam {n} (any Dioscorea vine) | :: pochrzyn {m} |
| yam {n} (taro) SEE: taro | :: |
| yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato | :: |
| Yamal {prop} (a large peninsula in the Russian North) | :: Jamał {m} |
| Yandex {prop} (Yandex (in other scripts, the trademark may also be written in Roman letters)) | :: Yandex {m} |
| Yangon {prop} (largest city in Myanmar) | :: Rangun {m} |
| Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze | :: |
| Yangtze {prop} (river) | :: Jangcy {f} |
| Yangtze dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji | :: |
| Yangtze River dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji | :: |
| Yankee {n} (native or inhabitant of the USA) | :: jankes {m}, jankeska {f} |
| Yankee {n} (native or inhabitant of the Northern USA) | :: Jankes {m}, Jankeska {f} |
| Yanukovych {prop} (Ukrainian surname) | :: Janukowicz |
| Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon) | :: Jaunde |
| Yap {prop} (an island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia) | :: Yap |
| yard {n} (land around a house) | :: podwórze {n}, podwórko {n} |
| yard {n} (nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang) | :: reja {f} |
| yard {n} (three feet) | :: jard {m} |
| Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica | :: |
| yarligh {n} (khan's decree) | :: jarłyk {m-in} |
| Yarmouk {prop} (a river in the Middle East) | :: Jarmuk {m} |
| yarmulke {n} (skullcap worn by religious Jewish males) | :: jarmułka {f} |
| yarn {n} (fiber strand for knitting or weaving) | :: przędza {f}, włóczka {f} |
| yarn {n} (nautical) | :: skrętka {m} |
| yarn {n} (story) | :: opowieść |
| Yaroslav {prop} (Slavic name) | :: Jarosław {m} |
| Yaroslavl {prop} (city) | :: Jarosław |
| yarrow {n} (any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea) | :: krwawnik {m} |
| yashmak {n} (a veil worn by Muslim women) | :: nikab {m}, kwef {m}, czarczaf {m}, jaszmak {m} |
| yawn {v} (open the mouth and take a deep breath) | :: ziewać {impf}, ziewnąć {pf} |
| yawn {n} (the action of yawning) | :: ziewanie {n} |
| Yazidism {prop} (religion) | :: jazydyzm {m}, jezydyzm {m} |
| yeah {particle} (yes) | :: tak, no, ta {m} , aha {m}, acha |
| yeah, right {interj} (sarcasm to express disbelief) | :: tak jasne, ta jasne, no na bank |
| yeanling {n} (the newly born offspring of a goat or sheep) | :: jagnię {n}, owieczka {f} |
| year {n} (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun) | :: rok {m-in} |
| yearling {n} (one-year-old animal) | :: roczniak {m} |
| yearly {adj} (happening once every year) | :: roczny, coroczny, doroczny |
| yearly {n} (something that is published once a year) | :: rocznik {m} |
| yearning {n} (wistful or melancholy longing) | :: tęsknota {f} |
| yeasayer {n} (who habitually agrees uncritically) | :: leming {m}, przytakiwacz {m}, klakier {m} |
| yeast {n} (fungus) | :: drożdże {f-p} |
| yeast {n} (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) | :: drożdże {f-p} |
| yech {interj} (yuck) SEE: yuck | :: |
| yegg {n} (a person who breaks open safes; a burglar) | :: kasiarz {m-pr} |
| Yehuda {prop} (male given name) SEE: Judah | :: |
| Yehudit {prop} (female given name) SEE: Judith | :: |
| Yekaterinburg {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Jekaterynburg {m} |
| yellow {adj} (having yellow as its colour) | :: żółty |
| yellow {adj} (lacking courage) | :: tchórzliwy |
| yellow {n} (colour) | :: żółć {f}, żółty |
| yellow {v} (to become yellow or more yellow) | :: żółknąć |
| yellow {v} (to cause to become yellow or more yellow) | :: żółcić |
| yellow-bellied tit {n} (Pardaliparus venustulus) | :: sikora żółtobrzucha {f} |
| yellow-billed loon {n} (Gavia adamsii) | :: nur białodzioby |
| yellow card {n} (card in sports) | :: żółta kartka {f} |
| yellow fever {n} (illness) | :: żółta febra {f} |
| yellow-green {adj} (colour) | :: żółtozielony |
| yellowhammer {n} (a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella) | :: trznadel {m} |
| yellowish {adj} (somewhat yellow) | :: żółtawy |
| yellow jersey {n} (shirt worn by the leader in the Tour de France) | :: żółta koszulka {f} |
| yellow-legged gull {n} (Larus michahellis) | :: mewa romańska {f} |
| yellow pages {n} (telephone directory that lists commercial organisations) | :: żółte strony {f-p} |
| Yellow River {prop} (river of northern China) | :: Rzeka Żółta |
| Yellow Sea {prop} (Asian sea) | :: Morze Żółte {n} |
| yellow tit {n} (Machlolophus holsti) | :: sikora zóltogardla {f} |
| yelp {n} (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) | :: pisk {m} |
| yelp {v} (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) | :: piszczeć {m} |
| Yeltsin {prop} (Russian surname) | :: Jelcyn |
| Yemen {prop} (Republic of Yemen) | :: Jemen {m-in} |
| Yemeni {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Yemen, or the Yemeni people) | :: jemeński {m} |
| Yemeni {n} (a person from Yemen or of Yemeni descent) | :: Jemeńczyk {m}, Jemenka {f} |
| yen {n} (unit of Japanese currency) | :: jen {m} |
| Yenisei {prop} (river in Russia) | :: Jenisej {m} |
| yep {n} (informal "yes") | :: no, ta |
| Yerevan {prop} (the capital and largest city of Armenia) | :: Erywań |
| yermulke {n} (yarmulke) SEE: yarmulke | :: |
| yes {particle} (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance) | :: tak, no, ano , juści , jo , ja |
| yes {particle} (word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement) | :: ależ tak, owszem |
| yes {interj} | :: tak |
| yeshiva {n} (academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts) | :: jesziwa {f}, jeszybot {m}, jesziba {f} |
| yes man {n} (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) | :: potakiwacz {m} |
| yes-no {particle} (particle used to form yes-no questions) | :: czy |
| yesterday {n} (day before today) | :: wczoraj {n} |
| yesterday {adv} (on the day before today) | :: wczoraj |
| yet {adv} (thus far) | :: jeszcze |
| yet {adv} (continuously up to this point in time) | :: jeszcze |
| yet {conj} (nevertheless; however) | :: jak, jakże, jakżem, jednak |
| yet {adv} (even) SEE: even | :: |
| yeti {n} (unidentified animal) | :: yeti {m} |
| Yevpatoria {prop} (resort city) | :: Eupatoria {f} |
| yew {n} (Taxus baccata) | :: cis {m} |
| yew {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Taxus) | :: cis {m} |
| yew {n} (wood of the yew) | :: cis {m} |
| yew {adj} (made from the wood of the yew tree) | :: cisowy |
| Yiddish {adj} (of or pertaining to the Yiddish language) | :: jidysz |
| Yiddish {prop} (language) | :: jidysz |
| Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish | :: |
| Yiddishland {prop} (area was Yiddish was spoken) | :: Jidyszland |
| yield {v} (to give way) | :: ustąpić {pf}, ustępować {impf} |
| yield {v} (to produce as a result) | :: dawać {impf} |
| yield {n} (quantity of something produced) | :: produkcja {f}, plon {m}, wydajność |
| yielding {adj} (docile) | :: ustępliwy |
| yield the ghost {v} (give up the ghost) SEE: give up the ghost | :: |
| yield up the ghost {v} (give up the ghost) SEE: give up the ghost | :: |
| yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
| Yitzchak {prop} (given name) SEE: Isaac | :: |
| YIVO {prop} (Acronym of organization) | :: YIVO, JIWO |
| ylide {n} (type of organic compound) | :: ylid {m} |
| yodel {v} (to sing in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto) | :: jodłować |
| yodel {n} (song) | :: jodłowanie {n} |
| yoga {n} (Hindu discipline) | :: joga {f} |
| yogi {n} (yoga practitioner) | :: jogin {m}, joginka {f} |
| yogism {n} (the practice of yoga) | :: jogizm {m} |
| yogurt {n} (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process) | :: jogurt {m} |
| yoke {n} (wooden bar) | :: jarzmo |
| yoke {n} (wooden frame or bar for a person to carry a pair of buckets) SEE: carrying pole | :: |
| Yokohama {prop} (a city of Japan) | :: Jokohama {f} |
| Yolanda {prop} (female given name) | :: Jolanta {f} |
| yolk {n} (yellow of egg) | :: żółtko {n} |
| YOLO {phrase} (you only live once) | :: Raz się żyje!, Raz kozie śmierć! |
| yoni {n} | :: joni {f} |
| Yoruba {prop} (a sub-Saharan language) | :: joruba |
| Yoshkar-Ola {prop} (capital of Mari El, Russia) | :: Joszkar-Oła {f} |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: was {c-p} , Państwa {c-p} |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: ciebie {c}, Pan {m-pr}, Pani {f} |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: wy (informal) |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: ty , Pan {m-pr}, Pani {f}, Państwo {p} |
| you {determiner} (the individual or group spoken/written to) | :: ty {s}, wy {p} |
| you {determiner} (used before epithets for emphasis) | :: ty {s}, wy {p} |
| you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| you are what you eat {proverb} (proverb) | :: jesteś tym, co jesz |
| you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs {proverb} (you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette) SEE: you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette | :: |
| you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear {proverb} (it is not possible to produce something refined from something which is unrefined) | :: i w Paryżu nie zrobią z owsa ryżu |
| you don't say {interj} ((idiomatic) really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?) | :: co ty nie powiesz |
| you know {interj} (expression signifying a pause or hesitation) | :: wiesz, widzisz, rozumiesz, wie pan, rozumie pan, widzi pan, no, nie, cóż |
| you know what {phrase} (used to get attention) | :: wiesz co |
| you-know-who {pron} (known and unmentioned person) | :: wiesz kto, wiesz o kim mówię |
| young {adj} (in the early part of life or growth) | :: młody |
| young {adj} (belonging in the early part of life) | :: młodzieńczy |
| young {n} (people who are young) | :: młodzież {f} |
| young {n} (offspring (plural)) | :: młode {n-p} |
| young {n} (offspring (singular)) | :: młode {n} |
| younger {adj} (in an earlier period of life) | :: młodszy |
| young man {n} (youth) SEE: youth | :: |
| Young's modulus {n} (coefficient of elasticity of a solid) | :: moduł Younga {m} |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (singular; one owner)) | :: twój, pana, pański, pani |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners)) | :: wasz, państwa |
| you're right {phrase} (you're right) | :: masz rację , ma pan/pani rację , macie rację |
| you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks) | :: proszę (please/I ask), proszę bardzo (please/I ask very much), nie ma za co (nothing to thank for), spoko , spoczko , sponio |
| Your Majesty {pron} (Title of respect) | :: Wasza Wysokość {f} |
| your mileage may vary {phrase} (this is just my opinion, see also: there's no accounting for taste) | :: to tylko moje zdanie |
| your mom {interj} (a general-purpose insult) | :: twoja stara |
| your mother {interj} (insult) | :: twoja stara {f} |
| yourself {pron} ((reflexive) your own self) | :: się, siebie |
| yourself {pron} (you, used emphatically) | :: sam {m-pr}, sama {f} |
| yours faithfully {adj} (a polite formula to end letters) | :: z poważaniem |
| yours sincerely {adj} (a polite formula to end letters) | :: z poważaniem |
| yours truly {phrase} (closing in a note or letter) | :: z poważaniem |
| your wish is my command {phrase} (what you wish for I will effect as if it were a command) | :: twoje życzenie jest dla mnie rozkazem |
| you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours {proverb} (if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor) | :: ręka rękę myje, przysługa za przysługę |
| youth {n} (quality or state of being young) | :: młodość {f} |
| youth {n} (part of life following childhood) | :: młodość {f} |
| youth {n} (young person) | :: młody człowiek {m}, młodzieniec {m} |
| youth {n} (young man) | :: młodzieniec {m}, chłopak {m} |
| youth {n} (young persons, collectively) | :: młodzież {f} |
| youth hostel {n} (an inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people) | :: schronisko młodzieżowe {n} |
| YouTube {prop} (a video-sharing website) | :: YouTube {m} |
| YouTuber {n} (YouTube user) | :: youtuber {m}, youtuberka {f} |
| YouTuber {n} (YouTube video creator) | :: YouTuber {m}, jutuber {m}, YouTuberka {f}, jutuberka {f} |
| YouTubular {adj} (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of YouTube) | :: youtubowy {m} |
| you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette {proverb} (phrase) | :: nie można mieć ciastka i zjeść ciastko, gdzie drwa rąbią, tam wióry lecą |
| yo-yo {n} (toy) | :: jojo {n}, jo-jo {n} |
| Ypresian {prop} (subdivision of the Eocene epoch) | :: Ipres |
| ytterbium {n} (chemical element) | :: iterb {m} |
| yttrium {n} (chemical element) | :: itr {m} |
| yuan {n} (basic unit of money in China) | :: juan {m} |
| Yucatán {prop} (a peninsula in North America) | :: Półwysep Jukatan |
| Yucatán {prop} (a state in Mexico) | :: Jukatan |
| yuck {interj} (uttered to indicate disgust) | :: fuj |
| Yugoslav {adj} (Yugoslavian) SEE: Yugoslavian | :: |
| Yugoslav {n} (Yugoslavian) SEE: Yugoslavian | :: |
| Yugoslavia {prop} (former country in the Balkans) | :: Jugosławia {f} |
| Yugoslavian {adj} (of or relating to Yugoslavia) | :: jugosłowiański |
| Yugoslavian {n} (a native of Yugoslavia) | :: Jugosłowianin {m}, Jugosłowianka {f} |
| Yukon {prop} (territory in northern Canada which has Whitehorse as its capital) | :: Jukon {m} |
| Yukon Territory {prop} (Yukon) SEE: Yukon | :: |
| yum {adj} (indication of delight) | :: mniam, mniam-mniam |
| yummy {adj} (delicious) | :: pyszny {m} |
| yup {interj} ((informal) yes) | :: no |
| Yup'ik {prop} (a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family) | :: język yupik środkowy {m} |
| yuppie {n} (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) | :: yuppie {m}, yuppi {m}, japiszon {m} |
| yurt {n} (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) | :: jurta {f} |
| yus {n} (name of the old Cyrillic letter) | :: jus {m} |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Jużnosachalińsk {m} |