Dictionaries
Online dictionaries and reference tools for Polish.
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Polish-language Wiktionary — definitions, declensions, conjugations, and etymologies for Polish words, written in Polish.
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Multi-purpose Polish dictionary with spelling, word forms, and quick lookups. Especially handy for checking whether a form exists and how a word is used.
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Major academic dictionary from the Polish Academy of Sciences, with definitions, usage notes, thematic browsing, and detailed examples from real Polish.
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Popular Polish-English dictionary with translations, example sentences, recordings, and IPA support. One of the most practical day-to-day lookup tools for learners.
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Authoritative online dictionary from academic publisher PWN — definitions, spelling rules, language advisory (Poradnia Językowa), and guidance on the 2026 orthography reform.
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Poland's largest community-driven dictionary of slang and colloquial language — essential for understanding informal Polish speech, youth vocabulary, and regional expressions.
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The largest Polish online synonym dictionary — 600,000+ synonyms for nearly 150,000 words and expressions, organized into contextual meaning groups with example sentences.
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Polish synonym dictionary endorsed by linguist prof. Jerzy Bralczyk — searchable database of word alternatives available on web and as mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Windows.
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Electronic dictionary of Polish from the 17th and 18th centuries, maintained by the Institute of Polish Language at the Polish Academy of Sciences — searchable historical lexicon for early modern Polish.
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Comprehensive dictionary of 16th-century Polish from the Institute of Literary Research at the Polish Academy of Sciences — headword index, primary source canon, and digital text corpus from the Renaissance period.
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Digital edition of the Słownik Staropolski (ed. prof. Stanisław Urbańczyk, 1953–2002) — historical dictionary of Polish vocabulary from the oldest manuscripts up to 1500, maintained by the Workshop of Old Polish Language at IJP PAN.
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English–Polish and Polish–English online dictionary with clean search — look up translations, see word forms, and browse vocabulary across a wide range of everyday and specialist terms.
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Lingvopedia's Polish language reference page — an encyclopedic overview of Polish covering grammar, phonology, writing system, and history, useful as a structured linguistic introduction.
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Polish-English dictionary and translation memory with large numbers of example sentences, audio, and contextual translations. Useful when you want to see how a word or phrase behaves in real bilingual usage.