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From Pole + -ish . Doublet of Poylish .
Polish (not comparable )
Of, from or native to Poland , or relating to the Polish language.
2007 , Elazar Barkan, Elizabeth A. Cole, Kai Struve, Shared History, Divided Memory , page 287 :Vinokur pulled the trigger a second and third time. "You're lying, you Polish cunt!" he screamed.
2009 , Stanley Marianski, Adam Marianski, Miroslaw Gebarowski, Polish Sausages: Authentic Recipes and Instructions , page 13 :As we mentioned the only chemical used in Polish meats or sausages was potassium nitrate even though the list of food additives allowed in Europe was long and impressive.
2023 June 17, Tom Perkins, “‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags”, in The Guardian [1] , archived from the original on 10 August 2023 :“There’s a sense of betrayal,” said the former Hamtramck mayor Karen Majewski, who is Polish American.
2023 December 12, Shaun Walker, “Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles”, in The Guardian [2] , →ISSN , archived from the original on 15 June 2025 :A far-right Polish MP has extinguished candles on a menorah lit for Hanukah in Poland’s parliament, disrupting proceedings before a planned vote of confidence in the new government.
of Poland or its language
Afrikaans: Pools (af)
Albanian: polak (sq) m , polake f ( adjectives )
Arabic: بُولَنْدِيّ ( bulandiyy ) , بُولَنْدِيّ ( bōlandiyy )
Armenian: լեհական (hy) ( lehakan ) , լեհերեն (hy) ( leheren ) ( relating to the language )
Aromanian: pulunescu m , puluneascã f
Asturian: polacu (ast)
Azerbaijani: polyak
Belarusian: по́льскі ( pólʹski )
Bengali: পোলীয় (bn) ( pōliẏo ) , লেহিস্তানী ( lehistani )
Breton: poloniat , polonek (br) ( relating to the language )
Bulgarian: по́лски (bg) ( pólski )
Burmese: ပိုလန် ( puilan )
Carpathian Rusyn: по́льскый ( pólʹskŷj )
Catalan: polonès (ca)
Chechen: польшин ( polʲšin )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 波蘭的 / 波兰的 (zh) ( Bōlán de )
Cornish: polonek
Crimean Tatar: Leh
Czech: polský (cs)
Danish: polsk (da)
Dutch: Pools (nl)
Esperanto: pola (eo) , pollanda ( relating to inhabitants of Poland; citizens ) , pollingva ( relating to polish language )
Estonian: poola
Farefare: pola
Faroese: pólskur
Finnish: puolalainen (fi)
French: polonais (fr)
Galician: polaco (gl) , polonés (gl)
Georgian: პოლონური (ka) ( ṗolonuri ) ( relating to everything except the people ) , პოლონელი ( ṗoloneli ) ( relating to the people )
German: polnisch (de)
East Central German: pulsch ( Silesian )
Greek: πολωνικός (el) m ( polonikós ) , πολωνέζικος (el) m ( polonézikos )
Hawaiian: Pōlani
Hebrew: פּוֹלָנִי ( polaní )
Hindi: पोलिश (hi) ( poliś )
Hungarian: lengyel (hu)
Icelandic: pólskur (is)
Interlingua: polonese (ia) , polac
Irish: Polannach
Italian: polacco (it)
Japanese: ポーランドの (ja) ( Pōrando no )
Kashubian: pòlsczi
Kazakh: поляк ( poläk )
Khmer: ប៉ូឡូញ (km) ( poulouñ )
Korean: 폴란드의 (ko) ( pollandeuui ) ( South Korea ) , 뽈스까의 (ko) ( ppolseukkaui ) ( North Korea )
Kyrgyz: поляк (ky) ( polyak )
Lao: ໂປແລັນ ( pō læn )
Latin: Polonicus (la) m
Latvian: poļu , polisks
Lithuanian: lenkiškas , lenkų (lt)
Macedonian: полски ( polski )
Maltese: Pollakk
Marathi: पोलिश ( poliś )
Mongolian: польш ( polʹš )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: polsk (no)
Nynorsk: polsk (nn)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: пол҄ьскъ ( polʹĭskŭ )
Old East Slavic: польскъ ( polĭskŭ )
Pashto: پولنډی ( polanḍáy )
Persian: لهستانی (fa) ( lahestâni )
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Poelish
Polish: polski (pl)
Portuguese: polonês (pt) , polaco (pt)
Romanian: polonez (ro) m poloneză (ro) f , polon (ro) m , polonă (ro) f ( adjectives ) , leah (ro) m ( obsolete ) , leahă (ro) f ( obsolete ) , leși pl ( obsolete )
Russian: по́льский (ru) ( pólʹskij )
Scottish Gaelic: Pòlainneach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏љскӣ
Latin: pȍljskī (sh)
Silesian: polski m , polsko f
Slovak: poľský (sk)
Slovene: póljski (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pólski
Upper Sorbian: pólski (hsb)
Spanish: polaco (es) , polonés (es)
Swahili: Kipolandi (sw) , Kipoli
Swedish: polsk (sv)
Tagalog: Polako
Tajik: полякӣ (tg) ( polyaki ) , лаҳистонӣ ( lahistoni )
Tatar: поляк ( polyaq )
Thai: โปแลนด์ (th) ( bpoo-lɛɛn )
Turkish: Polonyalı (tr) , Leh (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: له ( leh )
Turkmen: polýak
Ukrainian: по́льський (uk) ( pólʹsʹkyj )
Urdu: پولش ( poliś )
Uyghur: پولەك ( polek )
Uzbek: polyak (uz)
Vietnamese: Ba Lan (vi)
Welsh: Pwylaidd
Yiddish: פּויליש ( poylish )
Polish (uncountable )
The language spoken in Poland.
2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN [3] , archived from the original on 22 March 2022 :The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian.
A breed of chickens with a large crest of feathers.
( language ) :
the language of Poland
Afrikaans: Pools (af)
Albanian: gjuha polake f , polonisht ( adverb ) , polonishte (sq) f
Arabic: بُولَنْدِيَّة (ar) f ( bōlandiyya ) , بُولَنْدِيَّة (ar) f ( bōlandiyya )
Armenian: լեհերեն (hy) ( leheren )
Asturian: polacu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: polyak , polyak dili
Basque: poloniera (eu)
Belarusian: по́льская мо́ва f ( pólʹskaja móva ) , по́льская (be) f ( pólʹskaja )
Bengali: লেহিস্তানী ( lehistani )
Breton: poloneg (br) m
Bulgarian: по́лски (bg) m ( pólski )
Catalan: polonès (ca) m
Chechen: полякийн мотт ( poljakiı̇n mott )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 波蘭語 / 波兰语 (zh) ( bōlányǔ )
Cornish: Polonek m
Czech: polština (cs) f
Danish: polsk (da)
Dutch: Pools (nl) n
Esperanto: pola (eo)
Estonian: poola
Farefare: polne
Faroese: pólskt (fo) n
Finnish: puola (fi) , puolan kieli
French: polonais (fr) m
Frisian:
West Frisian: Poalsk (fy)
Galician: polaco (gl) m
Georgian: პოლონური (ka) ( ṗolonuri ) , პოლონური ენა ( ṗolonuri ena )
German: Polnisch (de) n
Bavarian: poinisch
Greek: πολωνικά (el) n pl ( poloniká ) , πολωνέζικα (el) n pl ( polonézika )
Greenlandic: polenimiutut
Hebrew: פולנית (he) f ( polanít )
Hindi: पोलिश (hi) ( poliś )
Hungarian: lengyel (hu)
Icelandic: pólska (is) f
Indonesian: bahasa Polandia (id)
Interlingua: polonese (ia)
Irish: Polainnis
Italian: polacco (it) m
Japanese: ポーランド語 (ja) ( ポーランドご, pōrandogo )
Kashubian: pòlsczi jãzëk
Kazakh: поляк тілі ( poläk tılı ) , полякша ( poläkşa )
Korean: 폴란드어 (ko) ( pollandeueo )
Latvian: poļu , poļu valoda f
Lithuanian: lenkų (lt) , lenkiškai
Low German:
German Low German: Poolsch (nds) n
Macedonian: полски m ( polski )
Malay: bahasa Poland
Maltese: Pollakk
Mapudungun: pulska dungun
Marathi: पोलिश ( poliś )
Mingrelian: პოლონური ნინა ( ṗolonuri nina )
Moksha: польшань ( poľšań )
Navajo: Póolish Dineʼé bizaad
Nepali: पोलिश ( poliś )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: polsk (no)
Nynorsk: polsk (nn)
Persian: لهستانی (fa) ( lahestâni )
Polish: język polski m inan , polszczyzna (pl) f
Portuguese: polonês (pt) m , polaco (pt) m
Romanian: poloneză (ro) f , polonă (ro) f
Russian: по́льский (ru) m ( pólʹskij ) ( язы́к )
Scots: Pols
Scottish Gaelic: Pòlainnis
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏љскӣ m
Latin: pȍljskī (sh) m
Silesian: polsko godka f
Slovak: poľština (sk) f , poľský (sk) m
Slovene: póljščina (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pólšćina f
Upper Sorbian: pólšćina (hsb) f
Spanish: polaco (es) m
Swahili: Kipolandi (sw) , Kipoli
Swedish: polska (sv)
Tamil: போலிஷ் ( pōliṣ )
Tatar: поляк ( polyaq )
Thai: ภาษา โปแลนด์ ( paa-sǎa bpoo-lɛɛn )
Tigrinya: ፖሊሽ ( poliš )
Turkish: Lehçe (tr)
Ukrainian: по́льська мо́ва (uk) f ( pólʹsʹka móva ) , по́льська (uk) f ( pólʹsʹka )
Urdu: پولستانی f ( polstāni )
Uyghur: پولەكچە ( polekche )
Uzbek: polyakcha (uz)
Vietnamese: tiếng Ba-lan
Walloon: polonès (wa)
Welsh: Pwyleg (cy) f
Zulu: Isipholisha