polje

English

Etymology

From a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *poľe (“field”).

Noun

polje (plural poljes)

1. (geology) An extensive depression having a flat floor and steep walls but no outflowing surface stream and found in a region having karst topography (as in parts of Yugoslavia).

   Synonym: karst field

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pȍlje (“field”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poʎe/ [po.ʎe]
• Rhymes: -oʎe, -e

Noun

polje inan

1. (geology) polje
   • 2015 March 15, Nagore Irazustabarrena, “Altxor karstikoa flyscharen itzalean”, in Argia, number 2453:

     Olatzeko poljea eliptikoa da, biribila ia, baina Lasturkoa luzeagoa da, ohikoagoa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of polje (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	polje	poljea	poljeak	poljeok
ergative	poljek	poljeak	poljeek	poljeok
dative	poljeri	poljeari	poljeei	poljeoi
genitive	poljeren	poljearen	poljeen	poljeon
comitative	poljerekin	poljearekin	poljeekin	poljeokin
causative	poljerengatik	poljearengatik	poljeengatik	poljeongatik
benefactive	poljerentzat	poljearentzat	poljeentzat	poljeontzat
instrumental	poljez	poljeaz	poljeez	poljeotaz
innesive	poljetan	poljean	poljeetan	poljeotan
locative	poljetako	poljeko	poljeetako	poljeotako
allative	poljetara	poljera	poljeetara	poljeotara
terminative	poljetaraino	poljeraino	poljeetaraino	poljeotaraino
directive	poljetarantz	poljerantz	poljeetarantz	poljeotarantz
destinative	poljetarako	poljerako	poljeetarako	poljeotarako
ablative	poljetatik	poljetik	poljeetatik	poljeotatik
partitive	poljerik	—	—	—
prolative	poljetzat	—	—	—

Finnish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian по́ле (póle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolje/, [ˈpo̞lje̞]
• Rhymes: -olje
• Syllabification^(key): pol‧je
• Hyphenation^(key): pol‧je

Noun

polje

1. a polje

Declension

Inflection of polje (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		polje	poljet
genitive		poljen	poljejen
partitive		poljea	poljeja
illative		poljeen	poljeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		polje	poljet
accusative	nom.	polje	poljet
	gen.	poljen
genitive		poljen	poljejen poljein rare
partitive		poljea	poljeja
inessive		poljessa	poljeissa
elative		poljesta	poljeista
illative		poljeen	poljeihin
adessive		poljella	poljeilla
ablative		poljelta	poljeilta
allative		poljelle	poljeille
essive		poljena	poljeina
translative		poljeksi	poljeiksi
abessive		poljetta	poljeitta
instructive		—	poljein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of polje (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poljeni poljeni accusative nom. poljeni poljeni gen. poljeni genitive poljeni poljejeni poljeini rare partitive poljeani poljejani inessive poljessani poljeissani elative poljestani poljeistani illative poljeeni poljeihini adessive poljellani poljeillani ablative poljeltani poljeiltani allative poljelleni poljeilleni essive poljenani poljeinani translative poljekseni poljeikseni abessive poljettani poljeittani instructive — — comitative — poljeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poljesi poljesi accusative nom. poljesi poljesi gen. poljesi genitive poljesi poljejesi poljeisi rare partitive poljeasi poljejasi inessive poljessasi poljeissasi elative poljestasi poljeistasi illative poljeesi poljeihisi adessive poljellasi poljeillasi ablative poljeltasi poljeiltasi allative poljellesi poljeillesi essive poljenasi poljeinasi translative poljeksesi poljeiksesi abessive poljettasi poljeittasi instructive — — comitative — poljeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poljemme poljemme accusative nom. poljemme poljemme gen. poljemme genitive poljemme poljejemme poljeimme rare partitive poljeamme poljejamme inessive poljessamme poljeissamme elative poljestamme poljeistamme illative poljeemme poljeihimme adessive poljellamme poljeillamme ablative poljeltamme poljeiltamme allative poljellemme poljeillemme essive poljenamme poljeinamme translative poljeksemme poljeiksemme abessive poljettamme poljeittamme instructive — — comitative — poljeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poljenne poljenne accusative nom. poljenne poljenne gen. poljenne genitive poljenne poljejenne poljeinne rare partitive poljeanne poljejanne inessive poljessanne poljeissanne elative poljestanne poljeistanne illative poljeenne poljeihinne adessive poljellanne poljeillanne ablative poljeltanne poljeiltanne allative poljellenne poljeillenne essive poljenanne poljeinanne translative poljeksenne poljeiksenne abessive poljettanne poljeittanne instructive — — comitative — poljeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative poljensa poljensa accusative nom. poljensa poljensa gen. poljensa genitive poljensa poljejensa poljeinsa rare partitive poljeaan poljeansa poljejaan poljejansa inessive poljessaan poljessansa poljeissaan poljeissansa elative poljestaan poljestansa poljeistaan poljeistansa illative poljeensa poljeihinsa adessive poljellaan poljellansa poljeillaan poljeillansa ablative poljeltaan poljeltansa poljeiltaan poljeiltansa allative poljelleen poljellensa poljeilleen poljeillensa essive poljenaan poljenansa poljeinaan poljeinansa translative poljekseen poljeksensa poljeikseen poljeiksensa abessive poljettaan poljettansa poljeittaan poljeittansa instructive — — comitative — poljeineen poljeinensa

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoljeˣ/, [ˈpo̞lje̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -olje
• Syllabification^(key): pol‧je
• Hyphenation^(key): pol‧je

Verb

polje

1. inflection of polkea:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Polish

polje

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pȍlje. Doublet of pole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.jɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɔljɛ
• Syllabification: pol‧je

Noun

polje n

1. polje

Declension

Declension of polje

	singular	plural
nominative	polje	polja
genitive	polja	polji
dative	polju	poljom
accusative	polje	polja
instrumental	poljem	poljami
locative	polju	poljach
vocative	polje	polja

Further reading

• polje in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian polje.

Noun

polje f (plural polje)

1. polje

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	polje	poljea		polje	poljele
genitive-dative	polje	poljei		polje	poljelor
vocative	polje, poljeo			poljelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poľe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôʎe/
• Hyphenation: po‧lje

Noun

pȍlje n (Cyrillic spelling по̏ље)

1. field

Declension

Declension of polje

	singular	plural
nominative	pȍlje	pòlja / pȍlja
genitive	pȍlja	póljā / pȏljā
dative	pȍlju	pòljima / pȍljima
accusative	pȍlje	pòlja / pȍlja
vocative	pȍlje	pòlja / pȍlja
locative	pȍlju	pòljima / pȍljima
instrumental	pȍljem	pòljima / pȍljima

Further reading

• “polje”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poľe, probably from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, wide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /póːljɛ/, /pɔljéː/
• Rhymes: -oːljɛ, -eː
• Hyphenation: pol‧je

Noun

pọ̑lje or poljẹ̑ n

on the field

at	na polju
to	na polje
from	s polja

1. field

   Synonym: poljce

2. (by extension) flatland

   Synonyms: ravniina, ravan, raven, ravna, ravninica, ravnota, poljana, poljce

3. area, spot (part of something flat)

   Synonyms: odsek, segment

   Prosimo, vpišite svoje ime v prazno polje. ― Please, write your name in the empty spot.

4. field (domain of study, knowledge or practice)

   Synonyms: področje, območje, delokrog, domena, krog, meje, objekt, obsežje, pokrajinna, nebo, poprišče, sfera, svet, terišče, torišče

5. a cell in a table

   Synonyms: okno, okence

6. region, area

   Synonyms: področje, območje, bazen, cona, okoliš, predel, rajon, regija, revir, teren, teritorij, area, areal, distrikt, kraj, okraj, okrog, okrožje, pomerij, region

7. (uncommon) background of one color

   Synonyms: ozadje, zaplečje

   Antonym: ospredje

8. (journalism) playing field

   Synonyms: igrišče, igrališče

9. (physics) field
10. (chess) each of the squares on the board
11. (mathematics) division ring
12. (geography) a part on a map between two drawn lines of longitude and latitude

Declension

First neuter declension (soft o-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	pọ̑lje
gen. sing.	pọ̑lja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	pọ̑lje	pọ̑lji	pọ̑lja
genitive rodȋlnik	pọ̑lja	pọ̑lj	pọ̑lj
dative dajȃlnik	pọ̑lju, pọ̑lji	pọ̑ljema, pọ̑ljama	pọ̑ljem, pọ̑ljam
accusative tožȋlnik	pọ̑lje	pọ̑lji	pọ̑lja
locative mẹ̑stnik	pọ̑lju, pọ̑lji	pọ̑ljih, pọ̑ljah	pọ̑ljih, pọ̑ljah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	pọ̑ljem	pọ̑ljema, pọ̑ljama	pọ̑lji
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	pọ̑lje	pọ̑lji	pọ̑lja

• archaic

First neuter declension (soft o-stem) , long mixed accent
nom. sing.	poljẹ̑
gen. sing.	poljȃ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	poljẹ̑	pọ̑lji	pọ̑lja
genitive rodȋlnik	poljȃ	pọ̑lj	pọ̑lj
dative dajȃlnik	pọ̑lju, pọ̑lji	pọ̑ljema, pọ̑ljama	pọ̑ljem, pọ̑ljam
accusative tožȋlnik	poljẹ̑	pọ̑lji	pọ̑lja
locative mẹ̑stnik	pọ̑lju, pọ̑lji	pọ̑ljih, pọ̑ljah	pọ̑ljih, pọ̑ljah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	pọ̑ljem	pọ̑ljema, pọ̑ljama	pọ̑lji
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	poljẹ̑	pọ̑lji	pọ̑lja

Derived terms

• asociacijsko polje
• bojno polje
• električno polje
• elektromagnetno polje
• gravitacijsko polje
• kot lilija na polju
• kraško polje
• magnetno polje
• minsko polje
• očistiti minsko polje
• odkopno polje
• poljána
• polje premic
• polje slave
• pọ̑ljski
• pọ̑ljščina
• poskusno polje
• pretočno polje
• slikovno polje
• široko polje
• težno polje
• težnostno polje
• tolerančno polje
• vetrno polje
• vidno polje
• vzgojno polje
• zorno polje

See also

• Poljska (“Poland”)
• poljski (“Polish”)

Further reading

• “polje”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “polje”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references