Polak

Polak (plural Polaks)

1. Alternative spelling of Polack

Ultimately from Polish Polak. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /poːˈlɑk/

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• Hyphenation: Po‧lak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Polak

1. a surname

• Polack, polak, polaque

Borrowed from Polish Polak.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.lak/

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Polak m (plural Polaks)

1. (slang) Polack (person of Polish descent)

   Synonym: Polonais

From Proto-Slavic *pȍľe (“field”) +‎ -ak.^[1][2][3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lak/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlak
• Syllabification: Po‧lak
• Homophone: polak

Polak m pers (female equivalent Polka)

1. Pole

• → English: Polack
• → Danish: polak
• → Finnish: polakki
• → French: polaque
• → Italian: polacco
• → Norwegian: polakk
• → Portuguese: polaco
• → Spanish: polaco
• → Swedish: polack

Polak m pers

1. a male surname

Polak f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• Appendix:Polish surnames

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), Polak is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 13 times in scientific texts, 23 times in news, 17 times in essays, 21 times in fiction, and 15 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 89 times, making it the 714th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[4]

• Polak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Polak in Polish dictionaries at PWN