łapacz
See also: Łapacz
Polish
editEtymology
editFrom łapać + -acz. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English catcher.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editłapacz m pers (female equivalent łapaczka)
- (colloquial) catcher (person that catches)
- (colloquial, derogatory) cop (agent of the investigative police who tracks down and arrests people)
- Synonym: łaps
- (baseball) catcher (player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher)
- Hypernym: zawodnik
Declension
editDeclension of łapacz
Noun
editłapacz m inan
- (colloquial) catcher (thing that catches)
- (architecture) mudroom, vestibule
- Synonyms: przedsionek, wiatrołap
Declension
editDeclension of łapacz
Derived terms
editnouns
Further reading
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- Polish terms suffixed with -acz
- Polish semantic loans from English
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- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/apat͡ʂ
- Rhymes:Polish/apat͡ʂ/2 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
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- Polish nouns
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- Polish personal nouns
- Polish colloquialisms
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