heypolyglot
Italian

polacco

/poˈlak.ko/adjectiveB1
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Meaning

Polish

  • relating to Poland, its people, or its language

In a sentence

Ho conosciuto una studentessa polacca all'università.

I met a Polish student at university.

Ti piace la cucina polacca?

Do you like Polish food?

I colleghi polacchi arrivano a Roma domani.

The Polish colleagues arrive in Rome tomorrow.

Word forms (4)
WordWord forms
polaccomasculine · singular
polaccafeminine · singular
polacchimasculine · plural
polacchefeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Written in lower case, both as an adjective (la lingua polacca) and usually as a noun for people (i polacchi).
  • The masculine plural is 'polacchi' and the feminine plural is 'polacche'. Both keep the hard /k/ sound, spelled 'ch'.
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