łapacz

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Polish

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Etymology

From łapać +‎ -acz. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English catcher.

Pronunciation

Noun

łapacz m pers (female equivalent łapaczka)

  1. (colloquial) catcher (person that catches)
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) cop (agent of the investigative police who tracks down and arrests people)
    Synonym: łaps
  3. (baseball) catcher (player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher)
    Hypernym: zawodnik

Declension

Noun

łapacz m inan

  1. (colloquial) catcher (thing that catches)
    Synonyms: łapadło, łapak
  2. (architecture) mudroom, vestibule
    Synonyms: przedsionek, wiatrołap

Declension

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Further reading

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