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Polish
Etymology
From łapać + -acz. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English catcher.
Pronunciation
Noun
łapacz 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
Noun
łapacz m inan
- (colloquial) catcher (thing that catches)
- Synonyms: łapadło, łapak
- (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