Polish
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Polish¹
- /ˈpəʊlɪʃ/ UK
- /ˈpoʊlɪʃ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊlɪʃ
Where it comes from
From Pole + -ish. Doublet of Poylish.
adjective Pl.
- Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language. Vinokur pulled the trigger a second and third time. "You're lying, you Polish cunt!" he screamed.
noun Pl.
- The language spoken in Poland. The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian.
- A breed of chickens with a large crest of feathers.
polish²
- /ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/ UK
- /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth.
noun polishes
- A substance used to polish. A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.
- Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess. The floor was waxed to a high polish.
- Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation. The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk.
verb polishes · polishing · polished
- To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding. He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
- To refine; remove imperfections from. The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
- To apply shoe polish to shoes.
- To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface. Steel polishes well.
- To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite. Arts that polish Life.
