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pollack

pol·lack
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pol-uh k]
    • /ˈpɒl ək/
    • /ˈpɒl.æk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pol-uh k]
    • /ˈpɒl ək/

Definitions of pollack word

  • noun plural pollack a food fish, Pollachius pollachius, of the cod family, inhabiting coastal North Atlantic waters from Scandinavia to northern Africa. 1
  • abbreviation POLLACK pollock. 1
  • noun pollack fish: cod 1
  • noun pollack a gadoid food fish, Pollachius pollachius, that has a dark green back and a projecting lower jaw and occurs in northern seas, esp the North Atlantic Ocean 0
  • noun pollack Sydney. 1934–2008, US film director. His films include Tootsie (1982), Out of Africa (1986), and The Firm (1993) 0
  • abbreviation POLLACK Polack 0

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Origin of pollack

First appearance:

before 1495
One of the 26% oldest English words
1495-1505; assimilated variant of podlok (Scots); akin to Scots paddle lumpfish; see -ock

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Parts of speech for Pollack

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pollack popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

pollack usage trend in Literature

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