blacha

Derived from German Blech.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbla.xa/
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: bla‧cha

blacha f (diminutive blaszka)

1. sheet metal

• Sychta, Bernard (1967) “blaχa”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 41
• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “blacha”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “blacha”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “blacha”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “blacha”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

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Inherited from Old Polish blacha, from Middle High German blëch.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbla.xa/

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• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: bla‧cha

blacha f (diminutive blaszka)

1. sheet metal (metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products; it is thicker than foil and thinner than plate)

   falista/karbowana blacha ― corrugated sheet metal

   aluminiowa blacha ― aluminum sheet metal

   ocynkowana blacha ― galvanized sheet metal

   blacha cynkowa ― zinc sheet metal

   arkusz blachy ― sheet of metal

   kawałek blachy ― a piece of sheet metal

   dach z blachy ― a sheet metal roof

   ogrodzenie z blachy ― a sheet metal fence

   wiata z blachy ― a sheet metal shed

   wygiąć blachę ― to dent sheet metal

   kryć/pokryć coś blachą ― to cover something with/in sheet metal

2. (cooking) hob, stovetop

   Synonym: płyta

   rozpalona blacha ― a lit stovetop

   blacha pieca ― a stovetop

   gotować coś na blasze ― to cook something on a stovetop

   postawić coś na blasze ― to set someting on a stovetop

3. (cooking) baking sheet, baking tray

   blacha do pieczenia ― baking sheet

   nasmarować/wysmarować blachę masłem/tłuszczem ― to grease a baking sheet with butter/fat

   piec na blasze ― to bake baking sheet

   ułożyć coś na blasze ― to put something on a baking sheet

4. (colloquial, law enforcement) badge (small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information)

   Synonym: odznaka

   policyjna blacha ― police badge

5. number plate, license plate, plate

   Synonym: tablica rejestracyjna

   białe blachy ― white plates

   czarne blachy ― black plates

   nowe blachy ― new plates

   stare blachy ― old plates

   auto/pojazd/samochód na zagranicznych blachach ― a car/vehicle with foreign plates

6. brass instruments

• → Russian: бля́ха (bljáxa)
• → Ukrainian: бля́ха (bljáxa)

• blacha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• blacha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• blacha in PWN's encyclopedia