folga
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔl.ɡa/
“folga” is a Polish word. Its 16 meanings in English:
noun
- relief (rest from work)
- play, looseness (ability to move of something attached to something else)
- foil (thin metal tray placed under expensive stones to increase their shine)
- stump pole (pole for clearing stumps; one end is used to pry up the root of the tree trunk, and the other end is tilted towards the ground by several people using their hands and the entire weight of their bodies)
- synonym of podstawek
- lame (thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor)
- horse loop (spare loop on a rope; leather loop through which the belt, or rope, used by the horse to pull the carriage is passed)
- relief (strap for loosening, i.e. widening and tightening harnesses)
- windlass attachment (part of a rope wrapped around a windlass)
- relief (two poles, tied at the end with a rope, used to erect a pole with one end down, to lift logs on one hand, etc.)
- background paper (paper that covers the background between the type of the printing plate when it tars)
- support (rubber sides in boots)
- string (rope on which a decoration, e.g. a curtain, hangs permanently)
- inattention
interjection
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish folga. Noun sense 3 is reinforced by contamination with folia. Cognate with German Folge and English follow.
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