Parts of speech
Nouns |
поле gen. поля - field |
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полечко gen. полечка - field (diminutive) |
Adjectives |
польовий - relating to a field/fields |
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Useful compounds |
поле зору - field of vision мінне поле - minefield поле бою - battlefield польові роботи - work in the fields польові дослідження - field studies, fieldwork на відкритому полі - in the open country польова миша - vole (field mouse) |
Additional information
1. поле is etymologically linked with the Latin planus (level, level area), Swedish fala (a plain) and the German -falen, as in Westfalen (and, distantly, with feld)
2. поле also denotes 'field' in other contexts, for example, a blank in a form which needs to filled in
3. 'одного поля ягода' (a berry from the same field) is a saying denoting similarity of one person with another (roughly equivalent to 'like as two peas in a pod')
4. 'Польові дослідження з українського сексу' (Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex) is the title of the best-selling (and controversial) novel by the poet, novelist and essayist Oksana Zabuzhko.
Related words
полонина - a mountain pasture
поляна - a clearing, glade (also галявина)