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Polish and Ukrainian: false friends

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These words (Polish) look or sound like Ukrainian words but mean something else. They were found automatically by sound, so some are chance coincidences.

  • means “fox”
    Ukrainian: лисиця
    means “forest”
    Polish: las
  • means “company”
    Ukrainian: товариство
    means “farm”
    Polish: gospodarstwo
  • means “agreement”
    Ukrainian: угода
    means “condition”
    Polish: warunek
  • means “enough”
    Ukrainian: достатньо
    means “rain”
    Polish: deszcz
  • means “large”
    Ukrainian: великий
    means “very”
    Polish: bardzo
  • means “sodium”
    Ukrainian: натрій
    means “court”
    Polish: trybunał
  • means “almost”
    Ukrainian: майже
    means “right”
    Polish: prawy
  • means “helium”
    Ukrainian: гелій
    means “gel”
    Polish: żel
  • means “thread”
    Ukrainian: нитка
    means “night”
    Polish: noc
  • means “cheesecake”
    Ukrainian: сирний пиріг
    means “match”
    Polish: zapałka
  • means “read”
    Ukrainian: читати
    means “reader”
    Polish: czytelnik
  • means “alone”
    Ukrainian: один
    means “lonely”
    Polish: samotny
  • means “skull”
    Ukrainian: череп
    means “cup”
    Polish: szklanka
  • means “prey”
    Ukrainian: здобич
    means “fat”
    Polish: gruby
  • means “rail”
    Ukrainian: рейка
    means “tyre”
    Polish: opona
  • means “exactly”
    Ukrainian: точно
    means “detailed”
    Polish: drobiazgowy
  • means “affair”
    Ukrainian: діло
    means “case”
    Polish: przypadek
  • means “beam”
    Ukrainian: балка
    means “squirrel”
    Polish: wiewiórka
  • means “disappointment”
    Ukrainian: розчарування
    means “disappointed”
    Polish: rozczarowany
  • means “consume”
    Ukrainian: споживати
    means “consumer”
    Polish: konsument
  • means “promotion”
    Ukrainian: просування
    means “advance”
    Polish: zaliczka
  • means “mere”
    Ukrainian: простий
    means “self”
  • means “politically”
    Ukrainian: політично
    means “political”
    Polish: polityczny
  • means “point”
    Ukrainian: крапка
    means “clause”
    Polish: klauzula
  • means “wash”
    Ukrainian: мити
    means “sword”
    Polish: miecz
  • means “number”
    Ukrainian: число
    means “counting”
    Polish: liczenie
  • means “virtually”
    Ukrainian: практично
    means “practical”
    Polish: praktyczny
  • means “facility”
    Ukrainian: обладнання
    means “entity”
    Polish: jednostka
  • means “input”
    Ukrainian: вхід
    means “deposit”
    Polish: depozyt
  • means “summit”
    Ukrainian: пік
    means “shield”
    Polish: tarcza
  • means “charm”
    Ukrainian: чарівність
    means “lesson”
    Polish: lekcja
  • means “ironically”
    Ukrainian: іронічно
    means “ironic”
    Polish: ironiczny
  • means “satisfaction”
    Ukrainian: задоволення
    means “satisfied”
    Polish: zadowolony
  • means “robbery”
    Ukrainian: грабіж
    means “assault”
    Polish: napaść
  • means “seriously”
    Ukrainian: серйозно
    means “respectable”
    Polish: godny szacunku
  • means “desperately”
    Ukrainian: розпачливо
    means “desperate”
    Polish: zdesperowany
  • means “toll”
    Ukrainian: дорожній збір
    means “customs”
    Polish: cło
  • means “index”
    Ukrainian: індекс
    means “spear”
    Polish: dzida
  • means “bubble”
    Ukrainian: пузир
    means “jar”
    Polish: słoik
  • means “eh”
    Ukrainian: га
    means “gene”
    Polish: gen
  • means “ark”
    Ukrainian: ковчег
    means “arch”
    Polish: łuk

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