International words in Polish

There is a lot of international words in Polish. It means that you will understand their meaning, even if you don’t speak Polish. Because international word (called an internationalism) has the same or similar meaning and spelling in several languages. They have appeared because some language has a strong influence on other languages. In the former ages, international words came to Polish from:

Greek – alphabet (pol. alfabet), analyst (pol. analityk), biology (biologia), lamp (pol. lampa)
Latin – document (pol. dokument), register (pol. rejestr), theatre (pol. teatr), university (uniwersytet)
French – baguette (pol. bagietka), bouquet (pol. bukiet), cognac (pol. koniak), mayonnaise (majonez)
Italian – fountain (pol. fontanna), loggia (pol. loggia), mafia (pol. mafia), pizza (pol. pizza)

Nowadays, English is the source of international words or just loanwords taken into Polish. English words occur in almost all semantic fields, especially in various technical fields. There is a tendency in Polish and among Poles, to use English technical vocabulary instead of Polish equivalents.

What do we borrow from English?

Try to cover up the column with English words and guess the meaning.

Sport
English	Polish	English	Polish
badminton	badminton	bobsleigh	bobslej
champion	czampion	derby	derby
doping	doping	jockey	dżokej
match	mecz	scooter	skuter
sparring	sparing	tennis	tenis
Music
blues	blues	country	country
disco	disco	jazz	jazz
playback	playback	rap	rap
rock	rock	techno	techno
Technology and business
byte	bajt	business	biznes
boss	boss	disk	dysk
to estimate	estymować	dealer	dealer
computer	komputer	to install	instalować
leasing	leasing	manager	menadżer
ranking	ranking	server	serwer
scanner	skaner	sponsor	sponsor
Food
blender	blender	cheeseburger	cheeseburger
dip	dip	dressing	dressing
drink	drink	grill	grill
hamburger	hamburger	cocktail	koktajl
steak	stek	toast	tost
Shopping
body	body	jeans	dżinsy
leggings	legginsy	hypermarket	hypermarket
market	market	sex shop	sex shop
shopping	shopping	T-shirt	T-shirt

I used:
Wielki słownik poprawnej polszczyzny
http://www.wsjp.pl/index.php?pokaz=wstep&l=20&ind=0

photo. Agnieszka Ziomko