Dictionaries of the Polish language
The earliest dictionaries of the Polish language were bilingual aids, usually Polish–Latin, and date to the 15th century. The first dictionary dedicated solely to the Polish language was published in the early 19th century. Many dictionaries of the Polish language are named simply "the Dictionary of the Polish Language" or in similar fashion.
Bilingual
The first Polish dictionaries took the form of Polish–Latin bilingual translation aids and date to the 15th century. The oldest known one is the ' from 1424; it contains about 500 entries, and is associated with the Prince Alexander of Masovia. The largest of those earliest dictionaries was the Silesian Mamotrekt kaliski, with about 7,000 entries. The 16th century saw a proliferation of printed dictionaries; the first of those were written abroad and reprinted in Poland. The first such dictionary was the trilingual German–Latin–Polish ' from 1526. It had about 2,500 entries and was based on the work of the Dutch scholar Johannes Murmellius and published in Poland by Hieronim Wietor. Dozens of other bilingual Polish dictionaries were published in the subsequent centuries by scholars such as, Johann Reuchlin, Jan Mączyński,, Grzegorz Knapski and others.General
Many dictionaries in the Polish language and dedicated to the Polish language bear the generic name Słownik języka polskiego. was published by Samuel Linde in the early 19th century and had 60,000 entries. Numerous other dictionaries of the Polish language have been published since. The ones following in Linde's path include the 110,000-entry Słownik języka polskiego published in Wilno in 1861 by a group of Polish scholars led by and the 270,000-entry Słownik języka polskiego edited by, and, published in several volumes from 1900 to 1927. After World War II, a major dictionary of the Polish language was the Słownik języka polskiego of Witold Doroszewski, published in volumes from 1958 to 1969, which quickly became considered a new classic.As of the early 21st century, the largest dictionary of the Polish language is the 50-volume ' edited by. Several newer dictionaries are published on the Internet and are freely accessible to the public; they include the Słownik języka polskiego at Polish Wiktionary and the ' edited by of the .