пранці

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish franca (plural france), from German Franze(n), short for Franzosenkrankheit (the French disease, syphilis).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

пра́нці (práncim inan pl (genitive пра́нців, plural only)

  1. (colloquial) syphilis
    Synonym: си́філіс (sýfilis)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “пранці”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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