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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄκρολιθος (ákrolithos).[1][2] First attested in the.[3][4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈkrɔ.lit/
- Rhymes: -ɔlit
- Syllabification: a‧kro‧lit
Noun
akrolit m inan
- (historical, Ancient Greece) acrolith (ancient Greek statue composed of two or more elements, typically one of them being wood)
- Hypernym: posąg
Declension
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “akrolit”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “akrolit”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Encyklopedyja powszechna. T. 1, (A-Aos)., 1859, page 273
- ^ akrolit in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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