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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈkus.tɘk/
- Rhymes: -ustɘk
- Syllabification: a‧kus‧tyk
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Akustiker.[1] By surface analysis, back-formation from akustyka. First attested in 1818.[2][3]
Noun
akustyk m pers (female equivalent akustyczka)
- acoustician (physicist who specializes in acoustics)
- Hypernym: fizyk
- (music) soundman, audio engineer (person who helps design the sound for a band at a gig or concert)
- akustyk zespołu ― a band's soundman
- kabina akustyka ― a soundman's booth
Declension
Etymology 2
Ellipsis of gitara akustyczna.
Noun
akustyk m animal
- (colloquial) acoustic guitar (hollow-body guitar of the older variety, in contradistinction to an electric guitar)
- Synonyms: gitara akustyczna, gitara klasyczna, klasyk
- Antonyms: elektryk, gitara elektryczna
- grać na akustyku ― to play an acoustic
Declension
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “akustyk”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Gazeta Wielkiego Xięstwa Poznańskiego (in Polish), number 35, 1818, page 383
- ^ akustyk in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Further reading
- akustyk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- akustyk in Polish dictionaries at PWN