almanach

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: al‧ma‧nach

almanach m inan

1. almanac

   Synonym: sborník

• “almanach”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “almanach”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Inherited from Old French almanach.

• IPA^(key): /al.ma.na/, /al.ma.nak/
• The pronunciation without /k/ used to be predominant until the mid 20th century. Some dictionaries recommended to sound it in liaison. In contemporary European French, the variant with final /k/ has become dominant.^[1]

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• Rhymes: -a, -ak
• Homophone: almanachs

almanach m (plural almanachs)

1. almanac

• “almanach”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

From German Almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Late Ancient Greek ἀλμενιχιακά (almenikhiaká, “calendar”).^[1]

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: al‧ma‧nach
• Rhymes: -ɒx

almanach (plural almanachok)

1. almanac

• almanachi

• almanach in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• almanach in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Borrowed from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ (al-manāḵ, “almanac, calendar”), from Arabic الْمُنَاخ (al-munāḵ, “climate”) or Late Ancient Greek ἀλμενιχιακά (almenikhiaká, “calendar”), perhaps of Coptic origin. The middle syllable -man- may be influenced by Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).

almanach oblique singular, m (oblique plural almanachs, nominative singular almanachs, nominative plural almanach)

1. almanac

• French: almanach
• → Middle English: almenak
  • English: almanac
  • Scots: almanac

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

almanach

Wikipedia ^pl

Internationalism; compare English almanac. Possibly borrowed from German Almanach, French almanach, or Spanish almanaque,^[1] ultimately from Medieval Latin almanachus,^[2] further etymology disputed. First attested in 1560.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /alˈma.nax/

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• Rhymes: -anax
• Syllabification: al‧ma‧nach

almanach m inan

1. almanac, yearbook (book or table listing events for the year from a given field)
2. (literature) anthology of material published at the same time
3. (astronomy, obsolete) almanac (book or table listing astronomical events for the year)

• almanach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• almanach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (24.03.2009) “ALMANACH”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “almanach”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “almanach”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “almanach”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 26

Derived from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic, from Ancient Greek. See almanac for more.

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almanach m inan (related adjective almanachový)

1. almanac

   Synonym: ročenka

• “almanach”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024