aluwium
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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Alluvium, from Latin alluvium. First attested in 1866.
Pronunciation
Noun
aluwium n
- (geology, usually in the plural) alluvium
- aluwia rzeczne/rzeki ― river alluvium
- (archaic) the Holocene
- Synonym: holocen
Declension
Declension of aluwium
Related terms
adjective
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “aluwium”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “aluwium”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Antoni Rehman (1866) Kotlina Prypeci i błota pińskie pod względem przyrodniczym (in Polish), page 69
- ^ aluwium in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Further reading
- aluwium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- aluwium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aluwjum”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 28