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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmɔ.rɛk/
- Rhymes: -ɔrɛk
- Syllabification: a‧mo‧rek
Etymology 1
From Amor + -ek. First attested in 1664.[1]
Noun
amorek m animal
- (art) amoretto (representation of a naked baby or small child, often with wings)
- Synonym: putto
- pucołowaty amorek ― chubby amoretto
- nagi amorek ― naked amoretto
- barokowy amorek ― baroque amoretto
- głowa amorka ― head of an amoretto
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
amorek f
- genitive plural of amorka
References
- ^ Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (24.03.2014) “AMOREK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Further reading
- amorek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- amorek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “amorek”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amorek”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 32
- amorek in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego