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Czech
Noun
arabeska f
- arabesque
Declension
Declension of arabeska (hard feminine reducible)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French arabesque, from Italian arabesco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.raˈbɛs.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɛska
- Syllabification: a‧ra‧bes‧ka
Noun
arabeska f (related adjective arabeskowy)
- (architecture, art) arabesque (ornamental design used in Islamic Art)
- (music) arabesque (ornate composition)
- (ballet) arabesque (dance position in which the dancer stands on one leg, with the other raised backwards, and the arms outstretched)
- arabesque (literary genre typical of German Romanticism)
- cake with one layer of poppy seed and another of cheese
Declension
Further reading
- arabeska in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- arabeska in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- arabeska in PWN's encyclopedia
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arǎbeska/
- Hyphenation: a‧ra‧be‧ska
Noun
aràbeska f (Cyrillic spelling ара̀беска)
- arabesque
Declension