bažant

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Inherited from Old Czech bažant, from Middle High German vasant, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).^[1]

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ant
• Hyphenation: ba‧žant

bažant m anim (female equivalent bažantice, related adjective bažantí, diminutive bažantík)

1. pheasant
2. (military slang, university slang) rookie (inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces)
3. urinal (bottle for urination used in hospitals)

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

Borrowed from Middle High German vasant, from Old French fasant, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbaʒant/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbaʒant/

bažant m anim

1. pheasant

• Czech: bažant
• → Old Polish: bażant, bażąt
  • Polish: bażant, bazant, bażan (Middle Polish)
    • → Kashubian: bażant

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “bažant”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Derived from Middle High German vasant, from Old French fasant, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

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bažant m animal (female equivalent bažantica, related adjective bažantí, diminutive bažantík)

1. pheasant

bažant m pers

1. rookie (inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces)

• “bažant”, 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