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Polish
Etymology
From cofać + -acz.
Pronunciation
Noun
cofacz m inan
- (dated) backspace (key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards)
1965, Janina Broniewska, Z notatnika korespondenta wojennego:Za pomocą cofacza dorzuca się przecinek pod zwykłe a i e. Potem przepisany na maszynie egzemplarz należy dać do autoryzacji. Na szczęście już tylko Ksaweremu, który jest szefem prasowym w "ambasadzie RP".- Using the backspace, a comma is added under the usual a and e. Then the typed copy has to be given for authorization. Fortunately, it is already only to Xavier, who is the press chief at the "embassy of the Republic of Poland".
- (dated, computing) backspace (keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards)
- Synonym: backspace
- (rare) reverser, undoer, turner (something which reverses a particular action or condition)
2021 March 24, Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja, Wydawnictwo Kobiece, →ISBN:To był cofacz czasu. Stałem i przyglądałem się temu ciastku, które leżało w mojej dłoni. To mogła być też zwyczajna beza. Nie zobaczę, co ma w środku, dopóki jej nie zjem. Ale po co miałby zadawać sobie trud upieczenia i pieczołowitego […]- It was a time-reverser. I stood and looked at the cake that lay in my hand. It could also have been an ordinary meringue. I wouldn't see what it had inside until I ate it. But why would I go to the trouble of baking it and painstakingly
Declension
Further reading
- cofacz in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego