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Polish
Etymology
From czworak + -ek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʂfɔˈra.t͡ʂɛk/
- Rhymes: -at͡ʂɛk
- Syllabification: czwo‧ra‧czek
Noun
czworaczek m animal
- (historical) diminutive of czworak (“residential building with four apartments, each with a separate entrance from the outside, forming part of a complex of manor or farm buildings; usually intended for farm servants or seasonal farm laborers”)
- diminutive of czworak (“tiffin carrier, dabbas”)
- (historical) diminutive of czworak (“silver four-grosz coin, first introduced in the Republic of Poland during the reign of Sigismund II Augustus as part of efforts to unify coinage throughout the territory of the Jagiellonian state”)
- (chiefly in the plural, colloquial) diminutive of czworak (“all fours”)
- (bacteriology) tetrad (pathogenic bacterium composed of four cells, connected by a common envelope)
- Synonym: tetrada
Declension
Noun
czworaczek m animal (female equivalent czworaczka)
- quadruplet (one of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth)
Declension
Further reading
- czworaczek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- czworaczki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- czworaczek in Polish dictionaries at PWN