dekiel

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Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Deckel.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɛkjɛl
  • Syllabification: de‧kiel

Noun

dekiel m inan

  1. student headwear made from embroidered cloth, worn in Poland and Germany during the interbellum period, nowadays used in student fraternities
  2. (informal) cap, cover, panel
    Synonym: pokrywa
  3. (informal) hubcap
    Synonym: kołpak
  4. (colloquial) noggin, head
    Synonyms: łeb, czerep, bania
  5. (colloquial, derogatory) idiot
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec
  6. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) lid of a chest or box
    Synonym: wieko
  7. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) cover, binding (front and back of a book or magazine)
    Synonym: okładka

Declension

Further reading

  • dekiel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dekiel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “dekiel”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 301