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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Deckel.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛkjɛl
- Syllabification: de‧kiel
Noun
dekiel m inan
- student headwear made from embroidered cloth, worn in Poland and Germany during the interbellum period, nowadays used in student fraternities
- (informal) cap, cover, panel
- Synonym: pokrywa
- (informal) hubcap
- Synonym: kołpak
- (colloquial) noggin, head
- Synonyms: łeb, czerep, bania
- (colloquial, derogatory) idiot
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) lid of a chest or box
- Synonym: wieko
- (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