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Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French phaéton, see etymology 2.[1] First attested in 1735.[2]
Noun
faeton m inan
- (vehicles) phaeton (a light four-wheeled open carriage drawn by four horses)
- (automotive) phaeton (a large open touring motorcar with a folding top)
Declension
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Φᾰέθων (Phaéthōn).[3]
Noun
faeton m animal
- tropicbird (any of the various seabirds of the family Phaethontidae)
Declension
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “faeton I”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ “FAETON”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 28.11.2018
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “faeton I”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Further reading
- faeton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “faeton”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “faeton”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “faeton”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “faeton”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 710
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French phaéton.
Noun
faeton n (plural faetoane)
- phaeton
Declension