fiołek

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word fiołek. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word fiołek, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say fiołek in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word fiołek you have here. The definition of the word fiołek will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offiołek, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: fiolek and Fiołek

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
fiołki

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish fijołek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

fiołek m inan (diminutive fiołeczek, augmentative fioł, related adjective fiołkowy)

  1. viola, violet (any plant of the genus Viola)
    1. viola, violet (flower of this plant)
  2. violet gland (scent gland located at the base of the fox's tail)

Declension

Noun

fiołek m animal

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of fioł (craze)

Declension

Noun

fiołek m pers

  1. (obsolete, derogatory) Synonym of fioł (Tsar's gendarme)
    Hypernym: żandarm
  2. (obsolete, religion) violet boy (boy who was kept and educated by the cathedral priest, dressed in purple robes)
  3. (obsolete}education) secondary school student (student of a classical secondary school)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
adverbs

Further reading

  • fiołek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fiołek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “fiojełek”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Wiesław Morawski (18.05.2023) “FIJOŁEK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “fiołek”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “fjołek”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “fjołek”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 730
  • fiołek in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego