gargamel

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Polish

Etymology

After the character Gargamel in the Smurfs media franchise.[1]

The character himself is originally named in French after Gargamelle, Gargantua's mother in François Rabelais' pentalogy, whose name he derived from Occitan gargamèla (“throat”). Compare Catalan gargamella and French gargamelle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡarˈɡa.mɛl/
  • Rhymes: -amɛl
  • Syllabification: gar‧ga‧mel

Noun

gargamel m animal

  1. (humorous) unsightly building, eyesore

Declension

Declension of gargamel
singular plural
nominative gargamel gargamle
genitive gargamla gargamli
dative gargamlowi gargamlom
accusative gargamla gargamle
instrumental gargamlem gargamlami
locative gargamlu gargamlach
vocative gargamlu gargamle

References

  1. ^ Adam Fałowski (2022) “gargamel”, in Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN

Further reading

  • gargamel at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
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