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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Gymnasium, from Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡimˈna.zjum/
- Rhymes: -azjum
- Syllabification: gim‧na‧zjum
Noun
gimnazjum n
- (historical) a former type of secondary school in Poland, starting at the age of 12-13, and following at that time 6 years of elementary school; gymnasium; removed in 2017 by increasing the length of elementary (szkoła podstawowa) and secondary (liceum) school education
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Further reading
- gimnazjum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gimnazjum in Polish dictionaries at PWN