kasarnia

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See also: kasarnią

Polish

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kasarnia sense 1
kasarnia sense 2

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kaserne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈsar.ɲa/
  • Rhymes: -arɲa
  • Syllabification: ka‧sar‧nia

Noun

kasarnia f (related adjective kasarniany)

  1. (obsolete, military) barrack, barracks (building or a group of buildings used by military personnel as housing)
    Synonym: koszary
  2. (obsolete, military) watchtower, lookout tower (observation tower in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires, etc.)
    Synonym: strażnica
  3. building used as temporary housing
    Hypernym: budynek

Declension

Further reading

  • kasarnia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kasarnia in Polish dictionaries at PWN