kwesta

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See also: kwestą

Polish

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kwesta

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin questa. Compare Italian questua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkfɛs.ta/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛsta
  • Syllabification: kwes‧ta

Noun

kwesta f

  1. collection, fundraising (public fundraising for a charitable cause)
  2. collection (money collected during such a fundraising)
  3. (obsolete, agriculture) collection (collection of agricultural produce for donation to the monastery, customarily carried out in the autumn after the harvest)

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Further reading

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