mecz
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See also: męcz
Kashubian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mecz m inan (related adjective meczowi)
- (sports) match (a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match)
- Synonym: rozgriwka
Further reading
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “mecz”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “mecz”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English match.[1][2][3] First attested in 1852.[4]
Pronunciation
Noun
mecz m inan (related adjective meczowy)
- (sports) match (a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match)
- Synonym: potyczka
Declension
Declension of mecz
Derived terms
noun
noun phrase
Related terms
adjective
Descendants
- → Kashubian: mecz
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), mecz is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 65 times in news, 0 times in essays, 0 times in fiction, and 2 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 67 times, making it the 965th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]
References
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “mecz”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “mecz”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “mecz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Gazeta Wielkiego Xięstwa Poznańskiego (in Polish), number 165, 1852 July 17, page 4
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “mecz”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 239