ogórek
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Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish ogurek, from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion, “cucumber”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ogórek m inan (diminutive ogóreczek, augmentative ogór or ogóras, related adjective ogórkowy or (rare) ogórczany)
- cucumber
- gherkin
- Synonym: korniszon
- (colloquial, humorous) Jelcz-brand bus, commonly used for intercity and urban transportation in Poland in the 1960s and 1970s
- (in the plural) Synonym of sezon ogórkowy
Declension
Declension of ogórek
Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
Descendants
- → Lithuanian: agur̃kas
Further reading
- ogórek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ogórek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “OGOREK”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ogórek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna