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Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from ogromić.
Noun
ogrom m inan
- enormity (large size of something)
1857, Biblioteka warszawska. Pismo poświęcone naukom, sztukom i przemysłowi. Tom pierwszy, page 672:Ale czemże jest to Słońce nasze, ktorego ogrom nas przeraża, a szyk budowy układu zachwyca?- But what is this Sun of ours, whose enormity terrifies us, and whose structure fascinates us?
- bulk, myriad, multitude (large amounts of something)
1924, Stefan Żeromski, Przedwiośnie, part 3:Pan Szymon Gajowiec poza urzędowymi pracami, które mu ogrom czasu zabierały, i niezależnie od tych prac prowadził po nocach swą własną robotę.- The lord Szymon Gajowiec, outside bureaucratic work, which took up a massive amount of his time, and regardless of this work he ran his own operations at night.
- enormity (very large object)
1899, Stefan Żeromski, Ludzie bezdomni, t. 1:Warszawa-ogrom, rozsiadła na przestrzeni mil, z sosnowymi parkami, tonąca w drzewach [...]- Warsaw - the giant, ensconced over the space of miles, with pine parks, swimming in trees
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ogrom m animal
- dative plural of ogr
Further reading
- ogrom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ogrom in Polish dictionaries at PWN