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Polish
Etymology
From ośmioro + -nica. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Italian piovra, perhaps from the name of the Italian series La Piovra, which is about the Mafia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔɕ.mjɔrˈɲi.t͡sa/
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
- Syllabification: oś‧mior‧ni‧ca
Noun
ośmiornica f (diminutive ośmiorniczka)
- octopus (mollusc)
- octopus meat
- (colloquial) mafia (crime syndicate)
- Synonym: mafia
Declension
Further reading
- ośmiornica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ośmiornica in Polish dictionaries at PWN