panoptikum
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See also: Panoptikum
Czech
Etymology
Cognate with English panopticon.
Pronunciation
Noun
panoptikum n
Declension
Declension of panoptikum (velar neuter foreign)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | panoptikum | panoptika |
| genitive | panoptika | panoptik |
| dative | panoptiku | panoptikům |
| accusative | panoptikum | panoptika |
| vocative | panoptikum | panoptika |
| locative | panoptiku | panoptikách |
| instrumental | panoptikem | panoptiky |
Polish
Alternative forms
- panopticum, panoptykon (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Panoptikum, from English panopticon.[1] Coined by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham in 1791. Doublet of panoptikon.
Pronunciation
Noun
panoptikum n
- (literary) cabinet of curiosities, kunstkammer, panopticon, Wunderkammer (place for the exhibition of novelties)
- Synonyms: gabinet osobliwości, kunstkamera, menażeria
- (literary) wax figure display case
- Synonym: gabinet figur woskowych
- (derogatory, literary) cabinet of curiosities, hodge-podge, kunstkammer, melange, Wunderkammer (collection of weird and mismatched items)
- Synonyms: gabinet osobliwości, kunstkamera, menażeria
Declension
Declension of panoptikum
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | panoptikum | panoptika |
| genitive | panoptikum | panoptików |
| dative | panoptikum | panoptikom |
| accusative | panoptikum | panoptika |
| instrumental | panoptikum | panoptikami |
| locative | panoptikum | panoptikach |
| vocative | panoptikum | panoptika |
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “panoptikum”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Further reading
- panoptikum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- panoptikum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “panoptikum”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 38