placówka
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Polish
Etymology
From plac + -ówka. Ellipsis of straż placowa (“plaza guard”).[1] First attested in 1773.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
placówka f
- (diplomacy, trading) agency, branch, mission; foreign facility, foreign branch (diplomatic or commercial representative office of a country located in the territory of another country)
- Synonym: przedstawicielstwo
- center, facility, institution; agency
- Synonyms: instytucja, ośrodek
- (military) post (place guarded by a military)
- (military) outpost (stopping place of the branch that insures the military of a given country)
Declension
Declension of placówka
References
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “placówka”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Publius Cornelius Tacitus (1773) Kaia Korneliusza Tacyta Dzieła wszystkie (in Polish), volume 2, page 33
Further reading
- placówka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- placówka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “placówka”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “placówka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “placówka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 218