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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pontificātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔn.tɘˈfi.kat/
- Rhymes: -ikat
- Syllabification: pon‧ty‧fi‧kat
Noun
pontyfikat m inan
- (Roman Catholicism) papacy, pontificate (period of a particular pope's reign)
- (Ancient Rome, historical) pontificate (state of a pontifex)
Declension
Further reading
- pontyfikat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pontyfikat in Polish dictionaries at PWN