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Polish
Etymology
From Italian spilla + -ka.
Pronunciation
Noun
szpilka f (diminutive szpileczka, augmentative szpila, related adjective szpilkowy)
- pin (needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening)
- stiletto heel (heel of a shoe that is very high and narrow, at least 10 centimeters (4 inches))
- stiletto (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (called a stiletto heel))
- (colloquial, in the plural) pins (sharp pain resembling that of stabbing the body in many places)
- Synonym: szpile
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Further reading
- szpilka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- szpilki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- szpilka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- szpilki in PWN's encyclopedia