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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian sisak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʂɘ.ʂak/
- Rhymes: -ɘʂak
- Syllabification: szy‧szak
Noun
szyszak m inan
- (historical) lobster-tailed pot, zischägge (European combat helmet, worn especially from the 1600s into the 1700s, consisting of a rounded skull-piece, often cheek guards and a nasal or face-guard, and a laminated defence (or single plate ridged to imitate lames) to protect the back of the neck that resembled a lobster's tail)
- Synonym: (obsolete) szłom
- Hypernym: hełm
Declension
Noun
szyszak m animal
- great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
- Synonyms: bananojad, chełmiak, turak, turako olbrzymi
Declension
Further reading
- szyszak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- szyszak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- szyszak in PWN's encyclopedia