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Polish
Etymology
From trup + -arnia. Compare Belarusian трупя́рня (trupjárnja) and Ukrainian трупа́рня (trupárnja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /truˈpjar.ɲa/
- Rhymes: -arɲa
- Syllabification: tru‧piar‧nia
Noun
trupiarnia f (related adjective trupiarniany)
- (colloquial) mortuary, morgue, deadhouse (room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, now particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts)
- Synonym: kostnica
- Hypernym: chłodnia
- (colloquial, derogatory) old people's home, retirement home (multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly)
- Synonyms: dom spokojnej starości, dom starców, przytułek, schronisko
Declension
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Further reading
- trupiarnia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- trupiarnia in Polish dictionaries at PWN