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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Tiegel, from Middle High German tigel, tegel, from Old High German tegel, tegal, from Proto-Germanic *digulaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɘ.ɡjɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɘɡjɛl
- Syllabification: ty‧giel
Noun
tygiel m inan (diminutive tygielek or tyglik)
- crucible, melting pot (cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment)
- crucible, melting pot (bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with a long handle; also: the contents of this utensil)
- (figuratively, sociology) melting pot (place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized)
- Synonym: mieszanina
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Further reading
- tygiel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tygiel in Polish dictionaries at PWN