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Polish
Etymology
From wiatr + -nik. Calque of German Windbeutel.
Pronunciation
Noun
wietrznik m inan
- (Poznań) cream puff (hollow pastry filled with cream or custard)
- Synonym: ptyś
- (construction) venthole
- Synonym: wywietrznik
- (architecture) fortochka (small horizontal window used for ventilation)
- Synonyms: lufcik, oberluft, wywietrzak, wywietrznik
- (architecture) weather vane
- Synonym: wiatrowskaz
- (architecture, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) wind plank (board of wood attached to the end of the roof to protect it from wind)
- (hunting) nose of a dog, fox, and other carnivores
Declension
Noun
wietrznik m pers (female equivalent wietrznica)
- (archaic, derogatory) airhead (thoughtless or irresponsible person)
- Synonyms: lekkoduch, świszczypał, świszczypała, świszczypałka
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Further reading
- wietrznik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wietrznik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “wietrznik”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 144