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Polish
Etymology
Literally, “from bird's flight”.
Pronunciation
Adjective
z lotu ptaka (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (idiomatic, postpositive) bird's-eye, panoramic (as if viewed from an altitude)
2020 March 30, Norman Davies, Europa. Rozprawa historyka z historią. Część 3, Otwarte, →ISBN: […] przypadkiem na ostatnich klatkach filmu nakręconego z wysokości 900 metrów utrwalił się pierwszy na świecie widok z lotu ptaka na dwa pobliskie obozy koncentracyjne SS: Auschwitz I i Auschwitz II-Birkenau.- coincidentally, the last frames of a film shot from a height of 900 metres captured the world's first bird's-eye view of the two nearby SS concentration camps: Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
Adverb
z lotu ptaka (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) bird's-eye (as if viewed from an altitude)
- Synonym: z góry
1975, Bronisław Dostatni, Jerzy Surdykowski, Rapsod polski: rzecz o trzydziestu latach pracy i budowy:Widzieliśmy z lotu ptaka gigantyczne koparki, pracujące w odkrywkowych kopalniach siarki. Ten obraz jest dziś charakterystyczny dla wielu nowych okręgów górniczych naszego kraju.- We saw from a bird's-eye view the giant excavators, working in the opencast sulphur mines. This image is now characteristic of many of our country's new mining districts.
See also
Further reading
- z lotu ptaka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- z lotu ptaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN