костёл

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See also: костел

Russian

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Мариацкий костёл в Кракове

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kościół (church), from Czech kostel, from Old High German kastel, from Latin castellum (castle, fort), because medieval churches were fortified.

Pronunciation

Noun

костёл (kostjólm inan (genitive костёла, nominative plural костёлы, genitive plural костёлов)

  1. a Roman Catholic church (in Poland or the Baltic states)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “костел”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress