szmermel

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Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Schwärmer.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʂmɛr.mɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrmɛl
  • Syllabification: szmer‧mel

Noun[edit]

szmermel m animal

  1. (archaic, pyrotechnics) firework
    Synonyms: fajerwerk, ognie bengalskie, sztuczne ognie
  2. (archaic, figurative) witticism
    Synonyms: dowcip, frazes
  3. (archaic, figurative) rasp, rustle (sound)
    Synonyms: szmer, zgrzyt

Declension[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “szmermel”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

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