Nowa Fala

See also: Nową Falą

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “New Wave”. Calque of French Nouvelle Vague.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.va ˈfa.la/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Syllabification: No‧wa Fa‧la

Proper noun

Nowa Fala f

1. (film) New Wave (influential French film movement of the 1950s and 1960s which experimented radically in editing, visual style and narrative)
2. (literature) Nowa Fala (poetic formation present in Polish literature from 1968 to 1976)

Declension

Declension of Nowa Fala

	singular
nominative	Nowa Fala
genitive	Nowej Fali
dative	Nowej Fali
accusative	Nową Falę
instrumental	Nową Falą
locative	Nowej Fali
vocative	Nowa Falo

Derived terms

adjective

• nowofalowy

 

noun

• nowofalowiec

 

Further reading

• Nowa Fala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Nowa Fala in Polish dictionaries at PWN