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ambona

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See also: amboną

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ambone,[1] from Late Latin ambō,[2][3] from Ancient Greek ἄμβων (ámbōn).[4] First attested in 1600.[5]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /amˈbɔ.na/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔna
  • Syllabification: am‧bo‧na

Noun

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ambona f (diminutive ambonka)

  1. (architecture, Roman Catholicism) pulpit (raised platform or lectern in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers the sermon)
    Synonym: kazalnica
  2. (hunting) treestand
  3. (architecture, Middle Polish) tribune, platform
    Synonyms: trybuna, mównica
  4. (geography) shelf (stone sticking out of a mountainside)
    Synonym: kazalnica

Declension

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Collocations

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References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “ambona”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “ambona”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ambona”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  4. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ambona”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  5. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ambona”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

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