amonit

Polish

amonit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɔ.ɲit/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɲit
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧nit

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ammonite. First attested in the 19th century.

Noun

amonit m animal (related adjective amonitowy)

1. (paleontology) ammonite (any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea)

   jurajskie amonity ― Jurassic ammonites

   skamieniałe amonity ― fossilized ammonites

   wymarły amonit ― the extinct ammonite

   muszle amonitów ― ammonite shells

Declension

Declension of amonit

	singular	plural
nominative	amonit	amonity
genitive	amonita	amonitów
dative	amonitowi	amonitom
accusative	amonita	amonity
instrumental	amonitem	amonitami
locative	amonicie	amonitach
vocative	amonicie	amonity

Noun

amonit m inan

1. (paleontology) ammonite (fossil of such an animal)

   kolekcja amonitów ― collection of ammonites

   zbierać amonity ― to collect ammonites

Declension

Declension of amonit

	singular	plural
nominative	amonit	amonity
genitive	amonitu	amonitów
dative	amonitowi	amonitom
accusative	amonit	amonity
instrumental	amonitem	amonitami
locative	amonicie	amonitach
vocative	amonicie	amonity

Derived terms

adjective

• amonitowaty

 

noun

• amonitowate

 

Etymology 2

Internationalism; compare English ammonite, French ammonite, German Ammonit. First attested in the 20th century.

Noun

amonit m inan

1. ammonite (explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China)

   ładunek amonitu ― load of ammonite

Declension

Declension of amonit

	singular
nominative	amonit
genitive	amonitu
dative	amonitowi
accusative	amonit
instrumental	amonitem
locative	amonicie
vocative	amonicie

Related terms

adjectives

• amoniakalny
• amoniakowy
• amoniowy
• amonowy

 

nouns

• amon
• amonal
• amoniak
• amoniakalnia
• amoniakat
• amonifikacja

 

verb

• amoniakować impf

 

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ammonite.

Noun

amonit m (plural amoniți)

1. ammonite

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	amonit	amonitul		amoniți	amoniții
genitive-dative	amonit	amonitului		amoniți	amoniților
vocative	amonitule			amoniților