awantura

See also: awanturą

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Late Latin adventūrus, from Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vanˈtu.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: a‧wan‧tu‧ra

Noun

awantura f (diminutive awanturka)

1. row, quarrel, brawl, fracas

   Synonyms: brewerie, burda, burza, draka, granda

2. affair, scandal (irresponsible political actions leading to trouble)

   Synonym: skandal

3. (archaic) risky venture
4. (archaic or literary) adventure (risky undertaking)

   Synonym: przygoda

Declension

Declension of awantura

	singular	plural
nominative	awantura	awantury
genitive	awantury	awantur
dative	awanturze	awanturom
accusative	awanturę	awantury
instrumental	awanturą	awanturami
locative	awanturze	awanturach
vocative	awanturo	awantury

Derived terms

adjective

• awanturniczy

 

adverb

• awanturniczo

 

nouns

• awantura arabska
• awanturnica
• awanturnictwo
• awanturniczość
• awanturnik
• awanturzysta

 

verbs

• awanturować
• awanturzyć
• poawanturować
• zaawanturować

 

Related terms

nouns

• awanturyn
• awenturyn

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: аванту́ра (avantúra)
• → Yiddish: אַוואַנטורע (avanture)

Further reading

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