faeton

See also: Faeton, faetón, and Faetón

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɛ.tɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɔn
• Syllabification: fa‧e‧ton
• Homophone: Faeton

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French phaéton, see etymology 2. First attested in 1735.

Noun

faeton m inan

1. (vehicles) phaeton (a light four-wheeled open carriage drawn by four horses)
2. (automotive) phaeton (a large open touring motorcar with a folding top)

Declension

Declension of faeton

	singular	plural
nominative	faeton	faetony
genitive	faetonu	faetonów
dative	faetonowi	faetonom
accusative	faeton	faetony
instrumental	faetonem	faetonami
locative	faetonie	faetonach
vocative	faetonie	faetony

Alternative forms

• fajeton (Middle Polish)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Φᾰέθων (Phaéthōn).

Noun

faeton m animal

1. tropicbird (any of the various seabirds of the family Phaethontidae)

Declension

Declension of faeton

	singular	plural
nominative	faeton	faetony
genitive	faetona	faetonów
dative	faetonowi	faetonom
accusative	faetona	faetony
instrumental	faetonem	faetonami
locative	faetonie	faetonach
vocative	faetonie	faetony

Further reading

• faeton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “faeton”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “faeton”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “faeton”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “faeton”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 710

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French phaéton.

Noun

faeton n (plural faetoane)

1. phaeton

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	faeton	faetonul		faetoane	faetoanele
genitive-dative	faeton	faetonului		faetoane	faetoanelor
vocative	faetonule			faetoanelor