gwarant

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Garant, from French garant, from Middle French garant, from Old French garant, garand, guarant, from Frankish *warand, from *warjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡva.rant/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arant
• Syllabification: gwa‧rant

Noun

gwarant m pers (female equivalent gwarantka)

1. (banking) bailsman, cautioner, engager, guarantee, guarantor, surety, underwriter, warrantee, warrantor (institution or person who is legally obliged to perform someone else's obligation if that person fails to do so)
2. (business) guarantor (manufacturer or seller issuing a warranty for their goods)
3. guarantor (someone or something thanks to whom or to which something exists or occurs)

Declension

Declension of gwarant

	singular	plural
nominative	gwarant	gwaranci/gwaranty (deprecative)
genitive	gwaranta	gwarantów
dative	gwarantowi	gwarantom
accusative	gwaranta	gwarantów
instrumental	gwarantem	gwarantami
locative	gwarancie	gwarantach
vocative	gwarancie	gwaranci

Related terms

adjective

• gwarancyjny

 

noun

• gwarancja

 

verbs

• gwarantować impf
• zagwarantowywać impf, zagwarantować pf

 

Further reading

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