nacisk

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from naciskać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.t͡ɕisk/

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• Rhymes: -at͡ɕisk
• Syllabification: na‧cisk

Noun

nacisk m inan

1. pressure, stress (exercising physical force on something)
2. pressure, stress, coercion (attempting to make someone do something)
3. (phonetics) emphasis, stress, accent (suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch)

   Synonyms: akcent, przycisk

Conjugation

Declension of nacisk

	singular	plural
nominative	nacisk	naciski
genitive	nacisku	nacisków
dative	naciskowi	naciskom
accusative	nacisk	naciski
instrumental	naciskiem	naciskami
locative	nacisku	naciskach
vocative	nacisku	naciski

Derived terms

phrases

• kłaść nacisk
• położyć nacisk

 

Further reading

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