panoptikum

See also: Panoptikum

Czech

Etymology

Cognate with English panopticon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpanoptɪkum]

Noun

panoptikum n

1. wax museum, waxworks

Declension

Declension of panoptikum (velar neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	panoptikum	panoptika
genitive	panoptika	panoptik
dative	panoptiku	panoptikům
accusative	panoptikum	panoptika
vocative	panoptikum	panoptika
locative	panoptiku	panoptikách
instrumental	panoptikem	panoptiky

Polish

Alternative forms

• panopticum, panoptykon (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Panoptikum, from English panopticon. Coined by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham in 1791. Doublet of panoptikon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.nɔpˈti.kum/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ikum
• Syllabification: pa‧nop‧ti‧kum

Noun

panoptikum n

1. (literary) cabinet of curiosities, kunstkammer, panopticon, Wunderkammer (place for the exhibition of novelties)

   Synonyms: gabinet osobliwości, kunstkamera, menażeria

2. (literary) wax figure display case

   Synonym: gabinet figur woskowych

3. (derogatory, literary) cabinet of curiosities, hodge-podge, kunstkammer, melange, Wunderkammer (collection of weird and mismatched items)

   Synonyms: gabinet osobliwości, kunstkamera, menażeria

Declension

Declension of panoptikum

	singular	plural
nominative	panoptikum	panoptika
genitive	panoptikum	panoptików
dative	panoptikum	panoptikom
accusative	panoptikum	panoptika
instrumental	panoptikum	panoptikami
locative	panoptikum	panoptikach
vocative	panoptikum	panoptika

Further reading

• panoptikum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• panoptikum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “panoptikum”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 38