szaniec
Appearance
Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Schanze. Doublet of skansen (“open-air museum”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]szaniec m inan (diminutive szańczyk)
- (military) sconce (earthwork fortification)
- (figuratively, literary) bastion, stronghold (place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea)
- Synonym: bastion
Declension
[edit]Declension of szaniec
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
noun
verb
- szańcować impf
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
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- Polish terms borrowed from German
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- Polish doublets
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Polish/aɲɛt͡s
- Rhymes:Polish/aɲɛt͡s/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
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- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
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