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odcinek.

stretch, section, length, segment (part of something that is long; a physical piece of something; series of events seen as a length)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɔtˈt͡ɕi.nɛk//ɔtˈt͡ɕi.nɛk/Middle, Polish[ˈɔt.t͡ɕi.nɛk]
  1. stretch, section, length, segment (part of something that is long; a physical piece of something; series of events seen as a length)

    inanimate · masculine
  2. episode, part (installment of a story or work, e.g. a television show, serial book or magazine, or radio program)

    inanimate · masculine
  3. section; slip (separate part of a document usually confirming a transaction)

    inanimate · masculine
  4. section (place of combat operations)

    inanimate · masculine
  5. segment (straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.)

    inanimate · masculine
  6. job description; segment, part (tasks set before someone as part of their professional competences; separate part of an activity)

    inanimate · masculine
  7. segment, cleft, clove (that which was pulled off or cut off from something)

    inanimate · masculine
  8. segment, cleft, clove (that which was pulled off or cut off from something) graft (part subtracted from the mother plant intended for reproduction)

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine
  9. comma (punctuation mark ,)

    inanimate · masculine
    Kie cytas, to na odcinkach trza stajać.
  10. apostrophe (text character ’)

    inanimate · masculine · obsolete
  11. covered bonds

    in-plural · inanimate · masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *étider. Proto-Balto-Slavic *ati Proto-Slavic *otъ Proto-Slavic *otъ- Old Polish od- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *tinˀtei Proto-Slavic *tęti Old Polish ciąć Old Polish otciąć Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Old Polish -ać Old Polish *otcinać Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Old Polish -ek Old Polish otcinek Polish odcinek Inherited from Old Polish otcinek. By surface analysis, odcinać + -ek. Compare Kashubian òdcynk. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from Latin segmentum, coined by Jan Śniadecki.

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