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typ.

type (grouping based on shared characteristics)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɘp//tɨp/Middle, Polish

  1. type (grouping based on shared characteristics)

    countable · inanimate · masculine

  2. type (individual considered typical of its class)

    countable · inanimate · masculine

  3. guess (prediction about the outcome of something)

    inanimate · masculine · uncountable

  4. archetype (character presented as devoid of individual features and having only schematic features)

    countable · inanimate · masculine

  5. phylum (rank in the classification of organisms)

    countable · inanimate · masculine

  6. type (kind of mentality or psychology attributed to a person)

    countable · inanimate · masculine

  7. type (letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block)

    countable · inanimate · masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-der. Proto-Hellenic *túpt͏̌ō Ancient Greek τῠ́πτω (tŭ́ptō)deverb. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek τῠ́πος (tŭ́pos)der. Ecclesiastical Latin typusbor. French typebor. Polish typ Borrowed from French type. First attested in 1688.

noun/ˈtɘp//tɨp/Middle, Polish

  1. guy, sort, character (man that evokes a negative emotion from the speaker)

    colloquial · countable · derogatory · masculine · person
    Przy sklepie kręcił się jakiś dziwny typ w kapeluszu.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-der. Proto-Hellenic *túpt͏̌ō Ancient Greek τῠ́πτω (tŭ́ptō)deverb. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek τῠ́πος (tŭ́pos)der. Ecclesiastical Latin typusbor. French typebor. Polish typ Borrowed from French type. First attested in 1688.

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