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wiek.

age (number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvjɛk//ˈvjɛk/Middle, Polish
  1. age (number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive)

    inanimate · masculine · uncountable
  2. age, century (particular one hundred year period, i.e. 18th century etc.)

    countable · inanimate · masculine
    XXI wiek
  3. century (any period of one hundred years)

    countable · inanimate · masculine
  4. age (particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others)

    countable · inanimate · masculine
  5. age (long time)

    countable · in-plural · inanimate · masculine · often
  6. age (advanced period of life)

    inanimate · masculine · obsolete · uncountable
  7. age (great period in the history of the Earth)

    countable · inanimate · masculine
  8. eternity (unending time)

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

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáikas Proto-Slavic *věkъ Old Polish wiek Polish wiek Inherited from Old Polish wiek.

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