kontrola

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kontrolle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkontrola]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

kontrola f

  1. inspection (the act of examining something, often closely)
    mít pod kontrolouto have under control
    dostat pod kontroluto get under control
    získat kontrolu nad územímto gain control over the territory
    provést kontroluto conduct a check
  2. feature (in orienteering)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

    Borrowed from French contrôle.[1][2] First attested in 1787.[3] Compare Silesian kōntrola.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kɔnˈtrɔ.la/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔla
    • Syllabification: kon‧tro‧la

    Noun

    kontrola f (related adjective kontrolny)

    1. inspection (act of examining something, often closely)
      1. check-up (inspection at a doctor or mechanic)
    2. (colloquial) control (authority or institution)

    Declension

    Derived terms

    nouns
    adverbs
    • kontrolnie

    Descendants

    • Kashubian: kòntrola

    Trivia

    According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), kontrola is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 21 times in news, 37 times in essays, 5 times in fiction, and 2 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 75 times, making it the 858th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]

    References

    1. ^ Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “kontrola”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
    2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “kontrola”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
    3. ^ Gazety wilenskie (in Polish), number 22, 2 June 1787, page 4
    4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “kontrola”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 193

    Further reading

    Serbo-Croatian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kontrǒːla/
    • Hyphenation: kon‧tro‧la

    Noun

    kontróla f (Cyrillic spelling контро́ла)

    1. control
    2. inspection (authority)

    Declension

    Declension of kontrola
    singular plural
    nominative kontrola kontrole
    genitive kontrole kontrola
    dative kontroli kontrolama
    accusative kontrolu kontrole
    vocative kontrolo kontrole
    locative kontroli kontrolama
    instrumental kontrolom kontrolama