nosek

See also: Nosek

Polish

Etymology

From nos +‎ -ek.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.sɛk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔsɛk
  • Syllabification: no‧sek
  • Homophone: Nosek

Noun

nosek m inan (diminutive noseczek)

  1. diminutive of nos
  2. little nose
  3. (colloquial) maple samara
  4. (colloquial) toe (part of a shoe covering the toe)
  5. (colloquial) nib (tip of a pen)

Declension

Noun

nosek m animal

  1. (Northern Borderlands, Lithuania, card games) synonym of nos (type of card game)

Further reading

  • nosek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nosek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Jan Karłowicz (1903), “nos”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 334