praktyka

See also: praktyką

Polish

Etymology 1

    Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Praktik or French pratique, ultimately from Latin practica.[1][2] First attested in 1529–1551.[3] Compare Silesian praktyka.

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): (prescriptive) /ˈprak.tɘ.ka/, (colloquial) /prakˈtɘ.ka/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -aktɘka, -ɘka
    • Syllabification: prak‧ty‧ka

    Noun

    praktyka f

    1. (countable) practice (action customarily taken in a particular circumstance)
      Synonyms: nawyk, zwyczaj
    2. (uncountable) practice (actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory)
      Near-synonym: teoria
    3. (uncountable) practice (repetition of an activity to improve a skill)
    4. (uncountable) practice (skills acquired through regular repetition)
    5. (countable) practice (learning a profession by performing it under the supervision of an experienced person)
    6. (countable) practice (independent carrying out of a profession)
    7. (countable) practice (repetition of an activity to improve a skill)
    8. (countable, Middle Polish) intrigue, plotting, scheme; machination
    9. (countable) fortune, prophecy
      Synonyms: przepowiednia, wróżba
    10. (countable) ability to tell fortunes
    Declension
    Derived terms
    adjectives
    nouns
    • dobra praktyka
    verbs
    Descendants
    • Kashubian: praktika

    Trivia

    According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), praktyka is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 19 times in scientific texts, 3 times in news, 45 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 72 times, making it the 897th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /prakˈtɘ.ka/
    • Rhymes: -ɘka
    • Syllabification: prak‧ty‧ka

    Noun

    praktyka

    1. genitive/accusative singular of praktyk

    References

    1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “praktyka”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
    2. ^ Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “praktyka”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
    3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “praktyka”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
    4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “praktyka”, 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 430

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