promień

Polish

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Polish promień, from Proto-Slavic *pormy.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.mjɛɲ/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔmjɛɲ
    • Syllabification: pro‧mień

    Noun

    promień m inan

    1. ray, beam
    2. (geometry) radius (line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its centre)

    Declension

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Belarusian: праме́нь (pramjénʹ)
    • Ukrainian: про́мінь (próminʹ)

    Further reading

    • promień in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • promień in Polish dictionaries at PWN