błazenek

Polish

Etymology

From błazen + -ek. Compare English clownfish, French poisson-clown, and Mandarin 小丑魚小丑鱼 (xiǎochǒuyú). First attested in 1743.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bwaˈzɛ.nɛk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɛk
  • Syllabification: bła‧ze‧nek

Noun

błazenek m animal

  1. clownfish (any of colorful fish of the genera Amphiprion and Premnas in the subfamily Amphiprioninae)
    młode błazenkiyoung clownfish

Declension

Noun

błazenek m pers

  1. (obsolete) Diminutive of błazen

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References

  1. Pierre Danet (1743) Nouveau grand dictionnaire de M' l'abbé Danet, françois, latin, & polonois, enrichi des mellieurs façons de parler: avec des notes de critique & de grammaire sur ces trois langues (in Polish), page 402
  2. błazenek in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

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