panoptikum

See also: Panoptikum

Czech

Etymology

Cognate with English panopticon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpanoptɪkum]

Noun

panoptikum n

  1. wax museum, waxworks

Declension

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Panoptikum, from English panopticon.[1] Coined by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham in 1791. Doublet of panoptikon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpa.nɔpˈti.kum/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ikum
  • Syllabification: pa‧nop‧ti‧kum

Noun

panoptikum n

  1. (literary) cabinet of curiosities, kunstkammer, panopticon, Wunderkammer (place for the exhibition of novelties)
    Synonyms: gabinet osobliwości, kunstkamera, menażeria
  2. (literary) wax figure display case
    Synonym: gabinet figur woskowych
  3. (derogatory, literary) cabinet of curiosities, hodge-podge, kunstkammer, melange, Wunderkammer (collection of weird and mismatched items)
    Synonyms: gabinet osobliwości, kunstkamera, menażeria

Declension

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “panoptikum”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

Further reading

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