Biskupiec

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Biskupiec.

Proper noun

Biskupiec

  1. A town in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bisˈku.pjɛt͡s/
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  • Rhymes: -upjɛt͡s
  • Syllabification: Bis‧ku‧piec

Etymology 1

From biskup +‎ -iec, a partial calque of German Bischofsburg.[1]

Proper noun

Biskupiec m inan

  1. Biskupiec (a town in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)
Declension
Declension of Biskupiec
singular
nominative Biskupiec
genitive Biskupca
dative Biskupcowi
accusative Biskupiec
instrumental Biskupcem
locative Biskupcu
vocative Biskupcu
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
  • biskupczanin
  • biskupczanka

Etymology 2

From biskup +‎ -iec, a partial calque of German Bischofswerder. Earlier attested as Biskupice.[1]

Proper noun

Biskupiec m inan

  1. Biskupiec (a village and gmina in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)
    Synonym: Biskupiec Pomorski
Declension
Declension of Biskupiec
singular
nominative Biskupiec
genitive Biskupca
dative Biskupcowi
accusative Biskupiec
instrumental Biskupcem
locative Biskupcu
vocative Biskupcu

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1996), “Biskupiec”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 209

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