browar

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German broawer (brewer). First attested in c. 1500.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /brɔvaːr/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /brɔvɒr/

Noun

browar m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland, hapax legomenon) brewery
    • 1876-1929 [c. 1455], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie[1], volume XIV, Miechów, Kruchowo, page 489:
      Browar
      [Browar]

Descendants

  • Polish: browar
  • Silesian: brŏwŏr

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish browar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɔ.var/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvar
  • Syllabification: bro‧war

Noun

browar m inan (diminutive browarek, related adjective browarny or browarowy)

  1. brewery (place where beer is produced)
    Synonyms: browarnia, piwiarnia
  2. (colloquial) brew; beer
    Synonym: piwo
  3. (colloquial) brew; beer (one portion of beer)
    Synonym: piwo
  4. (Podhale) large tin teapot
    Hypernym: imbryk
  5. (Lasovia) center (middle of a ring used in a game called świnia)
  6. (obsolete or dialectal, Northern Borderlands) distillery (factory that produces distilled alcoholic beverages, especially vodka)
    Synonym: gorzelnia
  7. (obsolete) alehouse, beer parlour; brewery (place where guests are served beer produced on site)
    Synonym: piwiarnia

Declension

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