czworaczek

From czworak +‎ -ek.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʂfɔˈra.t͡ʂɛk/

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• Rhymes: -at͡ʂɛk
• Syllabification: czwo‧ra‧czek

czworaczek m animal

1. (historical) diminutive of czworak (“residential building with four apartments, each with a separate entrance from the outside, forming part of a complex of manor or farm buildings; usually intended for farm servants or seasonal farm laborers”)
2. diminutive of czworak (“tiffin carrier, dabbas”)
3. (historical) diminutive of czworak (“silver four-grosz coin, first introduced in the Republic of Poland during the reign of Sigismund II Augustus as part of efforts to unify coinage throughout the territory of the Jagiellonian state”)
4. (chiefly in the plural, colloquial) diminutive of czworak (“all fours”)
5. (bacteriology) tetrad (pathogenic bacterium composed of four cells, connected by a common envelope)

   Synonym: tetrada

czworaczek m animal (female equivalent czworaczka)

1. quadruplet (one of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth)

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