kadra

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cadre.[1] First attested in the 20th century.[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.dra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -adra
  • Syllabification: ka‧dra

Noun

kadra f (related adjective kadrowy)

  1. cadre (small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession)
  2. (military) cadre (officers of a regiment forming the staff)
  3. cadre (players who represent their club, region, country or city in various types of competitions in a given sport)
    Synonym: reprezentacja
  4. (colloquial, in the plural) human resources (personnel department of an organization, dealing with the recruitment, administration, management and training of employees; often abbreviated as HR)

Declension

Declension of kadra
singular plural
nominative kadra kadry
genitive kadry kadr
dative kadrze kadrom
accusative kadrę kadry
instrumental kadrą kadrami
locative kadrze kadrach
vocative kadro kadry

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: kadra

References

  1. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “kadra”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kadra”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ kadra in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

  • kadra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kadry in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kadra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sumerian

Romanization

kadra

  1. romanization of 𒃻𒊮𒀀 (kadra)
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