placówka

See also: placówką and placówkä

Polish

Etymology

From plac +‎ -ówka. Ellipsis of straż placowa (“plaza guard”).[1] First attested in 1773.[2]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /plaˈt͡suf.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ufka
  • Syllabification: pla‧ców‧ka

Noun

placówka f

  1. (diplomacy, trading) agency, branch, mission; foreign facility, foreign branch (diplomatic or commercial representative office of a country located in the territory of another country)
    Synonym: przedstawicielstwo
  2. center, facility, institution; agency
    Synonyms: instytucja, ośrodek
  3. (military) post (place guarded by a military)
  4. (military) outpost (stopping place of the branch that insures the military of a given country)

Declension

Declension of placówka
singular plural
nominative placówka placówki
genitive placówki placówek
dative placówce placówkom
accusative placówkę placówki
instrumental placówką placówkami
locative placówce placówkach
vocative placówko placówki

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “placówka”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Publius Cornelius Tacitus (1773) Kaia Korneliusza Tacyta Dzieła wszystkie (in Polish), volume 2, page 33

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