sokole oko

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, falcon's eye. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from English Hawk-Eye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔˈkɔ.lɛ ˈɔ.kɔ/
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  • Syllabification: so‧ko‧le o‧ko

Noun

sokole oko n

  1. (idiomatic, chiefly in the singular) eagle eye (good eyesight)
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sokoli,‎ oko.

Declension

Proper noun

sokole oko n

  1. (idiomatic, cricket, tennis) Hawk-Eye

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • kwarcowe sokole oko

Further reading

  • sokole oko in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sokole oko in the Korpus Języka Polskiego PWN [PWN Corpus of the Polish Language]