zawieszenie

Polish

Etymology

From zawiesić +‎ -enie.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /za.vjɛˈʂɛ.ɲɛ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛɲɛ
  • Syllabification: za‧wie‧sze‧nie

Noun

zawieszenie n

  1. (uncountable) verbal noun of zawiesić
  2. (countable, law) suspension, deferral, abeyance (act of suspending someone from office)
    Synonym: suspensa
  3. (countable, law) suspension (act of suspending the validity of a law or regulation)
    Synonym: suspensa
  4. (countable, education) suspension (process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment)
  5. (countable) suspension (system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
  6. (uncountable, Western Greater Poland) neckwear (chain, ornament, wreath or beads hung around the neck)
    Szykne Felka ma zawieszenie.Felka has pretty neckwear.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • zawieszenie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • zawieszenie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “zawieszenie”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 29