gimnazjum

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gymnasium, from Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡimˈnaz.jum/
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  • Rhymes: -azjum
  • Syllabification: gim‧naz‧jum

Noun

gimnazjum n

  1. (historical) a former type of secondary school in Poland, starting at the age of 12-13, and following at that time 6 years of elementary school; gymnasium; removed in 2017 by increasing the length of elementary (szkoła podstawowa) and secondary (liceum) school education

Declension
Declension of gimnazjum
singular plural
nominative gimnazjum gimnazja
genitive gimnazjum gimnazjów
dative gimnazjum gimnazjom
accusative gimnazjum gimnazja
instrumental gimnazjum gimnazjami
locative gimnazjum gimnazjach
vocative gimnazjum gimnazja

Derived terms

Further reading
  • gimnazjum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gimnazjum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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