Kashubian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Internationalism, possibly borrowed from German Absolvent or Polish absolwent, ultimately from Latin absolvēns

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /apˈsɔlvɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlvɛnt
  • Syllabification: ab‧sol‧went

Noun

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absolwent m pers

  1. graduate
    Synonym: obstójnik

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Further reading

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  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “absolwent”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[3]
  • absolwent”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Absolvent from Latin absolvēns, present participle of absolvō.

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Noun

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absolwent m pers (feminine absolwentka)

  1. (male) graduate

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Further reading

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  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “absolwent”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Absolvent,[1][2] from Latin absolvēns.[3] First attested in 1877.[4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /apˈsɔl.vɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔlvɛnt
  • Syllabification: ab‧sol‧went

Noun

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absolwent m pers (female equivalent absolwentka)

  1. graduate

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Trivia

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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), absolwent is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 3 times in scientific texts, 13 times in news, 19 times in essays, 1 time in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 37 times, making it the 1698th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “absolwent”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “absolwent”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “absolwent”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Pamiętniki emigrantów: Stany Zjednoczone[1] (in Polish), number 1, 1877, page 75
  5. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “absolwent”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 1

Further reading

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