kostera

See also: Kostera, kosterą, and Kosterą

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Dialectal form of kostyra, from kość.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔsˈtɛ.ra/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: kos‧te‧ra
  • Homophone: Kostera

Noun

kostera f

  1. boxfish, cofferfish, ostraciid (member of the Ostraciidae)
  2. (archaic) avid, often dishonest, dice or card player
  3. (archaic) malicious or miserly person
  4. (archaic) thin or skeletal woman

Declension
Declension of kostera
singular plural
nominative kostera kostery
genitive kostery koster
dative kosterze kosterom
accusative kosterę kostery
instrumental kosterą kosterami
locative kosterze kosterach
vocative kostero kostery

References
  1. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kostera”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading
  • kostera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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