ognisko

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ognisko. By surface analysis, ogień +‎ -isko.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔɡˈɲi.skɔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -iskɔ
  • Syllabification: og‧ni‧sko

Noun

ognisko n

  1. bonfire, campfire (pile of wood, brushwood, etc., lit in the open air)
  2. bonfire (social gathering usually held in the evening around a burning pyre)
  3. focus (place where something is concentrated or from which something spreads)
  4. cultural or educational center for the promotion of some field of art, science, etc.
    Synonym: ośrodek
  5. (optics) focus, image point
    Synonym: fokus
  6. (pathology) disease focus
  7. (dated) fireplace, hearth
    Synonym: palenisko

Declension
Declension of ognisko
singular plural
nominative ognisko ogniska
genitive ogniska ognisk
dative ognisku ogniskom
accusative ognisko ogniska
instrumental ogniskiem ogniskami
locative ognisku ogniskach
vocative ognisko ogniska

Derived terms
adjective
nouns
verbs
noun

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