szyfon
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”), from *ċippian ("to chip; chop off in pieces"), from Proto-Germanic *kipp- (“to chop; split”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʂɨ.fɔn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɨfɔn
- Syllabification: szy‧fon
Noun
szyfon m inan
- chiffon (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Declension
Declension of szyfon
singular | plural | |
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nominative | szyfon | szyfony |
genitive | szyfonu | szyfonów |
dative | szyfonowi | szyfonom |
accusative | szyfon | szyfony |
instrumental | szyfonem | szyfonami |
locative | szyfonie | szyfonach |
vocative | szyfonie | szyfony |
Derived terms
adjective
- szyfonowy
Related terms
nouns
- szyfoniera
- szyfonierka
Further reading
- szyfon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- szyfon in Polish dictionaries at PWN