wazelina
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English vaseline. Colloquial meaning is an allusion to the idiom włazić w dupę (“to offer flattery, to seek favors, literally: to go up someone's ass”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.zɛˈli.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: wa‧ze‧li‧na
Noun
wazelina f
- vaseline, petroleum jelly
- (colloquial, derogatory) flattery
Declension
Declension of wazelina
singular | |
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nominative | wazelina |
genitive | wazeliny |
dative | wazelinie |
accusative | wazelinę |
instrumental | wazeliną |
locative | wazelinie |
vocative | wazelino |
Derived terms
nouns
- wazeliniara
- wazeliniarz
verb
- wazelinować
Further reading
- wazelina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wazelina in Polish dictionaries at PWN