awans
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French avance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.vans/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -avans
- Syllabification: a‧wans
Noun
awans m inan (diminutive awansik)
- promotion (advancement in position) [+ na (accusative) = to what position]
- Antonym: degradacja
- advancement, upliftment (act of advancing)
- (sports) promotion, advancement [+ na (accusative) = to what] or [+ do (genitive) = to what]
- Antonyms: degradacja, deklasacja, spadek
- (archaic) advance payment
- Synonyms: akonto, zadatek, zaliczka
- (in the plural, literary) advances (attempts to win someone over)
Declension
Declension of awans
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | awans | awanse/awansy |
| genitive | awansu | awansów |
| dative | awansowi | awansom |
| accusative | awans | awanse/awansy |
| instrumental | awansem | awansami |
| locative | awansie | awansach |
| vocative | awansie | awanse/awansy |
Derived terms
adjectives
- awansowy
- zaawansowany
adverb
- awansem
verbs
- awansować
- wyawansować
- zaawansować
Further reading
- awans in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- awans in Polish dictionaries at PWN