awantura
See also: awanturą
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Late Latin adventūrus, from Latin adventus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vanˈtu.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ura
- Syllabification: a‧wan‧tu‧ra
Noun
awantura f (diminutive awanturka)
- row, quarrel, brawl, fracas
- Synonyms: brewerie, burda, burza, draka, granda
- affair, scandal (irresponsible political actions leading to trouble)
- Synonym: skandal
- (archaic) risky venture
- (archaic or literary) adventure (risky undertaking)
- Synonym: przygoda
Declension
Declension of awantura
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | awantura | awantury |
| genitive | awantury | awantur |
| dative | awanturze | awanturom |
| accusative | awanturę | awantury |
| instrumental | awanturą | awanturami |
| locative | awanturze | awanturach |
| vocative | awanturo | awantury |
Derived terms
adjective
- awanturniczy
adverb
- awanturniczo
nouns
- awantura arabska
- awanturnica
- awanturnictwo
- awanturniczość
- awanturnik
- awanturzysta
verbs
- awanturować
- awanturzyć
- poawanturować
- zaawanturować
Related terms
nouns
- awanturyn
- awenturyn
Descendants
- → Belarusian: аванту́ра (avantúra)
- → Yiddish: אַוואַנטורע (avanture)
Further reading
- awantura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- awantura in Polish dictionaries at PWN