cześć
//ˈt͡ʂɛɕt͡ɕ/ | /ˈt͡ʂɛɕ/ | /ˈt͡ʂɛjɕ/ | /ˈt͡ʂɛɕt͡ɕ//
Polishintjnoun
Grammatical form
cześć is an inflected form of greeting or farewell used with someone with which one is on a first-name basis with or on informal, familiar terms with; hi; hello; bye.
Definitions
- 1.reverence (great respect shown to a person, supernatural being, or thing, manifested in the form of behavior appropriate to a given social community)
Near-synonym: szacunek
- 2.honor (sense of self-worth that makes a person act according to certain rules and the respect he or she finds in other people)
Near-synonym: honor
- 3.reverence (reigious worship, adoration)
Near-synonym: kult
- 4.greatness; power; splendor
- 5.eternal happiness
- 6.fame
- 7.prestige (high social position)
- 8.state; condition
- 9.item of pride
- 10.church valuables
- 11.obsoleteformal title of respect; your Honor
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- bez czci i wiary
- czcigodny
- cześć pamięci
- cześć pracy
- czciciel
- czcicielka
- i cześć
- ku czci
- na cześć
- czcić
Synonyms
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt- Proto-Slavic *čь̏stь Old Polish cześć Polish cześć Inherited from Old Polish cześć.