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kuchnia

//ˈkux.ɲa/ | /ˈkux.ɲɒ//
Polishnounintj

Definitions

  1. 1.
    kitchen (room or area for preparing food)
  2. 2.
    stove, hob, cooker (device for heating food)
  3. 3.
    cuisine (characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin)
  4. 4.
    cookery, cooking (one's ability to prepare food)
  5. 5.
    intel (detailed information about a job or field of human activity, not made available to everyone)
  6. 6.
    stores (food saved for later or the product of cooking itself)
  7. 7.
    square where the king stands during castling
  8. 8.
    hearth; Further details are uncertain.
    • kowál/ komin/ kuchniá

  9. 9.
    datedkitchen; cafeteria (dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased, provided, or brought in from elsewhere)
  10. 10.
    obsoletechimney or hearth in a kitchen
  11. 11.
    damn (non-vulgar expression of contempt as a minced oath of kurwa)

Synonyms & related words

Word family

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Latin coquō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Latin -us Latin coquus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin coquīnus Latin coquīna Late Latin cocīnabor. Proto-West Germanic *kukinā Old High German chuhhinabor. Old Polish kuchnia Polish kuchnia Inherited from Old Polish kuchnia.

Forms

  • kuchenkadiminutive
  • kuchennyadjective
Locative
Singular
kuchni
Plural
kuchniach
Vocative
Singular
kuchnio
Plural
kuchnie
Nominative
Singular
kuchnia
Plural
kuchnie
Genitive
Singular
kuchni
Plural
kuchni
Dative
Singular
kuchni
Plural
kuchniom
Accusative
Singular
kuchnię
Plural
kuchnie
Instrumental
Singular
kuchnią
Plural
kuchniami

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