"kawałek" meaning in Polish

See kawałek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaˈva.wɛk/
Rhymes: -awɛk Etymology: From archaic kawalec + -ek, from Middle Low German kāvele (“wood for drawing raffles”) + -ec, from Proto-West Germanic *kabl (“stick, lot”), with semantic shift "wood for drawing lots" > "small piece". Etymology templates: {{af|pl|kawalec|-ek}} kawalec + -ek, {{der|pl|gml|kāvele|t=wood for drawing raffles}} Middle Low German kāvele (“wood for drawing raffles”), {{cog|gmw-pro|*kabl|t=stick, lot}} Proto-West Germanic *kabl (“stick, lot”) Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-in|dim=kawałeczek}} kawałek m inan (diminutive kawałeczek) Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in|kawał|k|a|kawałek}} Forms: kawałeczek [diminutive], no-table-tags [table-tags], kawałek [nominative, singular], kawałki [nominative, plural], kawałka [genitive, singular], kawałków [genitive, plural], kawałkowi [dative, singular], kawałkom [dative, plural], kawałek [accusative, singular], kawałki [accusative, plural], kawałkiem [instrumental, singular], kawałkami [instrumental, plural], kawałku [locative, singular], kawałkach [locative, plural], kawałku [singular, vocative], kawałki [plural, vocative], kawołek [alternative]
  1. diminutive of kawał; bit (small piece) Tags: diminutive, form-of, inanimate, masculine Form of: kawał (extra: bit (small piece))
    Sense id: en-kawałek-pl-noun-WkYoMYyX Categories (other): Money Disambiguation of Money: 46 0 0 54
  2. slice (of pizza, cake, etc.) Tags: inanimate, masculine
    Sense id: en-kawałek-pl-noun-~DCKYNwW
  3. (colloquial) track, song Tags: colloquial, inanimate, masculine
    Sense id: en-kawałek-pl-noun-9-nRoeUP
  4. (slang) grand; one thousand, especially of U.S. dollars Tags: inanimate, masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-kawałek-pl-noun-zxr53GRN Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Polish entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with manual fragments, Polish links with redundant alt parameters, Polish links with redundant wikilinks, Polish terms suffixed with -ek, Money, Music, Thousand Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 3 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 3 90 Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 3 87 Disambiguation of Polish links with manual fragments: 29 16 16 39 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant alt parameters: 13 7 7 73 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant wikilinks: 9 5 5 81 Disambiguation of Polish terms suffixed with -ek: 8 6 6 79 Disambiguation of Money: 46 0 0 54 Disambiguation of Music: 13 0 0 87 Disambiguation of Thousand: 2 2 2 94

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gml",
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        "t": "wood for drawing raffles"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    }
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    {
      "form": "kawałeczek",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pl-decl-noun-m-in",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałków",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałkowi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałkom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałkiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałkami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałkach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawołek",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "m-in",
        "dim": "kawałeczek"
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      "name": "pl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧wa‧łek"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "kawał",
        "2": "k",
        "3": "a",
        "4": "kawałek"
      },
      "name": "pl-decl-noun-m-in"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 0 0 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pl",
          "name": "Money",
          "orig": "pl:Money",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "bit (small piece)",
          "word": "kawał"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of kawał; bit (small piece)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kawałek-pl-noun-WkYoMYyX",
      "links": [
        [
          "kawał",
          "kawał#Polish"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "slice (of pizza, cake, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kawałek-pl-noun-~DCKYNwW",
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        [
          "slice",
          "slice"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "track, song"
      ],
      "id": "en-kawałek-pl-noun-9-nRoeUP",
      "links": [
        [
          "track",
          "track"
        ],
        [
          "song",
          "song"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) track, song"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "4 3 3 89",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "4 3 3 90",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 3 3 87",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 16 16 39",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "13 7 7 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "9 5 5 81",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 6 6 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish terms suffixed with -ek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 0 0 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pl",
          "name": "Money",
          "orig": "pl:Money",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 0 0 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pl",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "pl:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 2 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pl",
          "name": "Thousand",
          "orig": "pl:Thousand",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grand; one thousand, especially of U.S. dollars"
      ],
      "id": "en-kawałek-pl-noun-zxr53GRN",
      "links": [
        [
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          "grand"
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        "(slang) grand; one thousand, especially of U.S. dollars"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈva.wɛk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-awɛk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kawałek"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Polish 3-syllable words",
    "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Polish inanimate nouns",
    "Polish lemmas",
    "Polish links with manual fragments",
    "Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Polish masculine nouns",
    "Polish nouns",
    "Polish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Polish terms suffixed with -ek",
    "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Polish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Polish/awɛk",
    "Rhymes:Polish/awɛk/3 syllables",
    "pl:Money",
    "pl:Music",
    "pl:Thousand"
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kāvele",
        "t": "wood for drawing raffles"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kawałeczek",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pl-decl-noun-m-in",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałków",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałkowi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałkom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałkiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałkami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałkach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawałki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawołek",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m-in",
        "dim": "kawałeczek"
      },
      "expansion": "kawałek m inan (diminutive kawałeczek)",
      "name": "pl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧wa‧łek"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kawał",
        "2": "k",
        "3": "a",
        "4": "kawałek"
      },
      "name": "pl-decl-noun-m-in"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Polish diminutive nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "bit (small piece)",
          "word": "kawał"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of kawał; bit (small piece)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kawał",
          "kawał#Polish"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ]
      ],
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        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "slice (of pizza, cake, etc.)"
      ],
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          "slice",
          "slice"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Polish colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "track, song"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "track",
          "track"
        ],
        [
          "song",
          "song"
        ]
      ],
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        "(colloquial) track, song"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Polish slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grand; one thousand, especially of U.S. dollars"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grand",
          "grand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) grand; one thousand, especially of U.S. dollars"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈva.wɛk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-awɛk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kawałek"
}

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