"nazwisko" meaning in Polish

See nazwisko in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /naˈzvis.kɔ/, /naˈzvis.kɔ/ [Middle, Polish]
Rhymes: -iskɔ Etymology: From nazwać (“to call”) + -isko (“place-forming suffix”). The use of the place suffix is due to the fact that last names used to be based on one's city of origin or residence. First attested in 1559. Compare Kashubian nôzwëstkò, Ukrainian на́звисько (názvysʹko), and Silesian nazwisko. Etymology templates: {{af|pl|nazwać|-isko|t1=to call|t2=place-forming suffix}} nazwać (“to call”) + -isko (“place-forming suffix”), {{etydate/the|1559}} 1559, {{etydate|1559}} First attested in 1559, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (<span class="None" lang="und">2010-2023) “nazwisko”, in <cite>Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku</cite> [<cite>A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish</cite>]</span></span>}}, {{cog|csb|nôzwëstkò}} Kashubian nôzwëstkò, {{cog|uk|на́звисько}} Ukrainian на́звисько (názvysʹko), {{cog|szl|nazwisko}} Silesian nazwisko Head templates: {{pl-noun|n|adj=nazwiskowy}} nazwisko n (related adjective nazwiskowy) Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-n|nazwis|k|genp=nazwisk}} Forms: nazwiskowy [adjective], no-table-tags [table-tags], nazwisko [nominative, singular], nazwiska [nominative, plural], nazwiska [genitive, singular], nazwisk [genitive, plural], nazwisku [dative, singular], nazwiskom [dative, plural], nazwisko [accusative, singular], nazwiska [accusative, plural], nazwiskiem [instrumental, singular], nazwiskami [instrumental, plural], nazwisku [locative, singular], nazwiskach [locative, plural], nazwisko [singular, vocative], nazwiska [plural, vocative]
  1. surname, last name (name a person shares with other members of that person's family, distinguished from that person's given name(s); a family name) Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Onomastics Synonyms: godność
    Sense id: en-nazwisko-pl-noun-G65c9k3i Disambiguation of Onomastics: 69 4 4 23 Categories (other): Polish terms with collocations, 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 -isko Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 4 3 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 4 3 51 Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 57 6 1 35 Disambiguation of Polish links with manual fragments: 56 11 2 30 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant alt parameters: 56 9 2 34 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant wikilinks: 56 8 2 35 Disambiguation of Polish terms suffixed with -isko: 49 6 3 42
  2. name (person famous or an authority in some field) Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-nazwisko-pl-noun-D68TCXNI
  3. (obsolete) name (that by which someone calls something) Tags: neuter, obsolete Synonyms: miano, nazwa, określenie
    Sense id: en-nazwisko-pl-noun-htfyoguU
  4. (Middle Polish) nickname (term that is not the real name for something) Tags: Middle, Polish, neuter Synonyms: przezwisko
    Sense id: en-nazwisko-pl-noun-vg1hhfZl Categories (other): Middle Polish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Polish terms suffixed with -isko Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 4 3 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 4 3 51 Disambiguation of Polish terms suffixed with -isko: 49 6 3 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mieć na nazwisko [imperfective], mieć nazwisko [imperfective]

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mieć na nazwisko"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mieć nazwisko"
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      "name": "af"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2010-2023) “nazwisko”, in <cite>Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku</cite> [<cite>A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish</cite>]</span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "csb",
        "2": "nôzwëstkò"
      },
      "expansion": "Kashubian nôzwëstkò",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "на́звисько"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian на́звисько (názvysʹko)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "szl",
        "2": "nazwisko"
      },
      "expansion": "Silesian nazwisko",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From nazwać (“to call”) + -isko (“place-forming suffix”). The use of the place suffix is due to the fact that last names used to be based on one's city of origin or residence. First attested in 1559. Compare Kashubian nôzwëstkò, Ukrainian на́звисько (názvysʹko), and Silesian nazwisko.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nazwiskowy",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pl-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiska",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiska",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiskom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiska",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiskiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiskami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiskach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiska",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "n",
        "adj": "nazwiskowy"
      },
      "expansion": "nazwisko n (related adjective nazwiskowy)",
      "name": "pl-noun"
    }
  ],
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    "na‧zwis‧ko"
  ],
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        "1": "nazwis",
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        "genp": "nazwisk"
      },
      "name": "pl-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 4 3 49",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 4 3 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 6 1 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "56 11 2 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 9 2 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 8 2 35",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 6 3 42",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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            "Linguistics",
            "Names",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: imię"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be called (literally, “to have as a surname”)",
          "text": "mieć na nazwisko",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "surname, last name (name a person shares with other members of that person's family, distinguished from that person's given name(s); a family name)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ],
        [
          "last name",
          "last name"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "godność"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "name (person famous or an authority in some field)"
      ],
      "id": "en-nazwisko-pl-noun-D68TCXNI",
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        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "name (that by which someone calls something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-nazwisko-pl-noun-htfyoguU",
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          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) name (that by which someone calls something)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "miano"
        },
        {
          "word": "nazwa"
        },
        {
          "word": "określenie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Polish",
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nickname (term that is not the real name for something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-nazwisko-pl-noun-vg1hhfZl",
      "links": [
        [
          "nickname",
          "nickname"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Middle Polish) nickname (term that is not the real name for something)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "przezwisko"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Middle",
        "Polish",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/naˈzvis.kɔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naˈzvis.kɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "Middle",
        "Polish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iskɔ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pl:Ida Kurcz"
  ],
  "word": "nazwisko"
}
{
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    "Polish 3-syllable words",
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    "Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Polish neuter nouns",
    "Polish nouns",
    "Polish terms suffixed with -isko",
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    "Polish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Polish/iskɔ",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mieć na nazwisko"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mieć nazwisko"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "nazwać",
        "3": "-isko",
        "t1": "to call",
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "etydate/the"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1559"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2010-2023) “nazwisko”, in <cite>Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku</cite> [<cite>A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish</cite>]</span></span>"
      },
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      "name": "ref"
    },
    {
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        "1": "csb",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "szl",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nazwiskowy",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pl-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiska",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiska",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiskom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiska",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiskiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiskami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiskach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwisko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nazwiska",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "n",
        "adj": "nazwiskowy"
      },
      "expansion": "nazwisko n (related adjective nazwiskowy)",
      "name": "pl-noun"
    }
  ],
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    "na‧zwis‧ko"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nazwis",
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  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Polish terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: imię"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be called (literally, “to have as a surname”)",
          "text": "mieć na nazwisko",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "surname, last name (name a person shares with other members of that person's family, distinguished from that person's given name(s); a family name)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ],
        [
          "last name",
          "last name"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "godność"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name (person famous or an authority in some field)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Polish terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "name (that by which someone calls something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) name (that by which someone calls something)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "miano"
        },
        {
          "word": "nazwa"
        },
        {
          "word": "określenie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Polish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nickname (term that is not the real name for something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nickname",
          "nickname"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Middle Polish) nickname (term that is not the real name for something)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "przezwisko"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Middle",
        "Polish",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/naˈzvis.kɔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naˈzvis.kɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "Middle",
        "Polish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iskɔ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pl:Ida Kurcz"
  ],
  "word": "nazwisko"
}

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