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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Gymnasium, from Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, exercise, school), from γυμνός (gumnós, naked).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡimˈnaz.jum/
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  • Rhymes: -azjum
  • Syllabification: gim‧naz‧jum

Noun

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gimnazjum n

  1. (historical) a former type of secondary school in Poland, starting at the age of 12-13, and following at that time 6 years of elementary school; gymnasium; removed in 2017 by increasing the length of elementary (szkoła podstawowa) and secondary (liceum) school education

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • gimnazjum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gimnazjum in Polish dictionaries at PWN