szaniec
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Schanze. Doublet of skansen (“open-air museum”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
szaniec m inan (diminutive szańczyk)
- (military) sconce (earthwork fortification)
- (figuratively, literary) bastion, stronghold (place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea)
- Synonym: bastion
Declension edit
Declension of szaniec
Derived terms edit
adjective
noun
verb
- szańcować impf