Żyrardów

English

Proper noun

Żyrardów

1. A town in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.

Polish

Żyrardów

Etymology

From Żyrard +‎ -ów, named after French engineer and inventor Philippe de Girard. The town was established in 1830 to manufacture linen with machines invented by Girard; Żyrard is an approximate phonetic rendering of his surname.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʐɘˈrar.duf/

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• Rhymes: -arduf
• Syllabification: Ży‧rar‧dów

Proper noun

Żyrardów m inan

1. Żyrardów (a city in the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Żyrardów

	singular
nominative	Żyrardów
genitive	Żyrardowa
dative	Żyrardowowi
accusative	Żyrardów
instrumental	Żyrardowem
locative	Żyrardowie
vocative	Żyrardowie

Derived terms

(adjective):

• żyrardowski

(nouns):

• żyrardowianin
• żyrardowianka

Further reading

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