See also: atōmowy

Polish edit

Etymology edit

From atom +‎ -owy. First attested in 1818.[1] Compare Kashubian atomòwi and Silesian atōmowy.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /a.tɔˈmɔ.vɨ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔvɨ
  • Syllabification: a‧to‧mo‧wy

Adjective edit

atomowy (not comparable, derived adverb atomowo)

  1. (relational, particle physics) atom; atomic (of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms)
  2. atomic (employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes)
    Synonyms: jądrowy, nuklearny
  3. (literary) atomic (unable to be split or made any smaller)
  4. (sports) nuclear (very strong, e.g. of a kick)

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Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), atomowy is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 26 times in scientific texts, 27 times in news, 13 times in essays, 1 time in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 68 times, making it the 940th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Dziennik Wileński (in Polish), volume 7, number 37, 1818 January 31, page 6
  2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “atomowy”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 13

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