bęben
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish bęben, from Proto-Slavic *bǫbьnъ. Compare Czech buben, Lower Sorbian bubon, Serbo-Croatian bȗbanj, and Upper Sorbian bubon.
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Noun edit
bęben m inan (diminutive bębenek, related adjective bębnowy)
- drum (percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber)
- bić/uderzać w bęben ― to beat a drum
- grać na bębnie ― to play a drum
- (figurative) drum (any similar hollow, cylindrical object)
- (architecture) tholobate
- Synonym: tambur
- (architecture) drum (any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar)
- (colloquial) little child
- (colloquial, derogatory) paunch (large belly)
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