haubica

See also: haubicą

Polish

haubica

Etymology

Borrowed from German Haubitze. Doublet of hufnica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xawˈbit͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: hau‧bi‧ca

Noun

haubica f (related adjective haubiczny)

1. howitzer (cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally, a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers)

   Hypernym: działo

Declension

Declension of haubica

	singular	plural
nominative	haubica	haubice
genitive	haubicy	haubic
dative	haubicy	haubicom
accusative	haubicę	haubice
instrumental	haubicą	haubicami
locative	haubicy	haubicach
vocative	haubico	haubice

Descendants

• → Belarusian: га́убица (háubica)
• → Russian: га́убица (gáubica)
  • → Bulgarian: га́убица (gáubica)
• → Ukrainian: га́убиця (háubycja)

Further reading

• haubica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• haubica in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• haubica in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Haubitze, from Czech houfnice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xǎubit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ha‧u‧bi‧ca

Noun

hàubica f (Cyrillic spelling ха̀убица)

1. howitzer

Declension

Declension of haubica

	singular	plural
nominative	haubica	haubice
genitive	haubice	haubica
dative	haubici	haubicama
accusative	haubicu	haubice
vocative	haubice / haubico	haubice
locative	haubici	haubicama
instrumental	haubicom	haubicama

References

• “haubica” in Hrvatski jezični portal