kawalerka

Polish

Etymology

From kawaler (“bachelor”) +‎ -ka, from the fact that apartments of this type are often used by unmarried men.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.vaˈlɛr.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrka
• Syllabification: ka‧wa‧ler‧ka

Noun

kawalerka f

1. single room apartment

Declension

Declension of kawalerka

	singular	plural
nominative	kawalerka	kawalerki
genitive	kawalerki	kawalerek
dative	kawalerce	kawalerkom
accusative	kawalerkę	kawalerki
instrumental	kawalerką	kawalerkami
locative	kawalerce	kawalerkach
vocative	kawalerko	kawalerki

Further reading

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