knock-out

See also: knockout, Knockout, Knock-out, and knock out

English

Noun

knock-out (plural knock-outs)

1. Alternative form of knockout
   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔk.awt/

• Audio:

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Noun

knock-out m (plural knock-outs)

1. (boxing, genetics) knockout

Further reading

• “knock-out”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English knockout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.kawt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔkawt
• Syllabification: knock‧-out

Noun

knock-out m inan

1. (boxing, martial arts) Alternative spelling of nokaut

Declension

Declension of knock-out

	singular	plural
nominative	knock-out	knock-outy
genitive	knock-outu	knock-outów
dative	knock-outowi	knock-outom
accusative	knock-out	knock-outy
instrumental	knock-outem	knock-outami
locative	knock-oucie	knock-outach
vocative	knock-oucie	knock-outy

Further reading

• knock-out in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• knock-out in Polish dictionaries at PWN