See also: menażerią

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French ménagerie.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɛ.naˈʐɛ.rja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Syllabification: me‧na‧że‧ria

Noun

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menażeria f

  1. menagerie (collection of live wild animals on exhibition)
    Synonym: zwierzyniec
  2. menagerie (the enclosure where such animals are kept)
    Synonym: zwierzyniec
  3. menagerie (group of diverse animals kept at home or on a farm)
    Hypernym: inwentarz
  4. menagerie (diverse or miscellaneous group of people)
  5. (literary) cabinet of curiosities, kunstkammer, panopticon, Wunderkammer (place for the exhibition of novelties)
    Synonyms: gabinet osobliwości, kunstkamera, panoptikum
  6. (derogatory, literary) cabinet of curiosities, hodge-podge, kunstkammer, melange, Wunderkammer (collection of weird and mismatched items)
    Synonyms: gabinet osobliwości, kunstkamera, panoptikum

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective

Further reading

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