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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish ogurek, from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion, cucumber).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈɡu.rɛk/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ɔˈɡo.rɛk/
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  • Rhymes: -urɛk
  • Syllabification: o‧gó‧rek

Noun

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ogórek m inan (diminutive ogóreczek, augmentative ogór or ogóras, related adjective ogórkowy or (rare) ogórczany)

  1. cucumber
  2. gherkin
    Synonym: korniszon
  3. (colloquial, humorous) Jelcz-brand bus, commonly used for intercity and urban transportation in Poland in the 1960s and 1970s
  4. (in the plural) Synonym of sezon ogórkowy

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Descendants

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  • Lithuanian: agur̃kas

Further reading

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  • ogórek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ogórek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “OGOREK”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ogórek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna