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Etymology

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From ogień +‎ -o- +‎ mistrz. Calque of German Feuerwerker/Feuermeister and calque of French artificier.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔɡˈɲɔmistʂ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔmistʂ
  • Syllabification: og‧nio‧mistrz

Noun

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ogniomistrz m pers

  1. (military) gunnery sergeant
  2. (firefighting) person of a similar rank in the fire brigade (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ogniomistrz”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

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