wieńczyć
Polish
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edit- IPA(key): /ˈvjɛɲ.t͡ʂɨt͡ɕ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɲt͡ʂɨt͡ɕ
- Syllabification: wień‧czyć
Verb
editwieńczyć impf (perfective uwieńczyć or zwieńczyć)
- (transitive) to crown, to wreath (to place a wreath on one's head)
- (transitive) to crown (to form the topmost or finishing part of)
- Synonym: koronować
- (transitive) to be situated on one's head
- (transitive) to crown, to end (a work, action, or series of events) well
- 1897, Szymon Askenazy, “Polityka Encyklopedystów”, in Studya historyczno-krytyczne[1], 2nd edition, Gebethner i Wolff, archived from the original on 2022-10-11, page 66:
- ...istotnie, [Rousseau] ustępem o religii zamyka i wieńczy swe dzieło.
- ...significantly, [Rousseau] closes and crowns his text with a passage about religion.
- 2017 December 18, Jacek Marczyński, “Janusz Wawrowski: Romantyczny nastrój i cygański temperament”, in Rzeczpospolita[2], archived from the original on 2022-10-11:
- Romantyczny nastrój dominuje w środkowej romancy, więc finałowa wirtuozeria cygańska ma efektownie wieńczyć całość.
- A romantic style dominates in the central lyrical section [of the music], so the Gypsy-style virtuosity at the end is supposed to impressively end the whole piece.
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