mecz

See also: męcz

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish mecz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʃ
• Syllabification: mecz

Noun

mecz m inan (related adjective meczowi)

1. (sports) match (a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match)

   Synonym: rozgriwka

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “mecz”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “mecz”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English match. First attested in 1852.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt͡ʂ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʂ
• Syllabification: mecz

Noun

mecz m inan (related adjective meczowy)

1. (sports) match (a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match)

   Synonym: potyczka

Declension

Declension of mecz

	singular	plural
nominative	mecz	mecze
genitive	meczu	meczów/meczy
dative	meczowi	meczom
accusative	mecz	mecze
instrumental	meczem	meczami
locative	meczu	meczach
vocative	meczu	mecze

Derived terms

noun

• przedmecz

noun phrase

• mecz towarzyski

Related terms

adjective

• przedmeczowy

Descendants

• → Kashubian: mecz

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), mecz is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 65 times in news, 0 times in essays, 0 times in fiction, and 2 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 67 times, making it the 965th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

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