absolutnie

Polish

Etymology

From absolutny + -ie. First attested in 1723–1747.[1] Sense 1 is a semantic loan from French absolument.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap.sɔˈlut.ɲɛ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -utɲɛ
  • Syllabification: ab‧so‧lut‧nie

Adverb

absolutnie (not always comparable, comparative absolutniej, superlative najabsolutniej)

  1. absolutely (entirely)
  2. absolutely (unquestionably)
  3. absolutely (in a way being objective)
  4. absolutely (in a way based on absolutism)

Interjection

absolutnie

  1. absolutely!
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Collocations

References

  1. Wiesław Morawski (03.01.2012), ABSOLUTNIE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  2. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  • Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine], Wydawnictwo PWN

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