mecz

See also: męcz

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English match, from Middle English matche, metche, macche, mecche, mache, meche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa, secondary forms of maca, ġemaca (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-Germanic *makkô, *gamakkô, *makô, *gamakô (“an equal; comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛt͡ʂ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʂ
  • Syllabification: mecz

Noun

mecz m inan

  1. (sports) match (sporting event)

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
adjective
noun
  • przedmecz
noun phrase
  • mecz towarzyski
adjective
  • przedmeczowy

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