kostera

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See also: Kostera, kosterą, and Kosterą

Polish[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Dialectal form of kostyra, from kość.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɔsˈtɛ.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: kos‧te‧ra
  • Homophone: Kostera

Noun[edit]

kostera f

  1. boxfish, cofferfish, ostraciid (member of the Ostraciidae)
  2. (archaic) avid, often dishonest, dice or card player
  3. (archaic) malicious or miserly person
  4. (archaic) thin or skeletal woman

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • kostera in Polish dictionaries at PWN