fundusz

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See also: fùndusz and fůndusz

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin fundus.[1][2][3][4] Sense 3 is a semantic loan from French fonds.[1][3] First attested in 1543.[5] Compare Silesian fōndusz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fundusz m inan (diminutive fundusik, related adjective funduszowy)

  1. fund (sum of money)
  2. fund (organization managing such money)
  3. (in the plural) funds, resources, means
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pieniądze
  4. (obsolete) bequest, legate, estate, foundation (granted or inherited goods)
  5. (obsolete) having fun at someone else's expense

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

nouns

Descendants[edit]

  • Kashubian: fùndusz

Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), fundusz is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 13 times in news, 56 times in essays, 2 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 72 times, making it the 894th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[6]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “fundusz”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “fundusz”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “fundusz”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  4. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “fundusz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “fundusz”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  6. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “fundusz”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 122

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