krzyżówka

See also: Krzyżówka, krzyżówką, and Krzyżówką

Polish

krzyżówka sense 1

krzyżówka sense 2

krzyżówka sense 3

krzyżówki sense 4

Etymology

Etymology tree

Polish krzyż

Proto-Indo-European *-usder.

Proto-Indo-European *-osder.

Proto-Slavic *-ovъ

Old Polish -owy

Polish -owy

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish -ówka

Polish krzyżówka

From krzyż + -ówka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʂɘˈʐuf.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ufka
• Syllabification: krzy‧żów‧ka
• Homophone: Krzyżówka

Noun

krzyżówka f (related adjective krzyżówkowy)

2. (games) crossword (word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word)
4. (colloquial) crossroads, intersection (place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads)

   Synonyms: rozwidlenie, skrzyżowanie

6. (biology, of animals or plants) bastard, crossbreed, hybrid, mongrel (organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds)

   Synonyms: bastard, (obsolete) bękart, hybryda, mieszaniec

8. mallard, wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

   Synonym: kaczka krzyżówka

Declension

Declension of krzyżówka

	singular	plural
nominative	krzyżówka	krzyżówki
genitive	krzyżówki	krzyżówek
dative	krzyżówce	krzyżówkom
accusative	krzyżówkę	krzyżówki
instrumental	krzyżówką	krzyżówkami
locative	krzyżówce	krzyżówkach
vocative	krzyżówko	krzyżówki

Derived terms

nouns

• krzyżówkowicz
• krzyżówkowiczka

Related terms

adjectives

• krzyżowy

adverbs

• krzyżowo

nouns

• krzyż
• krzyżownica
• krzyżownik
• krzyżyk

verbs

• krzyżować impf
• skrzyżować pf

Further reading

• “krzyżówka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “krzyżówka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• krzyżówka in PWN's encyclopedia