makowiec

See also: Makowiec and Makówiec

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish makowiec.

Noun

makowiec (plural makowce)

1. (rare) a Polish cake (flat or rolled) layered with poppy seed-based paste
   • 1957, Sula Benet, Festive recipes and festival menus, page 147:

     MAKOWIEC. (Poppy-seed. roll).

   • 2007, Greg Patent, A Baker's Odyssey, page 219:

     If you have a cookie spatula, slide it under the makowiec and transfer it to the baking pan.

   • 2011, Frank Cebulski, Lonely Nights and Wild Women: Concrete Visual Shaped Poems, page 54:

     She was trained by the nuns to be their cook and therefore she learned to make very beautiful and sumptuous gourmet dishes, including croissants and delicious fancy desserts. Her makowiec was the best I have ever tasted.

Polish

makowiec

Etymology

From mak +‎ -owiec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈkɔ.vjɛt͡s/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvjɛt͡s
• Syllabification: ma‧ko‧wiec
• Homophone: Makowiec

Noun

makowiec m inan

1. makowiec (Polish cake (flat or rolled) layered with poppy seed-based paste)

Declension

Declension of makowiec

	singular	plural
nominative	makowiec	makowce
genitive	makowca	makowców
dative	makowcowi	makowcom
accusative	makowiec	makowce
instrumental	makowcem	makowcami
locative	makowcu	makowcach
vocative	makowcu	makowce

Further reading

• makowiec in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• makowiec in Polish dictionaries at PWN