fundusz

See also: fùndusz and fůndusz

Polish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈfun.duʂ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈfun.duʂ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -unduʂ
  • Syllabification: fun‧dusz

Noun

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

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Derived terms

nouns
  • bezosobowy fundusz płac
  • fundusz dyspozycyjny
  • fundusz parasolowy
  • osobowy fundusz płac

Descendants

  • Kashubian: fùndusz

Trivia

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

  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] (in Polish), volume 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. 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. fundusz”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
  6. Ida Kurcz (1990), fundusz”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 122

Further reading

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