sześćdziesiątka
See also: sześćdziesiątką
Polish
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Etymology
From sześćdziesiąt + -ka. The slang meaning comes from the Article 60 of the Polish Penal Code which means "extraordinary mitigation of punishment" (nadzwyczajne złagodzenie kary). Usually means that someone has cooperated with the police. Originally prison slang, nowadays used in general slang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʂɛʑ.d͡ʑd͡ʑɛˈɕɔn.tka/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔntka
- Syllabification: sześ‧ćdzie‧siąt‧ka
Noun
sześćdziesiątka f (diminutive sześćdziesiąteczka, augmentative sześćdziesiona)
- sixty (name of the number)
- sixty (a set or group with sixty elements)
- (metonymically) something assigned the number sixty: bus line, road, candidate on a ballot, etc.
- (informal) sixty-year-old woman
- (slang) informer, stool pigeon, snitch
- Synonyms: donosiciel, kapuś, (slang) sześćdziesiona
Declension
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Further reading
- sześćdziesiątka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- sześćdziesiątka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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