bukiet

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouquet,[1] from Old French bochet, from bois (“woods”), from Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.kjɛt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ukjɛt
  • Syllabification: bu‧kiet

Noun

bukiet m inan (diminutive bukiecik)

  1. bunch, bouquet
    bukiet kwiatów ― a bouqet of flowers
  2. bouquet (scent of a particular wine)

Declension
Declension of bukiet
singular plural
nominative bukiet bukiety
genitive bukietu bukietów
dative bukietowi bukietom
accusative bukiet bukiety
instrumental bukietem bukietami
locative bukiecie bukietach
vocative bukiecie bukiety

Derived terms
adjective

References
  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “bukiet”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading
  • bukiet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bukiet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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