fechtować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German fechten + -ować, from Middle High German vëhten, from Old High German fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-te-ti, from *peḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛxˈtɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: fech‧to‧wać

Verb

fechtować impf

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, sports) to fence (to engage in the sport of fencing)
    Synonym: uprawiać szermierkę

Conjugation

Derived terms

noun

Descendants

  • Russian: фехтова́ть (fextovátʹ)

Further reading

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