rachować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German rechnen + -ować, from Middle High German rechenen, from Old High German rehhanōn, from Proto-West Germanic *rekanōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈxɔ.vat͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: ra‧cho‧wać

Verb

rachować impf (perfective porachować)

  1. (transitive, dated) to count (determine the total number of)
    Synonym: liczyć
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to calculate (determine mathematically)
    Synonyms: kalkulować, obliczać, wyliczać
  3. (intransitive) to cipher (do arithmetic)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Belarusian: рахава́ць (raxavácʹ)
  • Ukrainian: рахува́ти (raxuváty)
  • Lithuanian: rokúoti

Further reading

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