mroczek

mroczek

See also: Mroczek

Polish

Etymology

    From mrok + -ek.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmrɔ.t͡ʂɛk/
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    • Rhymes: -ɔt͡ʂɛk
    • Syllabification: mro‧czek
    • Homophone: Mroczek

    Noun

    mroczek m inan

    1. (rare) diminutive of mrok
    2. (ophthalmology, pathology) scotoma (area of impaired or lost vision)
    3. (colloquial, countable, ophthalmology) eye floater (speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humor)
      Synonym: męt

    Declension

    Noun

    mroczek m animal

    1. house bat, serotine bat (any bat of the genus Eptesicus)
    2. any darkling beetle of the genus Stenomax

    Declension

    Further reading

    • mroczek”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • mroczek”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)