ogonek en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɒˈɡɒnɛk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɔˈɡɔnɛk/ (US)
- /ˈəʊɡənɛk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɑˈɡɑnɛk/ (US)
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- /ɔˈɡɔnɛk/
- /ˈoʊɡənɛk/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *o- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰónos Proto-Slavic *gonъ Proto-Slavic *ogonъ Polish ogon Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Old Polish -ek Polish -ek Polish ogonekbor. English ogonek Borrowed from Polish ogonek, from ogon (“tail”) + -ek.
Meanings
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A hook-shaped diacritical mark ⟨◌̨⟩ attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų.
The pangram “Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig” (To push a hedgehog or eight boxes of figs into that boat) highlights a few of the language-specific diacritical marks, such as L with stroke (ł) and ogoneks (ą, ę) necessary to write in Polish—demonstrating how a writing system can accommodate many languages with thorough character inclusion.
2023, Mia Cinelli, Giving Type Meaning: Context and Craft in Typography, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ogoneks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Hypernyms
Translations (36)
fa اگنک (diacritical mark) · es ogonek (diacritical mark) · de Ogonek (diacritical mark) · sv svans (diacritical mark) · win sįįc (diacritical mark) · no kvist (diacritical mark) · ko 오고넥 (diacritical mark) · uk ого́нек (diacritical mark) · ovd nevkruok (diacritical mark) · fo krókur (diacritical mark) · es colita (diacritical mark) · sk nožička (diacritical mark) · hu ogonek (diacritical mark) · ru хво́стик (diacritical mark) · ja オゴネク (diacritical mark) · eo ogoneko (diacritical mark) · lt nosinė (diacritical mark) · hu horog (diacritical mark) · cmn 反尾形符 (diacritical mark) · uk хво́стик (diacritical mark) · da ogonek (diacritical mark) · nl ogonek (diacritical mark) · it uncino (diacritical mark) · ru ого́нэк (diacritical mark) · he זנב (diacritical mark) · be хво́сцік (diacritical mark) · fi häntä (diacritical mark) · fr ogonek (diacritical mark) · fi ogonek (diacritical mark) · it ogonek (diacritical mark) · pl ogonek (diacritical mark) · hu farkinca (diacritical mark) · it codetta (diacritical mark) · be аго́нэк (diacritical mark) · cs ocásek (diacritical mark) · hu jobb farok (diacritical mark)