czerwoniak

== Polish == === Etymology === From czerwony +‎ -ak. Noun 1 sense 2 is due to the fact that these busses were typically painted red during Polish People's Republic. Noun 1 sense 3 is due the red printing ink used in the vignettes and headlines of these newspapers' articles. First attested in 1826. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʂɛrˈvɔ.ɲak/ Rhymes: -ɔɲak Syllabification: czer‧wo‧niak === Noun === czerwoniak m animal (dated) alternative form of czerwonak (“flamingo”) (colloquial) city bus (Polish interwar period) yellow press (newspaper publishing sensational articles, intended for less sophisticated readers) (colloquial) brick building (unplastered building with walls made of red brick) (1960s Poland) hundy (one hundred zloty banknote) Synonym: stówka ==== Declension ==== === Noun === czerwoniak m pers (colloquial, derogatory) red (communist) Synonyms: czerwony, komuch, komunista ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “czerwoniak”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “czerwoniak”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)