od razu

== Polish == === Alternative forms === odraz (“at the same time”) (Western Lublin, Wola Gałęzowska, Eastern Lublin, Krynice and Kryniczki) === Etymology === Literally, “at once”. Ellipsis of od pierwszego razu (“from the first time”), a translation of French du premier coup. First attested in the second half of the 18th century. Compare English at once and Russian сра́зу (srázu). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔd‿ˈra.zu/ Rhymes: -azu Syllabification: od‿ra‧zu === Adverb === od razu (not comparable) (idiomatic) at once, right away, immediately (without waiting) Synonyms: bezzwłocznie, natychmiast, natychmiastowo, z mety === Particle === od razu (idiomatic) but (used to signal that what has been said is too much) Synonym: zaraz === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), od razu is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 3 times in news, 9 times in essays, 23 times in fiction, and 40 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 85 times, making it the 750th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === od razu I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN od razu II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN od razu in Polish dictionaries at PWN