pocztówka

== Polish == === Etymology === From poczta +‎ -ówka. Coined by Henryk Sienkiewicz for a competition held in Warsaw in 1900, which was to create a single word to replace the term karta korespondencyjna calqued from French and the word odkrytka borrowed from Russian. The word pocztówka received the most votes and has since been in widespread use. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔt͡ʂˈtuf.ka/ Rhymes: -ufka Syllabification: pocz‧tów‧ka === Noun === pocztówka f postcard Synonym: widokówka ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “pocztówka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “pocztówka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)