szarańcza

== Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian саранча́ (sarančá). Displaced Old Polish kobyłka, krówka, and skoczek. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʂaˈraɲ.t͡ʂa/ Rhymes: -aɲt͡ʂa Syllabification: sza‧rań‧cza === Noun === szarańcza f (related adjective szarańczowy) locust (any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, especially migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria)) Hypernym: owad (chiefly in the singular, collective) swarm of locusts Hypernym: chmara (chiefly in the singular, collective, colloquial, derogatory) troublesome and loitering crowd in some place Synonym: stonka ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “szarańcza”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “szarańcza”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) szarańcza in PWN's encyclopedia