zwierciadło

== Polish == === Alternative forms === wierźciadło (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) wiściadło (Eastern Lublin, Wola Żółkiewska) wierciadło, zrciadło, zwiersiadło, zwierściadło, zwierzciadło, źwierciadło (Middle Polish) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish źwierciadło, źwierzciadło, źwirciadło, from Proto-Slavic *zьrcadlo. By surface analysis, zerkać +‎ -dło. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /zvjɛrˈt͡ɕa.dwɔ/ Rhymes: -adwɔ Syllabification: zwier‧cia‧dło === Noun === zwierciadło n (diminutive zwierciadełko, related adjective zwierciadlany) (countable, literary) mirror, looking glass (smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it) Synonyms: lustro, tafla (uncountable, literary) smooth and shiny water surface Synonyms: lustro, tafla (uncountable, figurative) view of a state of affairs, a situation, or an idea Synonym: odbicie (countable, hunting) colorful patch of metallic shimmer on the feathers of some birds ==== Declension ==== The locative singular form zwierciedle is obsolete. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “zwierciadło”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “zwierciadło”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish) zwierciadło in PWN's encyclopedia