funikular

Polish

funikular

Etymology

Borrowed from English funicular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ɲiˈku.lar/

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• Rhymes: -ular
• Syllabification: fu‧ni‧ku‧lar

Noun

funikular m inan

1. (rail transport) funicular, funicular railway (particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a moving cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e., the two cars serve as counterweights for each other)

   Synonym: kolej linowo-terenowa

   Hypernym: kolejka

Declension

Declension of funikular

	singular	plural
nominative	funikular	funikulary
genitive	funikularu	funikularów
dative	funikularowi	funikularom
accusative	funikular	funikulary
instrumental	funikularem	funikularami
locative	funikularze	funikularach
vocative	funikularze	funikulary

Further reading

• “funikular”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN