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Polish: kariatyda

English translation: caryatid







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Polish term or phrase:kariatyda
English translation:caryatid
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Polish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / Greece
Polish term or phrase: kariatyda
rzeźba/figura dziewicy
Aye
Poland
Clarification request(s) and response
Himawari: 1:00pm Feb 20, 2005: Kariatydy to były KOLUMNY w kształcie damskiej figury...stąd w polskiej tradycji "Kaśka kartatyda", co to wszystko na swoich barkach uniesie ;) -
Aye (asker): 1:57pm Feb 20, 2005: dziękuję! w tek¶cie mam kariatydy - figury młodych dziwic... -
Aye (asker): 1:58pm Feb 20, 2005: caryatids czy caryatides? -
leff: 2:00pm Feb 20, 2005: obie formy liczby mnogiej są prawidłowe
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Himawari: 2:05pm Feb 20, 2005: tutaj jest "Caryatids", co nie przeczy istnieniu drugiej formy: http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/caryatid.html -

caryatid
Explanation:
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car·y·at·id Listen: [ kr-td ]
n. Architecture pl. car·y·at·ids or car·y·at·i·des [ --dz ]

A supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female fugures

obydwie formy poprawne - sorry, ze pozniej odpowiadam, ale nie bylo mnie :-)
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bartek
Poland
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Dziękuję
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caryatid

Explanation:
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Note added at 1 hr 46 mins (2005-02-20 14:32:17 GMT)
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car·y·at·id Listen: [ kr-td ]
n. Architecture pl. car·y·at·ids or car·y·at·i·des [ --dz ]

A supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female fugures

obydwie formy poprawne - sorry, ze pozniej odpowiadam, ale nie bylo mnie :-)

bartek
Poland
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Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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Note from asker to answerer
Dziękuję

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Himawari
12 mins

agree *eva*
18 mins

agree lim0nka
23 mins

agree leff
1 hr

agree Malgorzata Kazmierczak
5 hrs
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