nazwisko

Significat

1. surname, last name (name a person shares with other members of that person's family, distinguished from that person's given name(s); a family name)
2. name (person famous or an authority in some field)
3. (obsolete) name (that by which someone calls something)
4. nickname (term that is not the real name for something)

Amb guionet com

na‧zwis‧ko

Gènere

Neutre

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/naˈzvis.kɔ/

Etimologia

From nazwać (“to call”) + -isko (“place-forming suffix”). The use of the place suffix is due to the fact that last names used to be based on one's city of origin or residence. First attested in 1559. Compare Kashubian nôzwëstkò, Ukrainian на́звисько (názvysʹko), and Silesian nazwisko.

Sents

"Odpowiedział mi , że nazwisko to jest dla niego obce ."

"He replied that the name was foreign to him."

"Zapytaliście mnie , czy znam nazwisko mordercy ."

“You asked me if I knew the killer's name.”

— Niedługo to i moje nazwisko wypadnie ci z pamięci !

— Soon this and my name will fall out of your mind!