knock-out

See also: knockout, Knockout, Knock-out, and knock out

English

Noun

knock-out (plural knock-outs)

  1. Alternative form of knockout.
    • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /knok.a.ut/, (dated) /nɔk.awt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

knock-out m (plural knock-outs)

  1. (boxing, genetics) knockout

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English knockout.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.kawt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔkawt
  • Syllabification: knock-‧out

Noun

knock-out m inan

  1. (boxing, martial arts) alternative spelling of nokaut

Declension

Declension of knock-out
singular plural
nominative knock-out knock-outy
genitive knock-outu knock-outów
dative knock-outowi knock-outom
accusative knock-out knock-outy
instrumental knock-outem knock-outami
locative knock-oucie knock-outach
vocative knock-oucie knock-outy

Further reading

  • knock-out in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • knock-out in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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