majtek

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaj.tɛk/

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• Rhymes: -ajtɛk
• Syllabification: maj‧tek

From Dutch maatje +‎ -ek.

majtek m pers

2. (nautical) boy seaman, deckhand (member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour)

   Synonym: chłopiec okrętowy

Derived from Etymology 1. Originally, this word was probably used for wide, short men's pants, knotted below the knees, in older Polish (from the 16th c.) called marynały (similar to them was also the lower part of women's underwear, knotted below the knees), a characteristic element of clothing of sailors in the past.

majtek nvir pl (diminutive majteczki, augmentative majciochy or majtasy, related adjective majtkowy)

2. (in the plural) briefs, pants, undies, underpants (underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel)

   Synonyms: gacie, galoty, pantalony

   Hypernym: bielizna

4. (in the plural, colloquial) shorts (pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees)

   Synonyms: spodenki, szorty

• majtek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• majtki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• majtek in Polish dictionaries at PWN