Bydgoszcz

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Bydgoszcz.

• enPR: bĭd′gôsh(ch)^[1]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡɔːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
• (General American, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡɔʃ(t͡ʃ)/

  (General American, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡɑʃ(t͡ʃ)/

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡɒʃ(t͡ʃ)/

  (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡɑʃ(t͡ʃ)/

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡoːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈbəd.ɡoːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪɖ.ɡɔːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪdɡɔːʃ, -ɪdɡɔːʃtʃ
• Hyphenation: Byd‧goszcz^[1]

Bydgoszcz

2. The capital city of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.

• Bromberg

• “Bydgoszcz”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Originally possessive adjective, from name *Byd(i)gostь + *-jь, a lengthened variant of Proto-Slavic *Bъdigostь, from the imperative form of *bъděti (“to be awake”) + *gostь (“guest”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɘd.ɡɔʂt͡ʂ/

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• Rhymes: -ɘdɡɔʂt͡ʂ
• Syllabification: Byd‧goszcz

Bydgoszcz f (related adjective bydgoski, demonym bydgoszczanin, female demonym bydgoszczanka)

2. Bydgoszcz (the capital city of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) Bydzia; (abbreviation) BDG

   Brda przepływa przez Bydgoszcz. ― Brda flows through Bydgoszcz.

4. a settlement in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

• → English: Bydgoszcz
• → Portuguese: Bydgoszcz
• → Slovak: Bydgoszcz

Originally was grammatically masculine.^[1]

• Bydgoszcz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Bydgoszcz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Bydgoszcz”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Bydgoszcz.

• Hyphenation: Byd‧goszcz

Bydgoszcz f

2. Bydgoszcz (the capital city of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Bydgoszcz.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbidɡɔʃt͡ʃ]

• Rhymes: -idɡɔʃt͡ʃ
• Hyphenation: Byd‧goszcz

Bydgoszcz m inan (genitive singular Bydgoszcza, declension pattern of dub)

2. Bydgoszcz (the capital city of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

• Bydgoszczan m
• Bydgoszczanka f
• bydgoszczský

• “Bydgoszcz”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025