gracz

Inherited from Old Polish grać.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrat͡ʃ]
• Syllabification: gracz

gracz impf

1. (transitive, intransitive) to play (to produce music using a musical instrument) [+ na (locative) = (on) what instrument]
2. (transitive, intransitive) to play (to give off sound)
3. (transitive, intransitive) to play (to participate in a game) [+ w (accusative) = what game], [+ z (instrumental) = with/against whom], [+ na (accusative) = for what]
   1. (transitive, intransitive) to play (to gamble)
4. (intransitive) to play, to have fun (to spend time in a fun way)
5. (transitive) to play (to perform or show a play or movie somewhere)
6. (intransitive) to show (of emotions, to externalize or be seen)

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “grać”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 311-312

Inherited from Old Polish igracz, from Proto-Slavic *jьgračь. By surface analysis, grać +‎ -acz.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrat͡ʂ/

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• Rhymes: -at͡ʂ
• Syllabification: gracz
• Homophone: Gracz

gracz m pers (female equivalent graczka)

1. (sports, stock market) player (person who plays any social, sporting, or stock market game)
2. (gaming, video games) gamer (person who plays any video game)

   Synonym: gamer

3. cunning and skillful person
4. (hunting) animal that deceives the dogs chasing it

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