Ways to say it
| Polish | IPA | Note |
|---|---|---|
| prysznic | /ˈprɘʂ.ɲit͡s/ | masculine |
| natrysk | /ˈna.trɘsk/ |
The word refers to a device for bathing. To express the action of bathing using a shower, you can use the phrases brać prysznic or wziąć prysznic.
Which one should you use?
While prysznic refers to the act of showering or the shower facility, natrysk is often used in technical or sanitary contexts to refer to the actual spray or the showerhead mechanism.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
When using the verb brać (to take) in the sense of 'taking a shower', the noun prysznic is used in the accusative case, which for this masculine noun is prysznic, but if you are talking about the absence of a shower, you would use the genitive prysznica. To say someone is 'in the shower' (under the spray), use the prepositional phrase pod prysznicem.
How do you pronounce it?
/ˈprɘʂ.ɲits/. It has 2 syllables and the stress is on the 1st syllable.
Did you know?
- The word prysznic actually owes its existence to an Austrian hydrotherapist named Vincenz Priessnitz. It is rare for a common household object to be named after a specific person's medical method.
- The word prysznic is a loanword that entered Polish via German, following the spread of Priessnitz's water-cure methods across Central Europe.
- The term natrysk can be used in non-bathroom contexts, such as in meteorology to describe a 'spray' of particles or substances hitting a specific area.
Examples in context
- Tom chciał wziąć prysznic.Tom wanted to take a shower.This sentence shows how to use prysznic with the verb 'to take'.Tatoeba #3510120 by jeedrek, translation #1092489 by CK
- Pójdę teraz wziąć prysznic.I'll go take a shower now.Tatoeba #3977848 by jeedrek, translation #2544860 by CK
- Sami chciał wziąć prysznic.Sami wanted to shower.Tatoeba #12903075 by katix824, translation #6709486 by OsoHombre
- Muszę iść wziąć prysznicI have to go take a shower
- 33 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Małgorzata and Paweł are discussing the bathroom renovation.
- MałgorzataCzy w tej łazience jest prysznic?Is there a shower in this bathroom?
- PawełTak, prysznic jest obok wanny.Yes, the shower is next to the bathtub.
- MałgorzataTen prysznic wygląda na bardzo nowoczesny.This shower looks very modern.
- PawełMasz rację, Paweł go wybrał.You are right, Paweł chose it.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “shower” translations and entries prysznic, natrysk, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries natrysk, prysznic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
