od razu

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “at once”. Ellipsis of od pierwszego razu (“from the first time”), a translation of French du premier coup. First attested in the second half of the 18th century. Compare English at once and Russian сра́зу (srázu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔd ˈra.zu/

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• Syllabification: od ra‧zu

Adverb

od razu (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) at once, right away, immediately (without waiting)

   Synonyms: bezzwłocznie, natychmiast, natychmiastowo, z mety

Particle

od razu

1. (idiomatic) but (used to signal that what has been said is too much)

   Synonym: zaraz

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), od razu is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 3 times in news, 9 times in essays, 23 times in fiction, and 40 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 85 times, making it the 750th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• od razu I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• od razu II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• od razu in Polish dictionaries at PWN