detaliczna

Detaliczna is the feminine form of the Polish adjective detaliczny, which has two main senses. In commerce and economics it means related to retail, i.e., sales to end consumers. In a broader linguistic sense, it also carries the meaning of detailed or granular, used with feminine nouns to describe something that is thorough or specific.

In the retail sense, detaliczna describes activities, structures, or markets aimed at individual customers rather than wholesalers. Common expressions include sprzedaż detaliczna (retail sale), handel detaliczny (retail trade), and sieć detaliczna (retail network). Phrases such as asortyment detaliczny (retail assortment) and kanały detaliczne (retail channels) are used to distinguish retail from wholesale formats. The term appears in discussions of market structure, pricing, and consumer demand, where it contrasts with hurtowy, the wholesale sector.

In other contexts, detaliczna can denote thoroughness or specificity. With feminine nouns it forms phrases like analiza detaliczna (detailed analysis), ocena detaliczna (detailed assessment), or opis detaliczny (detailed description). This usage shares the same root as the retail sense through the word detal, meaning detail.

Etymology traces detaliczny to the noun detal (detail) and to related forms in Romance-derived vocabularies, reflecting both the notion of “detail” and, in business language, the retail specialization. While primarily encountered in Polish business discourse, detaliczna also occurs in general descriptive language to signal precision or granularity.

See also: sprzedaż detaliczna, handel detaliczny, rynek detaliczny, analiza detaliczna, opis detaliczny.