konkurencyjny

Konkurencyjny is an adjective used in Polish to describe something that relates to or is able to contend with others in competition. It can refer to markets, prices, products, firms, strategies, or environments where entities strive to win customers or market share.

In economics, the term often appears in phrases such as rynek konkurencyjny, meaning a market characterized by competition among many buyers and sellers, freedom of entry and exit, and typically relatively homogeneous products. Such markets tend to produce efficient prices as a result of competitive pressures. The word is also used more broadly to describe attributes that help a firm or economy perform well relative to rivals, such as cost efficiency, innovation, quality, and marketing effectiveness. The noun forms are konkurencja (competition) and konkurencyjność (competitiveness). Polish adjectives follow standard inflection, so the forms include konkurencyjny (base), konkurencyjniejszy (more competitive), and najbardziej konkurencyjny (most competitive), as well as the comparative phrase bardziej konkurencyjny.

Common collocations include konkurencyjna cena (a competitive price), konkurencyjna oferta (a competitive offer), and polityka konkurencyjna (competition policy). A related concept is przewaga konkurencyjna, meaning competitive advantage, which denotes a lasting factor that allows a firm to outperform rivals. Etymologically, konkurencyjny derives from konkurencja (competition), itself from Latin con- and currere, via the French concurrence, reflecting the idea of running together in a contest.

Overall, konkurencyjny signals the presence or aim of competition, whether describing markets, products, or organizational capabilities.