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Czech en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • chĕk
  • /t͡ʃek/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /t͡ʃɛk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Czechia, the Czech people, culture, or language.
    • A big beast of the men's field was put through the mangle then dumped out of Wimbledon as Rafael Nadal fell at around 10.06pm to Lukas Rosol, a Czech debutant who will never forget this Thursday evening in south-west London. 2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Cz. alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Czech Socialist Republic · Czechism · Czechization · Czechness · Czechoslovak · Czech Silesia · Czech alexandrine · Czech hedgehog · Czechize

Descendants

ချက်

Synonyms

Czechic · Czechish · Czechian

Translations (97)

gd Seiceach (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · tg чехӣ (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · it ceco (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · da tjekkisk (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · lo ເຊັກໂກ (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · nn tsjekkisk (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · de böhmisch (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ko 체코 (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · af Tsjeggies (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · he צ׳כי (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · kw chek (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · az çex (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · eu txekiar (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · bn চেক (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · tl Tseko (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · gv Sheckagh (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · fa چکی (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · hy չեխական (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ug چېخ (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · cmn 捷克 (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · sk český (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · de tschechisch (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · nl Tsjechisch (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · et tšehhi (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · kk чехиялық (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · el τσέχικος (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ca txec (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · mk чешки (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · orv чешьскъ (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · luy Chek (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · es checo (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · mer Chek (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · vi Séc (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · tk çeh (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · yi טשעכיש (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · uk че́ський (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · acw تشيكي (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · hu cseh (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · cy Tsiecaidd (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · sq çek (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · be чэ́скі (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · sh čȅškī (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · hy չեխ (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · sl čéški (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · pl czeski (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · gag çeh (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · csb czesczi (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · pt tcheco (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · dsb česki (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · cs český (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ja チェコ (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · tt чех (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · mt Ċek (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · hsb čěski (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · my ချက် (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ka ჩეხური (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ga Seiceach (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · km ឆែក (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · arz تشيكي (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ps چکي (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · sv tjeckisk (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · lt čekiškas (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · la bohemicus (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ar تْشِيكِيّ (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · vi Tiệp (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · kln Chek (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · tr Çek (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · gl checo (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · fi tšekkiläinen (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · uz chex (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · lv čehisks (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · fa چک (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · lv čehu (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ms Czech (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · kam Chek (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · mr चेक (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · th เช็ก (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · lt čekų (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · sh че̏шкӣ (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · si චෙක් (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · rue че́ськый (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ky чех (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · hi चेक (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ro ceh (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · is tékkneskur (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · fi tšekki (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · fo kekskur (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · fr tchèque (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · pt checo (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ru че́шский (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · ur چیک (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · be чэ́шскі (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · nb tsjekkisk (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · mn чех (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · eo ĉeĥa (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · sw Kicheki (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) · bg че́шки (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language)

Czech en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • chĕk
  • /t͡ʃek/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /t͡ʃɛk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”).

Meanings

  1. (countable) A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent.
    • By 1963, almost 130,000 Czechs had migrated to this country. They tended to gravitate to the farming communities. 1964, John F. Kennedy, “Immigration Policy”, in A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 61:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Czechs Number=Plur lexicographic
Cz. alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Czechland · Czechic · Czechish · Czechia · Czechian

Translations (106)

vi người Tiệp (person) · rue Чех (person) · uk че́шка (person) · mt Ċek (person) · pl Czech (person) · pt tcheco (person) · ko 체코인 (person) · vi người Séc (person) · ro ceh (person) · it ceco (person) · ka ჩეხი (person) · gd Seiceach (person) · sk Čech (person) · lv čehs (person) · el Τσέχος (person) · kw Chek (person) · th ชาวเช็ก (person) · ar تْشِيكِيّ (person) · uz chex (person) · ca txec (person) · be чэх (person) · es checo (person) · sk Češka (person) · it ceca (person) · fr Tchèque (person) · he צ׳כי (person) · mr चेक (person) · af Tsjeg (person) · pl Czeszka (person) · ar تْشِيكِيَّة (person) · bg чехки́ня (person) · sh Че̏х (person) · nl Tsjech (person) · eo ĉeĥo (person) · eo ĉeĥino (person) · cs Čech (person) · sh Че̏хиња (person) · de Tscheche (person) · bg чех (person) · cs Češka (person) · hu cseh (person) · sl Čéh (person) · hy չեխ (person) · ro cehă (person) · pt tcheca (person) · ro cehoaică (person) · pt checa (person) · sq çek (person) · de Tschechin (person) · sh Čȅh (person) · el Τσέχα (person) · mt Ċeka (person) · sv tjeckiska (person) · gl checo (person) · es checa (person) · ca txeca (person) · tr Çek (person) · pt checo (person) · cy Tsieciad (person) · fa چک (person) · fi tšekki (person) · gl checa (person) · az çex (person) · mk Чехинка (person) · la Bohemus (person) · ru че́шка (person) · ug چېخ (person) · sh Čȅhinja (person) · he צֶ׳כִית (person) · kk чех (person) · nl Tsjechische (person) · be чэ́шка (person) · ru чех (person) · eu txekiar (person) · rue Че́шка (person) · ga Seiceach (person) · ja チェコ人 (person) · et tšehh (person) · sw Mcheki (person) · da tjekker (person) · yi טשעך (person) · lv čehiete (person) · ko 체코 사람 (person) · dsb Čechowka (person) · uk чех (person) · da tjekke (person) · ky чех (person) · kw Chekes (person) · fo kekki (person) · lt čekė (person) · hsb Čech (person) · sl Čéhinja (person) · tk çeh (person) · nn tsjekkar (person) · hsb Čechowka (person) · mk Чех (person) · sv tjeck (person) · km ឆែក (person) · dsb Čech (person) · mn чех хүн (person) · ms orang Czech (person) · cmn 捷克人 (person) · lt čekas (person) · nb tsjekker (person) · gv Sheckagh (person) · is Tékki (person)

Czech en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • chĕk
  • /t͡ʃek/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /t͡ʃɛk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A Slavic language primarily spoken in the Czech Republic.
    • By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon. 2001 December 2, Giles Milton, “'The Riddle and the Knight'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022:
  2. (nonstandard) The Czech Republic (Czechia).
    • She's from Czech, Croatia, or somewhere over there. The ill thing is that we always come together when we're drunk, but half way through our drunken talks, she always gets mad at something and leaves. 2008, George Stowers, Straight Up, No Sippin': Memoirs of Life and Work Onboard Mega Cruise Ships, →ISBN, page 325:
    • A whole array of companies and consultants are found travelling to Croatia or Czech or China, to extol the latest virtues of electioneering, perhaps via the UK Westminster Foundation for Democracy, […] 2009, Jennifer Lees-Marshment, Political Marketing: Principles and Applications, Routledge, →ISBN, page 237:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Cz. alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Early Modern Czech · Proto-Czech · Middle Czech · Old Czech

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Czech terms · Bohemian

Translations (103)

ti ቼክኛ (language) · az çex (language) · cy Tsieceg (language) · mt Iċ-Ċek (language) · tr Çekçe (language) · cs čeština (language) · mn чех (language) · nv Chek bizaad (language) · ko 체코어 (language) · la lingua bōhēmica (language) · sv tjeckiska (language) · ast checu (language) · gv Sheckish (language) · hu cseh (language) · kl tjekkiamiusut (language) · sh čȅškī (language) · br Tchekeg (language) · es checo (language) · kw Tsieceg (language) · mn чех хэл (language) · fi tšekki (language) · ru че́шский (language) · li Tsjèchisj (language) · sw Kicheki (language) · da tjekkisk (language) · th ภาษาเช็ก (language) · fa چکی (language) · lo ພາສາເຊັກໂກ (language) · oc chèc (language) · de Böhmisch (language) · de Tschechisch (language) · ja チェコ語 (language) · wa Tcheke (language) · pt tcheco (language) · gd Seacais (language) · be чэ́шская мо́ва (language) · hi चेक (language) · be чэ́шская (language) · cs český jazyk (language) · tt чех (language) · kw Chekek (language) · et tšehhi (language) · an Idioma checo (language) · am ቼክኛ (language) · yi טשעכיש (language) · gmw-cfr Scheschisch (language) · fo kekskt (language) · ta செக் (language) · mdf цеконь (language) · kmr Çekî (language) · hsb čěšćina (language) · ar تْشِيكِيَّة (language) · el τσεχικά (language) · gl checo (language) · eu txekiera (language) · sh че̏шкӣ (language) · sl čéščina (language) · gu ચેક (language) · lv čehu (language) · fy Tsjechysk (language) · chr ᏤᎬ (language) · id Ceko (language) · nn tsjekkisk (language) · ka ჩეხური (language) · dsb češćina (language) · is tékkneska (language) · bg че́шки (language) · sq gjuha çeke (language) · fr tchèque (language) · uk че́ська (language) · cmn 捷克語 /捷克语 (language) · pl (język) czeski (language) · he צ׳כית \ צֶ׳כִית (language) · dv ޗެކް (language) · be чэ́ская (language) · zu Isiczechoslovakia (language) · ms bahasa Czech (language) · uz chex (language) · eo ĉeĥa (language) · pt checo (language) · ng Oshitsehi class 7 (language) · ur چیک (language) · af Tsjeggies (language) · it ceco (language) · lv čehu valoda (language) · mk чешки (language) · nb tsjekkisk (language) · ka ჩეხური ენა (language) · lt Čekiškai (language) · km ឆែក (language) · chr ᏤᎩ (language) · nl Tsjechisch (language) · ca txec (language) · vi tiếng Séc (language) · mr चेक (language) · vi tiếng Tiệp (language) · hy չեխերեն (language) · az чех (language) · ro cehă (language) · ga Seicis (language) · fo kekkiskt (language) · sk čeština (language) · lt Čekų (language)

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