English Explanatory Dictionary

Czech

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language.
noun
  1. A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent.
name
  1. A Slavic language primarily spoken in the Czech Republic.
  2. The Czech Republic (Czechia).

Pronunciation

chĕk /t͡ʃɛk/ en-us-Czech.ogg

Word forms

Czech Cz. Czechs

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Czechian Czechic Czechish

Related words

Early Modern Czech Middle Czech Old Czech Proto-Czech Bohemian Wiktionary’s coverage of Czech terms

Derived words

Czech Silesia Czech Socialist Republic Czechness Czechoslovak
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary