Czech

Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Czech

(chĕk)

adj.

Of or relating to the Czech Republic or its people, language, or culture.

a. A native or inhabitant of the Czech Republic.

b. A person of Czech ancestry.

2. The Slavic language of the Czechs.

[Polish, from Czech Čech.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Czech

(tʃɛk)

adj

1. (Placename)

a. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Czech Republic, its people, or its language

b. of, relating to, or characteristic of Bohemia and Moravia, their people, or their language

c. (loosely) of, relating to, or characteristic of the former Czechoslovakia or its people

2. (Peoples)

a. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Czech Republic, its people, or its language

b. of, relating to, or characteristic of Bohemia and Moravia, their people, or their language

c. (loosely) of, relating to, or characteristic of the former Czechoslovakia or its people

3. (Languages)

a. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Czech Republic, its people, or its language

b. of, relating to, or characteristic of Bohemia and Moravia, their people, or their language

c. (loosely) of, relating to, or characteristic of the former Czechoslovakia or its people

4. (Languages) the official language of the Czech Republic, belonging to the West Slavonic branch of the Indo-European family; also spoken in Slovakia. Czech and Slovak are closely related and mutually intelligible

5. (Peoples)

a. a native or inhabitant of the Czech Republic

b. a native or inhabitant of Bohemia or Moravia

c. (loosely) a native, inhabitant, or citizen of the former Czechoslovakia

[C19: from Polish, from Czech Čech]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Czech

(tʃɛk)

n.

1. a member of the Slavic people of Bohemia and Moravia.

2. the West Slavic language of the Czechs.

3. Czechoslovak.

adj.

4. of or pertaining to the Czechs, their homeland, or their language.

5. Czechoslovakian.

Czech.

Czechoslovakia.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun	1.	Czech - a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic Czech Republic - a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993 European - a native or inhabitant of Europe
	2.	Czech - a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak, Czechoslovakian Czechoslovakia - a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 European - a native or inhabitant of Europe
	3.	Czech - the Slavic language of Czechs Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language - a branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Adj.	1.	Czech - of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language; "The Czech border"; "Czechoslovak nationalists"; "The Czechoslovakian population" Czechoslovakian

Translations

اللغة التشيكية تشِيكيّ

чешки

txec

ČechčeskýčeštinačeskáČeška

tjekkisktjekke

Tscheche tschechisch TschechinTschechinnenTschechen

τσεχικά τσεχικός Τσέχος τσέχικος Τσέχα

checo checa

tšekkitšekkiläinen

tchèque Tchèques

צ'כי

चेक

češkičeški jezikČeh

cseh

Tékkitékkneskatékkneskur

ceco cecaCechia

チェコ語チェコのチェコ人

체코 사람체코어체코의

čekasčekė

Tsjech Tsjechisch Tsjechische

tsjekkisk tsjekker

Czech czeskiCzeszkaCzeszkijęzyk czeski

checoTchecaTchecastchecoTchecos

cehcehăcehecehicehoaică

чех чешский чешский язык чешка

ČechČeškačeskýčeština

ČehČehinjačeščinačeški

češkiчешки

tjecktjeckisktjeckiska

เกี่ยวกับสาธารณรัฐเช็คชาวเช็คภาษาเช็ค

Çek Çek dili Çekçe

чеський

người Sécthuộc Séctiếng Séc

捷克人捷克的捷克语

Czech

[tʃek]

A. ADJ → checo
the Czech Republic → la República Checa

B. N

1. (= person) → checo/a m/f

2. (Ling) → checo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Czech

[ˈtʃɛk]

adj → tchèque

(= person) → Tchèque mf

(= language) → tchèque m

Czech

adj → tschechisch

→ Tscheche m, → Tschechin f

(Ling) → Tschechisch nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Czech

[tʃɛk]

1. adj → ceco/a

2. n (person) → ceco/a; (language) → ceco

czech

→ اللغة التشيكية, تشِيكيّ Čech, český, čeština tjekke, tjekkisk Tscheche, tschechisch Τσεχικά, τσεχικός, Τσέχος checo tšekki, tšekkiläinen tchèque Čeh, češki ceco チェコの, チェコ人, チェコ語 체코 사람, 체코어, 체코의 Tsjech, Tsjechisch tsjekker, tsjekkisk Czech, czeski, język czeski checo чех, чешский, чешский язык tjeck, tjeckisk, tjeckiska เกี่ยวกับสาธารณรัฐเช็ค, ชาวเช็ค, ภาษาเช็ค Çek, Çek dili người Séc, thuộc Séc, tiếng Séc 捷克人, 捷克的, 捷克语

Czech

References in classic literature ?

It's all up now!" he was told in Russian, German, and Czech by the crowd of fugitives who understood what was happening as little as he did.

View in context

He only lifted his brows and said, `You can't tell me anything new about a Czech; I'm an Austrian.'

View in context

Then he replied in a strange outlandish tongue that was, as a matter of fact, Czech. He ended suddenly at the sight of Bert's blank face with "Don't spik English."

View in context

Egyptology - mzv.cz CAIRO - 14 August 2019: An exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Czech's work in Egyptology opened in in Carolinum, Prague, Czech Republic.

Exhibition highlights Egyptology in Czech Republic

The Foreign Ministries of Azerbaijan and the Czech Republic have held political consultations in Prague.

Azerbaijani-Czech joint commission to convene in late 2019

ISLAMABAD -- A five-member Czech Parliamentary delegation led by Daniel Pawlas, Member of Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and Chairman of the Czech-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Group met Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser in Parliament House on Monday.

Czech MPs delegation meets NA speaker

Talking to the Czech Parliamentarians, the Speaker said that Pakistan attached immense importance to its old relations with Czech Republic and desires their further consolidation through enhancing people-to-people and parliamentary contacts.

NA speaker invites Czech investors to take benefit of economic opportunities in Pakistan

Summary: In conversation with Dr Pavel Foubik, President, Czech Business Council in Dubai and NE

Helping promote Czech entrepreneurship in the UAE

(TAP) - The final phase of the largest men's beauty contest in the Czech Republic was held on Thursday evening in a hotel in Sousse, Mohamed Oussama Ben Yedder, representative of the Tunisian National Tourism Office (ONTT) in Prague told TAP.

Sousse: Final phase of mister Czech Republic contest

Mousavi said, on Tuesday in the opening ceremony of Iran-Czech economic commission meeting in Tehran, that Iran and Czech are to study expansion of banking cooperation, investment opportunity, industry, mine, commerce, health and treatment in the upcoming meeting of the Iran-Czech joint economic cooperation commission.

Tehran, Prague to Expand Banking Cooperation

Islamabad -- The Czech Republic considers Pakistan a potential market for business and investment and a delegation of Czech businessmen led by Ministry of Commerce would visit Pakistan in June 2019 to explore possibilities of JVs and business collaboration.