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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Polish Czech , from Czech Čech , ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ ( “ human ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adjective
Czech (not comparable )
Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia ), the Czech people, culture, or language.
2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian :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.
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Descendants
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Noun
Czech (countable and uncountable , plural Czechs )
( countable ) A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia ) or of Czech descent.
1964 , John F. Kennedy , “Immigration Policy”, in A Nation of Immigrants , Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row , →LCCN , →OCLC , page 61 :By 1963, almost 130,000 Czechs had migrated to this country. They tended to gravitate to the farming communities.
Translations
person
Afrikaans: Tsjeg
Albanian: çek (sq) m
Arabic: تْشِيكِيّ m ( tšīkiyy ) , تْشِيكِيَّة (ar) f ( tšīkiyya )
Armenian: չեխ (hy) ( čʻex )
Azerbaijani: çex
Basque: txekiar
Belarusian: чэх m ( čex ) , чэ́шка f ( čéška )
Bulgarian: чех (bg) m ( čeh ) , чехки́ня f ( čehkínja )
Carpathian Rusyn: Чех m ( Čex ) , Че́шка f ( Čéška )
Catalan: txec (ca) m , txeca (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 捷克人 (zh) ( jiékèrén )
Cornish: Chek m , Chekes f
Czech: Čech (cs) m , Češka (cs) f
Danish: tjekke (da) c , tjekker c
Dutch: Tsjech (nl) m , Tsjechische (nl) f
Esperanto: ĉeĥo , ĉeĥino ( female )
Estonian: tšehh
Faroese: kekki m
Finnish: tšekki (fi)
French: Tchèque (fr) m or f
Galician: checo (gl) m , checa f
Georgian: ჩეხი ( čexi )
German: Tscheche (de) m , Tschechin (de) f
Greek: Τσέχος (el) m ( Tséchos ) , Τσέχα (el) f ( Tsécha )
Hebrew: צ׳כי m ( chekhi ) , צֶ׳כִית f ( chekhit )
Hungarian: cseh (hu)
Icelandic: Tékki m
Irish: Seiceach
Italian: ceco (it) m , ceca (it) f
Japanese: チェコ人 (ja) ( ちぇこじん, chekojin )
Kazakh: чех ( çex )
Khmer: ឆែក (km) ( chaek )
Korean: 체코인 (ko) ( chekoin ) , 체코 사람 ( cheko saram )
Kyrgyz: чех (ky) ( ceh )
Latin: Bohemus m
Latvian: čehs m , čehiete f
Lithuanian: čekas (lt) m , čekė (lt) f
Macedonian: Чех m ( Čeh ) , Чехинка f ( Čehinka )
Malay: orang Czech
Maltese: Ċek m , Ċeka f
Manx: Sheckagh m
Marathi: चेक ( cek )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: чех хүн ( čex xün )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tsjekker (no) m
Nynorsk: tsjekkar (nn) m
Persian: چک (fa) ( ček )
Polish: Czech (pl) m pers , Czeszka (pl) f
Portuguese: tcheco (pt) m , tcheca (pt) f , checo (pt) m , checa (pt) f
Romanian: ceh (ro) m , cehă (ro) f , cehoaică (ro) f
Russian: чех (ru) m ( čex ) , че́шка (ru) f ( čéška )
Scottish Gaelic: Seiceach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Че̏х m , Че̏хиња f
Roman: Čȅh (sh) m , Čȅhinja f
Slovak: Čech (sk) m , Češka (sk) f
Slovene: Čéh (sl) m , Čéhinja f
Spanish: checo (es) m , checa (es) f
Swahili: Mcheki (sw)
Swedish: tjeck (sv) c , tjeckiska (sv) c ( female )
Thai: ชาว เช็ก
Turkish: Çek (tr)
Turkmen: çeh
Ukrainian: чех (uk) m ( čex ) , че́шка f ( čéška )
Uyghur: چېخ ( chëx )
Uzbek: chex (uz)
Vietnamese: người Séc , người Tiệp
Welsh: Tsieciad m or f
Yiddish: טשעך m ( tshekh )
Proper noun
Czech
( uncountable ) A Slavic language primarily spoken in the Czech Republic.
( nonstandard ) The Czech Republic (Czechia ).
2008 , George Stowers, Straight Up, No Sippin': Memoirs of Life and Work Onboard Mega Cruise Ships , →ISBN , page 325 :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.
2009 , Jennifer Lees-Marshment, Political Marketing: Principles and Applications , Routledge, →ISBN , page 237 :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, [ …]
Related terms
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Translations
language
Afrikaans: Tsjeggies (af)
Albanian: gjuha çeke f
Amharic: ቼክኛ ( čekña )
Arabic: تْشِيكِيَّة (ar) f ( tšīkiyya )
Aragonese: Idioma checo
Armenian: չեխերեն (hy) ( čʻexeren )
Asturian: checu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: чех , çex
Basque: txekiera (eu)
Belarusian: чэ́шская мо́ва f ( čéšskaja móva ) , чэ́шская f ( čéšskaja ) , чэ́ская f ( čéskaja )
Breton: Tchekeg
Bulgarian: че́шки ( čéški )
Catalan: txec (ca) m
Central Franconian: Scheschisch
Cherokee: ᏤᎬ ( tsegv )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 捷克語 / 捷克语 (zh) ( jiékèyǔ )
Cornish: Chekek m , Tsieceg f
Czech: čeština (cs) f , český jazyk (cs) m
Danish: tjekkisk (da)
Dhivehi: ޗެކް ( cek̊ )
Dutch: Tsjechisch (nl) n
Estonian: tšehhi
Faroese: kekkiskt (fo) n , kekskt n
Finnish: tšekki (fi)
French: tchèque (fr) m
Galician: checo (gl) m
Georgian: ჩეხური ( čexuri ) , ჩეხური ენა ( čexuri ena )
German: Tschechisch (de) n , Böhmisch n ( dated )
Greek: τσεχικά (el) n pl ( tsechiká )
Greenlandic: tjekkiamiusut
Gujarati: ચેક (gu) ( cek )
Hebrew: צ'כית \ צֶ׳כִית (he) f ( chekhít )
Hindi: चेक (hi) ( cek )
Hungarian: cseh (hu)
Icelandic: tékkneska (is) f
Indonesian: Ceko
Irish: Seicis f
Italian: ceco (it) m
Japanese: チェコ語 (ja) ( チェコご, chekogo )
Khmer: ឆែក (km) ( chaek )
Korean: 체크어 ( chekeueo )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Çekî
Lao: ພາສາ ເຊັກໂກ ( phā sāsek kō )
Latin: lingua bōhēmica f
Latvian: čehu , čehu valoda f
Limburgish: Tsjèchisj n
Lithuanian: Čekų , Čekiškai
Macedonian: чешки m ( češki )
Malay: bahasa Czech
Maltese: Iċ-Ċek
Manx: Sheckish f
Marathi: चेक f ( cek )
Moksha: цеконь ( ćekoń )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: чех ( čex ) , чех хэл ( čex xel )
Navajo: Chek bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tsjekkisk (no) m
Nynorsk: tsjekkisk (nn) m
Occitan: chèc (oc) m
Persian: چکی (fa) ( čeki )
Polish: ( język ) czeski (pl) m inan
Portuguese: checo (pt) m ( Portugal ) , tcheco (pt) m ( Brazil )
Romanian: cehă (ro)
Russian: че́шский (ru) m ( čéšskij )
Scottish Gaelic: Seacais f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: че̏шкӣ m
Roman: čȅškī (sh) m
Slovak: čeština (sk) f
Slovene: čéščina (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: češćina f
Upper Sorbian: čěšćina (hsb) f
Spanish: checo (es) m
Swahili: Kicheki
Swedish: tjeckiska (sv)
Tamil: செக ( ceka )
Tatar: чех ( çex )
Thai: ภาษา เช็ก
Tigrinya: ቼክኛ ( čekña )
Turkish: Çekçe (tr)
Ukrainian: че́ська (uk) f ( čésʹka )
Urdu: چیک ( cek )
Uzbek: chex (uz)
Vietnamese: tiếng Séc (vi) , tiếng Tiệp
Walloon: Tcheke
Welsh: Tsieceg (cy)
West Frisian: Tsjechysk (fy)
Yiddish: טשעכיש (yi) n ( tshekhish )
Zulu: Isiczechoslovakia
See also
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech Čech .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /t͡ʂɛx/
Rhymes: -ɛx
Syllabification: Czech
Noun
Czech m pers (female equivalent Czeszka )
Czech
Bohemian
Declension
Proper noun
Czech m pers
a male surname
Declension
Proper noun
Czech f (indeclinable )
a female surname
Proper noun
Czech pl
genitive of Czechy
Related terms
Further reading
Czech in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Czech in Polish dictionaries at PWN
“Czech ”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland ], 2022