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Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from chřestit.
Noun
chřest m inan
- (literary) rattling (sound)
- Synonyms: chřestění, chřestot
Declension
Declension of chřest (hard masculine inanimate)
Etymology 2
Noun
chřest m inan
- asparagus
- Synonym: špargl
Declension
Declension of chřest (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “chřest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “chřest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “chřest”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)