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Czech
Etymology
From colloquial frněti, itself from frkat. Of onomatopoeic origin.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
frňák m inan (diminutive frňáček)
- (vulgar) honker, schnozzle (human nose)
- Synonyms: nos, čenich, čumák
Declension
Declension of frňák (velar masculine inanimate)
References
- ^ Václav Machek (1968) “frněti”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 147
Further reading
- “frňák”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “frňák”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “frňák”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)