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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech miesto, from Proto-Slavic *město. Doublet of město. Cognates include Slovak miesto.
Pronunciation
Noun
místo n
- place (location, position)
- Synonym: poloha
- place (seat)
- space (occupied by or intended for a person or thing)
- Pro tuto pohovku v této místnosti není dost místa. ― There's not enough space for this couch in this room.
- place (as in decimal place)
- Odpověď na tři desetinná místa zní 1,245. ― The answer is 1.245, to three decimal places.
- job, employment
- locus (a place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime)
Declension
Declension of místo (hard neuter)
Derived terms
See also
Preposition
místo
- instead of, in lieu of
- Synonym: namísto
Further reading
- “místo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “místo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “místo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)