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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech měščěnín. By surface analysis, město + -an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: mě‧š‧ťan
Noun
měšťan m anim (female equivalent měšťanka, related adjective měšťanský, diminutive měšťánek)
- townsman, burgher
- Synonym: měšťák
Declension
Declension of měšťan (hard masculine animate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “měšťan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “měšťan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “měšťan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)