pětikoruna

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Czech

pětikoruna, a five-crown coin
pětikoruna, a former five-crown banknote (1961–1972)

Etymology

From pěti- +‎ koruna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Hyphenation: pě‧ti‧ko‧ru‧na

Noun

pětikoruna f (related adjective pětikorunový, diminutive pětikorunka)

  1. five-crown coin or banknote
    • 1914, Jaroslav Hašek, “Malý kouzelník”, in Humoristické listy, volume 57, number 21, pages 5–6:
      Nedávno kupříkladu přišel na Benešovsko kouzelník Novák, který patří již téměř minulosti, poněvadž v Domašíně předváděl v hostinci zajímavý kousek, jak zmizí vypůjčená pětikoruna. Zmizeli oba. Pětikoruna i kouzelník. Kouzelníka četníci našli, pětikorunu už ne.
      Not a long time ago magician Novák came to the Benešov region. He almost belongs to the past, because he had an interesting performance in the pub, showing how a borrowed five-crown coin can disappear. They disappeared both. The five-crown coin and the magician. The police found the magician but not the five-crown coin.

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Further reading

  • pětikoruna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • pětikoruna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989