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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tolkъ. Deverbal from tlačit.
Pronunciation
Noun
tlak m inan
- pressure
- Antonym: tah m
- krevní tlak ― blood pressure
Declension
Declension of tlak (velar masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- tlak in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- tlak in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- tlak in Internetová jazyková příručka
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed by Bogoslav Šulek from Czech tlak, from Proto-Slavic *tolkъ
Pronunciation
Noun
tlȃk m (Cyrillic spelling тла̑к)
- (Croatia) pressure
Declension
Related terms
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Slavic *tolkъ.
Noun
tlak m inan (genitive singular tlaku, nominative plural tlaky, genitive plural tlakov)
- pressure
- krvný tlak ― blood pressure
- atmosferický tlak ― atmospheric pressure
- (figurative) pressure
- sociálny tlak ― social pressure
- politický tlak ― political pressure
- stress, strain
Declension
Further reading
- “tlak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
tlȃk m inan
- pressure
- zračni tlak - air pressure
Inflection
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