Czech

czech English cs Alternative forms abbreviation en Cz. Etymology en pl Czech, from en zlw-opl Czech, from en zlw-ocs Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of en sla-pro *čelověkъ human. Pronunciation chĕk, en /t͡ʃɛk/ RP,GA en en-us-Czech.ogg US en /t͡ʃek/ AU,NZ en check cheque en ɛk 1 Adjective - Of, from, or pertaining to Czechia, the Czech people, culture, or language. en Czechian Czechic Czechish en 2012-06-28 Jamie Jackson Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal w:The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jun/28/rafael-nadal-lukas-rosol-wimbledon-2012?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 A big beast of the men's field was put through the mangle then dumped out of Wimbledon as Rafael Nadal fell at around 10.06pm to Lukas Rosol, a Czech debutant who will never forget this Thursday evening in south-west London. https://web.archive.org/web/20261013063634/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jun/28/rafael-nadal-lukas-rosol-wimbledon-2012?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 13 October 2026 Derived terms en Czechism Czechization Czechize Czechland Czechlands Czechlish Czechnology Czechophone Czechoslovakian Czenglish Czexit Czech hedgehog Czechism Czechize * Czechization Czech alexandrine Czechness Czechoslovak Czech Silesia Czech Socialist Republic Descendants my ချက် 1 Translations of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language Afrikaans: af Tsjeggies Albanian: sq çek Arabic: ar تْشِيكِيّ Egyptian Arabic: arz تشيكي tšīkī Hijazi Arabic: acw تشيكي tšīkī Armenian: hy չեխական, hy չեխ Azerbaijani: az çex Basque: eu txekiar Belarusian: be чэ́шскі, be чэ́скі Taraškievica Bengali: bn চেক Bulgarian: bg че́шки Burmese: my ချက် Carpathian Rusyn: rue че́ськый Catalan: ca txec Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 捷克 jiékè Cornish: kw chek Czech: cs český Danish: da tjekkisk Dutch: nl Tsjechisch Esperanto: eo ĉeĥa Estonian: et tšehhi Faroese: fo kekskur Finnish: fi tšekkiläinen, fi tšekki French: fr tchèque Gagauz: gag çeh Galician: gl checo Georgian: ka ჩეხური German: de tschechisch, de böhmisch Greek: el τσέχικος Hebrew: he צ׳כי chekhi Hindi: hi चेक Hungarian: hu cseh Icelandic: is tékkneskur Irish: ga Seiceach Italian: it ceco Japanese: ja チェコ cheko Kalenjin: kln Chek Kamba: kam Chek Kashubian: csb czesczi Kazakh: kk чехиялық Khmer: km ឆែក Korean: ko 체코 Kyrgyz: ky чех Lao: lo ເຊັກໂກ Latin: la bohemicus Latvian: lv čehu, lv čehisks Lithuanian: lt čekų, lt čekiškas Luhya: luy Chek Macedonian: mk чешки Malay: ms Czech Maltese: mt Ċek Manx: gv Sheckagh Marathi: mr चेक Meru: mer Chek Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn чех Norwegian: Bokmål: nb tsjekkisk Nynorsk: nn tsjekkisk Old East Slavic: orv чешьскъ Pashto: ps چکي čekí Persian: fa چک ček, fa چکی čeki Polish: pl czeski m Portuguese: pt tcheco, pt checo Romanian: ro ceh Russian: ru че́шский Scottish Gaelic: gd Seiceach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh че̏шкӣ Latin: sh čȅškī Sinhalese: si චෙක් Slovak: sk český Slovene: sl čéški Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb česki Upper Sorbian: hsb čěski Spanish: es checo Swahili: sw Kicheki Swedish: sv tjeckisk Tagalog: tl Tseko Tajik: tg чехӣ Tatar: tt чех Thai: th เช็ก Turkish: tr Çek Turkmen: tk çeh Ukrainian: uk че́ський Urdu: ur چیک cek Uyghur: ug چېخ Uzbek: uz chex Vietnamese: vi Séc, vi Tiệp Welsh: cy Tsiecaidd Yiddish: yi טשעכיש Noun ~ s en countable A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent. en 1964 w:John F. Kennedy Immigration Policy w:A Nation of Immigrants https://archive.org/details/nationofimmigran0000kenn/ Revised and Enlarged w:Harper & Row 64-7830 899031989 61 https://archive.org/details/nationofimmigran0000kenn/page/61/ By 1963, almost 130,000 Czechs had migrated to this country. They tended to gravitate to the farming communities. Derived terms en Czechia Czechian Czechic Czechish Czechland Translations person Afrikaans: af Tsjeg Albanian: sq çek m Arabic: ar تْشِيكِيّ m, ar تْشِيكِيَّة f Armenian: hy չեխ Azerbaijani: az çex Basque: eu txekiar Belarusian: be чэх m, be чэ́шка f Bulgarian: bg чех m, bg чехки́ня f Carpathian Rusyn: rue Чех m, rue Че́шка f Catalan: ca txec m, ca txeca f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 捷克人 jiékèrén Cornish: kw Chek m, kw Chekes f Czech: cs Čech m, cs Češka f Danish: da tjekke c, da tjekker c Dutch: nl Tsjech m, nl Tsjechische f Esperanto: eo ĉeĥo, eo ĉeĥino female Estonian: et tšehh Faroese: fo kekki m Finnish: fi tšekki French: fr Tchèque m f Galician: gl checo m, gl checa f Georgian: ka ჩეხი German: de Tscheche m, de Tschechin f Greek: el Τσέχος m, el Τσέχα f Hebrew: he צ׳כי m chekhi, he צֶ׳כִית f chekhit Hungarian: hu cseh Icelandic: is Tékki m Irish: ga Seiceach Italian: it ceco m, it ceca f Japanese: ja チェコ人 ちぇこじん, chekojin Kazakh: kk чех Khmer: km ឆែក Korean: ko 체코인, ko 체코 사람 Kyrgyz: ky чех Latin: la Bohemus m Latvian: lv čehs m, lv čehiete f Lithuanian: lt čekas m, lt čekė f Macedonian: mk Чех m, mk Чехинка f Malay: ms orang Czech Maltese: mt Ċek m, mt Ċeka f Manx: gv Sheckagh m Marathi: mr चेक Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn чех хүн Norwegian: Bokmål: nb tsjekker m Nynorsk: nn tsjekkar m Persian: fa چک ček Polish: pl Czech m-pr, pl Czeszka f Portuguese: pt tcheco m, pt tcheca f, pt checo m, pt checa f Romanian: ro ceh m, ro cehă f, ro cehoaică f Russian: ru чех m, ru че́шка f Scottish Gaelic: gd Seiceach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Че̏х m, sh Че̏хиња f Latin: sh Čȅh m, sh Čȅhinja f Slovak: sk Čech m, sk Češka f Slovene: sl Čéh m, sl Čéhinja f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Čech m, dsb Čechowka f Upper Sorbian: hsb Čech m, hsb Čechowka f Spanish: es checo m, es checa f Swahili: sw Mcheki Swedish: sv tjeck c, sv tjeckiska c female Thai: th ชาวเช็ก Turkish: tr Çek Turkmen: tk çeh Ukrainian: uk чех m, uk че́шка f Uyghur: ug چېخ Uzbek: uz chex Vietnamese: vi người Séc, vi người Tiệp Welsh: cy Tsieciad m f Yiddish: yi טשעך m Proper noun en Q9056en uncountable A Slavic language primarily spoken in the Czech Republic. en Giles Milton 'The Riddle and the Knight' w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/02/books/chapters/the-riddle-and-the-knight.html 2001-12-02 By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon. https://web.archive.org/web/20220419230810/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/02/books/chapters/the-riddle-and-the-knight.html en nonstandard The Czech Republic (Czechia). en 2008 George Stowers Straight Up, No Sippin': Memoirs of Life and Work Onboard Mega Cruise Ships 9781435717299 325 She's from Czech, Croatia, or somewhere over there. The ill thing is that we always come together when we're drunk, but half way through our drunken talks, she always gets mad at something and leaves. en 2009 Jennifer Lees-Marshment Political Marketing: Principles and Applications Routledge 9781134084111 237 A whole array of companies and consultants are found travelling to Croatia or Czech or China, to extol the latest virtues of electioneering, perhaps via the UK Westminster Foundation for Democracy, Derived terms language en Early Modern Czech Middle Czech Old Czech Proto-Czech Translations language Afrikaans: af Tsjeggies Albanian: sq gjuha çeke f Amharic: am ቼክኛ Arabic: ar تْشِيكِيَّة f Aragonese: an Idioma checo Armenian: hy չեխերեն Asturian: ast checu m Azerbaijani: az чех, az çex Basque: eu txekiera Belarusian: be чэ́шская мо́ва f, be чэ́шская f, be чэ́ская f Breton: br Tchekeg Bulgarian: bg че́шки Catalan: ca txec m Cherokee: chr ᏤᎬ, chr ᏤᎩ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 捷克語 jiékèyǔ Cornish: kw Chekek m, kw Tsieceg f Czech: cs čeština f, cs český jazyk m Danish: da tjekkisk Dhivehi: dv ޗެކް Dutch: nl Tsjechisch n Esperanto: eo ĉeĥa Estonian: et tšehhi Faroese: fo kekkiskt n, fo kekskt n Finnish: fi tšekki French: fr tchèque m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Tsjechysk Galician: gl checo m Georgian: ka ჩეხური, ka ჩეხური ენა German: de Tschechisch n, de Böhmisch n dated Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Scheschisch Greek: el τσεχικά n-p Greenlandic: kl tjekkiamiusut Gujarati: gu ચેક Hebrew: he צ'כית f chekhít צ'כית \ צֶ׳כִית Hindi: hi चेक Hungarian: hu cseh Icelandic: is tékkneska f Indonesian: id Ceko Irish: ga Seicis f Italian: it ceco m Japanese: ja チェコ語 チェコご, chekogo Khmer: km ឆែក Korean: ko 체코어 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Çekî Lao: lo ພາສາເຊັກໂກ Latin: la lingua bōhēmica f Latvian: lv čehu, lv čehu valoda f Limburgish: li Tsjèchisj n Lithuanian: lt Čekų, lt Čekiškai Macedonian: mk чешки m Malay: ms bahasa Czech Maltese: mt Iċ-Ċek Manx: gv Sheckish f Marathi: mr चेक f Moksha: mdf цеконь Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn чех, mn чех хэл Navajo: nv Chek bizaad Ndonga: ng Oshitsehi 7 Norwegian: Bokmål: nb tsjekkisk m Nynorsk: nn tsjekkisk m Occitan: oc chèc m Persian: fa چکی čeki Polish: język pl czeski m-in Portuguese: pt checo m Portugal, pt tcheco m Brazil Romanian: ro cehă Russian: ru че́шский m Scottish Gaelic: gd Seacais f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh че̏шкӣ m Latin: sh čȅškī m Slovak: sk čeština f Slovene: sl čéščina f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb češćina f Upper Sorbian: hsb čěšćina f Spanish: es checo m Swahili: sw Kicheki Swedish: sv tjeckiska Tamil: ta செக் Tatar: tt чех Thai: th ภาษาเช็ก Tigrinya: ti ቼክኛ Turkish: tr Çekçe Ukrainian: uk че́ська f Urdu: ur چیک cek Uzbek: uz chex Vietnamese: vi tiếng Séc, vi tiếng Tiệp Walloon: wa Tcheke Welsh: cy Tsieceg Yiddish: yi טשעכיש n Zulu: zu Isiczechoslovakia See also en Bohemian cs Further reading 1 cs ces ces Czech language en Czech Republic Ethnonyms Languages Nationalities Old Polish Etymology zlw-opl :bor zlw-ocs:Čech + 1 1440 Pronunciation Proper noun m-an! zlw-opl attested in Greater Poland en Czech person from Czechia 19v c. 1500 Bohemus est aliquis de Bohemia Czech Bohemus est aliquis de Bohemia Czech - zlw-opl m Descendants pl Czech Bohemian szl Czech References 412 1 + 979 zlw-opl People Nationalities Polish Pronunciation Pl-Czech.ogg Etymology 1 pl Bohemian :inh zlw-opl:Czech + + Noun m-pr Czeszka en Czech; Bohemian Declension Cze ch Czesi Proper noun m-pr pl m Declension Czechowie Proper noun f 1 Czechowa Czechówna pl f Descendants en Czech 1 Etymology 2 pl 1 Proper noun pl proper noun form p pl Czechy gen Further reading pl Czech Republic Male people Nationalities