adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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chĕk
General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/t͡ʃɛk/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian, New-Zealand:/t͡ʃek/
homophone: check
homophone: cheque
rhymes with -ɛk
CMU ARPABET:CH EH1 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, from, or pertaining to Czechia, the Czech people, culture, or language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Czechian, Czechic, Czechish
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A Slavic language primarily spoken in the Czech Republic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
The Czech Republic (Czechia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The Czech border
Czechoslovak nationalists
The Czechoslovakian population
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Czechoslovakian
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
the Slavic language of Czechs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language
7
noun
Meaning 7
a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Czechoslovakian, Czechoslovak
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: European
8
noun
Meaning 8
a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: European
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”).
Across languages
Translations
306 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Tsjeggies
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Albanian:
çek
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Arabic:
تْشِيكِيّ
(tšīkiyy)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Arabic:
تشيكي
(tšīkī)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Arabic:
تشيكي
(tšīkī)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Armenian:
չեխական
(čʻexakan)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Armenian:
չեխ
(čʻex)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Azerbaijani:
çex
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Basque:
txekiar
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Belarusian:
чэ́шскі
(čéšski)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Belarusian:
чэ́скі
(čéski)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Bengali:
চেক
(cek)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Bulgarian:
че́шки
(čéški)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Burmese:
ချက်
(hkyak)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Carpathian Rusyn:
че́ськый
(čésʹkŷj)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Catalan:
txec
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Chinese Mandarin:
捷克
(jiékè)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Cornish:
chek
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Czech:
český
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Danish:
tjekkisk
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Dutch:
Tsjechisch
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Esperanto:
ĉeĥa
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Estonian:
tšehhi
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Faroese:
kekskur
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Finnish:
tšekkiläinen
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Finnish:
tšekki
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
French:
tchèque
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Gagauz:
çeh
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Galician:
checo
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Georgian:
ჩეხური
(čexuri)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
German:
tschechisch
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
German:
böhmisch
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Greek:
τσέχικος
(tséchikos)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Hebrew:
צ׳כי
(chekhi)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Hindi:
चेक
(cek)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Hungarian:
cseh
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Icelandic:
tékkneskur
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Irish:
Seiceach
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Italian:
ceco
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Japanese:
チェコ
(cheko)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Kalenjin:
Chek
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Kamba:
Chek
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Kashubian:
czesczi
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Kazakh:
чех
(çex)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Khmer:
ឆែក
(chaek)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Korean:
체코
(cheko)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Kyrgyz:
чех
(ceh)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Lao:
ເຊັກໂກ
(sek kō)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Latin:
bohemicus
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Latvian:
čehu
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Latvian:
čehisks
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Lithuanian:
čekų
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Lithuanian:
čekiškas
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Luhya:
Chek
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Macedonian:
чешки
(češki)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Malay:
Czech
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Maltese:
Ċek
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Manx:
Sheckagh
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Marathi:
चेक
(cek)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Meru:
Chek
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Mongolian:
чех
(čex)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Norwegian Bokmål:
tsjekkisk
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tsjekkisk
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Old East Slavic:
чешьскъ
(češĭskŭ)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Pashto:
چکي
(čekí)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Persian:
چک
(ček)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Persian:
چکی
(čeki)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Polish:
czeski
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Portuguese:
tcheco
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Portuguese:
checo
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Romanian:
ceh
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Russian:
че́шский
(čéšskij)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Scottish Gaelic:
Seiceach
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Serbo-Croatian:
че̏шкӣ
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Serbo-Croatian:
čȅškī
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Sinhalese:
චෙක්
(cek)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Slovak:
český
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Slovene:
čéški
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Lower Sorbian:
česki
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Upper Sorbian:
čěski
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Spanish:
checo
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Swahili:
Kicheki
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Swedish:
tjeckisk
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Tagalog:
Tseko
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Tajik:
чехӣ
(čexi)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Tatar:
чех
(çex)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Thai:
เช็ก
(chék)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Turkish:
Çek
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Turkmen:
çeh
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Ukrainian:
че́ський
(čésʹkyj)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Urdu:
چیک
(cek)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Uyghur:
چېخ
(chëx)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Uzbek:
chex
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Vietnamese:
Séc
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Vietnamese:
Tiệp
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Welsh:
Tsiecaidd
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Yiddish:
טשעכיש
(tshekhish)
— of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Afrikaans:
Tsjeggies
— language
Albanian:
gjuha çeke
— language
Amharic:
ቼክኛ
(čekña)
— language
Arabic:
تْشِيكِيَّة
(tšīkiyya)
— language
Aragonese:
Idioma checo
— language
Armenian:
չեխերեն
(čʻexeren)
— language
Asturian:
checu
— language
Azerbaijani:
чех
— language
Azerbaijani:
çex
— language
Basque:
txekiera
— language
Belarusian:
чэ́шская мо́ва
(čéšskaja móva)
— language
