Meanings
- A political sociolinguistic concept used in Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1938 for the definition of the state language of the country; the Czech and Slovak languages collectively.
She says from behind me in Czechoslovakian, a word that meant, ‘Get away from here!’ That’s all I heard.
1995 April 27, Jan Herman, quoting Mary Kress, “‘Time’ in Memorial: 2 Death Camp Prisoners Bear Witness; Their Experience Helps in Staging Tale of Survival”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Sep 20263 more examples
All you have to is to write three or four letters for I will tell you in Czechoslovakian what I want to say and you translate English.
1924 March 27, Vaclav Simek (quoted by Annie Hladik), quotee, “Held for Threat Against Ford […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCThe other day I was in a Fourth Avenue car and the man opposite me was reading a Greek newspaper, the man next to him was reading a Russian one and beyond that was a man reading a Yiddish newspaper. Next were three men talking in Czechoslovakian.
1925 January 9, “M’Reynolds Tells Trials of Officials […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCI think I was meant to be here. You know, the road going by is Carter Road, which is named after the first farmer in the area, who owned this farm. After I buy the house, I find out that the only exact translation of Carter in Czechoslovakian is ‘Forman.’
1997 January 7, Jack Mathews, quoting Milos Forman, “The Freedom to Film”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2026Synonyms: Czechoslovak
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to the former nation of Czechoslovakia.
nounA person from Czechoslovakia.
proper nounA political sociolinguistic concept used in Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1938 for the definition of the state language of the country; the Czech and Slovak languages collectively.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language
nouna native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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Czechoslovakian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Czechoslovakian
“Czechoslovakian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Czechoslovakian. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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