Dvorak

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UK/ˈdvɔːʒæk/UK/ˈdvɔːʒɑːk/US/ˈdvɔɹʒɑk/US/ˈdvɔɹʒæk/

proper noun

A surname from Czech, especially

“Dvorak keyboard”

OriginCzech Dvořák ← Old Czech dvořák →
Less commonScrabble 14
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Dvořák

  1. A surname from Czech, especially
    1. entertainmentAntonín Leopold Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer of Romantic music.
adjectiveDvorak (not comparable)

alternative Dvořák

  1. not comparablecomputingDescribing an optimized keyboard layout for the English language, in which the alphabet is arranged in the order PYFGCRL on the top row, AOEUIDHTNS on the middle, or home row, and QJKXBMWVZ on the bottom row, thus placing the letters most frequently used in the home row. Many variants on Dvorak layouts also exist, including keyboards for right-hand-only and left-hand-only-typists.

    Dvorak keyboard

Origin

  1. Old Czechdvořák“attendant, tenant farmer”
  2. CzechDvořák
  3. EnglishDvorak

From Czech Dvořák, from Old Czech dvořák (“attendant, tenant farmer”), equivalent to dvůr (“court, courtyard, estate, farm”) + -ák (“-er, -an: forming related nouns”). The keyboard is named after the American inventor August Dvorak.

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Translations

Arabic دْفُورْجَاك
  • دْفُورْجَاك (dfūrjāk)Surname
Bengali দ্ভরাক
  • দ্ভরাক (dbhorak)Surname
Chinese Cantonese 德伏札克
  • 德伏札克 (dak¹ fuk⁶ zaat³ haak¹)Surname
Chinese Mandarin 德沃夏克
  • 德沃夏克 (Déwòxiàkè)Surname
Czech Dvořák
  • DvořákSurname
Finnish Dvořák
  • DvořákSurname
German Dvorak
  • DvorakSurname
Greek Ντβόρζακ
  • Ντβόρζακ (Ntvórzak)Surname
Hebrew דבוז׳אק
  • דבוז׳אקSurname
Japanese ドヴォルザーク, ドヴォジャーク
  • ドヴォルザーク (Dovoruzāku)Surname
  • ドヴォジャーク (Dovojāku)Surname
  • ドヴォルジャーク (Dovorujāku)Surname
  • ドボルザーク (Doboruzāku)Surname
Korean 드보르자크
  • 드보르자크 (Deuboreujakeu)Surname
Latvian Dvoržāks
  • DvoržāksSurname
Lithuanian Dvoržakas
  • DvoržakasSurname
Persian دورژاک
  • دورژاکSurname
Polish Dworzak
  • DworzakSurname
Punjabi ਡਵੋਜ਼ਾਕ
  • ਡਵੋਜ਼ਾਕ (ḍavozāk)Surname
Russian Дво́ржак, Дво́рак
  • Дво́ржак (Dvóržak)Surname
  • Дво́рак (Dvórak)Surname
Tamil டுவோராக்
  • டுவோராக் (ṭuvōrāk)Surname
Thai ดโวชาก
  • ดโวชากSurname
Ukrainian Дво́ржак
  • Дво́ржак (Dvóržak)Surname
Urdu دووزاک
  • دووزاک (dvozāk)Surname
Yiddish דוואָרזשאַק
  • דוואָרזשאַק (dvorzhak)Surname
Cite this entry
APA

Dvorak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dvorak

MLA

“Dvorak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dvorak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dvorak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dvorak.

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