Czech

C3Z10E1C3H4
US, UK/t͡ʃɛk/Australia, New Zealand/t͡ʃek/

adjective

Of, from, or pertaining to Czechia, the Czech people, culture, or language.

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CzechianCzechicCzechishCzechoslovakianCzechoslovakCzech language
OriginPolish Czech ← Old Polish Czech ← Old Czech Čech →
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Meanings

adjectiveCzech (not comparable)

alternative Cz.

  1. not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Czechia, the Czech people, culture, or language.

    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.

    2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in The Guardian

    Synonyms: Czechian, Czechic, Czechish

nounCzech (countable and uncountable, plural Czechs)

plural Czechs · alternative Cz.

  1. countableA person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent.

    By 1963, almost 130,000 Czechs had migrated to this country. They tended to gravitate to the farming communities.

    1964, John F. Kennedy, “Immigration Policy”, in A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 61
proper noun

alternative Cz.

  1. uncountableA Slavic language primarily spoken in the Czech Republic.

    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.

    2001 December 2, Giles Milton, “'The Riddle and the Knight'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022
  2. nonstandardThe Czech Republic (Czechia).

    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.

    2008, George Stowers, Straight Up, No Sippin': Memoirs of Life and Work Onboard Mega Cruise Ships, →ISBN, page 325
    1 more example

    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, […]

    2009, Jennifer Lees-Marshment, Political Marketing: Principles and Applications, Routledge, →ISBN, page 237

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, from, or pertaining to Czechia, the Czech people, culture, or language.

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CzechianCzechicCzechish

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language

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Czechoslovakian

nouna native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia

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CzechoslovakianCzechoslovak
Broader
European

nounthe Slavic language of Czechs

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Czech language
Broader
SlavicSlavic languageSlavonic
Also see
czechoslovakczechoslovakian

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Slavic*čelověkъ“human”
  2. Old CzechČech
  3. Old PolishCzech
  4. PolishCzech
  5. EnglishCzech

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”).

More words from Polish, Old Polish, Old Czech

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans Tsjeggies, Tsjeg
  • Tsjeggiesof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Tsjegperson
  • Tsjeggieslanguage
Arabic تْشِيكِيّ, تْشِيكِيّ
  • تْشِيكِيّ (tšīkiyy)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • تْشِيكِيّ (tšīkiyy)person
  • تْشِيكِيَّة (tšīkiyya)person
  • تْشِيكِيَّة (tšīkiyya)language
Basque txekiar, txekiar
  • txekiarof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • txekiarperson
  • txekieralanguage
Bengali চেক
  • চেক (cek)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Bulgarian че́шки, чех
  • че́шки (čéški)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • чех (čeh)person
  • чехки́ня (čehkínja)person
  • че́шки (čéški)language
Catalan txec, txec
  • txecof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • txecperson
  • txecaperson
  • txeclanguage
Chinese Mandarin 捷克, 捷克人
  • 捷克 (jiékè)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • 捷克人 (jiékèrén)person
  • 捷克語 /捷克语 (jiékèyǔ)language
Czech český, Čech
  • českýof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Čechperson
  • Češkaperson
  • češtinalanguage
  • český jazyklanguage
Danish tjekkisk, tjekke
  • tjekkiskof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • tjekkeperson
  • tjekkerperson
  • tjekkisklanguage
Dutch Tsjechisch, Tsjech
  • Tsjechischof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Tsjechperson
  • Tsjechischeperson
  • Tsjechischlanguage
Esperanto ĉeĥa, ĉeĥo
  • ĉeĥaof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • ĉeĥoperson
  • ĉeĥinoperson
  • ĉeĥalanguage
Estonian tšehhi, tšehh
  • tšehhiof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • tšehhperson
  • tšehhilanguage
Finnish tšekkiläinen, tšekki
  • tšekkiläinenof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • tšekkiof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • tšekkiperson
  • tšekkilanguage
French tchèque, Tchèque
  • tchèqueof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Tchèqueperson
  • tchèquelanguage
German tschechisch, böhmisch
  • tschechischof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • böhmischof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Tschecheperson
  • Tschechinperson
  • Tschechischlanguage
  • Böhmischlanguage
Greek τσέχικος, Τσέχος
  • τσέχικος (tséchikos)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Τσέχος (Tséchos)person
  • Τσέχα (Tsécha)person
  • τσεχικά (tsechiká)language
Hebrew צ׳כי, צ׳כי
  • צ׳כי (chekhi)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • צ׳כי (chekhi)person
  • צֶ׳כִית (chekhit)person
  • צ׳כית \ צֶ׳כִית (chekhít)language
Hindi चेक, चेक
  • चेक (cek)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • चेक (cek)language
Hungarian cseh, cseh
  • csehof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • csehperson
  • csehlanguage
Icelandic tékkneskur, Tékki
  • tékkneskurof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Tékkiperson
  • tékkneskalanguage
Indonesian Ceko
  • Cekolanguage
Irish Seiceach, Seiceach
  • Seiceachof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Seiceachperson
  • Seicislanguage
Italian ceco, ceco
  • cecoof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • cecoperson
  • cecaperson
  • cecolanguage
Japanese チェコ, チェコ人
  • チェコ (cheko)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • チェコ人 (chekojin)person
  • チェコ語 (chekogo)language
Korean 체코, 체코인
  • 체코 (cheko)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • 체코인 (chekoin)person
  • 체코 사람 (cheko saram)person
  • 체코어 (cheko'eo)language
Latin bohemicus, Bohemus
  • bohemicusof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Bohemusperson
  • lingua bōhēmicalanguage
Latvian čehu, čehisks
  • čehuof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • čehisksof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • čehsperson
  • čehieteperson
  • čehulanguage
  • čehu valodalanguage
Lithuanian čekų, čekiškas
  • čekųof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • čekiškasof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • čekasperson
  • čekėperson
  • Čekųlanguage
  • Čekiškailanguage
Malay Czech, orang Czech
  • Czechof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • orang Czechperson
  • bahasa Czechlanguage
Norwegian Bokmål tsjekkisk, tsjekker
  • tsjekkiskof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • tsjekkerperson
  • tsjekkisklanguage
Persian چک, چکی
  • چک (ček)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • چکی (čeki)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • چک (ček)person
  • چکی (čeki)language
Polish czeski, Czech
  • czeskiof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Czechperson
  • Czeszkaperson
  • (język) czeskilanguage
Portuguese tcheco, checo
  • tchecoof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • checoof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • tchecoperson
  • tchecaperson
  • checoperson
  • checaperson
  • checolanguage
  • tchecolanguage
Romanian ceh, ceh
  • cehof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • cehperson
  • cehăperson
  • cehoaicăperson
  • cehălanguage
Russian че́шский, чех
  • че́шский (čéšskij)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • чех (čex)person
  • че́шка (čéška)person
  • че́шский (čéšskij)language
Scottish Gaelic Seiceach, Seiceach
  • Seiceachof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Seiceachperson
  • Seacaislanguage
Slovak český, Čech
  • českýof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Čechperson
  • Češkaperson
  • češtinalanguage
Spanish checo, checo
  • checoof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • checoperson
  • checaperson
  • checolanguage
Swahili Kicheki, Mcheki
  • Kichekiof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Mchekiperson
  • Kichekilanguage
Swedish tjeckisk, tjeck
  • tjeckiskof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • tjeckperson
  • tjeckiskaperson
  • tjeckiskalanguage
Tagalog Tseko
  • Tsekoof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
Tamil செக்
  • செக் (cek)language
Thai เช็ก, ชาวเช็ก
  • เช็ก (chék)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • ชาวเช็กperson
  • ภาษาเช็กlanguage
Turkish Çek, Çek
  • Çekof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Çekperson
  • Çekçelanguage
Ukrainian че́ський, чех
  • че́ський (čésʹkyj)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • чех (čex)person
  • че́шка (čéška)person
  • че́ська (čésʹka)language
Urdu چیک, چیک
  • چیک (cek)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • چیک (cek)language
Vietnamese Séc, Tiệp
  • Sécof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Tiệpof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • người Sécperson
  • người Tiệpperson
  • tiếng Séclanguage
  • tiếng Tiệplanguage
Welsh Tsiecaidd, Tsieciad
  • Tsiecaiddof, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • Tsieciadperson
  • Tsieceglanguage
Yiddish טשעכיש, טשעך
  • טשעכיש (tshekhish)of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language
  • טשעך (tshekh)person
  • טשעכיש (tshekhish)language
Zulu Isiczechoslovakia
  • Isiczechoslovakialanguage

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Czech

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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

Czech. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Czech

MLA

“Czech.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Czech. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Czech,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Czech.

Source: Czech on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.