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  Czech

  noun

  a member of the most westerly branch of the Slavs, comprising the Bohemians, or Czechs proper, and, sometimes, the Moravians.
• Czech.
  Czech.

  abbreviation

  Czechoslovakia.

Czech

¹ American  

[chek] / tʃɛk /

noun

1. a member of the most westerly branch of the Slavs, comprising the Bohemians, or Czechs proper, and, sometimes, the Moravians.

2. the language of Bohemia and Moravia, a Slavic language similar to Slovak.

3. (loosely) Czechoslovak.

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adjective

1. Also Czechish.

   1. of or relating to the former Czechoslovakia, its people, or their language.

   2. of or relating to the Czech Republic, its people, or their language.

Czech. ² American  

Or Czechosl

abbreviation

1. Czechoslovakia.

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Czech British  

/ tʃɛk /

adjective

1. 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Czech Republic, its people, or its language

   2. of, relating to, or characteristic of Bohemia and Moravia, their people, or their language

   3. (loosely) of, relating to, or characteristic of the former Czechoslovakia or its people

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noun

1. the official language of the Czech Republic, belonging to the West Slavonic branch of the Indo-European family; also spoken in Slovakia. Czech and Slovak are closely related and mutually intelligible

2. 1. a native or inhabitant of the Czech Republic

   2. a native or inhabitant of Bohemia or Moravia

   3. (loosely) a native, inhabitant, or citizen of the former Czechoslovakia

Other Word Forms

• anti-Czech
  adjective
• non-Czech
  adjective
• pro-Czech
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Czech

C19: from Polish, from Czech Čech

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Czech Czech.

"There is a profound unfairness in this," says Marie Šabacká, a Czech glacier ecologist who travelled to Puncak Jaya last March in a bid to be among the last scientists to study Papua's "eternal snow".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Nations League games mark the Republic of Ireland's first competitive action since their World Cup play-off semi-final heartbreak against the Czech Republic in March.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Volvo is based in Sweden, where costs run far higher than in the Czech Republic, though the company is building a new factory in neighboring Slovakia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The Czech brand, bought in stages after the fall of the Berlin Wall, has grown to become Europe’s third-largest car business by offering VW technology at lower prices than the VW brand itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

One would say something in Czech and another would translate into Russian, and another would translate into something else.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

"He had a paper with all sorts of questions in English and Czech. "Whenever he wanted to ask me something he pointed: 'Are you hungry?

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2015