Dvořák

American  

[dvawr-zhahk, -zhak, dvaw-rzhahk] / ˈdvɔr ʒɑk, -ʒæk, ˈdvɔ rʒɑk /

noun

1. Antonín 1841–1904, Czech composer.

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Dvořák British  

/ ˈdvɔrʒaːk, ˈdvɔːʒæk /

noun

1. Antonín (ˈantɔnjiːn), known as Anton Dvořák. 1841–1904, Czech composer, much of whose work reflects the influence of folk music. His best-known work is the Symphony No. 9 From the New World (1893)

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Example Sentences

In 1986, an article in the New Journal of Medicine by Dr. Harold Dvorak suggested that cancer behaves very much like a wound that never heals.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

Dvorak and McQueen were in junior high in February 1976 when they disappeared while walking together in downtown Calgary.

From BBC • May 17, 2024

So when it was initially suggested that “Baby, Don’t Cry” should be shot in the sunlit and sprawling location of Los Angeles, Bai and Dvorak fought tooth and nail to film in Seattle instead.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

“This collection is so Los Angeles,” said Rice, whose biography on Dvorak, “Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel,” was published in 2013.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

"Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melech ha'olam," Dvorak sang, and Anya could hear Mama’s voice in Dvorak’s as well, and Babulya’s, and her own.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack