Chekhov

American

[chek-awf, -of, chye-khuhf] / ˈtʃɛk ɔf, -ɒf, ˈtʃjɛ xəf /

Or Tchekhov

noun

Anton Pavlovich 1860–1904, Russian short-story writer and dramatist.

Chekhov British

/ ˈtʃɛkɒf, ˈtʃɛxəf /

noun

Anton Pavlovich (anˈtɔn ˈpavləvitʃ). 1860–1904, Russian dramatist and short-story writer. His plays include The Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1900), The Three Sisters (1901), and The Cherry Orchard (1904)

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Chekhovian

adjective

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Chekhov

The stories and novellas of Honoré de Balzac, Guy de Maupassant, Anton Chekhov and Robert Louis Stevenson have sustained me through dark and stormy nights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Local officials in Chekhov said there had been no casualties.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

It’s an audible version of the dramatic pause that is wielded to such versatile effect by Anton Chekhov, Harold Pinter and Annie Baker.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

The night before, at its New Stage, she was at a ballet based on an Anton Chekhov work.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

“I remember,” Freckles says, “from that Chekhov play I did after NYU. We took publicity shots on a bridge.”

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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