Czech.

¹ American  

Or Czechosl

abbreviation

1. Czechoslovakia.

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Czech ² 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 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

Internationally, the Czech National Bank considered holding up to 5% of its €140 billion reserves in bitcoin.

From MarketWatch

In the Czech Republic, ice was also hampering road and rail traffic.

From Barron's

Nationals from Australia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Congo-Brazzaville, the Czech Republic, Finland, Luxembourg, the Philippines and Portugal were also among those hurt in the tragedy.

From Barron's

Bulgaria - the poorest country in the European Union - has become the 21st member of the eurozone - leapfrogging more obvious and prosperous candidates like Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

From BBC

The CMS proposal would require drug makers to pay rebates to Medicare covering the difference between prices in the U.S. and the lowest price in 19 countries, including Canada, the Czech Republic and Sweden.

From The Wall Street Journal