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CZECH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Slavic language of Czechs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Czech" is a kind of...):

Slavic; Slavic language; Slavonic; Slavonic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages)

Derivation:

Czech (of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia

Synonyms:

Czech; Czechoslovak; Czechoslovakian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Czech" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Czech" is a member of...):

Czechoslovakia (a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993)

Derivation:

Czech (of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Czech" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Czech" is a member of...):

Czech Republic (a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993)

Derivation:

Czech (of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language

Example:

The Czechoslovakian population

Synonyms:

Czech; Czechoslovakian

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Czechoslovakia (a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993)

Derivation:

Czech (the Slavic language of Czechs)

Czech (a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia)

Czech (a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic)

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