Czech language
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Word of the Week
Word of the Week: mlýn – ‘mill’
Many languages have got their word for ‘mill’ from Latin 'molīna'. For example, without it, Paris wouldn’t have its Moulin Rouge.
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Day of Czech returns to enthuse and educate about Czech language and literature
On May 27th, the ‘Day of Czech’ (Den češtiny) is serving up a multi-genre programme of linguistic events designed to inform Czech speakers about their language.
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Word of the Week
Word of the Week: ocet – ‘vinegar’
The primary component of vinegar is acetic acid, both words of which derive from the Latin verb acēre ‘to be sour’.
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Word of the Week
Word of the Week: chvíle – ‘while’
Sometimes, a language can get a word from another language, and preserve aspects of the word that are changed in the original source.
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Word of the Week
Word of the Week: dvanáct – ‘twelve’
But where does the -náct bit of dvanáct come from? English -teen looks like ten, yet -náct doesn't much like the Czech for ‘ten’: deset.
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Word of the Week
Word of the Week: slon – 'elephant'
Experts have argued over the exact origins of Czech’s distinctive word for ‘elephant’...
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Word of the Week
Word of the Week: třešeň – ‘cherry’
Many ordinary Czech words have been on quite impressive geographical journeys, including Czech's word for 'cherry'.
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Word of the Week
Word of the Week: osel – ‘donkey’
This stubborn but useful animal was much liked by the Romans, who depended on donkeys for transporting goods around their empire...
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Czech Easter
Essential words for Czech Easter!
Here's a special Easter edition of our Czech Word of the Week series, featuring a list of essential vocabulary for Easter in Czechia, with a bit of word history too.
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Word of the Week
Word of the Week: sloka – ‘verse’
Sloka may seem like a humble Czech word, referring to the verse of a song or a stanza of poem, but it has a very distinct origin...
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Prague primary school transforms teaching of Czech to foreigners with innovative textbooks
Teachers at a Prague primary school are changing how the Czech language is taught to foreign children, and have produced new textbooks that implement their method.
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Word of the Week
Word of the Week: křída – 'chalk'
Křída is another one of those humble Czech words with a Roman origin. It goes all the way to Latin crēta...
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