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Czechisms

Czechisms is the plural of Czechism.

Meaning of Czechism

Noun

Czechism (countable and uncountable, plural Czechisms)

  1. (countable, rhetoric) A word or idiom of the Czech language (that has been borrowed by another language).
    • Examples include East Slavicisms in Polish Yiddish (and vice versa) and Czechisms in Polish and Eastern Yiddish dialects.1987, Paul Wexler, Explorations in Judeo-Slavic Linguistics, page 168
    Synonyms:
    Bohemism
  2. (historical, uncountable, usually) Czech nationalism.
    • They regarded Thun as the representative of "Czechism" who had placed all his cards on the convocation of a national parliament.1980, Josef V. Polišenský, Aristocrats and the Crowd in the Revolutionary Year 1848

Questions about Czechisms

What is Czechisms the plural of?
Czechisms is the plural of Czechism.

Words near Czechisms in the dictionary

  1. Czechian
  2. Czechians
  3. Czechic
  4. Czechish
  5. Czechism
  6. Czechisms
  7. Czechization
  8. Czechize
  9. Czechized
  10. Czechizes
  11. Czechizing

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