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Dvorak

UK/ˈdvɔːʒæk//ˈdvɔɹʒɑk/

Dvorak proper noun: a surname from Czech, especially.

Proper noun

Dvorak

  1. A surname from Czech, especially
    1. Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer of Romantic music.

Adjective

Dvorak (not comparable)

  1. Describing an optimized keyboard layout for the English language, in which the alphabet is arranged in the order PYFGCRL on the top row, AOEUIDHTNS on the middle, or home row, and QJKXBMWVZ on the bottom row, thus placing the letters most frequently used in the home row. Many variants on Dvorak layouts also exist, including keyboards for right-hand-only and left-hand-only-typists.
    • Dvorak keyboard

Dvorak meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

Dvorak in Tamil

Surname
டுவோராக் ṭuvōrāk

Dvorak in Marathi

Surname
द्वोराक dvorāk

Dvorak in Urdu

Surname
دووزاک dvozāk

Dvorak in Bengali

Surname
দ্ভরাক dbhorak
More languagesFewer languages
Dvorak in Malayalam
ഡ്വാറക് ḍvāṟakŭ
Dvorak in Punjabi
ਡਵੋਜ਼ਾਕ ḍavozāk
Dvorak in Arabic
دْفُورْجَاك dfūrjāk
Dvorak in Persian
دورژاک
Dvorak in Thai
ดโวชาก

Forms of Dvorak

alternative formDvořák

Origin of Dvorak

From Czech Dvořák, from Old Czech dvořák (“attendant, tenant farmer”), equivalent to dvůr (“court, courtyard, estate, farm”) + -ák (“-er, -an: forming related nouns”). The keyboard is named after the American inventor August Dvorak.

Words formed from Dvorak

Questions about Dvorak

What does Dvorak mean?
Dvorak means a surname from Czech, especially.
What is Dvorak in Tamil?
Dvorak in Tamil is டுவோராக் (ṭuvōrāk). See Dvorak meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Dvorak?
Dvorak can be a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Dvorak?
Dvorak is pronounced /ˈdvɔːʒæk/ (UK).

Words near Dvorak in the dictionary

  1. DVO
  2. dvojnice
  3. dvojnices
  4. DvommaDvol
  5. DVOR
  6. Dvorak
  7. Dvorakian
  8. Dvorakians
  9. Dvoretzky
  10. Dvoretzky's theorem
  11. Dvorichna

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