zámek

See also: zamek and Zamek

Czech

Etymology

The sense 'lock' is inherited from Proto-Slavic *zamъkъ. The sense 'manor house' is a semantic loan from Middle High German sloz (lock, keep) (cf. German Schloss),[1] itself a semantic loan of Latin clūsa (lock, fort, fortification).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzaːmɛk]
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Noun

zámek m inan (diminutive zámeček)

  1. lock (something used for fastening)
  2. château, castle (French-style castle), palace, manor house

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “zámek2”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 801

Further reading

  • zámek in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • zámek in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • zámek in Internetová jazyková příručka
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