zvonek

Czech

Zvonek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzvonɛk]

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• Rhymes: -onɛk
• Hyphenation: zvo‧nek

Noun

zvonek m inan

1. diminutive of zvon
2. doorbell (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
3. bellflower

Declension

Declension of zvonek (velar masculine inanimate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	zvonek	zvonky
genitive	zvonku	zvonků
dative	zvonku	zvonkům
accusative	zvonek	zvonky
vocative	zvonku	zvonky
locative	zvonku	zvoncích
instrumental	zvonkem	zvonky

Noun

Zvonek (as a bird)

zvonek m anim

1. greenfinch (any of several birds)

Declension

Declension of zvonek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	zvonek	zvonci, zvonkové
genitive	zvonka	zvonků
dative	zvonkovi, zvonku	zvonkům
accusative	zvonka	zvonky
vocative	zvonku	zvonci, zvonkové
locative	zvonkovi, zvonku	zvoncích
instrumental	zvonkem	zvonky

Further reading

• “zvonek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zvonek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zvonek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)