Dvorak

== English == === Alternative forms === Dvořák === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (proper noun): (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdvɔːʒæk/, /ˈdvɔːʒɑːk/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈdvɔɹʒɑk/, /ˈdvɔɹʒæk/ (adjective): (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdvɔːʒæk/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈdvɔɹæk/, /dəˈvɔɹæk/ === Proper noun === Dvorak A surname from Czech, especially (music) Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer of Romantic music. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Dvorak (not comparable) (computing, typography) 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 ==== Coordinate terms ==== === References === == German == === Alternative forms === Dworak, Dworsak, Dworschak === Etymology === From Czech Dvořák, from dvůr (“court, courtyard”) +‎ -ák. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdvoːʁak/ IPA(key): /ˈdvɔʁʒak/ (learned, only of Czech persons, i.e. for Dvořák) === Proper noun === Dvorak m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Dvoraks or (with an article) Dvorak, plural Dvoraks or Dvorak) a surname