háček

== English == === Alternative forms === haček (attested since 1956), hacek (1959), hachek (1969) (rare) haċek (1967), hatcheck (1981), hatschek (1983), hatchek (1988), hacheck (1990), hac̬ek (1992), haczek (1995), hácek (1997), haĉek (2002), haceck (2003) The central consonant, /tʃ/, is variously Anglicized as ch or tch, Germanized as tsch, Polonized as cz, or left as c, either bare or adorned with a tečka (ċ), circumflex (ĉ) or háček below it (c̬). The final consonant is sometimes written -ck instead of -k. === Etymology === First attested in 1951; from the Czech háček (“háček”, literally “little hook”), the diminutive of hák (“hook”) (from Middle High German hāken, from Old High German hāko (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook”)) + the diminutive suffix -ek. Cognate with and formed like English hooklet and German Häkchen. Also cognate with Old English haca (“hook, door-fastening”) and modern English hake (more information below). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑːt͡ʃɛk/, enPR: häʹchĕk (Estuary English) IPA(key): [ˈhɑːt͡ʃɛk] (General American) IPA(key): [ˈhɑt͡ʃɛk] (New York City) IPA(key): [ˈhɑət͡ʃɛk] (Boston, Northern England) IPA(key): [ˈhaːt͡ʃɛk] (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈhaːt͡ʃek] (New Zealand) IPA(key): [ˈhɐːt͡ʃek] (General South African) IPA(key): [ˈɦɑːt͡ʃɛk] (Received Pronunciation, Geordie, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈhæt͡ʃɛk/, enPR: hăʹchĕk (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ˈhæt͡ʃɛk] (Geordie, Scotland) IPA(key): [ˈhat͡ʃɛk] Rhymes: -ɑːtʃɛk, -ætʃɛk === Noun === háček (plural háčeks or háčky) (orthography and typography) A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling an apostrophe (’) instead. For examples of the usage of other forms of this term see Citations:háček, Citations:haček, Citations:hacek, Citations:haċek, Citations:hachek, Citations:hatcheck, Citations:hatschek, Citations:hǎcek, Citations:hatchek, Citations:hacheck, Citations:hac̬ek, Citations:haczek, Citations:háçek, Citations:hácek, Citations:haĉek, Citations:haceck and Citations:háčky. ==== Synonyms ==== (háček diacritic): caret (non-standard), caron, chevron (informal), čiriklo (when used in Romani), clicka (rare), hat (non-standard, rare), hook (rare), inverted caret (informal), inverted circumflex (informal), inverted hat (non-standard), mäkčeň (when used in Slovak), palatal hook (rare, when it takes the form of a prime), strešica (when used in Slovene), wedge (US), wing (informal, rare) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (diacritics used in Latin-derived scripts): acute accent (above (´), below (ˏ), double (˝)), apostrophe (ʼ), breve (above (˘), below ( ̮)), bridge ( ̪), candrabindu ( ̐), cedilla (¸), circumflex (above (ˆ), below ( ̭)), comma (above right ( ̕), below ( ̦), reversed (ʽ), turned (ʻ)), diaeresis (above (¨), below ( ̤)), dot (overdot (˙), underdot ( ̣)), grave accent (above (`), below (ˎ), double ( ̏)), háček (above (ˇ), below ( ̬)), half ring (left (ʿ), right (ʾ)), hook (above ( ̉), palatal ( ̡), retroflex ( ̢), rhotic (˞)), horn ( ̛), inverted breve (above ( ̑), below ( ̯), double ( ͡ )), inverted bridge ( ̺), inverted double arch ( ̫), left angle ( ̚), low line (single ( ̲), double ( ̳)), macron (above (¯), below (ˍ)), minus (˗), ogonek (˛), overline (single (‾), double ( ̿)), plus (˖), ring (above (˚), below ( ̥)), seagull ( ̼), solidus (long ( ̸), short ( ̷)), square ( ̻), stroke (long ( ̶), short ( ̵)), tack (down (˕), left ( ̘), right ( ̙), up (˔)), tilde (above (˜), below ( ̰), double ( ͠ ), middle / overlay ( ̴), vertical ( ̾)), umlaut (¨), vertical line (above (ˈ), below (ˌ), double ( ̎)), x (ˣ) (Czech diacritics): čárka (´), háček (ˇ), kroužek (˚), tečka (˙) ==== Derived terms ==== háček coefficient (optics) háček language (informal) háčekless (rare) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (Letters using háček sign): Ǎǎ Čč Ďď Ěě Ǧǧ Ȟȟ Ǐǐ J̌ǰ Ǩǩ Ľľ Ňň Ǒǒ Řř Šš Ťť Ǔǔ Ǚǚ Žž Ǯǯ DŽDždž DŽDždž === Further reading === háček on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Cheka, akche, hecka == Czech == === Etymology === From hák +‎ -ek. The diminutive form of hák (“hook”); compare the German Häkchen. More information is in the 'Etymology' subsection of 'English' section. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦaːt͡ʃɛk] === Noun === háček m inan diminutive of hák; little hook fishhook (linguistics) háček (diacritic) catch, snag (a concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation) (canoeing) bow ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: háček Japanese: ハーチェク (hācheku) Russian: га́чек (gáček) ==== See also ==== udice čárka === Noun === háček m anim (canoeing) bow paddler Antonyms: zadák, kormidelník ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “háček”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “háček”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “háček”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Czech háček (“háček”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /at.ʃɛk/ === Noun === háček m (plural háčeks) háček === Further reading === “háček”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012