hroch

== Czech == === Etymology === Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl, possibly based on roch (“war elephant figure in chess”) or on onomatopoeic hrochati (“to bang, to oink”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦrox] === Noun === hroch m anim hippopotamus ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “hroch”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “hroch”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “hroch”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from Czech hroch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɦrɔx] === Noun === hroch m animal (female equivalent hrošica, relational adjective hroší, diminutive hrošík) hippopotamus ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “hroch”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026