háček

Alternative forms

 * (attested since 1956), (1959),  (1969)
 * (1967), (1981),  (1983),  (1988),  (1990),  (1992),  (1995),  (1997),  (2002),  (2003)

The central consonant,, is variously Anglicized as ch or tch, Germanized as tsch, Polonized as cz, or left as c, either bare or adorned with a (ċ),  (ĉ) or háček below it (c̬). The final consonant is sometimes written -ck instead of -k.



Etymology
First attested in 1951; from the, the diminutive of (from , from , from , from , ) + the diminutive suffix. Cognate with and formed like 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Also cognate with 🇨🇬 and modern 🇨🇬 (more information below).

Noun

 * 1)  A caron; a   usually resembling an inverted, but in the cases of , , , and  resembling a   instead.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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


A survey of eleven other lexicographical sources reveals that LookWAYup and Vocabulary.com fully define in the relevant sense, whilst Dictionary.com and the Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1997) give the typographic-cum-orthographic sense the one-word gloss “haček”, and WordNet 3.0 codefines it with ; the six other sources, namely the American Heritage Dictionary, the Collins English Dictionary, the Compact Oxford English Dictionary, Dictionarist.com, the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989], and the UltraLingua English Dictionary, all omit this sense of. All eleven sources list and define. Not one of the sources lists an entry for, , , , , , , or ; neither does any of them include the relevant sense in any of their entries for , , , , or.

Coordinate terms

 * (above (´), below (ˏ), double (˝)), (ʼ),  (above (˘), below ( ̮)),  ( ̪),  ( ̐),  (¸),  (above (ˆ), below ( ̭)),  (above right ( ̕), below ( ̦), reversed (ʽ), turned (ʻ)),  (above (¨), below ( ̤)),  ( (˙),  ( ̣)),  (above (`), below (ˎ), double ( ̏)),  (above (ˇ), below ( ̬)),  (left (ʿ), right (ʾ)),  (above ( ̉), palatal ( ̡), retroflex ( ̢), rhotic (˞)),  ( ̛),  (above ( ̑), below ( ̯), double ( ͡ )),  ( ̺),  ( ̫),  ( ̚),  (single ( ̲), double ( ̳)),  (above (¯), below (ˍ)),  (˗),  (˛),  (single (‾), double ( ̿)),  (˖),  (above (˚), below ( ̥)),  ( ̼),  (long ( ̸), short ( ̷)),  ( ̻),  (long ( ̶), short ( ̵)),  (down (˕), left ( ̘), right ( ̙), up (˔)),  (above (˜), below ( ̰), double ( ͠ ), middle / overlay ( ̴), vertical ( ̾)),  (¨),  (above (ˈ), below (ˌ), double ( ̎)),  (ˣ)
 * (´), (ˇ),  (˚),  (˙)

Translations

 * Arabic: كَارُون, كَارُون
 * Catalan: hàtxek, anticircumflex
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 揚抑符, 倒折音符
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: háček
 * Esperanto: haĉeko, hoketo, dukorno, v-hoketo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , , , accent hirondelle
 * German: or ;  Caron;  Krönchen
 * Hungarian:, fordított kalap,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: gancetto, segno diacritico, antiflesso,, caron, hatchek,
 * Japanese: ハーチェク
 * Korean: 반대 곡절 부호
 * Lakota: ičášleče
 * Lithuanian: paukščiukas
 * Malayalam:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: caron
 * Romani: ćiriklo
 * Russian:, га́чка
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: квачица, ква̏ка
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: mäkčeň
 * Slovene: kljukica, strešica
 * Spanish: carón, háček
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: га́чек, гачо́к
 * Venetian: pipa
 * Winnebago: wookanak

Etymology
From. The diminutive form of ; compare the 🇨🇬. More information is in the 'Etymology' subsection of 'English' section.

Noun

 * 1) ; little hook
 * 2) fishhook
 * 3)   diacritic
 * 4) catch, snag a concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation
 * 5)  bow

Noun

 * 1)  bow paddler

Etymology
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