dům

See also: dum, -dum, and d'um

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dóm, from Proto-Slavic *dȍmъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈduːm]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːm
  • Hyphenation: dům

Noun

dům m inan (relational adjective domovní, diminutive domek or domeček)

  1. house (building, structure intended for housing)
    • 2006, Jiří Maňák, Jana Maňáková, Rodinný dům: než začnete stavět[1], →ISBN, page 18:
      Každý dům se vstupem z jižní strany musí být zákonitě o něco větší, neboť část jižního průčelí padne za oběť vstupu do domu, vjezdu do garáží apod.
      Every house with an entrance on the south side must be a bit larger, because part of the south facade will fall victim to the entrance to the house, the entrance to the garage, etc.
  2. house (an institution that provides certain services or serves various purposes and activities)
  3. home (a place where someone lives, resides, is at home, has their own household, family, where they feel safe)
    Synonym: domov
  4. (obsolete) house (royal or noble family)
  5. (astrology) house (sector of the horoscope representing a certain area of a person's life)

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Further reading

Silesian

Noun

dům m inan

  1. Steuer spelling of dōm.