město

See also: mesto and mestò

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech město, from Proto-Slavic *město. Doublet of místo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɲɛsto]
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  • (regional) IPA(key): [ˈmjɛsto]
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  • Hyphenation: mě‧s‧to

Noun

město n

  1. city (large settlement)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *město.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲɪs.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstɔ
  • Syllabification: měs‧to

Noun

město n

  1. city, town

Declension

Derived terms

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *město. Doublet of miesto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmi̯ɛsto/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmjɛsto/

Noun

město n

  1. city (large settlement)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: město

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

město n (Cyrillic spelling мěсто)

  1. obsolete spelling of mjesto and mesto

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲɪs.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstɔ
  • Syllabification: měs‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̀sto.

Noun

město n

  1. city, town
Declension

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of w město.

Conjunction

město

  1. instead of
    Synonym: za
    Čehodla sće to činił, město toho, wo čož sym Was prosył?
    Why did you do that instead of what I asked you to do?

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