pštros

Inherited from Old Czech pštros / štros, from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pestrý (“variegated”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʃtros]
• Hyphenation: pštros

pštros m anim (relational adjective pštrosí)

1. ostrich

• “pštros”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pštros”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pštros”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pstrý (“variegated”).

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpʃtros/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpʃtros/

pštros m animal

1. alternative form of štros

• Czech: pštros

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “pštros”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Derived from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pestrý (“variegated”).

• IPA^(key): [pʃtrɔs]

pštros m animal (relational adjective pštrosí)

1. ostrich

• “pštros”, 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, 2003–2025