cech

See also: céch, Čech, and čech.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German zëch(e); see modern German Zeche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛx]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛx

Noun

cech m inan

1. guild

Declension

Declension of cech (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	cech	cechy
genitive	cechu	cechů
dative	cechu	cechům
accusative	cech	cechy
vocative	cechu	cechy
locative	cechu	ceších
instrumental	cechem	cechy

Further reading

• “cech”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “cech”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “cech”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Anagrams

• chce

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zeche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛxː]
• Hyphenation: cech
• Rhymes: -ɛxː

Noun

cech (plural cechek)

1. (colloquial) bill, check, tab (especially in a restaurant or bar)

   Synonym: számla

2. (colloquial, by extension) expense, charge

   Synonym: költség

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	cech	cechek
accusative	cechet	cecheket
dative	cechnek	cecheknek
instrumental	cechhel	cechekkel
causal-final	cechért	cechekért
translative	cechhé	cechekké
terminative	cechig	cechekig
essive-formal	cechként	cechekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cechben	cechekben
superessive	cechen	cecheken
adessive	cechnél	cecheknél
illative	cechbe	cechekbe
sublative	cechre	cechekre
allative	cechhez	cechekhez
elative	cechből	cechekből
delative	cechről	cechekről
ablative	cechtől	cechektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	ceché	cecheké
non-attributive possessive – plural	cechéi	cechekéi

Possessive forms of cech

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	cechem	cecheim, cechjeim
2nd person sing.	ceched	cecheid, cechjeid
3rd person sing.	ceche, cechje	cechei, cechjei
1st person plural	cechünk	cecheink, cechjeink
2nd person plural	cechetek	cecheitek, cechjeitek
3rd person plural	cechük, cechjük	cecheik, cechjeik

Further reading

• cech in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• cech in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲex/

Determiner

cech (usual form in the Milan glosses, also common in the Würzburg glosses)

1. alternative form of cach (“each, every”)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cech.

Mutation

Mutation of cech

radical	lenition	nasalization
cech	chech	cech pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛx/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɛx
• Syllabification: cech
• Homophone: Cech

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German zeche (see modern German Zeche).

Alternative forms

• cecha (Central Greater Poland, Ostrzesowskie)

Noun

cech m inan (related adjective cechowy)

1. guild (association of tradespeople)

Declension

Declension of cech

	singular	plural
nominative	cech	cechy
genitive	cechu	cechów
dative	cechowi	cechom
accusative	cech	cechy
instrumental	cechem	cechami
locative	cechu	cechach
vocative	cechu	cechy

Etymology 2

See cecha<id:quality>.

Noun

cech m inan

1. (Masuria) alternative form of cecha (“signal; sent sign; appearance”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cech f

1. genitive plural of cecha

Further reading

• “cech”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “cech”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Jan Karłowicz (1900), “cecha”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 162

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Middle High German zëch(e); see modern German Zeche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sex/, [ˈt͡sex]
• Rhymes: -ex

Noun

cech m inan (relational adjective cechovný or cechový)

1. guild

Declension

Declension of cech
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	cech	cechy
genitive	cechu	cechov
dative	cechu	cechom
accusative	cech	cechy
locative	cechu	cechoch
instrumental	cechom	cechmi

Further reading

• “cech”, 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