See also: mesto and mestò

Czech

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɲɛsto]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mě‧s‧to

Noun

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město n

  1. city (large settlement)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • město”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • město”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • město”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *město.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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město n inan

  1. city, town

Declension

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Derived terms

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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město n

  1. city (large settlement)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Czech: město

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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město n (Cyrillic spelling мěсто)

  1. Obsolete spelling of mjesto/mesto.

Upper Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪstɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstɔ
  • Hyphenation: mě‧s‧to
  • Syllabification: měs‧to

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̀sto.

Noun

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město n

  1. city, town
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Ellipsis of w město.

Conjunction

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město

  1. instead of
    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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