Dvorak

See also: Dvořák

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Czech Dvořák, from Old Czech dvořák (“attendant, tenant farmer”), equivalent to dvůr (“court, courtyard, estate, farm”) + -ák (“-er, -an: forming related nouns”). The keyboard is named after the American inventor August Dvorak.

Pronunciation

  • (proper noun):
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdvɔːʒæk/, /ˈdvɔːʒɑːk/[1]
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdvɔɹʒɑk/, /ˈdvɔɹʒæk/[2]
  • (adjective):
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdvɔːʒæk/[3]
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdvɔɹæk/, /dəˈvɔɹæk/[4][5]
    • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Dvorak

  1. A surname from Czech, especially
    1. (music) Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer of Romantic music.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

Dvorak (not comparable)

  1. (computing, typography) Describing an optimized keyboard layout for the English language, in which the alphabet is arranged in the order PYFGCRL on the top row, AOEUIDHTNS on the middle, or home row, and QJKXBMWVZ on the bottom row, thus placing the letters most frequently used in the home row. Many variants on Dvorak layouts also exist, including keyboards for right-hand-only and left-hand-only-typists.
    Dvorak keyboard

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ^ “Dvorak”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “Dvorak”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  3. ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
  4. ^ “Dvorak”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  5. ^ “Dvorak”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Czech Dvořák, from dvůr (“court, courtyard”) +‎ -ák.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdvoːʁak/
  • IPA(key): /ˈdvɔʁʒak/ (learned, only of Czech persons, i.e. for Dvořák)

Proper noun

Dvorak m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Dvoraks or (with an article) Dvorak, plural Dvoraks or Dvorak)

  1. a surname
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