tlak

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tolkъ. Deverbal from tlačit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtlak]

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Noun

tlak m inan

1. pressure

   Antonym: tah m

   krevní tlak ― blood pressure

Declension

Declension of tlak (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	tlak	tlaky
genitive	tlaku	tlaků
dative	tlaku	tlakům
accusative	tlak	tlaky
vocative	tlaku	tlaky
locative	tlaku	tlacích
instrumental	tlakem	tlaky

Derived terms

• tlakový
• tlakový hrnec

 

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed by Bogoslav Šulek from Czech tlak, from Proto-Slavic *tolkъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tlâːk/

Noun

tlȃk m (Cyrillic spelling тла̑к)

1. (Croatia) pressure

Declension

Declension of tlak

	singular	plural
nominative	tlȃk	tlàkovi
genitive	tlaka	tlakova
dative	tlaku	tlakovima
accusative	tlak	tlakove
vocative	tlače	tlakovi
locative	tlaku	tlakovima
instrumental	tlakom	tlakovima

Related terms

• krevní tlak (“blood pressure”)

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *tolkъ.

Noun

tlak m inan

1. pressure

   krvný tlak ― blood pressure

   atmosferický tlak ― atmospheric pressure

2. (figurative) pressure

   sociálny tlak ― social pressure

   politický tlak ― political pressure

3. stress, strain

Declension

Declension of tlak

	singular	plural
nominative	tlak	tlaky
genitive	tlaku	tlakov
dative	tlaku	tlakom
accusative	tlak	tlaky
locative	tlaku	tlakoch
instrumental	tlakom	tlakmi

Further reading

• “tlak”, 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, 2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tláːk/

Noun

tlȃk m inan

1. pressure

   zračni tlak - air pressure

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	tlák
gen. sing.	tláka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	tlák	tláka	tláki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	tláka	tlákov	tlákov
dative (dajȃlnik)	tláku	tlákoma	tlákom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	tlák	tláka	tláke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	tláku	tlákih	tlákih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	tlákom	tlákoma	tláki

Synonyms

• pritísk