houba

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫba. This might be related to Middle High German swamb (German Schwamm), Latin fungus and Greek σπόγγος (spóngos) or σφόγγος (sfóngos), which supposes some consonant transposition.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦoʊ̯ba/
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  • Hyphenation: hou‧ba

Noun

houba f

  1. mushroom (fungus and fruit of fungus)
    Některé houby jsou jedlé, jiné jedovaté. — Some mushrooms are edible, other are poisonous.
  2. sponge (Porifera)
  3. sponge (material used to wash dishes or the body)
  4. sponge (direct-reduction iron)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (Porifera): houbovec

Derived terms

Further reading

  • houba in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • houba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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