háček

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háček^¹

/ˈhɑːt͡ʃɛk/
[ˈhɑːt͡ʃɛk] Estuary English
[ˈhɑt͡ʃɛk] US
[ˈhɑət͡ʃɛk] New York City
[ˈhaːt͡ʃɛk] Boston, Northern England
[ˈhaːt͡ʃek] Australia
[ˈhɐːt͡ʃek] New Zealand
[ˈɦɑːt͡ʃɛk] General South African
/ˈhæt͡ʃɛk/ Geordie, UK, Scotland
[ˈhæt͡ʃɛk] UK
[ˈhat͡ʃɛk] Geordie, Scotland

Rhymes with -ɑːtʃɛk, -ætʃɛk

Where it comes from

First attested in 1951; from the Czech háček (“háček”, literally “little hook”), the diminutive of hák (“hook”) (from Middle High German hāken, from Old High German hāko (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook”)) + the diminutive suffix -ek. Cognate with and formed like English hooklet and German Häkchen. Also cognate with Old English haca (“hook, door-fastening”) and modern English hake (more information below).

noun háčeks · háčky · haček · hacek · hachek · haċek

A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling an apostrophe (’) instead. The caret (ˇ), háček, is used over the following consonants: c, d, n, t, r, s, and z to indicate the soft sound.
Similar: caret, caron, chevron, čiriklo, clicka, hat, hook, inverted caret, inverted circumflex, inverted hat, mäkčeň, palatal hook

Háček^²

proper noun

A surname. Violas were school instruments and were got ready for each rehearsal like sardines in a row by the porter, Mr Háček, in his own lodge.

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noun háček diacritic

Español	carón, háček
한국어	반대 곡절 부호 bandae gokjeol buho
日本語	ハーチェク hācheku
中文	揚抑符 /扬抑符 yángyìfú, 倒折音符 dǎozhéyīnfú
Português	caron
Français	hatchek, caron, háček, chevron, accent hirondelle
Deutsch	Hatschek, Caron, Krönchen
Italiano	gancetto, segno diacritico, antiflesso, pipa, caron, hatchek
Русский	га́чек gáček, га́чка gáčka
العربية	كَارُون kārūn, كَارُون karon

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@misc{ha_c_ek_2026,
  title = {háček},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/h%C3%A1%C4%8Dek},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}