Dvorak

See also: Dvořák

English

Alternative forms

• Dvořák

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/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdvɔɹʒɑk/, /ˈdvɔɹʒæk/

• (adjective):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdvɔːʒæk/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdvɔɹæk/, /dəˈvɔɹæk/

  • Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Dvorak

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

Derived terms

• Dvorakian

Translations

Surname

• Arabic: دْفُورْجَاك m (dfūrjāk)
• Armenian: Դվորժակ (Dvoržak)
• Azerbaijani: Dvorjak
• Bengali: দ্ভরাক (dbhorak)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 德伏札克 (dak¹ fuk⁶ zaat³ haak¹)

  Mandarin: 德沃夏克 (zh) (Déwòxiàkè)

• Czech: Dvořák (cs) m
• Finnish: Dvořák
• Georgian: დვორჟაკი (dvoržaḳi)
• German: Dvorak
• Greek: Ντβόρζακ (el) m (Ntvórzak)
• Hebrew: דבוז׳אק m
• Japanese: ドヴォルザーク (Dovoruzāku), ドヴォジャーク (Dovojāku), ドヴォルジャーク (Dovorujāku), ドボルザーク (Doboruzāku)
• Korean: 드보르자크 (Deuboreujakeu)
• Latvian: Dvoržāks m
• Lithuanian: Dvoržakas m
• Macedonian: Дво́ржак m (Dvóržak)
• Malayalam: ഡ്വാറക് (ḍvāṟakŭ)
• Marathi: द्वोराक (dvorāk)
• Newar: ड्वोराक (ḍworāka)
• Persian: دورژاک
• Polish: Dworzak m
• Punjabi: ਡਵੋਜ਼ਾਕ m (ḍavozāk)
• Russian: Дво́ржак (ru) m (Dvóržak), Дво́рак m (Dvórak)
• Samogitian: Dvuoržaks
• Tamil: டுவோராக் (ṭuvōrāk)
• Thai: ดโวชาก
• Ukrainian: Дво́ржак m (Dvóržak)
• Urdu: دووزاک m (dvozāk)
• Veps: Dvoržak
• Yiddish: דוואָרזשאַק m (dvorzhak)

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

• azerty
• Colemak
• qwerty
• qwertz

German

Alternative forms

• Dworak, Dworsak, Dworschak

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