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houba

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Czech

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Houba (Amanita muscaria) (sense 1)
Mycí houba (sense 2)
Porifera (sense 3)

Etymology

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Inherited 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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɦou̯ba]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hou‧ba

Noun

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houba f

  1. mushroom (fungus and fruit of fungus)
    Některé houby jsou jedlé, jiné jedovaté.Some mushrooms are edible, other are poisonous.
  2. sponge (material used to wash dishes or the body)
  3. sponge (Porifera)
    Synonym: houbovec
  4. (colloquial) a sewing utensil in the shape of a mushroom used for repairing stockings, socks and pantyhose
    Synonym: hříbek
  5. (metallurgy) sponge (direct reduced iron), DRI

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • houba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • houba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • houba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
  • houba” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz