# I need a Czech/English Dictionary

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-czech-english-dictionary/131196>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 7, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-czech-english-dictionary/131196 "2002-10-07T14:20:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-czech-english-dictionary/131196/1 "2002-10-07T14:20:24Z")

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    - Anybody know any good one? -Or conversely, one to avoid. I see that many listed online are no longer available and none are cheap.  
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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-czech-english-dictionary/131196/2 "2002-10-08T14:05:53Z")

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This online dictionary seems to work OK:  
[http://www.slovnik.cz/bin/ecd](http://www.slovnik.cz/bin/ecd)

And this page lists a number of Czech resources, including several more dictionaries:  
[http://www.seelrc.org/czech.html](http://www.seelrc.org/czech.html)

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**Author:** ![Bindlestiff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bindlestiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bindlestiff)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-czech-english-dictionary/131196/3 "2002-10-08T20:39:19Z")

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Try this: [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/dictionaries.html](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/dictionaries.html)

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**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-czech-english-dictionary/131196/4 "2002-10-08T21:39:25Z")

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    - Perhaps I should have explained: I need a _book_ that I can carry around. Like, as in, “I have no portable computer”.  
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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-czech-english-dictionary/131196/5 "2002-10-08T22:19:01Z")

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A lot of the good Czech-English dictionaries are made for Czechs rather than English speakers, as there are many more Czechs wanting to learn English than there are English speakers wanting to learn Czech. It’s much easier to find a textbook or phrasebook in the States than it is a dictionary.

I have several good _Cesky-Anglicky Slovniky_ at home, but I got them all in the Czech Republic. Still, I’ll check around for you, pun definitley not intended, and see what I can turn up for you, if you’re interested. Are you learning Czech, or traveling there? Or both?

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-czech-english-dictionary/131196/6 "2002-10-08T22:25:02Z")

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Grr…that should have been _Cesko-Anglicky Slovniky_. Damn declension.