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houba.

mushroom (fungus and fruit of fungus)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Čeština language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɦou̯ba]

  1. mushroom (fungus and fruit of fungus)

    feminine
    Některé houby jsou jedlé, jiné jedovaté.

  2. sponge (material used to wash dishes or the body)

    feminine

  3. sponge (Porifera)

    feminine

  4. a sewing utensil in the shape of a mushroom used for repairing stockings, socks and pantyhose

    colloquial · feminine

  5. sponge (direct reduced iron), DRI

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Czech húba, 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.

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