check
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: chĕk, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛk/, [t͡ʃʰɛk̚]Category:English 1-syllable words#CHECKCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CHECK
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CHECKAudio (US): (file) - Homophones: cheque, CzechCategory:English terms with homophones#CHECK
- Rhymes: -ɛkCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛk#CHECKCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛk/1 syllable#CHECK
Etymology 1
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CHECKCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tek- (receive)#CHECKFrom Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#CHECKCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#CHECK chek, chekke, borrowed from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#CHECK eschek, eschec, eschac, from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#CHECK scaccus, borrowed from ArabicCategory:English terms derived from Arabic#CHECK شَاه (šāh, “king or check at chess, shah”), borrowed from Classical PersianCategory:English terms derived from Classical Persian#CHECK شَاه (šāh, “king”), from Middle PersianCategory:English terms derived from Middle Persian#CHECK 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old PersianCategory:English terms derived from Old Persian#CHECK 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Indo-IranianCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian#CHECK *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CHECK *tek- (“to gain power over, gain control over”). All of the English senses developed from the chess sense. Compare Saterland Frisian Schak, Schach, Dutch schaak, German Schach, Danish skak, Swedish schack, Icelandic skák, French échec, Italian scacco. See chess and shah (“king of Persia or Iran”)Category:English doublets#CHECK, from the same source, as well as thig, which derives from the Germanic cognate.
Noun
check (plural checks)Category:English lemmas#CHECKCategory:English nouns#CHECKCategory:English countable nouns#CHECKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
- An inspection or examination.
- I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- A control; a limit or stop.
- checks and balancesCategory:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- The castle moat should hold the enemy in check.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- 2026 April 15 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 33. Wednesday, April 4. [1716.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
- a remarkable check to the first progress of ChristianityCategory:English terms with quotations#CHECK
- (chessCategory:en:Chess#CHECK) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece. [from 14th c.]
- (USCategory:American English#CHECK) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- 1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:
- Norton had made a neat, lawyerly check beside each of the items he and Billy had picked up—half a dozen or so, including the milk and a six-pack of Coke.Category:English terms with quotations#CHECK
- (USCategory:American English#CHECK) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- Synonym: (UK, Canada) cheque
- I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (USCategory:American English#CHECK) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- Synonyms: bill, (Canada) cheque
- I summoned the waiter, paid the check, and hurried to leave.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (contact sportsCategory:en:Sports#CHECK) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- 2024 February 4, David Hytner, “Arsenal ignite title hopes as Gabriel Martinelli punishes Liverpool error”, in The Guardian:
- Liverpool had been reduced to 10 men in the 88th minute, Ibrahima Konaté collecting a second yellow card for a check on Kai Havertz.Category:English terms with quotations#CHECK
- A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
- Hyponym: chip
- Coordinate term: chit
- a brass checkCategory:English terms with collocations#CHECK
- 1963, American law reports annotated: second series, volume 89:Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
- […] the statute prohibits a machine which dispenses checks or tokens for replay […]Category:English terms with quotations#CHECK
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- a check given for baggageCategory:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- a return check on a railroadCategory:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (falconryCategory:en:Falconry#CHECK) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
- A small chink or crack.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- aircheck
- attitude check
- backcheck
- bounce a check
- buttcheck
- checkage
- checkback
- check bill
- checkbox
- check is in the mail
- checkitis
- checkless
- checkman
- check minus
- check plus
- checkpoint
- checkpointless
- checkpost
- checkrein
- checkride
- check ride
- checkroll
- checkroom
- checkrow
- checkstand
- checkstop
- checkstring
- checksum
- CheckUser
- check washing
- checkweighman
- checkwriter
- countercheck
- early life check
- enhanced check
- hatcheck
- mike check
- mischeck
- pass in one's checks
- soundcheck
- stopcheck
- telecheck
- time check
- time-of-check to time-of-use
- write checks one can't cash
Descendants
Translations
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References
Etymology 2
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#CHECKCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#CHECK chekken, partly from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#CHECK eschequier and partly from the noun (see above).
Verb
check (third-person singular simple present checks, present participle checking, simple past and past participle checked)Category:English lemmas#CHECKCategory:English verbs#CHECKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To inspect; to examine.
- Check the oil in your car once a month.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- Check whether this page has a watermark.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK, USCategory:American English#CHECK, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- Synonyms: check off, (UK) tick, (UK) tick off, cross off, strike off
- Antonym: uncheck
- Check the items on the list that interest you.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- Check the correct answer to each question.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To control, limit, or halt.
- Synonyms: curtail, restrain; see also Thesaurus:curb
- Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- c. 1775–1780, Edmund Burke, letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol
- so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- She was about to retort but something checked the words on her tongue.Category:English terms with quotations#CHECK
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#CHECK, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To scold or rebuke someone.
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To verify or compare with a source of information.
- Check your data against known values.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To leave in safekeeping.
- Check your hat and coat at the door.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (street basketballCategory:en:Basketball#CHECK, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- That basket doesn't count—you forgot to check!Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (sportsCategory:en:Sports#CHECK, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- Synonyms: tackle, trap, attack
- The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (pokerCategory:en:Poker#CHECK, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (chessCategory:en:Chess#CHECK, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- After I checked my opponent with a pawn, he resigned immediately.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- The good king, his master, will check him for it.Category:English terms with quotations#CHECK
- (nauticalCategory:en:Nautical#CHECK) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- The sun checks timber.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#CHECK, with at) To make a stop; to pause.
- a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC:
- The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after.Category:English terms with quotations#CHECK
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#CHECK) To clash or interfere.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Love”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- For if it [Loue] checke once with businesse, it troubleth Mens fortunes.Category:English terms with quotations#CHECK
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- 1677 (first performance), John Dryden, All for Love: Or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy, […], [London]: […] Tho[mas] Newcomb, for Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
- It [his presence] checks too strong upon me.Category:English terms with quotations#CHECK
- (falconryCategory:en:Falconry#CHECK) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- And like the haggard, check at every featherCategory:English terms with quotations#CHECK
That comes before his eye.
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#CHECK) To check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.
- 2024 March 19, @Appelmea, Twitter:
- Didn’t remember that at all. But it sure checks!Category:English terms with quotations#CHECK
Conjugation
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| 1st-person singular | check | checked | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd-person singular | check, checkest† | checked, checkedst† | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd-person singular | checks, checketh† | checked | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| participles | checking | checked | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derived terms
- A check
- backcheck
- background check
- baggage check
- B check
- bed-check
- blank check
- blank check company
- blue check
- blue check mark
- body-check
- bounced check
- brake check
- buttcheck
- C check
- certified check
- checkability
- checkable
- check against
- check all the boxes
- check and balance
- check and mate
- check at the door
- checkbook
- check box
- check-call
- check casher
- check clerk
- check cop
- check digit
- checked baggage
- checkee
- checker
- checkered
- checkers
- check-fold
- check hook
- check in
- check-in
- checking
- checking account
- check into
- check in with oneself
- check is in the mail
- check it out
- check key
- checklist
- check mark
- checkmate
- check nut
- check off
- check on
- check one's eyelids for leaks
- checkout
- check out
- check-out time
- check over
- check-rail
- check rail
- check-raise
- check-rein
- check scale
- check sheet
- check side
- check swing
- check-swing
- check-taker
- check the math
- check through
- check-up
- check up
- checkup
- check up
- check up on
- check upstairs
- check valve
- check viewer
- check weigher
- check your privilege
- check yourself before you wreck yourself
- coat check
- countercheck
- cross check
- cross-check
- cup check
- cyclic redundancy check
- D check
- desk check
- double-check
- dustbin check
- e-check
- fact check
- fact-check
- forecheck
- gate check, gate-check
- gut-check
- heart check
- hip check
- in check
- last I checked
- last time I checked
- mic-check
- mischeck
- namecheck
- need one's eyes checked
- overcheck
- pantry check
- pass check
- pay check
- perimeter check
- perpetual check
- precheck
- Prince of Wales check
- recheck
- return check
- rubber check
- sanity check
- smog check
- soundcheck
- speed check
- spell-check
- spell check
- spot check
- spot-check
- swing check valve
- take check
- triple check
- type-check
- unch
- unchecked
- vibe check
- welfare check
- wellness check
- wet check
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: checar
- → Cantonese: check
- → Dutch: checken
- → Finnish: tsekata
- → German: checken
- → Gulf Arabic: چيك (čayyak)
- → Hijazi Arabic: شَيَّك (šayyak)
- → Hungarian: csekkol
- → Russian: че́кать (čékatʹ)
- → Russian: че́кнуть (čéknutʹ)
- → Russian: проче́кать (pročékatʹ)
- → Spanish: chequear, checar (Mexico)
Translations
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Interjection
checkCategory:English lemmas#CHECKCategory:English interjections#CHECKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
- An expression showing that a requirement has been satisfied.
- Keys? Check. Batteries? Check. We are all ready to go!Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- An expression that indicates that the speaker wishes to pay the bill (e.g. in a restaurant).
Etymology 3
By shortening from chequer, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#CHECK eschequier (“chessboard”), from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#CHECK scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.
Noun
check (plural checks)Category:English lemmas#CHECKCategory:English nouns#CHECKCategory:English countable nouns#CHECKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
- (textilesCategory:en:Textiles#CHECK, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- The tablecloth had red and white checks.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHECK
- 1819, Charles Mowry, in the Downington Pennsylvania American Republican, quoted in Herbery Wisbey, Pioneer Prophetess: Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend:
- One of her female followers, had made a very elegant piece of check. The Friend, being at her house, on a visit, the lady shewed the check to her, and as evidence of devotion to her leader, proposed presenting her with a pattern off the piece for her own use.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
check (third-person singular simple present checks, present participle checking, simple past and past participle checked)Category:English lemmas#CHECKCategory:English verbs#CHECKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CHECK) To mark with a check pattern.
Adjective
check (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#CHECKCategory:English adjectives#CHECKCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#CHECKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
- (heraldryCategory:en:Heraldry#CHECK, rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#CHECK, possibly only as a printing error) Checky, i.e. chequy.
- 1741, Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia: Or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (etc.) 5. Ed:
- CHECKY, [...] Checky, according to Colombiere, is one of the most noble and ancient figures [...] Checky is always composed of metal, and colour. [...] So that if that be or, and the next gules, the house or family is said to bear check, or, and gules. When the whole shield is not chequered , but only the chief, a bend, cross, or the like, the number of ranges should be expressed.Category:English terms with quotations#CHECK
- 1825, Robert Trotter (the Younger.), Derwentwater; Or, the Adherents of King James. A Tale of the First Rebellion. With an Appendix, Containing Genealogical Notices and Anecdotes of Several Ancient and Honourable Families, page 115:
- He died about 1270; and his son, Sir Robert, assisted the brave Sir William Wallace, and died in 1800. BOYD ARMS. Azure, a fesse check, argent et gules.Category:English terms with quotations#CHECK
References
- Michael Quinion (2004), “Cheque”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “check”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms borrowed from English#CHECKCategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#CHECK check.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cek1
- Yale: chēk
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsek7
- Guangdong Romanization: cég1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
checkCategory:Chinese lemmas#CHECKCategory:Chinese verbs#CHECKCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
- (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#CHECK) to check
- 周卿家，同朕再check下，睇下各地各省仲有冇人欠稅，朕要將啲稅項一次過追返晒返嚟。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2003, 帝女花Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#CHECK [Perish in the Name of Love], spoken by 崇禎帝Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#CHECKCategory:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#CHECK [Chongzhen EmperorCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#CHECKCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#CHECK] (Moses ChanCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#CHECKCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#CHECK)
- zau1 hing1 gaa1, tung4 zam6 zoi3 cek1 haa5, tai2 haa5 gok3 dei6 gok3 saang2 zung6 jau5 mou5 jan4 him3 seoi3, zam6 jiu3 zoeng1 di1 seoi3 hong6 jat1 ci3 gwo3 zeoi1 faan1 saai3 faan1 lei4. [Jyutping]
- Minister Chow, please check this for me; see if there are still people across the country who have not paid their taxes yet. I shall recall all of these taxes at once. (The usage of this term in this scenario is considered inappropriate because it was said in a historical drama)
周卿家，同朕再check下，睇下各地各省仲有冇人欠税，朕要将啲税项一次过追返晒返嚟。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
Noun
checkCategory:Chinese lemmas#CHECKCategory:Chinese nouns#CHECKCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
- (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#CHECK) cheque; check (Classifier: 張／张 c)Category:Chinese nouns classified by 張/张#CHECK
- alt. forms: cheque
Synonyms
- 支票 (zhīpiào)
Danish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Danish terms borrowed from English#CHECKCategory:Danish terms derived from English#CHECK cheque, check, from Old FrenchCategory:Danish terms derived from Old French#CHECK eschek (“check (in chess)”), via Medieval LatinCategory:Danish terms derived from Medieval Latin#CHECK scaccus and ArabicCategory:Danish terms derived from Arabic#CHECK شَاه (šāh) from PersianCategory:Danish terms derived from Persian#CHECK شاه (šâh, “king”) (cf. also Danish skak).
Pronunciation
Noun
check cCategory:Danish lemmas#CHECKCategory:Danish nouns#CHECKCategory:Danish terms spelled with C#CHECKCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃɛk/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#CHECK
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#CHECKAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: check
- Rhymes: -ɛkCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛk#CHECKCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛk/1 syllable#CHECK
Etymology 1
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#CHECKCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#CHECK check.
Noun
check m (plural checks, diminutive checkje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#CHECKCategory:Dutch nouns#CHECKCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#CHECKCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#CHECKCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
checkCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#CHECKCategory:Dutch verb forms#CHECKCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
- inflection of checken:
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “check”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
French
Pronunciation
Noun
check m (plural checks)Category:French lemmas#CHECKCategory:French nouns#CHECKCategory:French countable nouns#CHECKCategory:French terms spelled with K#CHECKCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:French masculine nouns#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
Middle English
Noun
checkCategory:Middle English alternative forms#CHECKCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
- alternative form of chek
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from English#CHECKCategory:Spanish unadapted borrowings from English#CHECKCategory:Spanish terms derived from English#CHECK check.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃek/ [ˈt͡ʃek]Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#CHECKCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CHECK
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃekk/ [ˈt͡ʃek̚k]Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#CHECKCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CHECK
- Syllabification: check
Noun
check m (plural checks)Category:Spanish lemmas#CHECKCategory:Spanish nouns#CHECKCategory:Spanish countable nouns#CHECKCategory:Spanish terms spelled with K#CHECKCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “check”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
Swedish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from English#CHECKCategory:Swedish terms derived from English#CHECK check.
Pronunciation
Noun
check cCategory:Swedish lemmas#CHECKCategory:Swedish nouns#CHECKCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | check | checks |
| definite | checken | checkens | |
| plural | indefinite | checkar | checkars |
| definite | checkarna | checkarnas |
References
Vietnamese
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Vietnamese terms borrowed from English#CHECKCategory:Vietnamese terms derived from English#CHECK check.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəjk̟̚˧˦]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#CHECK
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕet̚˦˧˥]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#CHECK
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəːt̚˦˥]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#CHECK
- Phonetic spelling: chếchCategory:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#CHECK
Noun
checkCategory:Vietnamese lemmas#CHECKCategory:Vietnamese nouns#CHECKCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
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Verb
checkCategory:Vietnamese lemmas#CHECKCategory:Vietnamese verbs#CHECKCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#CHECKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKCategory:Pages with 9 entries#CHECK
- to check