klíč - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

• IPA^(key): [ˈkliːt͡ʃ]
• Hyphenation: klíč

Inherited from Old Czech kľúč, From Proto-Slavic *kľučь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kljaukjas, from Proto-Indo-European *klewk-yo-s, from *kle(h₂)uk-, an extended form of *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, key, peg”).

klíč m inan

1. key (of a lock)
2. wrench (US), spanner (UK)
3. (music) clef
4. (cryptography) key
5. (databases) key (field of a relation constrained to be unique)
6. clue (informations which can lead one to a certain point)

• zámek m

From Old Czech klí, from Proto-Slavic *kъlьjь, a derivation of Proto-Slavic *kъlъ.^[1]

klíč m inan

1. (botany, rare) embryo, germ

• “klíč”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “klíč”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “klíč”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)