modrák

From modrý (“blue”) +‎ -ák.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmodraːk]

• Hyphenation: mo‧d‧rák

modrák m anim

1. (informal) carp with a blue body, such as a black carp
2. blue-colored breed of pigeon or rabbit
3. (rare, archaic) person wearing blue clothing

modrák m inan

1. (colloquial) anything blue (e.g. a handkerchief)
2. (botany) cornflower or bachelor's button (an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, whose flowers are most commonly an intense blue color)
3. (technical slang) blueprint

   Synonym: blueprint

4. (vernacular) dumpling made of raw grated potatoes
5. (dialectal) alternative form of modřina (“bruise”)

modrák m inan

1. (colloquial) an edible fungus of the bolete family, Neoboletus luridiformis, whose tubes become blue quickly on cutting

   Synonym: modrající hřib

   Na houbách našli modráka a dva hřiby. ― While hunting mushrooms, they found one blue-turning bolete and two boletes.

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

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.drɒk/

modrák m inan

1. (Kielce) alternative form of modrak (“cornflower”)

• Jan Łoś (1886) “modrák”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 186

From modrý +‎ -ák.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔdraːk]
• Rhymes: -aːk, -raːk
• Hyphenation: mod‧rák

modrák m animal

1. bluethroat, a small passerine bird, Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat

modrák m inan

1. (colloquial, vernacular) an edible fungus of the bolete family, Neoboletus luridiformis, whose tubes become blue quickly on cutting

   Synonym: (taxonomic name) hríb zrnitohlúbikový

2. (vernacular) any blue(ish) potato variety
3. (vernacular) cornflower or bachelor's button, an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, whose flowers are most commonly an intense blue colour

   Synonym: (taxonomic name) nevädza poľná

• “modrák”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025