Chekhovian
adjective
Chekhovian is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) or his writings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-E-K-H-O-V-I-A-N, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Chekhovian mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) or his writings.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Chekhovian
- more Chekhovian comparative
- most Chekhovian superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Chekhovian?
Chekhovian appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Chekhovian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to Chekhov:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tchékhovien |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Chekhovian come from?
From Chekhov + -ian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).