kliknout

Kliknout is a Czech verb meaning to click, i.e., to press a mouse button or tap a screen element in order to activate it. It is a perfective verb borrowed from the English verb "click" and has become standard in computing language. The word is used for a single, completed action and is common in instruction manuals, software interfaces, and online text.

Conjugation follows regular -nout verbs. The present tense forms (which express future meaning for perfective verbs) are: kliknu, klikneš, klikne, klikneme, kliknete, kliknou. The imperfective counterpart is less common in everyday use for a single action; forms like klikat or klikávat describe repeated or habitual clicking. The past tense of kliknout is formed as klikl (masc.), klikla (fem.), kliklo (neut.), with a passive participle kliknut. The noun form is kliknutí, referring to the act of clicking. Common phrases include kliknout na odkaz (click on a link) and kliknout na tlačítko (click a button). A related term is dvojklik for double-click. In Czech computing discourse, kliknout is the standard verb, widely understood across contexts from web navigation to software operations.