komfortní

Komfortní is a Czech adjective meaning comfortable or convenient, used to describe things that provide ease, quality, and user friendliness. It is commonly applied to furniture, interiors, clothing, vehicles, and services, as well as to environments or situations that contribute to well‑being. The term often conveys a sense of ergonomic design, reliability, and pleasant usability, extending beyond mere aesthetics to overall ease of use.

Etymology and related forms: komfortní is derived from the noun komfort, borrowed from French confort, with the suffix -ní to form an adjective. The corresponding adverb is komfortně. In Slovak, the equivalent is komfortný, while Czech uses komfortní.

Usage and nuance: komfortní tends to signal a higher or more deliberate level of ease and quality than everyday terms like pohodlný. It is common in marketing and product descriptions (komfortní sedačka, komfortní byt, komfortní auto) and in describing services or environments (komfortní pracovní podmínky, komfortní interiér). It agrees with gender and number of the noun it modifies: komfortní židle, komfortní byt, komfortní systém, etc. The comparative form is komfortnější and the superlative nejkomfortnější.

See also and related terms: the word is closely related to pohodlí (comfort) and pohodlný (comfortable in a practical sense). In Slovak, the parallel adjective is komfortný, and other Romance loanwords or Germanic influences appear in similar contexts across Central European languages.