odezvu

Odezvu is a Czech noun that denotes a response, reaction, or echo to a stimulus, event, message, or action. It is used in a wide range of contexts, including everyday speech, media, marketing, psychology, acoustics, and computing. In common usage it often means feedback or the reply received after an inquiry or contact, as in “dostat odezvu” (to receive a response) or “čekat odezvu” (to wait for a response). In technical domains it can refer to the reaction of a system to an input, such as an impulse response in signal processing or the time it takes for a program to respond.

Morphology and inflection: Odezvu is the accusative singular form of the feminine noun odezva. The full paradigm is: nominative odezva, genitive odezvy, dative odezvě, accusative odezvu, instrumental odezvou, locative odezvě.

Domains of use:

- Communication and social science: describes how people or audiences respond to messages, campaigns, or events; common phrases include odezva publika or odezva zákazníků.

- Acoustics and engineering: denotes the reaction of a system or environment to a stimulus, such as the odezva místnosti (room response) or odezva systému (system response).

- Marketing and economics: refers to market or consumer feedback and behavior in response to products or advertisements.

See also: odezva as a general term for response or feedback; related terms include reakce and zpětná vazba (feedback).

Odezvu is a standard, neutral term in Czech for describing any form of response, whether conversational, technical, or behavioral.