tekuté

Tekuté is a Czech and Slovak adjective meaning "liquid" or "fluid." It is the neuter singular and plural nominative/accusative form of the adjective tekutý (masculine), used to describe substances in a liquid state, things that flow, or qualities that are smooth and flowing. In everyday language it applies to physical liquids (tekuté palivo — liquid fuel; tekuté skupenství — liquid state), to finance (tekuté prostředky — liquid assets) and to figurative senses (tekutý projev — fluent or flowing speech).

The word derives from the Slavic root related to verbs meaning "to flow" (e.g., Czech téci), and is common across West Slavic languages with cognates in related languages. Grammatically, tekuté contrasts with solid or gaseous descriptors and forms part of regular adjective declension patterns in both Czech and Slovak; the adjective can be modified for gender, number and case (tekutý, tekutá, tekuté, tekutí, etc.).

Usage spans scientific, technical and colloquial registers. In chemistry and physics it denotes the liquid phase of matter; in finance and everyday speech it often conveys ease of movement or convertibility. Pronunciation is roughly rendered as "teh-KOO-teh" in both Czech and Slovak.