capek

< /ˈkɛər əl, ˈkær-, ˈkɑr-; Czech ˈkɑ rɛl/, 1890–1938, Czech playwright, novelist, and producer.

noun

1. Karel (ˈkarɛl). 1890–1938, Czech dramatist and novelist; author of R.U.R. (1921), which introduced the word “robot”, and (with his brother Josef) The Insect Play (1921).