fokoz

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Hungarian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

First attested in 1807. From fok (degree, grade) +‎ -oz (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [ˈfokoz]
  • Hyphenation: fo‧koz
  • Rhymes: -oz

Verb

[edit]

fokoz

  1. (transitive) to increase, heighten, raise, boost
    Synonyms: növel, erősít
  2. (transitive, grammar) to compare (to form the three degrees of comparison of an adjective or an adverb)

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

References

[edit]
  1. ^ fokoz in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

[edit]
  • fokoz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN