hess

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَسّ (ḥass) or from Arabic حسد.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɛs/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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hess f (plural not attested)

  1. (slang) a difficult situation

Hungarian

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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hess

  1. shoo! (an exclamation used to drive away birds)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ hess in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • hess 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