kifejez

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From ki- (out) +‎ fejez, from fej (head) +‎ -ez (verb-forming suffix). Compare Latin exprimo (to pronounce, express) and German ausdrücken (to express).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkifɛjɛz]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧fe‧jez
  • Rhymes: -ɛz

Verb

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kifejez

  1. (transitive) to express (to convey meaning), to state

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ fej2 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

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  • kifejez 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