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Hungarian

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Etymology

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kép (form, figure) +‎ -ez (verb-forming suffix). Its original meaning was to imagine, to think. Compare képzel (to imagine; to regard, to consider as).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkeːpɛz]
  • Hyphenation: ké‧pez
  • Rhymes: -ɛz

Verb

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képez

  1. (transitive) to instruct, to train (especially at a course)
    Synonyms: oktat, tanít
  2. (transitive) to form, to compose, to constitute
    Synonyms: létrehoz, alkot, kialakít
  3. (transitive, grammar) to form, (especially:) to subject a word to derivation
  4. (transitive, phonetics) to articulate, phonate

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • képez 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