kifejt

Hungarian

Etymology

ki- +‎ fejt

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkifɛjt]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧fejt
  • Rhymes: -ɛjt

Verb

kifejt

  1. (transitive) to unstitch, to untack (to take out stitches from a fabric)
  2. (transitive) to husk, to shell, to hull, to pod (to remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed)
  3. (transitive, mining) to mine, to quarry (to remove (ore, stone) from the ground)
  4. (transitive) to explain, to elaborate, to expound, to expand
    Kifejtené ezt részletesebben? ― Could you be more specific?
  5. (transitive, physics) to exert, put forth, offer, put up (strength or resistance)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kifejtés
  • kifejtős

Further reading

  • kifejt 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
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