föld

• főd (regional)

Of uncertain origin, perhaps a derivation. One explanation is that it is from föl (“the upper part of something”) +‎ -d (nominal suffix, originally diminutive suffix). For similar derivation, compare gyenge (“weak”) > gyengéd (“gentle”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈføld]

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• Rhymes: -øld

föld (countable and uncountable, plural földek)

1. earth, land

   Synonym: szárazföld

2. plot, estate, a piece or stretch of land

   Synonyms: telek, birtok

3. soil, dirt

   Synonym: talaj

4. land surface, ground, floor

   Hyponym: (in a building) padló

5. (electricity) ground

   Synonym: földelés

Some astronomical and geographical terms have both a lowercase (common noun) and a capitalized (proper noun) form. For föld (“ground, soil”)―​Föld (“Earth”), hold (“moon, satellite”)―​Hold (“the Moon”), and nap (“day; sun”)―​Nap (“the Sun”), the lowercase forms are used in the everyday sense and the capitalized forms in the astronomical sense. In other similar pairs, the former refers to generic sense, and the latter specifies the best known referent: egyenlítő (“equator”)―​Egyenlítő (“Equator”), naprendszer (“solar system, planetary system”)―​Naprendszer (“Solar System”), and tejút (“galaxy”, literally “milky way”, but galaxis and galaktika are more common)―​Tejút (“Milky Way”).

• föld 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