fokoz

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1807. From fok (degree, grade) + -oz (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfokoz]
  • Hyphenation: fo‧koz
  • Rhymes: -oz

Verb

fokoz

  1. (transitive) to increase, heighten, raise, boost
    Synonyms: növel, erősít
  2. (transitive, grammar) to compare (to form the three degrees of comparison of an adjective or an adverb)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. fokoz in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading

  • fokoz 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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