kellet

English

Etymology

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Noun

kellet (plural kellets)

  1. (nautical) A weight placed on an anchor to stop it dragging.

Translations

Hungarian

Etymology

kell + -et

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛlːɛt]
  • Hyphenation: kel‧let
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

kellet

  1. (reflexively, as kelleti magát, with definite conjugation) to show off, to give oneself airs, to pose, to posture, to try to please or impress someone, to try to attract or arouse someone's attention to oneself (whether sexually, by being flirtatious or making overtures, or otherwise; with the target specified with előtt)
    Synonyms: illegeti magát, illegeti-billegeti magát, mórikálja magát, teszi az eszét
  2. (transitive, rare) to try to sell some product by glorifying it

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with kelet (east) or kellett (it was needed/necessary).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Compound words
  • magakelletés
  • magakellető
  • kellete (as much as it is necessary, the right amount or degree, chiefly in the suffixed form kelleténél; also from the verb kell)

Further reading

  • kellet 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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