kirak

Hungarian

Etymology

ki- (out) + rak (to place, put)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkirɒk]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧rak
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

Verb

kirak

  1. (transitive, from: -ból/-ből) to take out something out of something (to remove items from somewhere one by one and put them to an external place where they are visible)
    Synonyms: kitesz, kivesz, kipakol, kirámol
    Kiraktam az összes ruhát a szekrényből.I took out all the clothes from the closet.
  2. (transitive) to unload, clear out (to completely empty; to remove the load or cargo from a vehicle)
    Synonym: kiürít
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to punctuate (to add punctuation to a text; to put on diacritics)
    Synonyms: kiír, kitesz
  4. (transitive) to cover, pave, tile, decorate (to cover a surface with stones, tiles, bricks, etc.)
    Synonyms: burkol, beborít, díszít, dekorál
  5. (transitive, colloquial, from: -ból/-ből) to sack, lay off (to be dismissed from employment)
    Synonyms: eltávolít, elküld, elbocsát, meneszt, kidob, kicsap, kivág, kirúg, kihajít, kipenderít
    Kirakták az állásából.S/he got the sack. (literally, “They put him/her out of his/her job.”)
  6. (transitive) to solve a puzzle (e.g. a jigsaw puzzle or Rubik's cube) by arranging its pieces in the correct configuration

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Further reading

  • kirak 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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