mű-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mu"

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmyː]

Prefix

mű-

  1. artificial, man-made, false, mock (not genuine)
    Synonyms: (artificial) mesterséges, (fake) hamis, (false) ál-
    mű- + anyag (material)műanyag (plastic, literally artificial material)
    mű- + hold (moon)műhold (satellite, literally artificial moon)
    mű- + út (road)műút (main road, highway, literally artificial road)
    mű- + fog (tooth)műfog (denture, false/artificial tooth)
    mű- + könny (tear)műkönnyek (crocodile tears, literally false tears)
  2. technical, professional
    Synonyms: szak-, szakmai
    mű- + egyetem (university)műegyetem (technical university)
    mű- + szó (word)műszó (technical term)
    mű- + nyelv (language)műnyelv (technical jargon) (dated)
  3. artistic, (sometimes) historic (related to a product of human creativity)
    Synonym: művészi
    mű- + bútor (furniture)műbútor (furniture of fine craftsmanship)
    mű- + emlék (relic, memento)műemlék (historic monument)
  4. literary (created by a known author, as opposed to being folk-derived)
    mű- + dal (song)műdal (song by a known author)
    mű- + mese (tale)műmese (tale by a known author)

Derived terms

Hungarian adjectives prefixed with mű-
Hungarian nouns prefixed with mű-

See also

  • and its derivatives, especially those with the noun sense of (work) like műsor (program, literally series of works), műhely (workshop), and művezető (foreman, work manager).
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