művel

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmyːvɛl]
  • Hyphenation: mű‧vel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From (work, the result of work) + -el (verb-forming suffix).

Alternative forms

Verb

művel

  1. (transitive) to farm, till (to work or cultivate or plough soil; to prepare for growing vegetation and crops)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to educate
  3. (transitive, derogatory) to do (to carry out something harmful, inappropriate, undesirable)
    Mit művelsz?What are you doing? / What do you think you are doing?
Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • kiművel
  • megművel
  • végigművel

Etymology 2

+ -vel

Noun

művel

  1. instrumental singular of

Further reading

  • művel 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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