disztingvál

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin distinguere.[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: disz‧ting‧vál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

disztingvál

  1. (intransitive, formal) to make distinction, differentiate, discriminate (to perceive the difference between things, especially in terms of ethics or decency)
    Synonym: különbséget tesz
  2. (transitive, archaic) to distinguish
    Synonym: megkülönböztet

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • disztingvál 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
  • disztingvál in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).