fokoz

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1807. From fok (degree, grade) +‎ -oz (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

fokoz

  1. (transitive) to increase, heighten, raise, boost
    Synonyms: növel, erősít
  2. (transitive, grammar) to compare (to form the three degrees of comparison of an adjective or an adverb)

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ fokoz in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading

  • fokoz 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