mímel

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See also: Mime̩l

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1811. Either from French mime (pantomime actor) or from German Mime, from Latin mimus (mime actor), from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, imitator, actor). With the verb-forming suffix -l. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

mímel

  1. (transitive, literary) to pretend
    Synonyms: színlel, tettet, színészkedik
  2. (transitive, literary, rare) to imitate someone or something
    Synonym: utánoz

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ mímel in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • mímel 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