poén

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: po‧én
• Rhymes: -eːn

Etymology 1

From German Pointe, from French pointe, from Late Latin puncta, from pungere.

Noun

poén (plural poénok)

1. punch line (the final part of a joke)

   Synonym: csattanó

2. (informal) joke (especially a one-liner; something short said or done for amusement), hoax (something intended to trick)

   Synonyms: vicc, tréfa

3. (informal) the funny part about something, the beauty of something (whether humorous or simply unexpected)

   Az állásinterjún az volt a poén, hogy a leendő főnököm épp az volt, akivel előző nap egy vakrandin találkoztam. ― The funny part about the job interview was that my future boss was the same person I had met the previous day on a blind date.

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

From German Point, from French point, from Latin punctum, from pungere.

Noun

poén

1. (gaming) point (a unit of scoring in a card game, billiards, or some other sports)

Declension

References

Further reading

• (punchline): poén 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
• (point in cards or billiards): poén 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