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Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *wete.[1] First attested in the late 12th century.[2] Cognates include Northern Mansi вит (vit), Erzya ведь (veď), Finnish vesi, Estonian vesi.
Pronunciation
Noun
víz (countable and uncountable, plural vizek)
- water (liquid H2O)
- (physics) water (chemical having the formula H2O)
- Synonym: dihidrogén-monoxid
- water (any body of water, or a specific part of it)
1844, Sándor Petőfi, translated by John Ridland, János vitéz, chapter 4, stanza 1:Mikorra a patak vize tükörré lett, / Melybe ezer csillag ragyogása nézett: / Jancsi Iluskáék kertje alatt vala; / Maga sem tudta, hogy mikép jutott oda.- When the brook made a looking glass of its water, / In whose surface a thousand stars were a-glitter, / Johnny was standing at the foot of Nell’s yard; / Though to tell how he'd come to it would have been hard.
- (dialectal) flood
- Synonym: árvíz
- drinking water, mineral water
- Synonym: ivóvíz
- bathwater
- Synonym: fürdővíz
- sweat
- Synonyms: izzadság, veríték, verejték
1939, Jenő Rejtő, chapter 2, in A Nevada szelleme:Ez a férfi csakúgy sugározta magából a durva, nyugati ember kegyetlen erejét és vadságát. Bár folyt a víz róla, és inge izzadtan tapadt a testéhez, vasegészségében bízva egyetlen hajtásra itta ki a jeges whiskyt.- This man exuded the cruel strength and ferocity of the rough, Western man. Though he was dripping with water, and his shirt clung to his body with sweat, he drank the icy whisky in one gulp, trusting his iron health.
- (rare) water (limpidity and lustre of a precious stone)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- víz in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI
Further reading
- víz 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