Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

túl- (over-, beyond, sur-) +‎ él (to live)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtuːleːl]
  • Hyphenation: túl‧él
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Verb edit

túlél

  1. (transitive) to survive (to live past a life-threatening event)
    Túlélte a balesetet.He/she survived the accident.
  2. (transitive) to survive, outlive, outlast (to live longer than)
  3. (intransitive) to survive (to continue to live; to remain alive)

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Further reading edit

  • túlél 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