Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From German ventilieren, from Latin ventilo, from ventus (wind).[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛntilaːl]
  • Hyphenation: ven‧ti‧lál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb edit

ventilál

  1. (transitive, formal) to ventilate (to let fresh air into a room or a building)
    Synonym: szellőztet
  2. (transitive, intransitive, psychology) to ventilate (in psychotherapy and counseling, of a client, to fully and freely express feelings or emotions, especially in session)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN