Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1885. Borrowed from Viennese German blitzen. Compare also German abblitzen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈblit͡sːɛl]
  • Hyphenation: blic‧cel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

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bliccel

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to dodge fares on public transport
    Synonyms: (formal) érvényes jegy vagy bérlet nélkül utazik, (colloquial, broader) potyázik
  2. (transitive, dated) to fail to mention (some item/s consumed in a restaurant) when paying the bill
  3. (intransitive, dated) to enter without buying the entrance ticket (to a concert, movie etc.)
  4. (intransitive, dated) to leave a restaurant without paying
  5. (intransitive, dated) to skip school (play truant/hooky) or shirk, evade another obligation, stay away without sufficient reason

Conjugation

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Its 3rd-person definite-object forms occur chiefly in split forms of elbliccel.

Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading

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  • bliccel 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
  • bliccel in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).