Hungarian

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Etymology

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ecset +‎ -el

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛt͡ʃɛtɛl]
  • Hyphenation: ecse‧tel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

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ecsetel

  1. (transitive) to describe, paint, depict something vividly (with something -val/-vel, to someone -nak/-nek)
    Synonyms: leír, ábrázol
    Drámai szavakkal ecsetelte a helyzetet a hallgatóknak.He described the situation to the audience with dramatic words.
  2. (transitive, of medicine) to paint something (with something -val/-vel)
    Synonym: keneget
    Hypernym: kezel
    Jóddal ecsetelte a sebet.She painted the wound with iodine.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ecsetel 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
  • ecsetel 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).