Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German hypnotisieren. With -izál suffix.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhipnotizaːl]
  • Hyphenation: hip‧no‧ti‧zál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

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hipnotizál

  1. (transitive) to hypnotize (to induce a state of hypnosis in)
  2. (transitive, figurative, higher register) to mesmerize, magnetize (to irresistibly influence others; to fascinate and enchant others with one's individual charm)
    Synonyms: befolyásol, lenyűgöz, elbűvöl

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  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

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