Hungarian

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Etymology

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From German katalysieren, from French catalyser, from Ancient Greek κᾰτάλῠσῐς (katálusis).[1] With -ál suffix.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒtɒlizaːl]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧li‧zál
  • Rhymes: -aːl
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Verb

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katalizál

  1. (transitive, chemistry, also figuratively) to catalyze

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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