Hungarian

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Etymology

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kel (to rise) +‎ -eszt (causative suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛlɛst]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧leszt
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Verb

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keleszt

  1. (transitive) to raise, leaven (to make [bread, etc.] light, as by yeast or leaven)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

See also

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Further reading

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  • keleszt 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