Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

ki- +‎ fejt

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkifɛjt]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧fejt
  • Rhymes: -ɛjt

Verb edit

kifejt

  1. (transitive) to unstitch, to untack (to take out stitches from a fabric)
  2. (transitive) to husk, to shell, to hull, to pod (to remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed)
  3. (transitive, mining) to mine, to quarry (to remove (ore, stone) from the ground)
  4. (transitive) to explain, to elaborate, to expound, to expand
    Kifejtené ezt részletesebben?Could you be more specific?
  5. (transitive, physics) to exert, put forth, offer, put up (strength or resistance)

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Further reading edit

  • kifejt 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