Hungarian

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Etymology

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ki- (out) +‎ lehel (to breathe)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkilɛhɛl]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧le‧hel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

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kilehel

  1. (transitive) to exhale, to breathe out (to expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth)
  2. (transitive, botany) to give off, emit
    Synonym: kibocsát
    A fák oxigént lehelnek ki.Trees give off oxygen.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • kilehel 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