Hungarian

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Etymology

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lép (to step) +‎ -tet (causative suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈleːptɛt]
  • Hyphenation: lép‧tet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

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léptet

  1. (transitive) causative of lép: to have/make someone or something make one or more steps or (figuratively) enter some place, status, or situation
    életbe léptet (causative of életbe lép)to enact something (literally, “to make something enter into life”)
  2. (equestrianism) to ride at a slow pace

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • léptet 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