Hungarian

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Etymology

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meg- +‎ nyer

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛɡɲɛr]
  • Hyphenation: meg‧nyer
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Verb

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megnyer

  1. (transitive) to win (to gain a prize by succeeding in competition or contest)
    megnyeri a versenytto win the race
  2. (transitive) to captivate (to attract someone's interest and attention)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • megnyer 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