bólint

Hungarian

Etymology

From an unattested stem of uncertain origin, perhaps an onomatopoeia + -int (instantaneous suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈboːlint]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bó‧lint

Verb

bólint

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to nod (to incline the head down and up once, to indicate agreement)
    Synonym: biccent

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • bólogat

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Further reading

  • bólint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
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