karambol

Czech

Noun

karambol m

  1. carom billiards

Hungarian

Etymology

An international word, primarily via German.[1] From French carambole (the red ball in billiards), from Spanish carambola, from Portuguese carambola.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒrɒmbol]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ram‧bol

Noun

karambol (plural karambolok)

  1. (slightly colloquial, transport, vehicles) accident, crash (a collision or similar unintended event that causes damage or death)
    Synonyms: közlekedési baleset, összeütközés, szerencsétlenség
  2. (billiards) carom (a shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative karambol karambolok
accusative karambolt karambolokat
dative karambolnak karamboloknak
instrumental karambollal karambolokkal
causal-final karambolért karambolokért
translative karambollá karambolokká
terminative karambolig karambolokig
essive-formal karambolként karambolokként
essive-modal
inessive karambolban karambolokban
superessive karambolon karambolokon
adessive karambolnál karamboloknál
illative karambolba karambolokba
sublative karambolra karambolokra
allative karambolhoz karambolokhoz
elative karambolból karambolokból
delative karambolról karambolokról
ablative karamboltól karamboloktól
Possessive forms of karambol
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. karambolom karamboljaim
2nd person sing. karambolod karamboljaid
3rd person sing. karambolja karamboljai
1st person plural karambolunk karamboljaink
2nd person plural karambolotok karamboljaitok
3rd person plural karamboljuk karamboljaik

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
  2. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈram.bɔl/
  • (file)

Noun

karambol m inan

  1. pile-up, a collision involving many vehicles

Declension

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