visít

See also: visit

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic root imitating high-pitched, piercing sounds + -ít.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈviʃiːt]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧sít

Verb

visít

  1. (transitive) to shriek, scream, shrill, screech, squeal, squeak
    visít dühébento shriek with rage
    Sziréna visít a távolban.A siren wails in the distance.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • visítás
  • visítozik

(With verbal prefixes):

  • felvisít
  • fölvisít
  • visszavisít
  • visong

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 963 7094 01 6
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