művel

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Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmyːvɛl]
  • Hyphenation: mű‧vel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1[edit]

From (work, the result of work) +‎ -el (verb-forming suffix).

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

művel

  1. (transitive) to farm, till (to work or cultivate or plough soil; to prepare for growing vegetation and crops)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to educate
  3. (transitive, derogatory) to do (to carry out something harmful, inappropriate, undesirable)
    Mit művelsz?What are you doing? / What do you think you are doing?
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2[edit]

+‎ -vel

Noun[edit]

művel

  1. instrumental singular of

Further reading[edit]

  • művel 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