pucol

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German putzen (to clean, polish)[1] + -ol (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈput͡sol]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pu‧col
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb[edit]

pucol

  1. (transitive) to clean, polish
  2. (transitive) to peel (to remove skin)
  3. (colloquial) to clear off

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

References[edit]

  1. ^ pucol in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading[edit]

  • pucol 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