kiolt

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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ki- (out) +‎ olt (to extinguish)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkijolt]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧olt
  • Rhymes: -olt

Verb

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kiolt

  1. (transitive, of fire) to extinguish, to put out
    Synonym: elolt
  2. (transitive, figuratively, literary, of life) to exterminate, to kill
    Synonyms: elpusztít, megöl
  3. (transitive, rare, of eyesight) to make someone blind
    Synonyms: megvakít, kioltja a szeme világát

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kiolt 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