cáfol

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an unattested stem of uncertain origin, perhaps an onomatopoeia + -ol (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡saːfol]
  • Hyphenation: cá‧fol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

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cáfol

  1. (transitive) to refute, disprove, confute, disconfirm, falsify (to prove or demonstrate that something is false)
  2. (transitive, informal) to deny, contradict, disaffirm (to claim that something is false)
    Synonym: tagad

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ cáfol 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

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  • cáfol 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
  • cáfol in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).