ciripel

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Hungarian

Etymology

Split from csiripel (to chirp, twitter) + -el. The word-initial c was influenced by German zirpen (to chirp). First attested in 1820. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡siripɛl]
  • Hyphenation: ci‧ri‧pel

Verb

ciripel

  1. (intransitive, of crickets) to chirp, chirr

Conjugation

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See also

References

  1. ^ ciripel 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.)