csiripel

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia from the same stem as csirke (chicken) +‎ -el (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiripɛl]
  • Hyphenation: csi‧ri‧pel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

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csiripel

  1. (intransitive, of small birds) to chirp (to make a short, sharp, cheerful note)
    Synonym: csivitel
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, colloquial, of a young child) to chirp, chatter (to speak continuously in a lively fashion but without serious content)
  3. (transitive, of a person) to chirp (to utter something in such a voice)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Expressions

References

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  1. ^ csiripel 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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  • csiripel 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
  • csiripel 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).