mű-

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See .

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

mű-

  1. artificial, man-made, false, mock (not genuine)
    Synonyms: (artificial) mesterséges, (fake) hamis, (false) ál-
    mű- + ‎anyag (material) → ‎műanyag (plastic, literally artificial material)
    mű- + ‎hold (moon) → ‎műhold (satellite, literally artificial moon)
    mű- + ‎út (road) → ‎műút (main road, highway, literally artificial road)
    mű- + ‎fog (tooth) → ‎műfog (denture, false/artificial tooth)
    mű- + ‎könny (tear) → ‎műkönnyek (crocodile tears, literally false tears)
  2. technical, professional
    Synonyms: szak-, szakmai
    mű- + ‎egyetem (university) → ‎műegyetem (technical university)
    mű- + ‎szó (word) → ‎műszó (technical term)
    mű- + ‎nyelv (language) → ‎műnyelv (technical jargon) (dated)
  3. artistic, (sometimes) historic (related to a product of human creativity)
    Synonym: művészi
    mű- + ‎bútor (furniture) → ‎műbútor (furniture of fine craftsmanship)
    mű- + ‎emlék (relic, memento) → ‎műemlék (historic monument)
  4. literary (created by a known author, as opposed to being folk-derived)
    mű- + ‎dal (song) → ‎műdal (song by a known author)
    mű- + ‎mese (tale) → ‎műmese (tale by a known author)

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

  • and its derivatives, especially those with the noun sense of (work) like műsor (program, literally series of works), műhely (workshop), and művezető (foreman, work manager).