visít

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Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic root imitating high-pitched, piercing sounds + -ít.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈviʃiːt]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧sít

Verb

visít

  1. (transitive) to shriek, scream, shrill, screech, squeal, squeak
    visít dühébento shriek with rage
    Sziréna visít a távolban.A siren wails in the distance.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ visít 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.)