közlekedik

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From közöl (to share) +‎ -ekedik (verb-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkøzlɛkɛdik]
  • Hyphenation: köz‧le‧ke‧dik
  • Rhymes: -ɛdik

Verb[edit]

közlekedik

  1. (intransitive, of vehicles, formal) to run, go, ply, operate (to maintain transportation)
    Synonyms: jár, működik
  2. (intransitive, of pedestrians, formal) to walk, get about, travel (using a vehicle: -val/-vel)
    Synonyms: megy, jár, halad
    Hyponym: utazik
  3. (intransitive, of fluids and vessels) to communicate (to have free continuity of passage; to flow, stream)
    Synonyms: folyik, áramlik
  4. (intransitive, of people, archaic) to communicate (with someone: -val/-vel)
    Synonyms: érintkezik, kommunikál

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References[edit]

  1. ^ közlekedik 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.)

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