engedélyez

Hungarian

Etymology

engedély (permission, permit) + -ez (verb-forming suffix). The sense “to activate a function” is a semantic loan from English enable.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛŋɡɛdeːjɛz]
  • Hyphenation: en‧ge‧dé‧lyez
  • Rhymes: -ɛz

Verb

engedélyez

  1. (transitive) to allow, to authorize, to enable (to provide somebody with the permission, sanction or power necessary to perform an action)
    Synonyms: megenged, felhatalmaz
    Antonyms: megtilt, letilt
  2. (transitive, computing) to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
    Synonyms: bekapcsol, aktivál
    Antonym: letilt

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian words with ly

Further reading

  • engedélyez 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
  • engedélyez in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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