filozofál

Hungarian

Etymology

From German philosophieren.[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfilozofaːl]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fi‧lo‧zo‧fál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

filozofál

  1. (intransitive) to philosophize (to ponder or reason out philosophically)
    Synonyms: bölcselkedik, elmélkedik
  2. (intransitive, colloquial, often humorous, sarcastic) to speculate (to ponder in an abstract, lengthy way without arriving to a practical solution)
    Synonym: okoskodik

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • filozofálás
  • filozofálgat

References

  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • filozofál 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.