hess

See also: Hess

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَسّ (ḥass) or from Arabic حسد.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɛs/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

hess f (plural not attested)

  1. (slang) a difficult situation

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛʃː]
  • Hyphenation: hess
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃː

Interjection

hess

  1. shoo! (an exclamation used to drive away birds)

Derived terms
  • hesseget
  • hessent

References
  1. hess 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.)

Further reading
  • hess 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
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