körülír

Hungarian

Etymology

körül- (around) + ír (to write)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkøryliːr]
  • Hyphenation: kö‧rül‧ír
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Verb

körülír

  1. (transitive) to describe, to paraphrase, to circumscribe, to use a circumlocution (especially for something that one thinks cannot be mentioned explicitly)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • körülírás

Further reading

  • körülír 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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