közvetít

Hungarian

Etymology

From the otherwise unattested *közvet (abstracted from the adjectives közvetlen (direct) and közvetett (indirect) + -ít (verb-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkøzvɛtiːt]
  • Hyphenation: köz‧ve‧tít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

közvetít

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to mediate, act as a middleman/go-between
    1. (transitive) to arrange (marriage)
  2. (transitive) to supply, procure (a job opportunity to someone or a person for a post)
  3. (transitive) to forward, transmit, transfer, communicate
  4. (transitive) to convey, render, express
  5. (transitive, intransitive, media) to broadcast, televise, transmit
  6. (transitive, intransitive, media) to commentate

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elközvetít
  • kiközvetít
  • leközvetít

References

  1. közvetít 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

  • közvetít 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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