karcol

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from German kratzen. With the verb-forming suffix -ol.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒrt͡sol]
  • Hyphenation: kar‧col
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

karcol

  1. (transitive) to scratch, scrape
  2. (transitive) to etch, engrave (as an art)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • megkarcol
  • összekarcol

References

  1. karcol 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

  • karcol 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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