megfoszt

Hungarian

Etymology

meg- + foszt

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛkfost]
  • Hyphenation: meg‧foszt
  • Rhymes: -ost

Verb

megfoszt

  1. (transitive) to bereave, to deprive, to divest someone (of something -tól/-től) (to dispossess someone of something such as a right, possessions, or privilege)
    Synonyms: elvesz, megvon
    A tiszteket megfosztották a rangjuktól.They divested the officers of their rank.

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Further reading

  • megfoszt 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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