visszhangzik

Hungarian

Etymology

visszhang (echo) + -zik (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvishɒŋɡzik]
  • Hyphenation: vissz‧hang‧zik
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋɡzik

Verb

visszhangzik

  1. (intransitive, of a sound or sound waves) to echo (to reflect off a surface and return)
  2. (intransitive, of a large room or area) to echo, reverberate (with something -tól/-től)
    A terem visszhangzott a nevetéstől.The room was echoing with laughter.
  3. (intransitive, by extension, of words, sounds, thoughts) to echo, resonate
    Apja szavai visszhangzottak a fejében.His/her father's words resonated in his/her mind.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • visszhangzás
  • visszhangoz

Further reading

  • visszhangzik 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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