Hungarian

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Etymology

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From be- (in) +‎ olt (to vaccinate) and olt (to extinguish).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛolt]
  • Hyphenation: be‧olt
  • Rhymes: -olt

Verb

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beolt

  1. (transitive) to vaccinate (a human or an animal)
  2. (transitive) to graft (a tree)
  3. (transitive) to slake (lime)
  4. (transitive) to curdle (milk)
  5. (transitive, figurative) to implant, infuse, instil (a sentiment in someone)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • beolt 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
  • beolt in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).