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elmos

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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el-mos (to wash)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlmoʃ]
  • Hyphenation: el‧mos
  • Rhymes: -oʃ
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Verb

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elmos (transitive)

  1. to wash up (to clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal)
    Synonym: elmosogat
  2. to wash away (to eliminate or destroy by fast-moving water)
    Synonyms: elvisz, elhord, elsodor
  3. (figurative) to wash out, to rain off (to cancel due to bad weather)
  4. (figurative) to blur (to make indistinct)
    Synonym: elhomályosít

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • elmos 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
  • elmos 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).

Portuguese

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Noun

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elmos

  1. plural of elmo