sminkel

Hungarian

Etymology

From Austrian German schminken (to put on make-up) + -el (verb).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃmiŋkɛl]
  • Hyphenation: smin‧kel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Homophone: sminkkel

Verb

sminkel

  1. (transitive) to make up (to apply cosmetics or makeup)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • sminkeletlen
  • sminkelés
  • sminkelt

(With verbal prefixes):

  • kisminkel

References

  1. sminkel 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

  • sminkel 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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