kifut

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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ki- +‎ fut

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkifut]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧fut
  • Rhymes: -ut

Verb

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kifut

  1. (intransitive) to run out
    Synonyms: kiszalad, kirohan
  2. (intransitive, of a train or ship) to depart, sail out to sea
    Synonyms: elindul, vitorlát bont, (the latter two only for ships) tengerre száll
  3. (intransitive, of milk) to boil over
    Hypernyms: kiömlik, kicsordul
  4. (intransitive, slightly informal) to run out of something, to have something run out (with -ból/-ből for the thing)
    Synonym: (with the thing as its subject) kifogy
    Siessünk, mert kifutunk az időből!Let’s hurry up or we’ll run out of time!
  5. (with definite forms without any object, informal, dated) to suffice, to be just enough (with -ból/-ből for the resource)
    Synonyms: futja, kitelik

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kifut 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