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gerinces

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Hungarian

Etymology

gerinc (spine, backbone) + -es (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɛrint͡sɛʃ]
  • Hyphenation: ge‧rin‧ces
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective

gerinces (comparative gerincesebb, superlative leggerincesebb)

  1. vertebrate (having a backbone)
  2. of strong character, firm, resolute

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Coordinate terms

Noun

gerinces (plural gerincesek)

  1. vertebrate (an animal having a backbone)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...

Further reading

  • gerinces in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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