gyakorlat

Back-formation from gyakorlatos. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟɒkorlɒt]

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• Hyphenation: gya‧kor‧lat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

gyakorlat (plural gyakorlatok)

1. exercise (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
2. practice (repetition of an activity to improve a skill, in the abstract sense)
3. practice (the ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts)
4. practice (a customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine)
5. practice (actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory)

• gyakorlat 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