Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈboks]
  • Hyphenation: boksz
  • Rhymes: -oks

Etymology 1

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Pseudo-anglicism, derived from boxing, from English box (a blow with the fist).[1]

Noun

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boksz (usually uncountable, plural bokszok)

  1. (sports) boxing (a sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists)
Usage notes
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See at pingpong.

Declension
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Possessive forms of boksz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bokszom bokszaim
2nd person sing. bokszod bokszaid
3rd person sing. boksza bokszai
1st person plural bokszunk bokszaink
2nd person plural bokszotok bokszaitok
3rd person plural bokszuk bokszaik
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English box (box, case).[1]

Noun

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boksz (plural bokszok)

  1. booth, stall, box (in theatre), compartment
Declension
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Possessive forms of boksz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bokszom bokszaim
2nd person sing. bokszod bokszaid
3rd person sing. boksza bokszai
1st person plural bokszunk bokszaink
2nd person plural bokszotok bokszaitok
3rd person plural bokszuk bokszaik
Derived terms
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Compound words

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from German Boxkalb, from English box calf.[1]

Noun

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boksz (countable and uncountable, plural bokszok)

  1. box calf (a type of calfskin leather used for shoes)
  2. shoe polish (a product used to make shoes shine)
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Box with a letter x is not used in the Hungarian loanwords above (except informally sometimes), neither in derived terms like bokszer, bokszeralsó, bokszerlázadás, and bokszermotor, only in compound terms such as inbox, kick-box, and matchbox.

Declension
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Possessive forms of boksz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bokszom bokszaim
2nd person sing. bokszod bokszaid
3rd person sing. boksza bokszai
1st person plural bokszunk bokszaink
2nd person plural bokszotok bokszaitok
3rd person plural bokszuk bokszaik

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • (boxing): boksz 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.
  • (booth, stall, box): boksz 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.
  • (box calf, shoe polish): boksz 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.
  • boksz 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 2026).