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szer

Pronunciation: [ˈsɛr]

“szer” is a Hungarian word. Its 17 meanings in English:

noun

  1. order, arrangement
  2. (proper) method, manner, procedure
  3. chronological order, series, succession, sequence
  4. row, layer, stratum
  5. measure, moderation, temperance, abstinence
  6. a piece of something
  7. equipment, accessory, tool, instrument, implement, appliance
  8. effective substance, agent, chemical
  9. remedy, drug
  10. person coming in turn in service
  11. ceremony, rite, ritual
  12. geometric proportion
  13. contract, alliance
  14. figure, breed
  15. amount, quantity
  16. one side of a street
  17. one of the several separate parts of a village

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *serV, from Proto-Uralic *śerɜ. For the development of meaning from “order” to “tool”, compare Proto-Slavic *rędъ whose West Slavic reflexes can also mean “tool”.

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