beszéd

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian besjeda.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛseːd]

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• Hyphenation: be‧széd
• Rhymes: -eːd

beszéd (plural beszédek)

1. speech

   A király beszéde ― The King's Speech

Out of the two possessive forms, the j-less forms beszéde and beszédük are preferred in the uncountable sense “the faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate”. On the other hand, the form beszédje (and beszédjük) may refer to someone’s style of speaking or a long oral message given publicly by a person, together with the j-less forms.

• beszél

• beszéd 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
• beszéd 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 2024).