Etymology

macska (“cat”) +‎ köröm (“claw”)Category:Hungarian compound nouns#MACKAKOROM

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒt͡ʃkɒkørøm]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#MACKAKOROM
• Hyphenation: macs‧ka‧kö‧röm
• Rhymes: -ømCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/øm#MACKAKOROMCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/øm/4 syllables#MACKAKOROM

Noun

macskaköröm (plural macskakörmök)Category:Hungarian lemmas#MACKAKOROMCategory:Hungarian nouns#MACKAKOROMCategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#MACKAKOROMCategory:Pages with entries#MACSKAKÖRÖMCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MACSKAKÖRÖM

1. (colloquialCategory:Hungarian colloquialisms#MACKAKOROM, typographyCategory:hu:Typography#MACKAKOROM) curly quote (shaped opening or closing quotation mark)

   Synonym: nyomdai idézőjel

2. ditto mark (the symbol " indicating that the word or figure above it is to be repeated)

Further reading

• macskaköröm 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.