csemete

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed probably from Italian. Compare archaic cimette, cimete (“top of the twig”) diminutive of cima (“top, summit, peak”). The original Italian meaning was “young shoot of a plant”. The “child” sense was formed in Hungarian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛmɛtɛ] Hyphenation: cse‧me‧te Rhymes: -tɛ === Noun === csemete (plural csemeték) (botany) sapling, seedling (a young tree grown from seed) (colloquial, humorous or sarcastic) child (a young child, mostly a boy) (sarcastic) (male) offspring (a person's son) ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === csemete 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. csemete 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).