penész

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian plijesan (“mildew”) and Slovene plesen (“mold”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpɛneːs] Hyphenation: pe‧nész Rhymes: -eːs === Noun === penész (usually uncountable, plural penészek) mold, mildew (a natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === penész 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.