szélkakas

== Hungarian == === Etymology === szél (“wind”) +‎ kakas (“rooster”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈseːlkɒkɒʃ] Hyphenation: szél‧ka‧kas Rhymes: -ɒʃ === Noun === szélkakas (plural szélkakasok) weather vane, weathercock (a mechanical device - sometimes in the form of a rooster - rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind) (figuratively, literary, derogatory) weathercock (one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === szélkakas 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.