uszály

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Contraction of the former collocation úszó alj (“the elongated back portion of a dress”). The nautical sense was shortened from uszály hajó (“barge boat”), a calque of German Schleppkahn (“barge”). First attested in 1822. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈusaːj] Rhymes: -aːj Hyphenation: uszály Syllabification: u‧szály === Noun === uszály (plural uszályok) (fashion) train (the elongated back portion of a dress, such as a wedding gown or evening gown) (figuratively, literary) trail, tail (of a bird, such as a peacock) (nautical) barge (a large flat-bottomed towed boat) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Appendix:Hungarian words with ly === References === === Further reading === uszály 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.