boksz

• IPA^(key): [ˈboks]
• Hyphenation: boksz
• Rhymes: -oks

From English box (“a blow with the fist”).^[1]

boksz (usually uncountable, plural bokszok)

1. (sports) boxing (a sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists)

See at pingpong.

From English box (“box, case”).^[1]

boksz (plural bokszok)

1. booth, stall, box (in theatre), compartment

From German Boxkalb, from English box calf.^[1]

boksz (countable and uncountable, plural bokszok)

1. box calf (a type of calfskin leather used for shoes)
2. shoe polish (a product used to make shoes shine)

Box with a letter x is not used in the Hungarian loanwords above (except informally sometimes), neither in derived terms like bokszer, bokszeralsó, bokszerlázadás, and bokszermotor, only in compound terms such as inbox, kick-box, and matchbox.

• (boxing): boksz 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.
• (booth, stall, box): boksz 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.
• (box calf, shoe polish): boksz 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.
• boksz 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 2024).