hozzávetőleg

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1829.[1] hozzá + vetőlegCategory:Hungarian compound adverbs#HOZZAVETOLEG, from vető + -legCategory:Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -leg#HOZZAVETOLEG,[2] analogous to hozzávet (archaic[3]) + (present-participle suffix) + -leg (adverb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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  1. approximately, roughly, around, about (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
    Synonyms: hozzávetőlegesen, megközelítőleg, körülbelül, nagyjából, mintegy

Derived terms

References

  1. vet in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. Eőry, Vilma (2007), Értelmező szótár+ [Explanatory Dictionary Plus] (in Hungarian), Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, →ISBN
  3. hozzávet in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.

Further reading

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