-barát

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See also: barat, barát, and bārāt

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [bɒraːt]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rát

Suffix[edit]

-barát

  1. (adjective-forming suffix) -friendly (accommodating to the interests, expectations, demands of someone or something)
    gyerek (child) + ‎-barát → ‎gyerekbarát (child-friendly)
  2. (adjective-forming suffix, somewhat formal) -friendly (safer, less damaging, less hazardous <procedure, product>)
    környezet (environment) + ‎-barát → ‎környezetbarát (environment-friendly)

Usage notes[edit]

The following terms derive from the noun barát (friend) (as they don’t mean being friendly towards someone or something): cseribarát, elvbarát, felebarát, házibarát, kebelbarát, and szürkebarát. The terms emberbarát, műbarát, and természetbarát are traditionally derived from the noun even if they are (or may be) construed with the sense “-friendly”.

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