illetve

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

illet +‎ -ve (adverbial-participle suffix)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈilːɛtvɛ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: il‧let‧ve
  • Rhymes: -vɛ

Participle[edit]

illetve

  1. adverbial participle of illet

Conjunction[edit]

illetve

  1. or, (occasionally) and (as the case may be, depending on the specific circumstances)
    Synonyms: vagy, illetőleg
  2. or rather, that is to say (making corrections to what one previously said)
    Synonyms: vagyis, azaz, azazhogy, mármint, pontosabban, helyesebben, jobban mondva

Further reading[edit]

  • illetve in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN