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elvet

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See also: elvét and Elvet

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlvɛt]
  • Hyphenation: el‧vet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

el- + vet

Verb

elvet

  1. (transitive) to cast away, to throw away
    Synonyms: eldob, elhajít
  2. (by extension, transitive, figurative) to reject, throw out, dismiss, rule out (to reject an option from a list of possibilities)
    Synonyms: elutasít, kizár
  3. (transitive) to sow (to plant seeds)
    Synonyms: vet, ültet, elültet
Conjugation
More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...
More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...
Derived terms

Etymology 2

elv (principle) + -et (accusative suffix)

Noun

elvet

  1. accusative singular of elv

Further reading

  • elvet 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.
  • elvet 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).
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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French helvète.

Noun

elvet m (plural elveți)

  1. (rare) Swiss

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

  • elvet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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