poén
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From German Pointe, from French pointe, from Late Latin puncta, from pungere.[1]
Noun edit
poén (plural poénok)
- punch line (the final part of a joke)
- Synonym: csattanó
- (informal) joke (especially a one-liner; something short said or done for amusement), hoax (something intended to trick)
- (informal) the funny part about something, the beauty of something (whether humorous or simply unexpected)
- Az állásinterjún az volt a poén, hogy a leendő főnököm épp az volt, akivel előző nap egy vakrandin találkoztam. ― The funny part about the job interview was that my future boss was the same person I had met the previous day on a blind date.
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | poén | poénok |
| accusative | poént | poénokat |
| dative | poénnak | poénoknak |
| instrumental | poénnal | poénokkal |
| causal-final | poénért | poénokért |
| translative | poénná | poénokká |
| terminative | poénig | poénokig |
| essive-formal | poénként | poénokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | poénban | poénokban |
| superessive | poénon | poénokon |
| adessive | poénnál | poénoknál |
| illative | poénba | poénokba |
| sublative | poénra | poénokra |
| allative | poénhoz | poénokhoz |
| elative | poénból | poénokból |
| delative | poénról | poénokról |
| ablative | poéntól | poénoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
poéné | poénoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
poénéi | poénokéi |
| Possessive forms of poén | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | poénom | poénjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | poénod | poénjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | poénja | poénjai |
| 1st person plural | poénunk | poénjaink |
| 2nd person plural | poénotok | poénjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | poénjuk | poénjaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Expressions
Etymology 2 edit
From German Point, from French point, from Latin punctum, from pungere.[1]
Noun edit
poén
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | poén | poénok |
| accusative | poént | poénokat |
| dative | poénnak | poénoknak |
| instrumental | poénnal | poénokkal |
| causal-final | poénért | poénokért |
| translative | poénná | poénokká |
| terminative | poénig | poénokig |
| essive-formal | poénként | poénokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | poénban | poénokban |
| superessive | poénon | poénokon |
| adessive | poénnál | poénoknál |
| illative | poénba | poénokba |
| sublative | poénra | poénokra |
| allative | poénhoz | poénokhoz |
| elative | poénból | poénokból |
| delative | poénról | poénokról |
| ablative | poéntól | poénoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
poéné | poénoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
poénéi | poénokéi |
| Possessive forms of poén | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | poénom | poénjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | poénod | poénjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | poénja | poénjai |
| 1st person plural | poénunk | poénjaink |
| 2nd person plural | poénotok | poénjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | poénjuk | poénjaik |
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- (punchline): poén 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
- (point in cards or billiards): poén 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