egykor
Hungarian
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editegykor
- temporal-suffixed form of egy, synonym of egy órakor (“at one o'clock”)
- negyed egykor ― at [a] quarter past twelve (literally, “at quarter one”)
- fél egykor ― at half past twelve (literally, “at half one”)
- háromnegyed egykor ― at [a] quarter to one (literally, “at three-quarters one”)
Adverb
editegykor (not comparable)
- at one time, formerly, sometime (at an indefinite time in the past)
- sometime (at an indefinite time in the future)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- egykor 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
- egykor 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).