elé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ele"
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editPostposition
editelé
- (to) in front of
- A macska a tévé elé ugrott. ― The cat jumped (to) in front of the television.
Derived terms
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Related terms
editPronoun
editelé
- Synonym of eléje.
- Egy kocsi vágott be elé. ― A car cut in front of him/her.
Usage notes
editThis term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with elé-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see elé-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.
Declension
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editFurther reading
edit- (postposition, [folksy] adverb and [archaic] verbal prefix): elé , the adverb partly redirecting to előre and the prefix redirecting to (2): elő
- (adverb [pronoun]): elé , redirecting to eléje 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
- elé in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)