Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

el- +‎ hallgat

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɦɒlɡɒt]
  • Hyphenation: el‧hall‧gat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb edit

elhallgat

  1. (intransitive) to hush, pause, stop speaking, become silent, shut up (to take a sudden pause in speaking)
  2. (intransitive, of a young child) to stop crying
  3. (intransitive, of music, noise) to cease, stop
  4. (transitive) to suppress, cover up, hush up, conceal, withhold, hide something (from someone: elől)
  5. (transitive) to listen to someone or something (for a longer time, with attention)
    Órákig elhallgatnám ezt a zenét.I'd listen to this music for hours.
  6. (transitive) to gloss over, ignore (to tolerate something in silence)

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Further reading edit

  • elhallgat 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
  • elhallgat 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)