Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

emel +‎ -et

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛmɛlɛt]
  • Hyphenation: eme‧let
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun edit

emelet (plural emeletek)

  1. a floor/storey above ground level

Usage notes edit

The usage is like the British convention as opposed to the American. That is, első emelet (first floor) is not the ground floor but the first one above ground. The American-usage first floor (UK: ground floor) is földszint.

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative emelet emeletek
accusative emeletet emeleteket
dative emeletnek emeleteknek
instrumental emelettel emeletekkel
causal-final emeletért emeletekért
translative emeletté emeletekké
terminative emeletig emeletekig
essive-formal emeletként emeletekként
essive-modal
inessive emeletben emeletekben
superessive emeleten emeleteken
adessive emeletnél emeleteknél
illative emeletbe emeletekbe
sublative emeletre emeletekre
allative emelethez emeletekhez
elative emeletből emeletekből
delative emeletről emeletekről
ablative emelettől emeletektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
emeleté emeleteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
emeletéi emeletekéi
Possessive forms of emelet
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. emeletem emeleteim
2nd person sing. emeleted emeleteid
3rd person sing. emelete emeletei
1st person plural emeletünk emeleteink
2nd person plural emeletetek emeleteitek
3rd person plural emeletük emeleteik

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • emelet 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
  • emelet 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)