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Hungarian
Etymology
áll (“to stand, withstand, consist”) + -ó (present-participle suffix)
Pronunciation
Participle
álló
- present participle of áll
Adjective
álló (not comparable)
- standing, upright, erect
- portrait-format (oriented so that the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides)
- Antonym: fekvő
- (after egész; before nap, sometimes év or esztendő) Emphasizes the length of a period of time.
- Egész álló nap dolgozott. ― He's been working all day long.
- (typography) Roman (upright, as opposed to oblique or italic)
- Coordinate terms: dőlt, döntött
- (in compounds) resistant, -proof
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- álló 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
- álló 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)