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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-barát
- (adjective-forming suffix) -friendly (accommodating to the interests, expectations, demands of someone or something)
- gyerek (“child”) + -barát → gyerekbarát (“child-friendly”)
- (adjective-forming suffix, somewhat formal) -friendly (safer, less damaging, less hazardous <procedure, product>)
- környezet (“environment”) + -barát → környezetbarát (“environment-friendly”)
Usage notes
The following terms derive from the noun barát (“friend”) (as they don’t mean being friendly towards someone or something): cseribarát, elvbarát, felebarát, házibarát, kebelbarát, and szürkebarát. The terms emberbarát, műbarát, and természetbarát are traditionally derived from the noun even if they are (or may be) construed with the sense “-friendly”.
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