avagy

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Hungarian

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  • Hyphenation: avagy
  • Rhymes: -ɒɟ

Adverb

avagy (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Synonym of vagy (or)
    Candide avagy az optimizmusCandide, or Optimism
  2. also known as (AKA)
    A hárpia megzabolázása, avagy A makrancos hölgyThe Taming of the Shrew, or The Unruly Lady

Further reading

  • avagy 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
  • avagy in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).