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Hungarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From csend (“silence”) + -ben (“in”, inessive case suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: csend‧ben
Noun
csendben
- inessive singular of csend
- A csendben tisztán hallottuk a távoli patak zúgását. ― In the silence, we could clearly hear the murmur of the distant stream.
Adverb
csendben (not comparable)
- in silence, quietly (without making a noise)
- Synonyms: hangtalanul, zajtalanul, némán
- Antonyms: hangosan (“loudly”), fennhangon (“out loud”)
- Nem szólt egy szót sem, csak csendben kiment a szobából. ― He/she didn't say a word, just quietly left the room.
Further reading
- (senses 1b, 2, and 3) csend 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
- (senses 3 and 4) csend 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)