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Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of the postposition ellen + -ben (“in”, inessive case suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: el‧len‧ben
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Conjunction
ellenben
- on the other hand, but
- Synonyms: ezzel szemben, de
- however, but
- Synonyms: azonban, viszont
Adverb
ellenben (not comparable)
- (archaic) opposite, across
- Synonyms: átellenben, szemben
1824, Mihály Vörösmarty, chapter 5, in Zalán futása (The Flight of Zalán):S már lágyulna Zalán; de felejti gyenge szerelmét / A népes tábor, mely zúg várának alatta, / És mely ellenben csillámlik az éji tüzeknél.- And Zalán would soften; but he forgets his weak love / The populous camp, which roars beneath his castle, / And which, on the contrary, gleams at the fires of the night.
References
Further reading
- ellenben 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
- ellenben 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)