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Hungarian
Etymology
elme (“mind, intellect; mental”) + gyógyintézet (“hospital”)
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: el‧me‧gyógy‧in‧té‧zet
Noun
elmegyógyintézet (plural elmegyógyintézetek)
- (formal) mental hospital, psychiatric hospital (a hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders)
- Synonyms: bolondokháza, diliház, őrültekháza, (all colloquial) tébolyda
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Further reading
- elmegyógyintézet 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
- elmegyógyintézet 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).