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Hungarian
Etymology
ez + alatt
Pronunciation
Adverb
ezalatt (not comparable)
- meanwhile, in the meantime, at that time (during all this time while something else is happening)
- Coordinate term: azalatt
- Van egy órám. Ezalatt megebédelek. ― I have an hour. In the meantime, I will get lunch.
- A gyerekek elmentek a könyvtárba. Ezalatt én otthon maradtam. ― The kids went to the library. Meanwhile, I stayed home.
- by that (with ért (“to mean”) and other verbs that take alatt)
- Mit értesz ezalatt? ― What do you mean by that?
Usage notes
Similar compounds are written as one word (in solid) when they function as adverbs or parts of a conjunction. However, if they emphatically point at something particular (“without/around/behind/etc. that person/object”), they are written with a space inside. More information: Section 121 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
Further reading
- ezalatt 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
- ezalatt 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)