fehérje

Hungarian

Etymology

From fehér (“white”) +‎ -je (“…’s, of…; its”, possessive suffix). The second sense (“protein”) is its lexicalization, created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries; an ellipsis of tojásfehérje (“white of egg”). Compare sárgája.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: fe‧hér‧je
• Rhymes: -jɛ

Noun

fehérje

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of fehér

   kimutatja a foga fehérjét ― to show one's true colors (literally, “to show the white of one's tooth ”)

Noun

fehérje (plural fehérjék)

1. (biochemistry) protein
3. egg white

   Synonym: tojásfehérje

   Coordinate term: sárgája

Declension

Its third-person singular single-possessive possessive is more commonly fehérje to avoid doubling the suffix.

Derived terms

Noun

fehérje

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of fehérje (“egg white”)

   Synonym: fehérjéje

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