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Hungarian
Etymology
illet + -ve (adverbial-participle suffix)
Pronunciation
Participle
illetve
- adverbial participle of illet
Conjunction
illetve
- or, (occasionally) and (as the case may be, depending on the specific circumstances)
- Synonyms: vagy, illetőleg
- or rather, that is to say (making corrections to what one previously said)
- Synonyms: vagyis, azaz, azazhogy, mármint, pontosabban, helyesebben, jobban mondva
Further reading
- illetve 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