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Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of különb (“different”) + -en (adverb-forming suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: kü‧lön‧ben
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Adverb
különben (not comparable)
- otherwise
- Synonyms: egyébként, másként, máskülönben
- A különben zajos étterem most teljesen csendes volt. ― The otherwise noisy restaurant was now completely silent.
- (followed by is or sem) after all, anyway
- Különben is, kit érdekel? ― Who cares, anyway?
- Nem tudtam elmenni a koncertre. Különben sem volt egy jó ötlet. ― I couldn't go to the concert. It wasn't such a good idea, anyway.
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Further reading
- különben 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