poén

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From German Pointe, from French pointe, from Late Latin puncta, from pungere.[1]

Noun

poén (plural poénok)

  1. punch line (the final part of a joke)
    Synonym: csattanó
  2. (informal) joke (especially a one-liner; something short said or done for amusement), hoax (something intended to trick)
    Synonyms: vicc, tréfa
  3. (informal) the funny part about something, the beauty of something (whether humorous or simply unexpected)
    Az állásinterjún az volt a poén, hogy a leendő főnököm épp az volt, akivel előző nap egy vakrandin találkoztam. ― The funny part about the job interview was that my future boss was the same person I had met the previous day on a blind date.
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative poén poénok
accusative poént poénokat
dative poénnak poénoknak
instrumental poénnal poénokkal
causal-final poénért poénokért
translative poénná poénokká
terminative poénig poénokig
essive-formal poénként poénokként
essive-modal — —
inessive poénban poénokban
superessive poénon poénokon
adessive poénnál poénoknál
illative poénba poénokba
sublative poénra poénokra
allative poénhoz poénokhoz
elative poénból poénokból
delative poénról poénokról
ablative poéntól poénoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		poéné poénoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		poénéi poénokéi
Possessive forms of poén
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. poénom poénjaim
2nd person sing. poénod poénjaid
3rd person sing. poénja poénjai
1st person plural poénunk poénjaink
2nd person plural poénotok poénjaitok
3rd person plural poénjuk poénjaik
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From German Point, from French point, from Latin punctum, from pungere.[1]

Noun

poén

  1. (gaming) point (a unit of scoring in a card game, billiards, or some other sports)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative poén poénok
accusative poént poénokat
dative poénnak poénoknak
instrumental poénnal poénokkal
causal-final poénért poénokért
translative poénná poénokká
terminative poénig poénokig
essive-formal poénként poénokként
essive-modal — —
inessive poénban poénokban
superessive poénon poénokon
adessive poénnál poénoknál
illative poénba poénokba
sublative poénra poénokra
allative poénhoz poénokhoz
elative poénból poénokból
delative poénról poénokról
ablative poéntól poénoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		poéné poénoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		poénéi poénokéi
Possessive forms of poén
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. poénom poénjaim
2nd person sing. poénod poénjaid
3rd person sing. poénja poénjai
1st person plural poénunk poénjaink
2nd person plural poénotok poénjaitok
3rd person plural poénjuk poénjaik

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • (punchline): poén 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
  • (point in cards or billiards): poén 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
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