párhuzamos

From pár (“pair”, reflecting Latin parallelus and German parallel more than the literal sense, as there may be more than two parallel lines/planes) +‎ huzamos from húz (“to pull/draw”) +‎ -am (noun-forming suffix) +‎ -os (adjective-forming suffix). Created by Ferenc Pethe (Q1233753) during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.^[1]

• IPA^(key):

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pár‧hu‧za‧mos
• Rhymes: -oʃ

párhuzamos (not generally comparable, comparative párhuzamosabb, superlative legpárhuzamosabb)

1. (geometry) parallel (equally distant from one another at all points; parallel to something: -val/-vel)

   Antonym: merőleges

   Rajzolj két párhuzamos egyenest. ― Draw two parallel lines.

2. parallel (having the same overall direction; to something: -val/-vel)

   Az ösvény párhuzamos a folyóval. ― The path is parallel to the river.

   A két utca párhuzamos egymással. ― The two streets are parallel to each other.

párhuzamos (plural párhuzamosok)

1. (geometry) parallel (one of a set of parallel lines)

• párhuzamos 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