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Hungarian
Etymology
From száz (“hundred”) + -számra (“by the”, adverb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: száz‧szám‧ra
- Rhymes: -rɒ
Adverb
százszámra (not comparable)
- by the hundreds (several or many hundreds together or one after the other)
- Synonym: százával
- Augusztusban százszámra érkeztek a turisták. ― Tourists arrived by the hundreds in August.
- (exaggerated) in droves, by the hundreds, many (in large numbers, not necessarily thought of as a multiple of a hundred)
- Synonym: tömegesen
- Százszámra jöttek az emberek az ingyenes koncertre. ― People came by the hundreds to the free concert.
Further reading
- száz 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