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Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1814. A playful derivation from teli (“full”) + -s (adjective-forming suffix) + tele (“full”). The word telis is not used independently.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: te‧lis-te‧le
- Rhymes: -lɛ
Adverb
telis-tele
- full, to the brim, packed tight (to the point of being full, almost overflowing with something or with people; used with -val/-vel)
- Synonyms: telis-teli, színültig, csordultig, tömve
- A polc telis-tele volt könyvekkel. ― The shelf was full of books.
References
Further reading
- telis-tele 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