volán

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See also: volan

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

volán

  1. masculine singular passive participle of volat

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Volant, from French volant.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

volán (plural volánok)

  1. steering wheel

Usage notes

  • Only rarely used as an actual synonym for kormánykerék. However, it is common in idiomatic expressions involving driving, being in charge and other abstract expressions associated with operating a motor vehicle.
  • The capitalized Volán is part of the name of many Hungarian bus companies.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative volán volánok
accusative volánt volánokat
dative volánnak volánoknak
instrumental volánnal volánokkal
causal-final volánért volánokért
translative volánná volánokká
terminative volánig volánokig
essive-formal volánként volánokként
essive-modal — —
inessive volánban volánokban
superessive volánon volánokon
adessive volánnál volánoknál
illative volánba volánokba
sublative volánra volánokra
allative volánhoz volánokhoz
elative volánból volánokból
delative volánról volánokról
ablative volántól volánoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		voláné volánoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		volánéi volánokéi
Possessive forms of volán
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. volánom volánjaim
2nd person sing. volánod volánjaid
3rd person sing. volánja volánjai
1st person plural volánunk volánjaink
2nd person plural volánotok volánjaitok
3rd person plural volánjuk volánjaik

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References

  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

  • volán 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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