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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
ér (“to be worth”) + -ték (nominalizing suffix)
Noun
érték (plural értékek)
- value, worth (the quality that renders something desirable or valuable; the degree of importance given to something; merit or excellence)
- Synonyms: jelentőség, kiválóság, érdem
- (business) value (the amount (of money or goods or services) considered to be a fair equivalent for something else)
- Synonyms: ellenérték, ár
- value (that which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system)
- Synonyms: értékrend, elv
- (used in the plural) valuables (personal possessions such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value)
- Synonym: értéktárgy
- treasure, asset (such as talent or some part of nature)
- Synonyms: kincs, javak
- (sciences, computing) value (numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed)
- Synonym: számérték
- (music) value (the relative duration of a musical note)
- Synonym: hosszúság
- (card games) rank (that of a playing card)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
ér (“to reach”) + -ték
Verb
érték
- third-person plural indicative past definite of ér
- A tanárokat kellemes meglepetések érték az új iskolában. ― The teachers were faced with pleasant surprises in the new school. (literally, “Pleasant surprises struck the teachers…”)
Usage notes
This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:
Further reading
- érték 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
- érték in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).