félben

See also: -félben

Hungarian

Etymology

From fél (“half”) +‎ -ben (“in”, inessive case suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfeːlbɛn]
  • Hyphenation: fél‧ben

Noun

félben

  1. inessive singular of fél

Adverb

félben (not comparable)

  1. unfinished, incomplete (half done, in an unfinished state)
    A vállalkozó otthagyta félben a munkát és elment. ― The contractor abandoned work and left.

Further reading

  • félben in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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