jobban

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjobːɒn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: job‧ban
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Etymology 1

jobb +‎ -an (adverb suffix)

Adverb

jobban

  1. comparative degree of jól, better (in a better way)
    Antonym: rosszabbul
  2. comparative degree of nagyon, more (to a higher degree, to a greater extent)
    Synonym: inkább (“preferably, more gladly/willingly”)
    Antonym: kevésbé
    Jobban szeretem a citromot, mint a vaníliát. ― I prefer lemon to vanilla. (literally, “I like lemon more than vanilla.”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

jobb +‎ -ban (case suffix)

Adjective

jobban

  1. inessive singular of jobb
    A bal zsebemben nincs pénz, a jobban van. ― There is no money in my left pocket, but there is some in my right one.

Noun

jobban

  1. inessive singular of jobb

Further reading

  • jobban 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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