kézen-közön

Hungarian

Etymology

kéz (“hand”) +‎ -en (“on”, case suffix) +‎ köz (“gap”) +‎ -ön (“on”, case suffix), literally: “on hand, on gap” indicating that something went through the hands of multiple people

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkeːzɛŋkøzøn]
  • Hyphenation: ké‧zen-kö‧zön
  • Rhymes: -øn

Adverb

kézen-közön

  1. (only in a few expressions) in an undefinable way, without evidence (due to going through multiple hands)
    A költözködésben a jegyzeteim kézen-közön eltűntek. ― During the move my notes vanished without a trace.

Further reading

  • kézen-közön 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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