Hungarian
Etymology
From the inflected noun létre, from lét (“being, existence”) + -re (“onto”, case suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈleːtrɛ]
- Hyphenation: lét‧re
Prefix
létre-
- (verbal prefix) into being, into existence (only used with the following three verbs:)
- hoz (“to bring”) → létrehoz (“to create, bring about, establish, found something”)
- hív (“to invite”) → létrehív (“to create, initiate, originate something”) (literary)
- jön (“to come”) → létrejön (“to be established, set up, to be arrived at, struck up”)
Derived terms
Hungarian verbs prefixed with létre-
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes