merrefelé

Hungarian

Etymology

From merre (“which way”) +‎ felé (“towards”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛrːɛfɛleː]
  • Hyphenation: mer‧re‧fe‧lé
  • Rhymes: -leː

Adverb

merrefelé (not comparable)

  1. where, which way, which direction
    Merrefelé ment a csoport? ― Where did the group go?
    Merrefelé repültek a madarak? ― Which direction did the birds fly?
  2. where (in which region, neighborhood)
    Merrefelé van az a falu? ― Where is that village"

Further reading

  • merrefelé 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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