refrén

See also: refren

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛfrɛːn]

Noun

refrén m inan

  1. chorus (repeated part of a song)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French refrain, also via German Refrain. First attested in 1827.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛfreːn]
  • Hyphenation: ref‧rén
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

refrén (plural refrének)

  1. refrain, chorus, burden (a part of a song or poem which is repeated between verses to emphasize the content)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative refrén refrének
accusative refrént refréneket
dative refrénnek refréneknek
instrumental refrénnel refrénekkel
causal-final refrénért refrénekért
translative refrénné refrénekké
terminative refrénig refrénekig
essive-formal refrénként refrénekként
essive-modal refrénül
inessive refrénben refrénekben
superessive refrénen refréneken
adessive refrénnél refréneknél
illative refrénbe refrénekbe
sublative refrénre refrénekre
allative refrénhez refrénekhez
elative refrénből refrénekből
delative refrénről refrénekről
ablative refréntől refrénektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular
refréné refréneké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
refrénéi refrénekéi
Possessive forms of refrén
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. refrénem refrénjeim
2nd person sing. refréned refrénjeid
3rd person sing. refrénje refrénjei
1st person plural refrénünk refrénjeink
2nd person plural refrénetek refrénjeitek
3rd person plural refrénjük refrénjeik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ refrén in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • refrén 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.