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hangtalan

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From hang (“sound”) +‎ -talan (“-less, without”, privative adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒŋktɒlɒn]
  • Hyphenation: hang‧ta‧lan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adjective

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hangtalan (comparative hangtalanabb, superlative leghangtalanabb)

  1. soundless, noiseless, quiet, silent
    Synonyms: nesztelen, néma

Declension

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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hangtalan (not comparable)

  1. (poetic) synonym of hangtalanul (“soundlessly, quietly, silently”)
    Synonym: hang nélkül, némán

Further reading

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  • hangtalan 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.