négyszemközt

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From négy (four) +‎ szem (eye) +‎ közt (between), literally “between four eyes”. Compare French entre quatre yeux, German unter vier Augen, Italian a quattr'occhi, Polish w cztery oczy, Czech mezi čtyřma očima.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈneːcsɛmkøst]
  • Hyphenation: négy‧szem‧közt
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Adverb

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négyszemközt (not comparable)

  1. in private, in confidence, one-to-one, face-to-face (occurring privately with the involvement of two people)
    Synonyms: bizalmasan, titkosan

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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