illetőleg

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Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of illet +‎ -ő +‎ -leg.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈilːɛtøːlɛɡ]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: il‧le‧tő‧leg
Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Adverb

illetőleg

regarding, concerning, as to (used after a nominal in accusative case)
a reggeli eseményeket illetőleg ― as to the events of this morning

Conjunction

illetőleg

(formal) Synonym of illetve (“and, or”)
(formal) Synonym of illetve (“or rather”, making corrections to what one previously said)
(formal) indicating that a statement relates to all mentioned
Ez az igazgatónak, illetőleg a helyettesének a dolga. ― This is the responsibility of the director and his deputy.

References

^ illetőleg in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

illetőleg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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