felé

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See also: fele, fêle, fêlé, felë, and -féle

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of the noun fél (half).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛleː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fe‧lé

Postposition

felé

  1. to, towards, in the direction of
    Synonym: (folksy) fele
    Antonym: felől
    Budapest felé megyünk.We go in the direction of Budapest.
    Kelet felé utazunk.We travel east / in the eastern direction.
  2. nearby, around
    Synonyms: (folksy) fele, tájékán, környékén
    Az állomás felé laknak.They live around the station.
  3. near, towards (a short but undetermined time before an event or time in question)
    Synonyms: tájt, tájban, körül
    Hajnal felé végre elaludt.Toward dawn he finally fell asleep.
  4. into, -way (dividing/cutting something into a defined number of portions)
    Négyfelé tépte a levelet.He tore the letter into four pieces.
    Kétfelé vágtam a kenyeret.I cut the bread in two.
  5. (dialectal, rare) to above (variant of fölé)

Derived terms

Compound words

Pronoun

felé

  1. towards someone or something
    Felém fordult.He turned towards me.
  2. (plural only) here, over here (in the area, city, country where the person comes from or lives)
    Hallottam, hogy nagy vihar volt felétek.I've heard you had a big storm. (where you live)
    Mifelénk most nagyon hideg van.Over here is very cold right now.
Declension

See also

References

  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN