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speciel

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Danish

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Etymology

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Via German speziell, from French spécial, from Latin specialis.

Adjective

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speciel (neuter specielt, plural and definite singular attributive specielle)

  1. special
    Synonyms: særlig, mærkelig, synderlig, specifik, partikulær
    Antonym: generel
  2. (as an adverb) specially

Inflection

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Inflection of speciel
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular speciel mere speciel mest speciel2
indefinite neuter singular specielt mere speciel mest speciel2
plural specielle mere speciel mest speciel2
definite attributive1 specielle mere speciel mest specielle

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From German speziell, from Latin specialis.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃpɛt͡sijɛl]
  • Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧el
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Adverb

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speciel (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) specially, chiefly
  2. (colloquial, imprecise usage) otherwise, however, anyway
    Nekem speciel nem tetszik.Anyway, I don't like it.

References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN