ezelőtt
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ez (“this”) + előtt (“before”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ezelőtt
Usage notes
[edit]Similar compounds are written as one word (in solid) when they function as adverbs or parts of a conjunction. However, if they emphatically point at something particular (“without/around/behind/etc. that person/object”), they are written with a space inside. More information: Section 121 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
Derived terms
[edit]Postposition
[edit]ezelőtt
- ago (the amount of time that has passed since is expressed with -val/-vel)
- Coordinate term: azelőtt
- Három évvel ezelőtt történt. ― It happened three years ago.
Further reading
[edit]- ezelőtt 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
- ezelőtt in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)