létre-

See also: letre and létre

Hungarian

Etymology

From the inflected noun létre, from lét (“being, existence”) +‎ -re (“onto”, case suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈleːtrɛ]
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  • Hyphenation: lét‧re

Prefix

létre-

  1. (verbal prefix) into being, into existence (only used with the following three verbs:)
    hoz (“to bring”) → létrehoz (“to create, bring about, establish, found something”)
    hív (“to invite”) → létrehív (“to create, initiate, originate something”) (literary)
    jön (“to come”) → létrejön (“to be established, set up, to be arrived at, struck up”)

Derived terms
Hungarian verbs prefixed with létre-

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes
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