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fél

Pronunciation: [ˈfeːl]

“fél” is a Hungarian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to fear, to be afraid of something (-tól/-től)
  2. to fear something (-t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt)

numeral

  1. half (1/2)
  2. half an hour before … o’clock (half when followed by a number representing an hour, similar to half past, but 30 minutes before an hour rather than after)

noun

  1. half; either part of something divided into two
  2. a point or line marking and separating two equal halves of a distance or an area
  3. either side (of a body or some enclosed space)
  4. (archaic) fellow man, fellow (human) being, neighbour
  5. client, customer
  6. party, participant (one of persons or groups having some legal, social, etc. connection with each other)
  7. post (as in doorpost)

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *pele-. Cognates include Northern Mansi [script needed] (pil-), Erzya пелемс (pelems) and Finnish pelätä.

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