emelet

Hungarian

Etymology

From emel (“to lift, to raise”) +‎ -et (noun-forming suffix, expressing the result of the action).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛmɛlɛt]
Hyphenation: eme‧let
Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

emelet (plural emeletek)

a floor/storey above ground level

Usage notes

In keeping with the word's derivation ("something lifted [above the ground level]"), usage is like the British convention as opposed to the American. That is, első emelet (“first floor”) is not the ground floor but the first one above ground. The American-usage first floor (UK: ground floor) is földszint (literally “ground level”).

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	emelet	emeletek
accusative	emeletet	emeleteket
dative	emeletnek	emeleteknek
instrumental	emelettel	emeletekkel
causal-final	emeletért	emeletekért
translative	emeletté	emeletekké
terminative	emeletig	emeletekig
essive-formal	emeletként	emeletekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	emeletben	emeletekben
superessive	emeleten	emeleteken
adessive	emeletnél	emeleteknél
illative	emeletbe	emeletekbe
sublative	emeletre	emeletekre
allative	emelethez	emeletekhez
elative	emeletből	emeletekből
delative	emeletről	emeletekről
ablative	emelettől	emeletektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	emeleté	emeleteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	emeletéi	emeletekéi

Possessive forms of emelet
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	emeletem	emeleteim
2nd person sing.	emeleted	emeleteid
3rd person sing.	emelete	emeletei
1st person plural	emeletünk	emeleteink
2nd person plural	emeletetek	emeleteitek
3rd person plural	emeletük	emeleteik

Derived terms

em. (abbreviation)
emeletes
emeleti
emeletnyi

Compound words

félemelet

emelet 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
emelet in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).