netán

Hungarian

Alternative forms
  • netalán

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛtaːn]
  • Hyphenation: ne‧tán
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Adverb

netán (not comparable)

  1. perchance, possibly, by chance, by any chance, (if…) should, in case (suggesting an unlikely possibility)
    Synonyms: talán, esetleg, véletlenül
    Vigyél esernyőt, ha netán elered(ne) az eső. (The optional conditional may enhance the presumed unlikelihood.) ― Take an umbrella in case it rains. (literally, “…if the rain should possibly start.”)

Further reading
  • netalán, netán in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
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