menőfélben

Hungarian

Etymology

From menő (“going, leaving”) +‎ -félben (“in the process of”, adverb-forming suffix), from megy (“to go”) +‎ -ó (present-participle suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛnøːfeːlbɛn]
  • Hyphenation: me‧nő‧fél‧ben
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Adverb

menőfélben (not comparable)

  1. in the process of leaving, about to leave
    Synonym: indulóban
    Már menőfélben voltam, amikor csörgött a telefon. ― I was about to leave when the phone rang.

Further reading
  • menőfélben 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
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