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-

létrehoz

létrejön

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes