jobban

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈjobːɒn]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: job‧ban
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Etymology 1

jobb +‎ -an (adverb suffix)

Adverb

jobban

  1. comparative degree of jól, better (in a better way)
    Antonym: rosszabbul
  2. comparative degree of nagyon, more (to a higher degree, to a greater extent)
    Synonym: inkább (“preferably, more gladly/willingly”)
    Antonym: kevésbé
    Jobban szeretem a citromot, mint a vaníliát. ― I prefer lemon to vanilla. (literally, “I like lemon more than vanilla.”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

jobb +‎ -ban (case suffix)

Adjective

jobban

  1. inessive singular of jobb
    A bal zsebemben nincs pénz, a jobban van. ― There is no money in my left pocket, but there is some in my right one.

Noun

jobban

  1. inessive singular of jobb

Further reading
  • jobban 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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