minduntalan

Hungarian

Etymology

From mind (“always”) +‎ untalan, from un (“to be tired/bored of”) +‎ -talan (“without”, privative suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈminduntɒlɒn]
  • Hyphenation: mind‧un‧ta‧lan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb

minduntalan (not comparable)

  1. time after time, perpetually (many times in a row, again and again)
    Synonyms: újra meg újra, állandóan
  2. at every turn, perpetually (unnecessarily at every opportunity)
  3. (rare) incessantly, constantly, continually
    Synonyms: szünet nélkül, félbeszakítás nélkül, folytonosan

Further reading
  • minduntalan 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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