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Meaning of -féle | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1
[feːlɛ]

Definitions

  1. -like (of the specified sort or type of item)
    morpheme
  2. types of (of as many types as is specified by the preceding number)
    morpheme
  3. -id (ending of family names)
    morpheme
  4. related to someone, created by someone (attached to proper nouns with a hyphen)
    morpheme

Equivalents

Deutsch -wärts
Suomi että
עברית ־ה ל־
Magyar -i -szerű olyasmi
Kurdî
Nederlands -waarts
Polski w stylu

Examples

“ruha (“clothing”) + -féle → ruhaféle (“clothes-like; (converted into a noun) clothing article”)”
“három (“three”) + -féle → háromféle (“three types of”)”
“sólyom (“falcon”) + -féle → sólyomféle (“falconid, a member of the falcon family (Falconidae)”)”
“Young-féle modulus”

Young’s modulus

“Descartes-féle koordináták”

Cartesian coordinates

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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