alsó

From al- + -só (adjective-forming suffix).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlʃoː]

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• Rhymes: -ʃoː
• Hyphenation: al‧só

alsó (comparative lejjebbi, lejjebb lévő or alsóbb, superlative legalsó or legalsóbb)

1. bottom, lower

   Antonym: felső

alsó (plural alsók)

1. (card games) under knave (the lowest of the three face cards in the German or Hungarian card deck, distinguished by the suit symbol being placed lower down the side of the card than on the felső)
2. (clothing) underpants

   Synonym: alsónadrág

3. (clothing, in compound words) bottom (a garment worn to cover the body below the torso; it usually has a top part, as well)

   pizsamaalsó ― pajama bottoms

4. (education, colloquial, after 1945) grades 1–4 of primary school, or one of them

   A gyerekeink mind alsóba járnak. ― Our children are all in primary school.

• alsó in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• alsó in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).