lassacskán

Hungarian

Etymology

From lassacska (“slightly slow”) +‎ -n (“-ly”, deadjectival adverb-forming suffix), from the lass- stem of lassú (“slow”) +‎ -acska (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɒʃːɒt͡ʃkaːn]
  • Rhymes: -aːn
  • Hyphenation: las‧sacs‧kán

Adverb

lassacskán (not generally comparable, comparative lassacskábban, superlative leglassacskábban)

  1. slowly, little by little, gradually
  2. (music) andantino (in a tempo that is slightly faster than andante but slower than moderato)

Further reading

  • lassacskán 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.
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