speciel

Danish

Etymology

Via German speziell, from French spécial, from Latin specialis.

Adjective

speciel (neuter specielt, plural and definite singular attributive specielle)

  1. special
    Synonyms: særlig, mærkelig, synderlig, specifik, partikulær
    Antonym: generel
  2. (as an adverb) specially

Inflection

Inflection of speciel
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular speciel mere speciel mest speciel2
indefinite neuter singular specielt mere speciel mest speciel2
plural specielle mere speciel mest speciel2
definite attributive1 specielle mere speciel mest specielle

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Hungarian

Etymology

From German speziell, from Latin specialis.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃpɛt͡sijɛl]
  • Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧el
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Adverb

speciel (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) specially, chiefly
  2. (colloquial, imprecise usage) otherwise, however, anyway
    Nekem speciel nem tetszik. ― Anyway, I don't like it.

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
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