Balaton
English
Etymology
Ultimately from a Slavic word for “mud; swamp”; compare Old Church Slavonic блато (blato).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbælətɒn/, /ˈbɒlətɒn/
Proper noun
Balaton
- A freshwater lake in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations.
- 1827, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, Edinburgh: Adam Black, volume 6, book 101, 285:
- The surface of the Balaton and the surrounding marshes is not less than 24 German square miles, or 384 English square miles; its principal feeder is the Szala, but all the water it receives appears inconsiderable relatively to its superficial extent, and the quantity lost in evaporation.
- 1827, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, Edinburgh: Adam Black, volume 6, book 101, 285:
Translations
a lake in Hungary
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɒlɒton]
- Hyphenation: Ba‧la‧ton
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Balaton | — |
accusative | Balatont | — |
dative | Balatonnak | — |
instrumental | Balatonnal | — |
causal-final | Balatonért | — |
translative | Balatonná | — |
terminative | Balatonig | — |
essive-formal | Balatonként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Balatonban | — |
superessive | Balatonon | — |
adessive | Balatonnál | — |
illative | Balatonba | — |
sublative | Balatonra | — |
allative | Balatonhoz | — |
elative | Balatonból | — |
delative | Balatonról | — |
ablative | Balatontól | — |
Possessive forms of Balaton | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Balatonom | — |
2nd person sing. | Balatonod | — |
3rd person sing. | Balatonja | — |
1st person plural | Balatonunk | — |
2nd person plural | Balatonotok | — |
3rd person plural | Balatonjuk | — |
Derived terms
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