Hungarian

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 felhő on Hungarian Wikipedia
 
felhő

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pilwe. Cognates include Estonian pilv, Finnish pilvi and Erzya пель (peľ).[1] The computing sense is a semantic loan from English cloud.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛlɦøː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fel‧hő
  • Rhymes: -høː

Noun

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felhő (plural felhők)

  1. cloud (a visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
    Synonym: felleg
  2. (figuratively) cloud (a group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying)
    Synonyms: sokaság, tömeg
  3. (figuratively) perilous or concerning phenomenon
    Synonyms: veszély (danger, hazard, peril), gond (trouble)
    (sötét) felhők tornyosulnak [valakinek] a feje fölött(dark) clouds are gathering above [someone]’s head[1]
  4. (computing, with a) cloud (the Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing)

Declension

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Possessive forms of felhő
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. felhőm felhőim
2nd person sing. felhőd felhőid
3rd person sing. felhője felhői
1st person plural felhőnk felhőink
2nd person plural felhőtök felhőitek
3rd person plural felhőjük felhőik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Entry #767 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading

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  • felhő 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.
  • felhő 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 2026).