asszony

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From Old Hungarian achscin, axsin, from Alanic *æxšiññæ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɒsːoɲ] Hyphenation: asz‧szony Rhymes: -oɲ === Noun === asszony (plural asszonyok) a married or divorced woman or a widow (archaic of unmarried women) woman (adult female human) Synonyms: nő, hölgy Coordinate terms: (archaic in this sense, but traditionally used in coordination with asszony) ember, férfi (often colloquial, with definite article) woman, wife Synonyms: feleség, nej (formal) lady, mistress (woman of authority) Synonym: úrnő a ház asszonya ― the lady of the house (on its own, with a first-person possessive suffix) madam, ma’am (term of address, see asszonyom) Coordinate terms: hölgy, úr, kisasszony, fiatalember ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === asszony 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. asszony 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).