fehérje

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From fehér (“white”) +‎ -je (“…’s, of…; its”, possessive suffix). The word in the second sense (“protein”) is the result of an ellipsis of tojásfehérje (“white [part] of [an/the] egg”) and a subsequent lexicalization; see also sárgája. It is a semantic loan from German Eiweiß (compare Russian белок (belok)) and was created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɛɦeːrjɛ] Hyphenation: fe‧hér‧je Rhymes: -jɛ === Noun === fehérje third-person singular single-possession possessive of fehér kimutatja a foga fehérjét ― to show one's true colors (literally, “to show the white [part] of one's tooth [or teeth]”) === Noun === fehérje (plural fehérjék) (biochemistry) protein Synonym: protein egg white Synonym: tojásfehérje Coordinate term: sárgája ==== Declension ==== Its third-person singular single-possessive possessive is more commonly fehérje to avoid doubling the suffix. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === fehérje third-person singular single-possession possessive of fehérje (“egg white”) Synonym: fehérjéje === References === === Further reading === fehérje 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.