idő

== Hungarian == === Alternative forms === üdő (archaic or dialectal) === Etymology === Probably borrowed from a Chuvash-type Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *öd (“time”) and cognates with Karakhanid اُذْ (öδ, “time”), Southern Altai ӧй (öy, “time”), Turkish öğle (“noon”). For the meaning of weather, compare Proto-Slavic *pogoda, Latin tempestas, and Old Irish aimser. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈidøː] Hyphenation: idő Syllabification: i‧dő Rhymes: -døː === Noun === idő (countable and uncountable, plural idők) a concept relating to the temporal dimension time (the progression into the future with the passing of events into the past) time (numerical or general indication of a quantity of time) time (the present moment as indicated by a clock) time (the appropriate moment or hour for something) time zone (range of longitudes where a common standard time is used) (in the plural or possessive) era, time (time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year) (in the possessive) one’s time (a person’s youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day) (sports) time-out (short break in the action of a sport) (grammar) tense (any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action occurs) weather (short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place) ==== Declension ==== The common 3rd-person possessive forms are ideje, idejük; the forms idője, időjük are very rare. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === idő 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.