kietlen

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -etlen (“-less, without”, privative adjective-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkijɛtlɛn] Hyphenation: ki‧et‧len Rhymes: -ɛn === Adjective === kietlen (comparative kietlenebb, superlative legkietlenebb) (higher register, literary) desolate, barren, bleak (of landscape or region: inhospitable with infertile or no longer fertile soil and abandoned or uninhabited due to harsh climatic conditions) Synonyms: kopár, sivár, puszta Antonym: kies (higher register, literary, of a room) empty, cold, unfriendly Synonyms: üres, rideg, barátságtalan ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === kietlen 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.