staféta

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian staffetta (“courier; relay race; relay team”), also via German Stafette (“courier; relay race”). Chiefly introduced via military jargon. First attested in 1697. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃtɒfeːtɒ] Hyphenation: sta‧fé‧ta Rhymes: -tɒ === Noun === staféta (plural staféták) (archaic, historical) an express messenger, especially one using relay horses Synonym: gyorsfutár (sports, dated) relay, relay race (competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action) Synonyms: váltó, váltóverseny (sports, dated) relay team Synonyms: váltó, váltócsapat (sports) baton (object transferred between members of a team in a relay race) Synonyms: stafétabot, váltóbot ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === staféta 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.