-é

• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈe]

-é (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ena, masculine plural -ens, feminine plural -enes)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of -è

Inherited from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, -et, -at, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Compare the borrowed doublet -at.

• IPA^(key): /e/
• Homophones: -ée, -ées, -és, -er, hey, et

-é (feminine -ée, masculine plural -és, feminine plural -ées)

1. (grammar) past participle root verb suffix of regular -er verbs, an inflected infinitive verb; -ed, -en, -n

Euphonic alteration of -e in presubject position.

• -è (post-1990 spelling)

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

-é

1. inflection of -er:
   1. presubject first-person singular present indicative
   2. presubject first-person singular present subjunctive

   pensé-je

• IPA^(key): [eː]
• Rhymes: -eː

From a split of the obsolete lative suffix (below), with a semantic shift presumably evolving like “towards him/her” > “to him/her” > “of his/hers”.[1]

-é

1. (non-attributive possessive suffix) -'s, belonging to ……, that of ……. Used to form the non-attributive possessive[2] form of nouns. Compare the English pronouns mine, yours etc.). The plural form is -éi.

   iskola (“school”) ― iskoláé (“belonging to the school, of the school, the school's”)

   Ez a szék az iskoláé. (predicatively) ― This chair belongs to the school / is the school’s.

   ház (“house”) ― házé (“that of the house”)

   A fa árnyéka nagy, a házé még nagyobb. (as part of the subject) ― The shadow of the tree is big; that of the house is even bigger.

2. (non-attributive possessive suffix, slightly colloquial) -'s, those of ……. It is also used informally for the plural of the non-attributive possessive (-éi being somewhat pedantic).

   Ezek a poharak a Pistáé. ― These glasses belong to Steve / are Steve’s.

   • 2021, Zsuzsa Mátraházi, Nádasdy Ádám: Még Arany János is követett el hibát műfordításban (interview with Ádám Nádasdy), HVG weekly:

     Azt vetették a szememre, hogy a fordításaim értelmesek, szépek és jól követhetők, de kevésbé költőiek, mint az elődeimé, például Arany Jánosé, Babits Mihályé, Mészöly Dezsőé.

     I was rebuked for my translations being lucid, beautiful, and easy to follow, but less poetic than those of my predecessors, such as János Arany, Mihály Babits, and Dezső Mészöly (Q303494).

• Category:Hungarian noun forms

From Proto-Uralic *-j, which served as part of a diphthong (together with the vowel at the end of the noun stem) and became -á/-é.[3]

-é

1. (obsolete, case suffix) Used to form the lative, expressing the direction (“where to”) or the purpose (“what for”).

   Synonyms: (other obsolete suffixes that had a similar function) -k, -ni, -nyi

   • 1192–1195, Funeral Sermon and Prayer, translated by Alan Jenkins (In Quest of the Miracle Stag: The Poetry of Hungary, Vol. 1, →ISBN, p. 30)

     Menýi miloſtben terumteve eleve mív iſemucut adamut. eſ odutta vola neki paradiſumut haʒóá.

     Mennyi malasztban (= kegyelemben) teremté (= teremtette) kezdetben [az Úr] [a] mi ősünket, Ádámot, és adta (vala) neki [a] paradicsomot házzá. (in present-day Hungarian)

     God in his divine grace made Adam our ancestor, and gave him Eden for his dwelling place.

• (case suffix) Variants:

  -á was added to back-vowel words.

  -é was added to front-vowel words.

-é (clitic)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Transylvania) Alternative form of -e (“whether, if”) Tag for yes/no questions, always written with a hyphen before.

   Nem tudom, hogy sikerül-é. ― I don't know if it will be successful.

-é

1. (archaic personal suffix) Formed the third-person singular indicative past definite, for front-vowel verbs. For the full paradigm, see the usage template.

   Synonym: (modern form) -te

   Coordinate term: (for back-vowel-verbs) -á

   A virágokat nézé. ― S/he looked at the flowers.

• Usage template with its full paradigm

See -e.

• -i (dialectal, except in some set forms)

-é

1. Combining form of -e (possessive suffix) before most case suffixes, except that of the essive-formal.

   ‎feje (“his/her/its head”) + ‎-n → ‎fején (“on his/her/its head”)

For its variants occurring in standard usage, see -i (alternative form of -e and -é as the third-person singular single-possession possessive suffix).

• (whether, if): -é , redirecting to -e in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (whether, if): -é , redirecting to -e in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

• IPA^(key): /ˈe/
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: -é

-é (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

1. used with a stem to form the third-person past historic of regular -ere verbs

   Synonym: -ette

-é

1. (nominalizer) the one that, the one who

Similar to the -er suffix in English, the -é suffix attached to a verb means "the one who does [verb]". It is a variant of -í.

• -í

• -e (manuscript form)
• -et (12th century or earlier)

Inherited from Latin -ātus. First attested in 842, as -at (jurat in the Oaths of Strasbourg) > (first attested in c. 1050) -et in the Song of Roland; the form -é first appears in the 12th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/

-é

1. used to form past participles of regular -er verbs

• Middle French: -é
  • French: -é

From Vulgar Latin -āī, from Latin -āvī.

-é

1. a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative preterite of a verb in -ar