halmaz

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from halmazat, from halmoz, from halom.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒlmɒz]
  • Hyphenation: hal‧maz
  • Rhymes: -ɒz

Noun

halmaz (plural halmazok)

  1. set (collection of mathematical objects, often having a common property)

Declension

Possessive forms of halmaz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. halmazom halmazaim
2nd person sing. halmazod halmazaid
3rd person sing. halmaza halmazai
1st person plural halmazunk halmazaink
2nd person plural halmazotok halmazaitok
3rd person plural halmazuk halmazaik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ halmaz in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • halmaz 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.