bel-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bel"

English

Etymology

From Middle English bel (“fair, excellent"; in compounds "great-, grand-”), from Anglo-Norman bel, Old French bel (“beautiful, noble, honorable”).

Prefix

bel-

  1. (obsolete, no longer productive) A prefix equivalent to grand-
    belchild (“grandchild”)
    beldame (“grandmother”)
    belsire (“grandfather”)

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from belső (“interior”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛl]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: bel

Prefix

bel-

  1. (noun prefix) interior, internal, domestic
    Antonym: kül-
    ‎bel- + ‎város (“city”) → ‎belváros (“city centre”)

Derived terms
Hungarian nouns prefixed with bel-
  • belbecs
  • belforgalom
  • belgyógyász, belgyógyászat
  • belharc
  • belháború
  • belhártya
  • belkereskedelem
  • belklinika
  • belkörű (rare)
  • belorvos
  • belpolitika → belpolitikai
  • beltag
  • beltenger
  • beltenyészet, beltenyésztés
  • belterjes
  • belterület
  • belvilág
  • belvillongás
  • belviszály
  • belvíz → belvízkár

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

References
  1. bel- in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading
  • bel- 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)

Indonesian

Prefix

bel-

  1. Alternative form of ber-
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