Top 2500 French-Hungarian dictionaries

The TOP 2500 French-Hungarian dictionary combines the advantages of dictionaries and phrasebooks. It contains 2500 basic words of the French language, which can help the language user easily cope in everyday life. In addition to the words and phrases of the basic vocabulary, the dictionary also includes - mostly in example sentences reflecting typical everyday speech situations - iconic words that evoke French culture and lifestyle (e.g. carte bleue 'bank card, credit card', réveillon 'Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve dinner'), as well as newly created or fashionable elements that determine our everyday life (e.g. coronavirus 'coronavirus', antivax 'anti-vaccination', site internet 'internet website', réseau 'network', 'telepower' (in mobile phone networks), infox 'false news', ringard 'outdated, shoddy, lame'). The TOP 2500 French-Hungarian dictionary provides the correct pronunciation of each French headword, and in the case of nouns, their gender, irregular plural, and their Hungarian equivalent. The publication illuminates the meaning of the French headwords with a suitable French example sentence, a typical situational sentence, and their faithful Hungarian translation, and - as a real novelty - occasionally provides additional grammatical, lexical, and language usage points in the form of an inter-entry information window. The appendix at the end of the dictionary contains additional information for Hungarian native speakers about common Hungarian-French lexical false friends, French verbs, their conjugation patterns, and the presentation of some common irregular French verb conjugation patterns. The TOP 2500 French-Hungarian dictionary is therefore an effective and indispensable aid for learning the most important French words and their meanings, as well as their correct use. It can be useful for those who are just starting to get acquainted with the French language, but also for those who want to refresh and further develop their previous knowledge of French, and even for native French speakers interested in the Hungarian language. The authors of the volume are Vilmos Bárdosi, a university professor at the French Department of ELTE BTK, a lexicographer, and Erzsébet Chmelik, a linguist who has lived in France for decades.