-szor

• IPA^(key): [sor]
• Rhymes: -or

-szor

1. (multiplicative suffix) time, times. Added to a cardinal numeral or a pronoun to indicate the number of instances.

   három (“three”) → háromszor (“three times”)

   annyi (“so many”) → annyiszor (“so many times”)

   Hányszor voltál Magyarországon? ― How many times have you been to Hungary?

2. for (the) ……-th time. Added to a truncated ordinal numeral or some pronouns to create an adverb, expressing for which time a current instance happens or has happened in the past.

   Synonyms: -szorra, -jára

   Már másodszor/másodszorra/másodjára nézem ezt a filmet. ― I'm watching this movie for the second time.

   Hányadszor/Hányadszorra/Hányadjára vagy Magyarországon? ― For which time are you in Hungary? (i.e., for the first or the second etc. time)

   Lehet, hogy kétszer nem sikerült, de harmadszor/harmadszorra/harmadjára már biztos sikerülni fog. ― You may not have succeeded twice, but you'll certainly succeed for the third time.

• (multiplicative suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -szor is added to back-vowel words

  hat (“six”) → hatszor (“six times”), (also:) hatodszor(ra), hatodjára (in the second meaning, “for the sixth time”), hatszorta (of size, e.g. with akkora (“that large”))

  -szer is added to unrounded front-vowel words

  hét (“seven”) → hétszer (“seven times”), (also:) hetedszer(re), hetedjére (in the second meaning, “for the seventh time”), hétszerte (of size)

  -ször is added to rounded front-vowel words

  öt (“five”) → ötször (“five times”), (also:) ötödször(re), ötödjére (in the second meaning, “for the fifth time”), ötszörte (of size)

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes