többi

Többi is a Hungarian determiner and pronoun meaning "the rest" or "the others." It refers to the remaining items in a known set or to the remaining people in a group. It can function as an attributive modifier before a noun, as in többi ember (the other people), or as a pronominal form when the noun is implied by context, for example többit (the rest of them).

In use, többi typically appears with a definite article before the noun, such as a többi résztvevő (the rest of the participants). When used as a pronoun, it takes the corresponding case forms, for instance többit in the accusative plural (the rest of them). The word itself does not inflect for number or case in isolation; the accompanying noun or pronoun carries the grammatical endings as appropriate.

Etymologically, többi derives from több, meaning "more," with the suffix -i forming a determiner that denotes the remainder of a defined group. The term is common in standard Hungarian and is frequently found in written language, formal speech, and descriptive prose. In everyday conversation, speakers may also use synonyms such as másik or egyéb, depending on nuance, but többi specifically emphasizes the remaining portion of a previously mentioned set.

See also: több, másik, egyéb, maradék. These terms cover related meanings such as greater quantity, alternate items, or the remainder within a group, providing context for comparing what is included versus what remains.