Hungarian

American  

[huhng-gair-ee-uhn] / hʌŋˈgɛər i ən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Hungary, its people, or their language.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Hungary.

2. Also called Magyar.  the language of Hungary, of the Uralic family of languages.

Hungarian British  

/ hʌŋˈɡɛərɪən /

noun

1. the official language of Hungary, also spoken in Romania and elsewhere, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family and most closely related to the Ostyak and Vogul languages of NW Siberia

2. a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Hungary

3. a Hungarian-speaking person who is not a citizen of Hungary

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adjective

1. of or relating to Hungary, its people, or their language

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• pro-Hungarian
  adjective
• anti-Hungarian
  adjective
• pseudo-Hungarian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Hungarian

First recorded in 1545–55; Hungary + -an

Example Sentences

“My daddy was the goalie for the Hungarian national ice hockey team.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Fifteen years later, the phenomenon caught the curiosity of a scientist from the statistical and biological physics group at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Nearly 4,000 police officers will be deployed across the Hungarian capital for the Champions League final, with tens of thousands of fans expected to travel to Budapest without tickets.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Besides Tusk, Magyar also met the country's nationalist president on Wednesday, Karol Nawrocki -- who travelled to Budapest to support Orban in the final days of the Hungarian election campaign.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

On October 21 Briggs presided over the so-called Uranium Committee’s first meeting, with Szilard, Teller, and Eugene Wigner, another emigre Hungarian physicist, on hand as technical advisors.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik