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

• Hungarians
  plural

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

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

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Hungarians
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Hungarian

First recorded in 1545–55; Hungary + -an

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Example Sentences

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Hungarian Hungarians

Then, in 1958, Madrid added Hungarian genius Ferenc Puskas following his two-year ban for refusing to return to Budapest after the revolution in 1956.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Hilton is an immigrant from the United Kingdom and is the son of Hungarian immigrants who fled their homeland during a revolution in 1956.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Schmidt's team worked with collaborator Peter Nagy and his group at the Hungarian National Institute of Oncology in Budapest.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Paul Erdős, the great Hungarian mathematician, left hundreds of problems unsolved when he died.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

We were introduced to Hungarian goulash and Irish stew.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

"As prime minister, it's my duty to represent all Hungarians, and we have sensitive issues, such as the situation of sexual minorities."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Polls suggested that a vast majority of Hungarians wanted him gone.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

The organisation cited a recent survey from pollster Median shows that 68 percent of Hungarians support both same-sex marriage and adoption.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

The ruling comes nine days after Hungarians voted to end Orbán's 16-year era of continuous rule.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

The Swiss and the Hungarians were fading badly.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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