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

“Unlike Xavier Becerra, I am an immigrant,” the British-born son of Hungarian refugees harrumphed on social media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

But younger generations cook fewer traditional Hungarian recipes, and they prefer food "that is faster and easier to prepare," according to specialist Braj.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

He told Hungarian police at the time he was going to Ukraine to fight.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

But then Greta Akkerson arrived, claiming that her son had gotten hold of a can of Hungarian olives and somehow her chicken coop had its roof blown off and chickens went squawking everywhere.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Magyar asked Hungarians to limit activities that required significant energy consumption between the peak times of 17:00 and 22:00, including charging electric cars and using air conditioning equipment.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Magyar said that, in October, Hungarians would mark the 70th anniversary of the 1956 revolution, having turned over a new page in their history to become part of the "free world".

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

"The purpose of the meeting is to help improve the situation of Hungarians in Transcarpathia and enable them to remain in their homeland," he added.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Hungary said the law disenfranchised tens of thousands of ethnic Hungarians, who live mostly in Ukraine's westernmost region of Transcarpathia -- part of the former Kingdom of Hungary until the end of World War I.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Would she believe that Poles, Jews, Ukrainians, Armenians, and Hungarians had all coexisted peacefully in Lwów before the war?

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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