Hungarian

[huhng-gair-ee-uh n]

adjective

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

noun

a native or inhabitant of Hungary.Compare Magyar.

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

Origin of Hungarian

First recorded in 1545–55; Hungary + -an

Related formspro-Hun·gar·i·an, adjective, nounpseu·do-Hun·gar·i·an, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for hungarian

Contemporary Examples of hungarian

One of them was Tamás Deutsch, a future minister for FIDESZ in the Hungarian government, today an MEP.
How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution
Michael Zantovsky
December 6, 2014
At about 10 p.m., a horde of Hungarian police officers raided the bar, demanding that everybody show their identification.
American Racist Richard Spencer Gets to Play the Martyr in Hungary
James Kirchick
October 7, 2014
The Hungarian photographer was born Endre Friedmann in Hungary in 1913.
Capa in Color
Justin Jones
January 31, 2014
After an unhelpful spell with a Hungarian coach in Budapest, she arrived in Berlin.
The Week in Death: The First Muslim Female Olympian Snubbed Adolf Hitler
The Telegraph
January 26, 2014
In Budapest he chose to use this status to save Hungarian Jews, later explaining simply that “I had an opportunity and I took it.”
The Week in Death: Suzanne Gelleri Dear
The Telegraph
December 15, 2013

Historical Examples of hungarian

This woman was a Hungarian: she possessed a German official map.
The Leopard Woman
Stewart Edward White
There was a little Hungarian Jew, an ardent follower of Matisse.
The Harbor
Ernest Poole
It was through this little Hungarian that I made my first study of female life.
The Harbor
Ernest Poole
He was wearing a Hungarian jacket and was rather well dressed for a manservant.
A Hero of Our Time
M. Y. Lermontov
They were ow only two or three days' march from the Hungarian plains.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII)
Various

British Dictionary definitions for hungarian

Hungarian

noun

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

a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Hungary

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

adjective

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

Compare Magyar

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