Hungarian

[huhng-gair-ee-uhn]

adjective

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

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Hungary.

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

Hungarian

/ 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

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hungarian¹

First recorded in 1545–55; Hungary + -an

Example Sentences

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, days before Russia holds talks on a US push to end the war in Ukraine.

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The attacks took place in Germany and in the Hungarian capital Budapest.

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The BBC discovered that at least 12 homes on Mr Harrison and Ms Heaton's street had been targeted with bogus accounts, set up on the same day in common Hungarian names.

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Options abound: choose your thread count, fill level, and feather type, from Polish and Hungarian to Siberian and Grade A Icelandic Eiderdown.

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Now she worked as a companion and translator for an elderly Hungarian lady who lived in the town of Witherslack.

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