Hungarian

Hungarian

English

Etymology

Hungary +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌŋˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/

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Adjective

Hungarian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary, the ethnic Hungarian people or the Hungarian language.

   Synonyms: Magyar, (archaic) Hungarish

2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.
3. (computing, programming) Of or relating to Hungarian notation.
   • 2009, Michael Ekedahl, Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008:

     The Hungarian prefix used in this book for a GroupBox control is “grp”.

Derived terms

• Hungarian chamomile
• Hungarian cinch
• Hungarian hound
• Hungarianism
• Hungarianize
• Hungarian Kuvasz
• Hungarianness
• Hungarian notation
• Hungarian partridge

 

Related terms

• Hungaristics
• Hungaro-
• Hungarology

 

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Hungary

Albanian: hungarez (sq) Arabic: مَجَرِيّ‎ (majariyy), هَنْغَارِيّ‎ (hanḡāriyy) Hijazi Arabic: مَجَري‎ (majari), هنقاري‎ (hangāri) Aragonese: ongaro Armenian: հունգարական (hy) (hungarakan) Asturian: húngaru (ast) Azerbaijani: macar (az) Basque: hungariar Belarusian: венге́рскі (vjenhjérski), мадзя́рскі (madzjárski), вуго́рскі (vuhórski), уго́рскі (uhórski) Bengali: হাঙ্গেরীয় (bn) (haṅgerīy) Bulgarian: унга́рски (bg) (ungárski) Burmese: ဟန်ဂေရီ (han-geri) Catalan: hongarès (ca) Valencian: hongarés (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 匈牙利的 (zh) (Xiōngyálì de) Czech: maďarský (cs) Danish: ungarsk (da) Dutch: Hongaars (nl), Hongaarse (nl) Esperanto: hungara (eo) Estonian: ungari Faroese: ungverskur, ungarskur Finnish: unkarilainen (fi) French: hongrois (fr) Galician: húngaro (gl) Georgian: უნგრული (ungruli) German: ungarisch (de) Greek: ουγγρικός (el) (oungrikós) Hawaiian: Hunakalia Hindi: हंगेरियाई (hi) (haṅgeriyāī) Hungarian: magyar (hu) Icelandic: ungverskur (is) Interlingua: hungare Irish: Ungárach Italian: ungherese (it) Japanese: ハンガリーの (ja) (Hangarī no) Kazakh: мажар (majar) Khmer: ហុងគ្រី (hongkrii) Korean: 헝가리의 (ko) (heonggariui) Kyrgyz: венгр (ky) (vengr) Lao: ຮົງກາລີ (lo) (hong kā lī) Latvian: ungāru, ungārisks Lithuanian: vengrų (lt), vengriškas Macedonian: унгарски (ungarski) Malay: Hungary Maltese: Ungeriż Manx: Ungaaragh Mongolian: унгар (ungar), мажар (mažar) Norwegian: Bokmål: ungarsk (no) Nynorsk: ungarsk (nn) Occitan: ongrés (oc) Pashto: مجارستاني‎ (maǰārestāní), مجاري‎ (maǰārí), مجار‎ (maǰãr) Persian: مجارستانی‎ (fa) (majârestâni) Polish: węgierski (pl) Portuguese: húngaro (pt), magiar (pt) Romani: ungriko Romanian: ungar (ro), maghiar (ro), unguresc (ro) m Russian: венге́рский (ru) (vengérskij), мадья́рский (ru) (madʹjárskij) Rusyn: мадя́рскый (madjárskŷj) Scottish Gaelic: Ungaireach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ма̏ђарски Roman: mȁđarski (sh) Slovak: maďarský, uhorský (sk) Slovene: madžárski (sl) Spanish: húngaro (es) Swedish: ungersk (sv) Tagalog: Unggaro (tl) Tajik: маҷорӣ (tg) (majorī), венгерӣ (vengerī) Tatar: маҗар (macar) Thai: ฮังการี (th) (hang-gaa-rîi) Turkish: Macar (tr) Turkmen: wengr Ukrainian: уго́рський (uk) (uhórsʹkyj), мадя́рський (madjársʹkyj) Urdu: مجارستانی‎ (majāristānī) Uyghur: ماجار‎ (majar), ۋېنگر‎ (wën'gr) Uzbek: venger (uz), mojar (uz) Vietnamese: Hung-ga-ri Volapük: Macaränik (vo) (country), (♂♀) Macaränanik, (♂) hi-Macaränanik, (♀) ji-Macaränanik, Macaränapükik (language) Welsh: Hwngaraidd (cy) Yiddish: אונגעריש‎ (ungerish), מאַדזשאַריש‎ (madzharish) Zhuang: Yunghyazli

Noun

Hungarian (countable and uncountable, plural Hungarians)

1. (countable) A person from present-day Hungary or of ethnic Hungarian descent.
2. A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.
3. (uncountable) The main language of Hungary.
4. (uncountable, computing, informal) Hungarian notation.
   • 1993, Steve McConnell, Code Complete:

     The qualifier is the descriptive part of the name that would probably make up the entire name if you weren't using Hungarian.

Usage notes

• Like many terms that start with a non-silent h but have emphasis on their second syllable, some people precede Hungarian with an, others with a.

Synonyms

• Magyar

Related terms

• Old Hungarian

Translations

person from Hungary

Afrikaans: Hongaar, Magjaar Albanian: hungarez (sq) Arabic: مَجَرِيّ‎ m (majariyy), مَجَرِيَّة‎ (ar) f (majariyya), هَنْغَارِيّ‎ m (hanḡāriyy), هَنْغَارِيَّة‎ f (hanḡāriyya) Aragonese: ongaro m, ongara f Armenian: հունգարացի (hungaracʿi) Asturian: húngaru (ast) m Basque: hungariar Belarusian: венгр m (vjenhr), венге́рац m (vjenhjérac), венге́рка f (vjenhjérka), вуго́рац m (vuhórac), вуго́рка f (vuhórka), мадзя́р m (madzjár), мадзя́рка f (madzjárka) Bulgarian: унга́рец (bg) m (ungárec), унга́рка f (ungárka) Catalan: hongarès (ca) m, hongaresa (ca) f Valencian: hongarés (ca) m, hongaresa (ca) f Cherokee: ᎠᎲᎦᎵ (ahvgali) Chinese: Mandarin: 匈牙利人 (zh) (xiōngyálìrén) Czech: Maďar (cs) m, Maďarka (cs) f Danish: ungarer (da) Dutch: Hongaar (nl) m, Hongaarse (nl) f Esperanto: hungaro Estonian: ungarlane, madjar (et) Farefare: Ungarga (ethnic) Faroese: ungverji m, ungari m Finnish: unkarilainen (fi), madjaari (fi) French: Hongrois (fr) m, Hongroise (fr) f Georgian: უნგრელი m (ungreli) German: Ungar (de) m, Ungarin (de) f Greek: Ούγγρος (el) m (Oúngros), Μαγυάρος (el) m (Magyáros), Ουγγαρέζα (el) f (Oungaréza) Hawaiian: Hunakalia Hungarian: magyar (hu) Icelandic: Ungverji m Indonesian: orang Hongaria Interlingua: hungaro m, hungara f Irish: Ungárach m Italian: ungherese (it) m or f Japanese: ハンガリー人 (ja) (ハンガリーじん, hangarjin) Kazakh: мажар (majar) Korean: 헝가리 사람 (heonggari saram), 헝가리인 (heonggariin) Kyrgyz: венгр (ky) (vengr) Latvian: ungārs m, ungāriete f Lithuanian: vengras (lt) m, vengrė (lt) f Macedonian: У́нгарец m (Úngarec), У́нгарка f (Úngarka) Manx: Ungaaragh m Norwegian: Bokmål: ungarer (no) m Nynorsk: ungar (nn) m, ungarar (nn) m Occitan: ongrés (oc) m Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: ѫгринъ m (ǫgrinŭ), ѫгре pl (ǫgre) Old East Slavic: угринъ m (ugrinŭ), угре pl (ugre) Persian: مجار‎ (fa) (majâr) Polish: Węgier (pl) m pers, Węgierka (pl) f Portuguese: húngaro (pt) m, húngara f Romani: ungro m, ungrojka f Romanian: ungur (ro) m, maghiar (ro) m, unguroaică (ro) f, maghiară (ro) f Russian: венгр (ru) m (vengr), венге́рец (ru) m (vengérec) (obsolete), венге́рка (ru) f (vengérka), мадья́р (ru) m (madʹjár), мадья́рка (ru) f (madʹjárka) Scottish Gaelic: Ungaireach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ма̀ђа̄р m, Мађариса Roman: Màđār (sh) m, Mađarica f Slovak: Maďar m, Maďarka f, Uhor m, Uhorka f Slovene: Madžár (sl) m, Madžárka f Spanish: húngaro (es) m, húngara (es) f Swedish: ungrare (sv) m, ungerska (sv) f Tajik: венгер (venger), маҷор (major) Thai: คนฮังการี Turkish: Macar (tr), Macaristanlı Ukrainian: уго́рець m (uhórecʹ), уго́рка f (uhórka), мадя́р m (madjár), мадя́рка f (madjárka) Uyghur: ۋېنگر‎ (wën'gr), ماجار‎ (majar) Uzbek: venger (uz), mojar (uz) Vietnamese: người Hung-ga-ri Volapük: (♂♀) Macaränan (vo), (♂) hi-Macaränan, (♀) ji-Macaränan Yakut: венгр (vengr), мадьаар (macaar) Yiddish: אונגער‎ m (unger), מאַדזשאַר‎ m (madzhar)

the language

Afrikaans: Hongaars (af) Albanian: gjuha hungareze f Arabic: مَجَرِيّ‎ m (majariyy), هَنْغَارِيّ‎ m (hanḡāriyy) Aragonese: ongaro m Armenian: հունգարերեն (hy) (hungareren) Asturian: húngaru (ast) m Azerbaijani: macar (az), macar dili Basque: hungariera (eu) Belarusian: венге́рская мо́ва f (vjenhjérskaja móva), вуго́рская мо́ва f (vuhórskaja móva) Bulgarian: унга́рски ези́к m (ungárski ezík) Catalan: hongarès (ca) m Valencian: hongarés (ca) m Cherokee: ᎲᎦᎵ (hvgali) Chinese: Mandarin: 匈牙利語／匈牙利语 (zh) (xiōngyálìyǔ) Czech: maďarština (cs) f Danish: ungarsk (da) Dutch: Hongaars (nl) n Esperanto: hungaro Estonian: ungari, ungari keel Farefare: Ungatɛ Faroese: ungverskt n, ungarskt (fo) n Finnish: unkari (fi) French: hongrois (fr) m Galician: húngaro (gl) m Georgian: უნგრული (ungruli), უნგრული ენა (ungruli ena) German: Ungarisch (de) n Greek: ουγγρικά (el) n pl (oungriká) Hebrew: הוּנְגָּרִית‎ (he) f (hungarít) Hindi: हंगेरियाई भाषा (haṅgeriyāī bhāṣā), हंगेरियाई (hi) f (haṅgeriyāī) Hungarian: magyar (hu) Icelandic: ungverska (is) f Indonesian: bahasa Hongaria Interlingua: hungaro Irish: Ungáiris f Italian: ungherese (it) m Japanese: ハンガリー語 (ja) (ハンガリーご, hangarīgo) Kalmyk: маҗар келн (majar keln) Korean: 헝가리어 (ko) (heonggarieo) Kyrgyz: венгрче (vengrçe) Latvian: ungāru, ungāru valoda f Lithuanian: vengrų (lt) Macedonian: унгарски m (ungarski) Malay: bahasa Hungary Manx: Ungaarish f Mongolian: унгар хэл (ungar xel), мажар хэл (mažar xel) Navajo: Hángewii dineʼé bizaad Nepali: हङ्गेरियन (haṅgeriyan) Norwegian: Bokmål: ungarsk (no) m Nynorsk: ungarsk (nn) m Occitan: ongrés (oc) m Oriya: ହଙ୍ଗେରିଆନ୍ (hôṅgerian) Persian: مجاری‎ (fa) (majâri) Polish: węgierski (pl) m inan Portuguese: húngaro (pt) m Romani: ungriko m Romanian: maghiară (ro) f, (please verify) ungurește (ro) (adverb) Russian: венге́рский язы́к m (vengérskij jazýk), венге́рский (ru) m (vengérskij), мадья́рский язы́к m (madʹjárskij jazýk) Scottish Gaelic: Ungairis f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ма̏ђарски m Roman: mȁđarski (sh) m Slovak: maďarčina (sk) f Slovene: madžárščina (sl) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: hungoršćina f Upper Sorbian: madźaršćina (hsb) f Spanish: húngaro (es) m Swedish: ungerska (sv) c Tamil: ஹங்கேரியன் (haṅkēriyaṉ) Thai: ภาษาฮังการี Tigrinya: ሀንጋሪኛ (hängariña) Turkish: Macarca (tr) Ukrainian: уго́рська мо́ва (uk) f (uhórsʹka móva), мадя́рська мо́ва (uk) f (madjársʹka móva) Uyghur: ماجارچە‎ (majarche) Uzbek: mojar (uz), mojarcha (uz) Vietnamese: tiếng Hung-ga-ri Volapük: Macaränapük Welsh: Hwngareg (cy) Yiddish: אונגאַריש‎ (yi) n (ungarish)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hungarian terms
• Appendix:Hungarian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Hungarian

Further reading

• Hungarian - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code hu, ISO 639-3 code hun (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Hungarian, hun ⁠

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /unɡaɾian/, [ũŋ.ɡa.ɾi.ãn]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hunɡaɾian/, [ɦũŋ.ɡa.ɾi.ãn]

Proper noun

Hungarian

1. inessive indefinite of Hungaria