Hungarian

English

Etymology

From Hungary +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌŋˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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
• Hungarian lilac
• Hungarianness
• Hungarian notation
• Hungarian partridge
• Hungarian Pointer
• Hungarian Vizsla

 

Related terms

• Hungaristics
• Hungaro-
• Hungarology

 

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Hungary

• Afrikaans: Hongaars (af), Magjaars
• 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) (haṅgeriẏo)
• Bulgarian: унга́рски (bg) (ungárski)
• Burmese: ဟန်ဂေရီ (han-geri)
• Carpathian Rusyn: мадя́рскый (madjárskŷj)
• 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
• Hebrew: הונגרי (hungarí), הונגרית (he) (hungarít)
• 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 (ms)
• Maltese: Ungeriż
• Manx: Ungaaragh
• Marathi: हंगेरियन (haṅgeriyan)
• 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)
• 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) (majori), венгерӣ (vengeri)
• 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.
4. (uncountable) The main language of Hungary.
5. (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 (hungaracʻi)
• 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), ма́джар m (mádžar) (archaic), маджа́рин m (madžárin) (archaic), маджа́рка f (madžárka) (archaic)
• 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: 헝가리인 (heonggariin), 헝가리 사람 (heonggari saram)
• Kyrgyz: венгр (ky) (vengr)
• Ladino: ongarez, ungarez
• Latvian: ungārs m, ungāriete f
• Lithuanian: vengras (lt) m, vengrė (lt) f
• Macedonian: У́нгарец m (Úngarec), У́нгарка f (Úngarka)
• Manx: Ungaaragh m
• Marathi: हंगेरियन (haṅgeriyan)
• 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 (uk) 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 (majaar)
• Yiddish: אונגער m (unger), מאַדזשאַר m (madzhar)

the language

• Afrikaans: Hongaars (af), Magjaars
• 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 (vengrce)
• Ladino: ongaresko, ungaresko
• Latvian: ungāru, ungāru valoda f
• Lithuanian: vengrų (lt)
• Macedonian: унгарски m (ungarski)
• Malay: bahasa Hungary
• Manx: Ungaarish f
• Marathi: हंगेरियन f (haṅgeriyan)
• 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
• Odia: ହଙ୍ଗେରିଆନ୍ (haṅgeriān)
• Persian: مجاری (fa) (majâri)
• Polish: węgierski (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: húngaro (pt) m
• Romani: ungriko m
• Romanian: maghiară (ro) f, ungară f (rare), ^{(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 ⁠

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hunɡaɾian/ [huŋ.ɡa.ɾi.ãn]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /unɡaɾian/ [uŋ.ɡa.ɾi.ãn]
• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: Hun‧ga‧ri‧an

Proper noun

Hungarian

1. inessive indefinite of Hungaria