Magyarize

English

Alternative forms

• Magyarise

Etymology

From Magyar +‎ -ize.

Verb

Magyarize (third-person singular simple present Magyarizes, present participle Magyarizing, simple past and past participle Magyarized)

1. (transitive) To make or render Hungarian.
   • 1851 January, Francis Bowen, “The Rebellion of the Slavonic, Wallachian, and German Hungarians Against the Magyars”, in The North American Review, volume 72, number 151, Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, page 233:

     The Hungarians wished to Magyarize the Slavonians; but these were not inclined to submit to such a demand. The Magyars had dreamed of political unity for their own advantage; and they saw federalism appear, which they had themselves called into being.

2. (intransitive) To become Hungarian.

Synonyms

• (to make or render Hungarian): Hungarianize
• (to become Hungarian): Hungarianize

Derived terms

• Magyarization

Translations

to make or render Hungarian

• French: magyariser (fr)
• Hungarian: magyarosít (hu), elmagyarosít (hu)

to become Hungarian

• French: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: magyarosodik (hu), elmagyarosodik (hu)