Hungarian
adjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- //hʌŋˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən//
Of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary, the ethnic Hungarian people or the Hungarian language.
adjective
- 1
Of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary, the ethnic Hungarian people or the Hungarian language.
- 2
Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.
- 3
Of or relating to Hungarian notation.
The Hungarian prefix used in this book for a GroupBox control is “grp”.
Etymology
From Hungary + -an.
noun
- 1
A person from present-day Hungary or of ethnic Hungarian descent.
- 2
datedA person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.
- 3
The main language of Hungary.
I remember a conversation I had once with a friend who insisted that “nouns are declined but verbs are conjugated”; except in Hungarian you both decline and conjugate nouns, sometimes together.
- 4
informalHungarian notation.
The qualifier is the descriptive part of the name that would probably make up the entire name if you weren't using Hungarian.
Forms
- plural
- Hungarians
Hungarian · Of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary, the ethnic Hungarian people or the Hungarian language.
Hungary · A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city:…hunger · A need or compelling desire for food.hungry · Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.