hungarian

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/hʌŋˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/

noun 4adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

better, famous, good, important, living, new, possible, true

The famous Hungarian composer Franz Liszt revolutionized piano music in the nineteenth century.

VERB + HUNGARIAN

am, conjugated, listened, speak, studying, using, weren't

I'm studying Hungarian at university this year because I want to travel to Budapest next summer.

HUNGARIAN + NOUN

-, actor, blood, bundt, embassy, food, girls, language

My grandmother made her famous Hungarian Bundt cake for every family celebration.

PREP.

except, in, in

She speaks fluent Hungarian in addition to English and German.

ADV.

ever, ever, usually

My grandmother usually speaks Hungarian when she gets excited about cooking.

Definitions

adj

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

Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.

Of or relating to Hungarian notation.

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

noun

A person from present-day Hungary or of ethnic Hungarian descent.

A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.

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.

Hungarian notation.

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania)

magyar

noun — a native or inhabitant of Hungary

magyar

adjective — relating to or characteristic of Hungary

magyar

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

Pole and Hungarian - two good friends, joint fight and drinking are their ends.

Tatoeba · #506136

The Hungarian word for "Bundt Cake" is "kuglóf".

Tatoeba · #596952

The world famous Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy's Christ Trilogy includes the paintings entitled "Christ before Pilate", "Golgotha" and "Ecce Homo".

Tatoeba · #640851

Usage Notes

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In some senses, hungarian is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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