Hungarian

/hʌŋˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/

Hungarian adjective: of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary, the ethnic Hungarian people or the Hungarian language.

Adjective

Hungarian (not comparable)

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

Synonyms:

Magyar, Hungarish
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”.2009, Michael Ekedahl, Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008

Noun

Hungarian (countable and uncountable, plural Hungarians)

(countable) A person from present-day Hungary or of ethnic Hungarian descent.
(countable, dated) A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.
(uncountable) 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.2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2022
(informal, uncountable) 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.1993, Steve McConnell, Code Complete

Hungarian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Hungarian in Hindi

of, from, or pertaining to Hungary: हंगेरियाई haṅgeriyāī
the language: हंगेरियाई भाषा haṅgeriyāī bhāṣā, हंगेरियाई haṅgeriyāī

Hungarian in Tamil

the language: ஹங்கேரியன் haṅkēriyaṉ

Hungarian in Marathi

of, from, or pertaining to Hungary: हंगेरियन haṅgeriyan
person from Hungary: हंगेरियन haṅgeriyan
the language: हंगेरियन haṅgeriyan

Hungarian in Urdu

of, from, or pertaining to Hungary: مجارستانی majāristānī

More languagesFewer languages

Hungarian in Bengali: হাঙ্গেরীয় haṅgeriẏo
Hungarian in Odia: ହଙ୍ଗେରିଆନ୍ haṅgeriān
Hungarian in Nepali: हङ्गेरियन haṅgeriyan
Hungarian in Pashto: مجارستاني maǰārestāní, مجاري maǰārí, مجار maǰãr
Hungarian in Tagalog: Unggaro
Hungarian in Arabic: مَجَرِيّ majariyy, هَنْغَارِيّ hanḡāriyy, مَجَرِيَّة majariyya, هَنْغَارِيَّة hanḡāriyya
Hungarian in Malay: Hungary, bahasa Hungary
Hungarian in Indonesian: Hungaria, Hongaria, orang Hongaria, bahasa Hongaria
Hungarian in Persian: مجارستانی majârestâni, مجار majâr, مجاری majâri
Hungarian in Thai: ฮังการี hang-gaa-rîi, คนฮังการี, ภาษาฮังการี
Hungarian in Vietnamese: Hung-ga-ri, người Hung-ga-ri, tiếng Hung-ga-ri
Hungarian in Myanmar: ဟန်ဂေရီ han-geri

Synonyms of Hungarian

Forms of Hungarian

plural	Hungarians

Origin of Hungarian

From Hungary + -an.

Words formed from Hungarian

Phrases with Hungarian

Questions about Hungarian

What does Hungarian mean?: Hungarian means of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary, the ethnic Hungarian people or the Hungarian language.
What is Hungarian in Hindi?: Hungarian in Hindi is हंगेरियाई (haṅgeriyāī), हंगेरियाई भाषा (haṅgeriyāī bhāṣā). See Hungarian meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Hungarian?: Hungarian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Hungarian?: Hungarian is pronounced /hʌŋˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/.

Words near Hungarian in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: Hungarian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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