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hungarumlaut

hungarumlaut noun: the double acute accent (˝), a rare diacritical mark made up of two acute accents, chiefly used in the Hungarian language.

Noun

hungarumlaut (plural hungarumlauts)

  1. (rare) The double acute accent (˝), a rare diacritical mark made up of two acute accents, chiefly used in the Hungarian language.
    • The "regular umlaut" with the dieresis dots originated from a form with two vertical or slanted strokes (not unlike the "hungarumlaut" speaking in typographical terms).2003 July 12, Andreas Höfeld, “Re: middle age font”, in comp.fonts (Usenet)
    • For example, the small o with tilde, õ, has been displayed instead of o with the double acute accent (also known as the Hungarumlaut), ő, which is a different character.2014, Leslie Sikos, Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML, page 48

Forms of hungarumlaut

pluralhungarumlauts

Origin of hungarumlaut

Blend of Hungarian + umlaut.

Questions about hungarumlaut

What does hungarumlaut mean?
Hungarumlaut means the double acute accent (˝), a rare diacritical mark made up of two acute accents, chiefly used in the Hungarian language.
What part of speech is hungarumlaut?
Hungarumlaut is a noun.
What is the plural of hungarumlaut?
The plural of hungarumlaut is hungarumlauts.

Words near hungarumlaut in the dictionary

  1. Hungarophobia
  2. Hungarophobic
  3. hungarovirus
  4. hungaroviruses
  5. Hungarton
  6. hungarumlaut
  7. hungarumlauts
  8. Hungary
  9. Hungary water
  10. Hungary waters
  11. Hungate

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