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hungarian
/həŋˈɡɛɹiən/
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What does hungarian mean?
adjective
- 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.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A person from present-day Hungary or of ethnic Hungarian descent.
- The main language of Hungary.
- (informal) Hungarian notation.
- (dated) A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.
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IPA pronunciation
/həŋˈɡɛɹiən/
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“Or, if that won’t do, we might use you for a Hungarian goulash, stewed and highly spiced,” she added, cruelly.
After Harsanyi had finished his soup and a glass of red Hungarian wine, he lost his fagged look and became cordial and witty.
More book examples (3)
The Hungarian mines are wrought by freemen, who employ a great deal of machinery, by which they facilitate and abridge their own labour.
It is, however, derived immediately from a Hungarian term, exceedingly common amongst the lower orders of the Magyars, to their disgrace be it spoken.
Whether hune-hen fabrica is genuine Hungarian for cooked chicken, or whether Igali manufactured the term especially for use between us, I cannot quite understand.