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Hungarian

adj, noun — 7 senses

Hungarian

adj

/hʌŋˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/

Etymology From Hungary + -an.

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

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences 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:
Derived terms
First Hungarian Republic, Hungarian brome, Hungarian bromegrass, Hungarian chamomile, Hungarian cinch, Hungarian clover, Hungarian glider, Hungarian grass, Hungarian hound, Hungarianism, Hungarianize, Hungarian Kuvasz, Hungarian lilac, Hungarian millet, Hungarian minor, Hungarianness, Hungarian notation, Hungarian partridge, Hungarian Pointer, Hungarian vetch, Hungarian Vizsla
Related terms
Hungaristics, Hungaro-, Hungarology

Hungarian

noun

Etymology From Hungary + -an.

1

A person of a Uralic ethnic group native to Central Europe, comprising the ethnic majority of Hungary.

2

Dated A 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.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:
4

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Informal 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:
Synonyms
Magyar
Related terms
Old Hungarian, Wiktionary’s coverage of Hungarian terms

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