how to pronounce hungarian

/həŋˈɡɛɹiːən/

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hungarian is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of hungarian in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

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meanings of hungarian

noun:

Hungarian notation.
The main language of Hungary.
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.

adjective:

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

hungarian frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word hungarian occurs in english on average 2.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.