Magyarism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Hungarianism, a word or idiom of the Hungarian language borrowed by another language.

    "Simonyi, Sigmund: Hungarian linguist; [...] has published the following works: [...] a historical dictionary of the Hungarian language; "Német és Magyar Szólások" (1895), on Teutonisms and Magyarisms; and (in collaboration with Balassa) a German-Hungarian dictionary (1899)."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Magyarism. alt-of, rare

    "(Lakatos, 4) Not only was Brahms influenced by Liszt but also by Jozsef Joachim, the great violinist. The Variations on a Hungarian Song, Op. 21 and his Zigeunerlieder are well-known, but "magyarisms" can be found in many of ..."

Synonyms

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hungarianism

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"Simonyi, Sigmund: Hungarian linguist; [...] has published the following works: [...] a historical dictionary of the Hungarian language; "Német és Magyar Szólások" (1895), on Teutonisms and Magyarisms; and (in collaboration with Balassa) a German-Hungarian dictionary (1899)."

Etymology

From Magyar + -ism.

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