Product Description

Hungarian, or Magyar, is spoken by 15 million people worldwide. This dictionary, the first of its kind to be based entirely on present-day Hungarian and American English, offers a wide range of business, medical, and technical vocabulary words. Expressions, illustrative examples, and essential phrases are included throughout, making it an ideal companion for English speakers working or studying in Hungary, as well as for Hungarian speakers in the U.S.

Over 31,000 entries
Comprehensive pronunciation guide
Concise introduction to Hungarian Grammar
Appendices featuring irregular verbs in English and Hungarian

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #223235 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 695 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780781810685
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Éva Szabó is a language training specialist at the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Service institute in Washington, D.C.

Customer Reviews

Excellent source, best dictionary we've found
We recently moved to Hungary and purchased this dictionary before we moved. It's bulky but it still goes with us on all of our shopping trips, especially for grocery shopping. We have two small children so knowing ingredients is very important to me. There is very little english spoken or written in our part of the country so this has become our "go to" book. The Hungarian language has such a large amount of words, you really need this larger dictionary. The small travel dictionaries aren't enough. Helpful hint: Hungarians use lots of suffixes when you can't find a word break up the syllables and look for them and put them together. This usually is the key for the hard to find words!
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Hungarian Practical Dictionary
We purchased this book as a gift for my Mother. She had taken Hungarian lessons as a young girl growing up in Pennsylvania and had friends and relatives to speak Hungarian to until about 20 years ago. This book was purchased for her to use on an upcoming trip we are making this summer to Hungary. She is so pleased with the book's content that she read it cover to cover reacquainting herself with words she hasn't used in years. She would rate this book five stars.

Hippocrene won me over on this one.
Now, normally Hippocrene publishes these concise (less than 10,000 translations) and commercial (New Times Font, no idiom markings) dictionaries, surprisingly about many of the world's less-commonly-studied languages. This dictionary has to be one of the better reference books published by Hippocrene which I have ever come across.

A good, handy dictionary and very recommended!