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hungarumlaut en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of Hungarian + umlaut.

Meanings

1. (rare) The double acute accent (˝), a rare diacritical mark made up of two acute accents, chiefly used in the Hungarian language.
   • The "regular umlaut" with the dieresis dots originated from a form with two vertical or slanted strokes (not unlike the "hungarumlaut" speaking in typographical terms). 2003 July 12, Andreas Höfeld, “Re: middle age font”, in comp.fonts (Usenet):
   • Many accents are specific to certain languages; the double acute, for instance, is used solely in Hungarian and is sometimes referred to as the Hungarumlaut. 2017, Gavin Ambrose, The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press and Production, page 19:
   • For example, the small o with tilde, õ, has been displayed instead of o with the double acute accent (also known as the Hungarumlaut), ő, which is a different character. 2014, Leslie Sikos, Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML, page 48:

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