Finno-Ugric
/ˌfɪnəʊˈuːɡrɪk
/ /ˌfɪnəʊˈjuːɡrɪk/(also Finno-Ugrian /ˌfɪnəʊˈuːɡrɪən/ /ˌfɪnəʊˈjuːɡrɪən/)
adjective
Relating to the major group of Uralic languages, which includes Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian (Magyar), and several north central Asian languages.But, whereas Estonian belongs to the Finno-Ugric group, Latvian and Lithuanian are rarities, sole survivors of an ancient group, closely related to Sanskrit within the Indo-European family of languages....
- Hungarian belongs to the Ugor branch of the Finno-Ugric language family.
- The Estonian language is a branch of the Baltic-Finnish group of the Finno-Ugric family, related to Finnish.
noun [mass noun]
The Finno-Ugric group of languages.Those who spoke Swedish used a form known as Finland-Swedish; those who spoke Finnish used a non-Indo-European language, part of a small language group known as Finno-Ugric....
- Finnish is an example of the language group known as Finno-Ugric.
- All Baltic people are genetically very close to Estonians and they spoke Finno-Ugric before they switched to Indo-European languages.
- offset blanket
- offset curve
- offset litho
- offset lithograph
- offset lithographic
- offset paper
- offset press
- offset printing
- offset screwdriver
- offset sheet
- offset staff
- offsetting blanket
- offset well
- off-shears
- offship
- offshoot
- offshore
- offshoring
- off side
- offside
- offsider
- general paralysis
- general pardon
- general paresis
- general partner