Hungarian

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Etymology

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Internationalism, analogous to karrier (career) +‎ -ista.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒrːijɛriʃtɒ], [ˈkɒrijɛriʃtɒ]
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ri‧e‧ris‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Adjective

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karrierista (comparative karrieristább, superlative legkarrieristább)

  1. (derogatory) careerist

Declension

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Noun

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karrierista (plural karrieristák)

  1. (derogatory) careerist

Declension

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Possessive forms of karrierista
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. karrieristám karrieristáim
2nd person sing. karrieristád karrieristáid
3rd person sing. karrieristája karrieristái
1st person plural karrieristánk karrieristáink
2nd person plural karrieristátok karrieristáitok
3rd person plural karrieristájuk karrieristáik

References

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  1. ^ karrierista in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.

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