parvenü

See also: parvenu and Parvenü

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• parvenu (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Parvenü, from French parvenu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrvɛny]
• Hyphenation: par‧ve‧nü
• Rhymes: -ny

Noun

parvenü (plural parvenük)

1. (higher register, derogatory) parvenu (a person who has risen to a higher social class through acquisition of wealth but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front rounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	parvenü	parvenük
accusative	parvenüt	parvenüket
dative	parvenünek	parvenüknek
instrumental	parvenüvel	parvenükkel
causal-final	parvenüért	parvenükért
translative	parvenüvé	parvenükké
terminative	parvenüig	parvenükig
essive-formal	parvenüként	parvenükként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	parvenüben	parvenükben
superessive	parvenün	parvenükön
adessive	parvenünél	parvenüknél
illative	parvenübe	parvenükbe
sublative	parvenüre	parvenükre
allative	parvenühöz	parvenükhöz
elative	parvenüből	parvenükből
delative	parvenüről	parvenükről
ablative	parvenütől	parvenüktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	parvenüé	parvenüké
non-attributive possessive - plural	parvenüéi	parvenükéi

Possessive forms of parvenü
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	parvenüm	parvenüim
2nd person sing.	parvenüd	parvenüid
3rd person sing.	parvenüje	parvenüi
1st person plural	parvenünk	parvenüink
2nd person plural	parvenütök	parvenüitek
3rd person plural	parvenüjük	parvenüik

Further reading

• parvenü in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN