Definition Of Nouveau Riche

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- 1.3Noun
- 1.4Adjective

Nouveau Riche Pronunciation

Nouveau Riche Pronunciation

English[edit]

Nouveau riche definition: The nouveaux riches are people who have only recently become rich and who have tastes and. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. ‘These nouveau-riche folks were often unaware of the standards of high society, so they were given specific codified rules to follow in order to fit in.’ ‘The buying and spending spree of the nouveau-riche young urbans is perhaps a reflection of.

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French(literally “new rich”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK,Anglicised)IPA^(key): /ˌnuː.vəʊ ˈɹiːʃ/
(US,Anglicised)IPA^(key): /ˌnu.voʊ ˈɹiʃ/, /ˌnu.voʊ ˈɹɪtʃ/
Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Noun[edit]

nouveau riche (pluralnouveaux riches)

(derogatory)New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.
Synonym:parvenu
Antonym:vieux riche

Usage notes[edit]

nouveau riche is sometimes treated as a singular noun with the plural nouveaux riches and sometimes as a plural noun with no separate singular form.

Translations[edit]

new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy

Arabic: مُحْدَث اَلنَّعْمَة‎ m(muḥdaṯ an-naʿma)
Bulgarian: новобогата́шm(novobogatáš)
Catalan: nou-ric
Chinese:
Mandarin: 暴發戶(zh), 暴发户(zh)(bàofāhù)
Czech: zbohatlíkm
Esperanto: novriĉulo
Finnish: uusrikkaatpl
French: nouveau riche(fr), arriviste(fr)m or f, parvenu(fr)m
German: Neureicher(de)m, Parvenü(de)m, Emporkömmling(de)m, Neureiche(de)pl or f, Geldadel(de)m
Greek: νεόπλουτος(el)m(neóploutos)
Hungarian: újgazdag(hu)
Icelandic: nýríkur maðurm

Japanese: 成り金(なりきん, narikin), 成り上がり者(なりあがりもの, nariagarimono), 出来星(ja)(できぼし, dekiboshi)
Korean: 벼락부자(byeorakbuja)
Persian: نوکیسه‎(fa)(now-kise)
Polish: nowobogacki(pl)m, nuworysz(pl)m, nowobogacz, dorobkiewiczm, parweniusz(pl)m
Portuguese: novo ricom
Romanian: parvenit(ro)m, ajuns(ro)m, căpătuit(ro)m
Russian: нувори́ш(ru)m(nuvoríš), парвеню́(ru)m(parvenjú), вы́скочка(ru)m or f(výskočka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: skorojević(sh)m, skorojevićka(sh)f
Spanish: nuevo ricom
Tagalog: biglang-yaman, taong biglang-yaman
Turkish: sonradan görme(tr)

Adjective[edit]

(not comparable)

Newlyrich; like a nouveau riche.

Antonyms[edit]

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/ ˈnu voʊ ˈriʃ; French nu voʊ ˈriʃ /

noun,pluralnou·veaux riches[noo-voh reesh; French noo-voh reesh]/ˈnu voʊ ˈriʃ; French nu voʊ ˈriʃ/.

a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.

Words related to nouveau riche

parvenu, upstart, yuppie, DINK, arriviste, profiteer, vulgarian

Words nearby nouveau riche

nourishing, nourishment, nous, nouveau, nouveau pauvre, nouveau riche, nouveau roman, nouveauté, nouvelle, nouvelle cuisine, nouvelle vague

Origin of nouveau riche

British Dictionary definitions fornouveau riche

nounpluralnouveaux riches (ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ, Frenchnuvo riʃ)

(often plural)a person who has acquired wealth recently and is regarded as vulgarly ostentatious or lacking in social graces

adjective

Word Origin for nouveau riche

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions fornouveau riche

A pejorative term for one who has recently become rich and who spends money conspicuously. From French, meaning “new rich.”