Definition Of Nouveau Riche
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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
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Origin of nouveau riche
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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.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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nou·veau riche
(no͞o′vō rēsh′)n.pl.nou·veaux riches(no͞o′vō rēsh′) One who has recently become rich, especially one who flaunts newly acquired wealth.
nouveau riche
(ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ; French nuvo riʃ) n, plnouveaux riches (ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ; French nuvo riʃ) (often plural) a person who has acquired wealth recently and is regarded as vulgarly ostentatious or lacking in social graces
adj
[French, literally: new rich]
nou•veau riche
(ˈnu voʊ ˈriʃ)n., pl. nou•veaux riches (ˈnu voʊ ˈriʃ)
a person who is newly rich, esp. one regarded as ostentatious or uncultivated.
nouveau riche
A French phrase meaning new rich, used to mean someone who has only recently become wealthy and is inclined to be ostentatious in spending.
nouveau riche
noun1.arriviste, upstart, new-rich, parvenuThe nouveau riche have to find a way of being accepted.the gaudy mansions Shaw built for the nouveaux riches in the late 19th century
adjective1.arriviste, upstart, newly-rich, parvenuThe countryside is changing and nouveau riche people are moving in.
Definition Of Nouveau Riche D
nouveau riche
[ˌnuːvəʊˈriːʃ]N (nouveaux riches (pl)) → nuevo/a rico/a m/fnouveau riche
adj →
Definition Of Nouveaux Riches
nouveau riche
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