nouveau
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuːˈvəʊ/
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French nouveau, from Old French novel, from Latin novellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nu.vo/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -o
- Homophone: nouveaux
Adjective
nouveau (masculine singular before vowel nouvel, feminine nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaux, feminine plural nouvelles)
Usage notes
- nouveau is a French adjective which when possessing an attributive function can precede its noun.
- When used in the masculine singular, nouveau becomes nouvel before a word beginning with a vowel or a mute h.
Derived terms
- à nouveau
- à nouveaux frais
- art nouveau
- de nouveau
- La Nouvelle-Orléans
- nouveau départ
- Nouveau Monde
- Nouveau Parti démocratique
- nouveau riche
- Nouveau Testament
- nouveau venu
- nouvel homme
- Nouvelle Rome
- nouvelle vague
- Nouvelle York
- Nouvelle-Galles du Sud
- Nouvelle-Rochelle
- nouvelles technologies
- rien de nouveau sous le soleil
Descendants
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nouveau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French novel, from Latin novellus, from novus (“new”).
Adjective
nouveau m (feminine singular nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaulx, feminine plural nouvelles)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “new”): vieulx
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