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nouveau

UK/nuːˈvəʊ/US/nuːˈvoʊ/

nouveau adjective: new, fashionable.

Adjective

nouveau (not comparable)

  1. New, fashionable.

Noun

nouveau (plural nouveaus or nouveaux)

  1. A wine released in the same year that the grapes were harvested to make it.
    • Nouveaus are wines to be drunk, not to be sipped.1982 February, Orange Coast Magazine, page 107

Forms of nouveau

pluralnouveaus
pluralnouveaux

Origin of nouveau

Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau. Recognized as English in 1828. Doublet of novel.

Phrases with nouveau

Questions about nouveau

What does nouveau mean?
Nouveau means new, fashionable.
What part of speech is nouveau?
Nouveau can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce nouveau?
Nouveau is pronounced /nuːˈvəʊ/ (UK).

Words near nouveau in the dictionary

  1. nousts
  2. nout
  3. nouthe
  4. nouthetic
  5. nouts
  6. nouveau
  7. nouveau pauvre
  8. nouveau riche
  9. nouveau roman
  10. nouveau romancier
  11. nouveau réalisme

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