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nouveau pauvre

nouveau pauvre noun: a newly impoverished person; somebody who has recently become poor.

Noun

nouveau pauvre (plural nouveaux pauvres)

  1. A newly impoverished person; somebody who has recently become poor.

Adjective

nouveau pauvre (not comparable)

  1. Similar to or having the qualities of a nouveau pauvre.

Antonyms of nouveau pauvre

Forms of nouveau pauvre

pluralnouveaux pauvres

Origin of nouveau pauvre

Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau pauvre (“new poor”), modeled on nouveau riche (“new money”).

Questions about nouveau pauvre

What does nouveau pauvre mean?
Nouveau pauvre means a newly impoverished person; somebody who has recently become poor.
What part of speech is nouveau pauvre?
Nouveau pauvre can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of nouveau pauvre?
The plural of nouveau pauvre is nouveaux pauvres.

Words near nouveau pauvre in the dictionary

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

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