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nouveaux riches

UK/ˌnuː.vəʊ ˈɹiːʃ//ˌnu.voʊ ˈɹiʃ/

nouveaux riches is the plural of nouveau riche.

Meaning of nouveau riche

Noun

nouveau riche (countable and uncountable, plural nouveaux riches)

  1. (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.
    • You must find your opening at Paris. I wish you to spend a year in the capital, and live, not extravagantly, like a nouveau riche, but in a way not unsuited to your rank, and permitting you all the social advantages that belong to it.1873, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, chapter VII, in The Parisians, book III

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Questions about nouveaux riches

What is nouveaux riches the plural of?
Nouveaux riches is the plural of nouveau riche.
How do you pronounce nouveaux riches?
Nouveaux riches is pronounced /ˌnuː.vəʊ ˈɹiːʃ/ (UK).

Words near nouveaux riches in the dictionary

  1. nouveau romancier
  2. nouveau réalisme
  3. nouveaus
  4. nouveaux
  5. nouveaux pauvres
  6. nouveaux riches
  7. nouvelle cuisine
  8. nouvelle cuisines
  9. nouvelle vague
  10. Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  11. nouvelles cuisines

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