nouveau

[ noo-voh, noo-voh ]

adjective

1. newly or recently created, developed, or come to prominence:

   The sudden success of the firm created several nouveau millionaires.

nouveau

/ ˈnuːvəʊ /

adjective

1. facetious.
   prenominal having recently become the thing specified

   a nouveau hippy

Word History and Origins

Origin of nouveau¹

1805–15; < French: new; Old French novel < Latin novellus; novel ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of nouveau¹

C20: French, literally: new; on the model of nouveau riche

Example Sentences

Costume designer Paul Tazewell then “added in the Munchkinland sensibility” to the wheelchair via detailed Art Nouveau carvings and a velvet trim in dark red — a color integrated into many of Nessa’s looks in reference to her late mother’s dress.

From Los Angeles Times

You know, the roast comic who appeared at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden nouveau Bund rally and called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.”

From Salon

Classical French dishes were popular and there was an experiment of offering “nouveau cuisine”.

From BBC

French fans booed the Argentinian national anthem before the match at Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, and the fracas at the final whistle highlighted the rivalry and tension.

From BBC

Her needlepoint pillow said, “Nouveau is better than not Riche at all.”

From Los Angeles Times