nouveau

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Borrowing from French nouveau. Recognized as English in 1828.

[edit] Adjective

nouveau (not comparable)

  1. New, fashionable.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Middle French, from Old French novel, from Latin novellus, from novus (“new”).

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adjective

nouveau m. (m. before vowel nouvel, f. nouvelle, m. plural nouveaux, f. plural nouvelles)

  1. new

[edit] Usage notes

  • When used in the masculine singular, nouveau becomes nouvel before a word beginning with a vowel.

[edit] Noun

nouveau m. (plural nouveaux)

  1. New person, new thing.

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Middle French

[edit] Etymology

Old French novel, from Latin novellus, from novus (“new”).

[edit] Adjective

nouveau m. (feminine singular nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaulx, feminine plural nouvelles)

  1. new

[edit] Antonyms

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