nouveau
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French nouveau. Recognized as English in 1828. Doublet of novel.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nouveau (not comparable)
Derived terms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French nouveau, from Old French novel, from Latin novellus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nouveau (masculine singular before vowel nouvel, feminine nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaux, feminine plural nouvelles)
Usage notes[edit]
- nouveau is a French adjective which when possessing an attributive function can precede its noun.
- When used in the masculine singular, nouveau becomes nouvel before a word beginning with a vowel or a mute h.
Derived terms[edit]
- à nouveau
- à nouveaux frais
- art nouveau
- de nouveau
- La Nouvelle-Orléans
- nouveau départ
- Nouveau Monde
- Nouveau Parti démocratique
- nouveau riche
- Nouveau Testament
- nouveau venu
- nouvel homme
- Nouvelle Rome
- nouvelle vague
- Nouvelle York
- Nouvelle-Galles du Sud
- Nouvelle-Rochelle
- nouvelles technologies
- rien de nouveau sous le soleil
Descendants[edit]
Noun[edit]
nouveau m (plural nouveaux, feminine nouvelle)
- new person, new thing
- Antonym: vieux
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “nouveau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French novel, from Latin novellus, from novus (“new”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nouveau m (feminine singular nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaulx, feminine plural nouvelles)
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of "new"): vieulx
Descendants[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *new- (new)
- English terms borrowed from French
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- English doublets
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- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
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- French terms inherited from Middle French
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- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
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- French terms with audio links
- Rhymes:French/o
- Rhymes:French/o/2 syllables
- French terms with homophones
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- French adjectives
- French nouns
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- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
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