nouveau
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