nouveau riche
Definitions
New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.
Equivalents
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العربيةمُحْدَث اَلنَّعْمَة
Češtinazbohatlík
Ελληνικάνεόπλουτος
Esperantonovriĉulo
Gaeilgelucht an nuashaibhris
Magyarparvenü
Հայերեննորահարուստ
Bahasa Indonesiaorang kaya baru
Italianoparvenu
Latinanovus homo
Polskibananbananowiecdorobkiewiczdorobkiewiczowskikarierowiczkarierowiczkakarierowiczowskinowobogackanowobogackinuworysznuworyszkanuworyszowskiparweniuszparweniuszkaparweniuszowski
Svenskanyrik
Tiếng Việtnhà giàu mới nổi
Examples
“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.”
“Twenty-four hours later we were both in the vast halls of the Winter Palace in full uniform, as bedizened with gold as a nouveau riche’s drawing-room.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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