Meaning of nouveau riche | Babel Free
ˌnuː.vəʊ ˈɹiːʃDefinitions
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
العربية
مُحْدَث اَلنَّعْمَة
Čeština
zbohatlík
Ελληνικά
νεόπλουτος
Esperanto
novriĉulo
Gaeilge
lucht an nuashaibhris
Magyar
parvenü
Հայերեն
նորահարուստ
Bahasa Indonesia
orang kaya baru
Italiano
parvenu
Latina
novus homo
Polski
banan
bananowiec
dorobkiewicz
dorobkiewiczowski
karierowicz
karierowiczka
karierowiczowski
nowobogacka
nowobogacki
nuworysz
nuworyszka
nuworyszowski
parweniusz
parweniuszka
parweniuszowski
Svenska
nyrik
Tiếng Việt
nhà 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.
See also
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