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nouveau riche

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nou·veau riche  (nv rsh)
n. pl. nou·veaux riches (nv rsh)
One who has recently become rich, especially one who flaunts newly acquired wealth.
[French : nouveau, new + riche, rich.]
nouveau riche [ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ (French) nuvo riʃ]
n pl nouveaux riches [ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ (French) nuvo riʃ]
(often plural and preceded by the) a person who has acquired wealth recently and is regarded as vulgarly ostentatious or lacking in social graces
adj
of or characteristic of the nouveaux riches
[French, literally: new rich]
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nouveau riche
noun
arriviste, upstart, new-rich, parvenu The nouveau riche have to find a way of being accepted. the gaudy mansions Shaw built for the nouveaux riches in the late 19th century
adjective
arriviste, upstart, newly-rich, parvenu The countryside is changing and nouveau riche people are moving in.
Translations
nouveau riche [ˌnuːvəʊˈriːʃ] N (nouveaux riches (pl)) → nuevo/a rico/a m/f
nouveau riche
n pl <-x -s> → Neureiche(r) mf
adj → typisch neureich
nouveau riche [ˌnuːvəʊˈriːʃ] n (nouveaux riches (pl)) → nuovo/a ricco/a, arricchito/a
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