NOUVEAU RICHE


Meaning of NOUVEAU RICHE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ nu:voʊ ri:ʃ ]

also nouveau-riche

( nouveau riche, or nouveaux riches)

1.

The nouveaux riches are people who have only recently become rich and who have tastes and manners that some people consider vulgar.

The nouveau riche have to find a way to be accepted...

N-PLURAL : usu the N [ disapproval ]

2.

Nouveau-riche means belonging or relating to the nouveaux riches.

...critics who did not appreciate his nouveau-riche taste.

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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