/nooh vel vann-g"/ , pl. nouvelles vagues /nooh vel vann-g"/ . French.
1. a new wave, trend, movement, phase, etc., esp. in an art form.
2. the films of a group of young French and Italian filmmakers, beginning in the late 1950s, who emphasized conscious manipulation of film techniques and psychological probing instead of plot.
[ lit., new wave ]