nouveau riche

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French nouveau riche (literally “new rich”).

Pronunciation

(UK, Anglicised) IPA^(key): /ˌnuː.vəʊ ˈɹiːʃ/
(US, Anglicised) IPA^(key): /ˌnu.voʊ ˈɹiʃ/, /ˌnu.voʊ ˈɹɪtʃ/
Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Noun

nouveau riche (plural nouveaux riches)

(derogatory) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.
Synonym: parvenu

Antonym: vieux riche

Usage notes

nouveau riche is sometimes treated as a singular noun with the plural nouveaux riches and sometimes as a plural noun with no separate singular form.

Translations

new money

Arabic: مُحْدَث اَلنَّعْمَة‎ m (muḥdaṯ an-naʿma)
Bulgarian: новобогата́ш m (novobogatáš)
Catalan: nou-ric
Chinese:
Mandarin: 暴發戶 (zh), 暴发户 (zh) (bàofāhù)
Czech: zbohatlík m
Esperanto: novriĉulo
Finnish: uusrikkaat pl
French: nouveau riche (fr), arriviste (fr) m or f, parvenu (fr) m
German: Neureicher (de) m, Parvenü (de) m, Emporkömmling (de) m
Greek: νεόπλουτος (el) m (neóploutos)
Icelandic: nýríkur maður m

Japanese: 成り金 (なりきん, narikin), 成り上がり者 (なりあがりもの, nariagarimono), 出来星 (ja) (できぼし, dekiboshi)
Korean: 벼락부자 (byeorakbuja)
Persian: نوکیسه‎ (fa) (now-kise)
Polish: nowobogacki m, nuworysz (pl) m, nowobogacz, dorobkiewicz m, parweniusz (pl) m
Portuguese: novo rico m
Romanian: parvenit (ro) m, ajuns (ro) m, căpătuit (ro) m
Russian: нувори́ш (ru) m (nuvoríš), парвеню́ (ru) m (parvenjú), вы́скочка (ru) m or f (výskočka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: skorojević (sh) m, skorojevićka (sh) f
Spanish: nuevo rico m
Tagalog: biglang-yaman, taong biglang-yaman
Turkish: sonradan görme (tr)

Adjective

nouveau riche (not comparable)

Newly rich; like a nouveau riche.

Antonyms

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