nouveau

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UK/nuːˈvəʊ/US/nuːˈvoʊ/

adjective

New, fashionable.

OriginFrench nouveau →
Less commonScrabble 10
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Meanings

adjectivenouveau (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNew, fashionable.
nounnouveau (plural nouveaus or nouveaux)

plural nouveaus · plural nouveaux

  1. beveragesA wine released in the same year that the grapes were harvested to make it.

    Nouveaus are wines to be drunk, not to be sipped.

    1982 February, Orange Coast Magazine, page 107

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
recent

Origin

  1. Frenchnouveau
  2. Englishnouveau

Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau. Recognized as English in 1828. Doublet of novel.

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APA

nouveau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nouveau

MLA

“nouveau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nouveau. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nouveau,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nouveau.

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