parvenu

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.

Adj

Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu.

Sinonieme

upstart

nouveau riche

parvenue

nouveau-riche

arriviste

aimer

vulgarian

forward pupil

profiteer

jumped-up person

new money

jumped up people

cocktail

🍸

overnight millionaire

new rich

proud person

snob

Vertalings

parvenu

Parvenü

Emporkömmling

parvenu

νεόπλουτος

parvenido

arricchito

parvenu

parvenida

nouveau riche

Neureicher

parvenue

nou-ric

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpɑː.və.njuː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French parvenu, past participle of parvenir, from Latin perveniō (“arrive, reach”).
See also parvenue f