nouveau riche

Meaning

Noun

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

Adj

Newly rich; like a nouveau riche.

Opposite of

vieux riche, nouveau pauvre

Synonyms

upstart

parvenu

new money

new rich

new-rich

newly rich

arriviste

Translations

nouveau riche

parvenu

Neureicher

Parvenü

nuevo rico

Emporkömmling

Neureiche

nou-ric

neureich

arricchito

parvenido

arriviste

parvenue

nouveau

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌnuː.vəʊ ˈɹiːʃ/

Etymology

An unadapted borrowing from French nouveau riche (literally “new rich”).