parvenu
Meaning of parvenu
noun
A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, rights, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.
adjective
Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu.
Information about parvenu
- The plural form of parvenu is: parvenus.
- Languages in which parvenu is used:
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Hyphenation of parvenu
par-venu
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- parvenu is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
parvenu synonyms
Meaning nouveau-riche:
Meaning parvenue:
Meaning upstart:
Translation of parvenu
- French: parvenu
- Spanish: parvenido
- Italian: arricchito, parvenu
- German: Neureicher, Neureiche
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