parvenues
Meaning of parvenues
plural noun
- a person of humble origin who has gained wealth, influence, or celebrity.
the political inexperience of a parvenu
cynical parvenu bureaucrats
early 19th century: from French, literally ‘arrived’, past participle of parvenir, from Latin pervenire ‘come to, reach’.
Information about parvenues
- It is a name.
- The singular form of parvenues is: parvenue.
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Hyphenation of parvenues
par-v-enues
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- parvenues is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
parvenues synonyms
Meaning a person who has risen suddenly in rank or importance, especially one who behaves arrogantly:
Meaning an ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person:
Meaning an unrefined person, especially one with newly acquired power or wealth:
Words that rhyme with parvenues
inganues, avenues, datenues, revenues, tenues, venues, continues, detinues, discontinues, recontinues, retinues
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