nouveau

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau. Recognized as English in 1828. Doublet of novel. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /nuːˈvəʊ/ (Canada, US) IPA(key): /nuːˈvoʊ/ === Adjective === nouveau (not comparable) New, fashionable. ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === nouveau (plural nouveaus or nouveaux) (oenology) A wine released in the same year that the grapes were harvested to make it. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French nouveau, from Old French novel, from Latin novellus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nu.vo/ Rhymes: -o Homophone: nouveaux === Adjective === nouveau (masculine singular before vowel nouvel, feminine nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaux, feminine plural nouvelles) new, novel ==== Usage notes ==== nouveau is a French adjective which when possessing an attributive function can precede its noun. When used in the masculine singular, nouveau becomes nouvel before a word beginning with a vowel or a mute h. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: nouvo Mauritian Creole: nouvo Seychellois Creole: nouvo → English: nouveau === Noun === nouveau m (plural nouveaux, feminine nouvelle) new person, new thing Antonym: vieux ==== Derived terms ==== de nouveau à nouveau === Related terms === === Further reading === “nouveau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French novel, from Latin novellus, from novus (“new”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === nouveau m (feminine singular nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaulx, feminine plural nouvelles) new ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “new”): vieulx ==== Descendants ==== French: nouveauHaitian Creole: nouvoMauritian Creole: nouvoSeychellois Creole: nouvo→ English: nouveau