Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable)Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu.

    parvenühaft

More definitions
  • of or characteristic of a parvenu
  • characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position

Examples

1 sentences

  1. He's a parvenu.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
being a parvenu; also, like or having the characteristics of a parvenu:

Origin

Borrowed from French parvenu, past participle of parvenir, from Latin perveniō (“arrive, r

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

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of or characteristic of a parvenu:parvenue
  • characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position:nouveau-richeparvenueupstart

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
partyA1pascalpassA2passable

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