nouveau

(nū'vō, nū-vō')
adj.
New and different, often fashionably so: "The perfect [Los Angeles] combination: a gas station that is also a nouveau convenience store" (David Mermelstein).

[From phrases such as ART NOUVEAU.]

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[noo-VOH] French for "new" that, when applied to wine, refers to one that is very young. Because of the influence of France's beaujolais nouveau wines, this word has taken on a meaning relating to this particular wine's style-light, fruity, youthful, and lacking aging potential. These nouveau wines are almost always released shortly after harvest. Many of them are made using carbonic maceration, a fermentation technique designed to enhance their intensely fruity yet light-bodied (see body) characteristics. The term nouveau is also used in the United States. Italians call this style of wine novello or vino novello.

Common misspelling(s) of nouveau

• noveau

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ny

idioms:

• nouveau riche    opkomling, parvenu

Français (French)
adj. - nouveau

idioms:

• nouveau riche    nouveau riche

Deutsch (German)
adj. - neu

idioms:

• nouveau riche    Neureicher, neureich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - νεο-

idioms:

• nouveau riche    νεόπλουτος

Italiano (Italian)
nuovo

idioms:

• nouveau riche    nuovo ricco

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - novo

idioms:

• nouveau riche    novo rico

Русский (Russian)
новое

idioms:

• nouveau riche    нувориш

Español (Spanish)
adj. - nuevo

idioms:

• nouveau riche    nuevo rico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ny

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
新近到达的, 新近生产的

idioms:

• nouveau riche    暴发户

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 新近到達的, 新近生產的

idioms:

• nouveau riche    暴發戶

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 현대적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - つい最近の

idioms:

• nouveau riche    にわか成金

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חדש (צרפתית)‬

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