nouveau


nou·veau

N0176150 (no͞o′vō, no͞o-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.]

nouveau

(ˈnuːvəʊ) or before a plural noun

nouveaux

adj (prenominal) facetious or derogatory having recently become the thing specified: a nouveau hippy. [C20: French, literally: new; on the model of nouveau riche]

nou•veau

(ˈnu voʊ, nuˈvoʊ)

adj. newly or recently created, developed, or come to prominence. [1805–15; < French: new; Old French novel < Latin novellus]