nouvelle vague

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An influential French film movement of the 1950s and 1960s which experimented radically in editing, visual style and narrative
  2. A new movement in art or society.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of nouvelle vague.

Pronunciation

/nuːˌvɛl ˈvɑːɡ/

Word forms

nouvelle vague

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French nouvelle vague (literally “new wave”).

Synonyms

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