parvenu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.

adj

Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu.

/ˈpɑː.və.njuː/ /ˈpɑː.və.nuː/ /ˈpɑɹ.və.nju/ /ˈpɑɹ.və.nu/ en-us-parvenu.ogg en-us-parvenu-2.ogg

parvenu parvenus

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

arriviste

nouveau riche

parvenudom parvenuess parvenuism

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