different between fashionable vs nouveau

English

Etymology

fashion +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæ??n?bl?/

Adjective

fashionable (comparative more fashionable, superlative most fashionable)

1. Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.

   Synonyms: styleworthy; see also Thesaurus:fashionable

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:unfashionable

2. Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.

3. (archaic) genteel; well-bred

Derived terms

• fashionably

Descendants

• ? Danish: fashionabel
• ? French: fashionable
• ? German: fashionable

Translations

Noun

fashionable (plural fashionables)

1. A fashionable person; a fop.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dandy

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English fashionable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.??.nabl/

Adjective

fashionable (plural fashionables)

1. (dated) fashionable

Further reading

• “fashionable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Alternative forms

• fashionabel

Etymology

Borrowed from English fashionable.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fashionable (comparative fashionabler, superlative am fashionabelsten)

1. fashionable

   Synonym: modisch

Further reading

• “fashionable” in Duden online

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French nouveau. Recognized as English in 1828.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu??v??/

Adjective

nouveau (not comparable)

1. New, fashionable.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Middle French nouveau, from Old French novel, from Latin novellus, from novus (“new”), from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.vo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Homophone: nouveaux

Adjective

nouveau (masculine singular before vowel nouvel, feminine singular nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaux, feminine plural nouvelles)

1. new, novel

Usage notes

• nouveau is a French adjective which when possessing an attributive function can precede its noun.
• When used in the masculine singular, nouveau becomes nouvel before a word beginning with a vowel or a mute h.

Derived terms

Noun

nouveau m (plural nouveaux, feminine nouvelle)

1. New person, new thing.

Antonyms

• vieux (old)

Derived terms

• de nouveau
• à nouveau

Related terms

• neuf
• nouvelle
• novice
• innover
• rénover
• renouveler

Further reading

• “nouveau” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French novel, from Latin novellus, from novus (“new”).

Adjective

nouveau m (feminine singular nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaux, feminine plural nouvelles)

1. new

Antonyms

• (new): vieulx

Descendants

• French: nouveau