different between nouveau vs deco

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

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of decompression

Noun

deco (uncountable)

1. (underwater diving, informal) Decompression.

Etymology 2

Clipping of decorative or similar.

Noun

deco (plural decos)

1. A friendship book in which people add decorative elements such as drawings, stickers and sequins.
   • 2004, Tamara Stevens, What Is Snail Mail - The Lost Art of Letterwriting (page 110)

     Start your own Traveling Deco Journal […] Improve your Deco and Friendship Book Bindings

   • 2005, Amy Spencer, DIY: The Rise of Lo-fi Culture (page 131)

     […] little booklet called the 'deco' (decorated friendship book), passes from person to person through the mail in an envelope with each recipient decorating a page including their name and address before passing it on.

   • 2017, Mark Duffett, Fan Identities and Practices in Context: Dedicated to Music (page 194)

     Regular friendship books had a variety of variations, such as slams, crams, and decos.

Anagrams

• OECD, co-ed, code, coed, ecod

Spanish

Noun

deco m (uncountable)

1. Deco