different between nouveau vs latecomer

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

late +? comer

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?le?t?k?m.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?le?t?k?m.?/

Noun

latecomer (plural latecomers)

1. One who has arrived comparatively recently.

   The old families in the neighborhood look down on him as a latecomer, his family only arrived in the 18th century, too nouveau for them.

2. One who arrived late.

   At the party the host made a point of greeting all the latecomers he missed in the first pass.

Antonyms

• earlycomer

Translations

See also

• Johnny-come-lately
• late to the party

Anagrams

• alcometer, coal-meter, metalcore