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Meaning of "parvenue" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARVENUE

See parvenu.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PARVENUE

ˈpɑːvəˌnjuː


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARVENUE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parvenue can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PARVENUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of parvenue in the English dictionary

The definition of parvenue in the dictionary is a woman who, having risen socially or economically, is considered to be an upstart or to lack the appropriate refinement for her new position. Other definition of parvenue is of or characteristic of a parvenue.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARVENUE

Agnew · anew · avenue · continue · cornu · detinue · discontinue · enew · knew · menu · nearly-new · new · nu · parvenu · renew · retinue · revenue · sub-menu · tenue · venue

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARVENUE

party-coloured · party-giver · party-goer · partyer · partyism · parulides · parulis · parure · parvanimity · Parvanov · Parvati · parve · parvenu · parvifoliate · parvis · parvise · parvo · parvolin · parvoline · parvovirus

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARVENUE

antique · Benue · blue · boutique · change of venue · due · hue · inconnue · ingenue · Inland Revenue · internal revenue · issue · league · Madison Avenue · out of the blue · politique · recontinue · rue · sales revenue · tax revenue

Synonyms and antonyms of parvenue in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parvenue» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARVENUE

Find out the translation of parvenue to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of parvenue from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parvenue» in English.
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parvenue
1,325 millions of speakers
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570 millions of speakers
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380 millions of speakers
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280 millions of speakers
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278 millions of speakers
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270 millions of speakers
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260 millions of speakers
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220 millions of speakers
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Parenting
190 millions of speakers
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Parvenue
180 millions of speakers
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130 millions of speakers
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parvenue
85 millions of speakers
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Parvenue
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parvenue
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75 millions of speakers
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नमुना
75 millions of speakers
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65 millions of speakers
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50 millions of speakers
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40 millions of speakers
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30 millions of speakers
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Trends of use of parvenue

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARVENUE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of parvenue
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «parvenue».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parvenue

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARVENUE»

Discover the use of parvenue in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parvenue and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Portrait for a Parvenue: Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, Surviving ...
Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun spent her early career as the favorite painter of Queen Marie-Antoinette.
Anne Louise Palmer, 2007
2
Mary Shelley: Collected Tales and Stories with Original ...
THE PARVENUE Like Winzy in "The Mortal Immortal" and the monster in Frankenstein, the despairing narrator of this story seeks a sympathetic judgment from the reader. But "The Parvenue" replaces the Gothic trappings of these other  ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Charles E. Robinson, 1990
3
Nineteenth-Century Stories by Women: An Anthology
Mary. Shelley. (1797-1851). The. Parvenue. WHY DO I WRITE MY MELANCHOLY STORY? IS IT AS A LESSON, to prevent any other from wishing to rise to rank superior to that in which they are born? No, miserable as I am, others might have ...
Glennis Stephenson, 1995
4
Parvenue Throws a Party: A Novel
Parvenue Throws A Party is a comedy about a comically inept would-be social climber and the quirky family that saves her from herself.
Wendy Boucher, 2005
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Chambers's Journal
Now, Mr Parvenue is not himself exactly in society. He is a plain, honest, straightforward sort of individual, whose ambition is to return home with a lac of rupees, see his old mother, and smoke the calumet of peace for the remaining term of his ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1862
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Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers. ...
Now, Mr Parvenue is not himself exactly in society. He is a plain, honest, straightforward sort of individual, whose ambition is to return home with a lac of rupees, see his old mother, and smoke the calumet of peace for the remaining term of his ...
Chambers's journal, 1862
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Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
Now, lldr Parvenue is not exactly in society._ He is a plain, honat, straightforward sort of individual, whose ambition is to return home with a lac of rupees, see his old mother, and smoke the calumet of for the remaining term of his natural life. e ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1862
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Racing Maxims & Methods of Pitssburg Phil
The biggest I ever attempted was on Parvenue, but unfortunately I did not win one-fifth of the money that I should have won, owing to a technicality. I owned Parvenue and he was a good racehorse, so good that I never really knew how good ...
Edward Cole
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A New Matrix for Modernism: A Study of the Lives and Poetry ...
“I. am. a. raw. uneasy. parvenue”1. Formalist As men whose bones are wind- blown dust have sung, Let me sing now! I'll sing 0f gourds, and goads, of honey, and the plough. I am a raw uneasy parvenu, I am uncertain of my time. How can I  ...
Nelljean Rice, 2013
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Burke High School:: 1894-2006
Seven. THE. PARVENUE. 1n the final analysis, journalism is the engine of a free press, an institution that is protected under the first amendment to the Constitution . —Rudolph A. Pyatt Jr. (Class of 1951) A precursor to the Parvenue was the ...
Sherman E. Pyatt, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARVENUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parvenue is used in the context of the following news items.
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Togo-Niger : alliance contre la fraude douanière
Cette interconnexion va également permettre au Togo de savoir si la marchandise est effectivement parvenue à sa destination finale. Dans le ... «République Togolaise, Jul 15»
2
RCA : "Je n'ai pas peur", l'entretien exclusif avec le chef rebelle …
Malheureusement, aucune invitation officielle ne nous est parvenue. Et plus pire encore, on insulte notre mouvement en nous parlant d'une ... «Alwihda Info, Jul 15»
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Santé : plaidoyer pour renforcer la lutte contre les maladies non …
... des réunions marathons avec les différentes parties prenantes à Kinshasa, la mission conjointe de la Task force inter-agence est parvenue, ... «Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale, Jul 15»
4
Deep Purple chauffe les Plaines
La machine Deep Purple est parvenue à réchauffer la foule grâce à une redoutable performance, carburant aux classiques, aux nouveautés et ... «LaPresse.ca, Jul 15»
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Actes du Colloque international : Médias, communication, langue et …
... au rôle et à l'implication, dans l'utilisation médiatique, de la langue berbère en Algérie, nous est récemment parvenue à la rédaction. «El Moudjahid, Jul 15»
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Pourquoi ne nous mordons-nous pas la langue lorsque nous …
Une équipe de chercheurs est parvenue à localiser les neurones qui œuvrent à contrôler les mouvements de la mâchoire lors de la mastication ... «SciencePost, Jul 15»
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L'impression 3D lui rend son visage totalement déformé par le cancer
La technologie de l'impression 3D est parvenue à accomplir de véritables prouesses médicales au cours des dernières années, bouleversant ... «SciencePost, Jul 15»
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Seiko Instruments : Nouveau condensateur de type puce à faible …
SII est parvenue à réduire le courant de fuite (autodécharge) à un niveau inférieur à 10 nA ainsi que l'impédance interne de CPX104 et de ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
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A Athènes, anxiété et soulagement dominent après l'accord
Ce lundi matin, la Grèce est parvenue à un accord avec les membres de l'Eurogroupe, excluant de fait une éventuelle sortie de la zone euro. «TF1, Jul 15»
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Mercato : offensive anglaise sur l'OM
... proposition s'élevant à 17 millions d'euros est bien parvenue à La Commanderie, couplée au prêt de Rémy Cabella. Un montage que nous ... «La Provence, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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