# nouvelle vague

> English word · Noun · IPA /nuːˌvɛl ˈvɑːɡ/

## Definitions
1. An influential French film movement of the 1950s and 1960s which experimented radically in editing, visual style and narrative
2. A new movement in art or society.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French nouvelle vague (literally “new wave”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nouvelle-vague