nouveau venu

\nu.vo və.ny\

/\nu.vo və.ny\/ noun

The verdict

“nouveau venu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui vient d’arriver dans un lieu ou d’être admis dans un groupe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nouveau-venu · nouveau venu · French

nouveau venu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for nouveau venu
PropertyValue
Headwordnouveau venu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nu.vo və.ny\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nouveau venu » en français

nouveau venureste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nouveau venu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nu.vo və.ny\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui vient d’arriver dans un lieu ou d’être admis dans un groupe.".

nouveau venu has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is nouveau venu, spelled N-O-U-V-E-A-U- -V-E-N-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui vient d’arriver dans un lieu ou d’être admis dans un groupe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nouveau venu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pendant que le nouveau venu se débitait à lui-même ce monologue, un autre cavalier, entré par l’autre bout de la rue, […], s’arrêtait et demeurait aussi en extase devant l’enseigne de la Belle-Étoile.
  2. Les lits étaient déjà presque tous occupés et on ne pouvait plus recevoir indistinctement tous les nouveaux venus.

Synonyms

nouvel arrivé

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nouveau venu"?
"nouveau venu" is spelled N-O-U-V-E-A-U- -V-E-N-U. The IPA pronunciation is \nu.vo və.ny\.
What does "nouveau venu" mean?
As a noun, "nouveau venu" means: Celui qui vient d’arriver dans un lieu ou d’être admis dans un groupe.
How do you pronounce "nouveau venu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nouveau venu" is \nu.vo və.ny\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nouveau venu" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list