/ Dictionary / Index N nouveau riche: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: nou•veau riche Pronunciation: (n'vō rēsh' Fr. n&sylpvō rēsh'), [key] — pl. nou•veaux riches a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. nouveau pauvre* nouveauté* Related Content Daily Word Quiz: perspicacious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language