parvenue

See also: Parvenü

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French parvenue, feminine past participle of parvenir (“to arrive”), learned borrowing from Latin parvenire, from per- (“through”) + venire (“to come”).

Noun

parvenue (plural parvenues)

1. female equivalent of parvenu
   • 1869, Fanny Aikin Kortright, Pro aris et focis. [On women's work.], page 30:

     They have seen women of rank, and parvenues, chaste maidens and anonymas, in a confused and gaudy glare of barbarous splendour.

Synonyms

• parvenuess

Translations

feminine equivalent of parvenu

• Czech: zbohatlice f
• French: parvenu/parvenue
• Italian: pervenuta (it) sg, pervenute (it) pl

French

Participle

parvenue f sg

1. feminine singular of parvenu

Further reading

• “parvenue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.