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nouvelle vague

[noo-vel vag]
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noun, plural nou·velles vagues [noo-vel vag] /nu vɛl ˈvag/. French.

a new wave, trend, movement, phase, etc., especially in an art form.
the films of a group of young French and Italian filmmakers, beginning in the late 1950s, who emphasized conscious manipulation of film techniques and psychological probing instead of plot.

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Nearby words

  1. nouveau riche,
  2. nouveau roman,
  3. nouveauté,
  4. nouvelle,
  5. nouvelle cuisine,
  6. nouvelle-calédonie,
  7. nouvelles,
  8. nov,
  9. nov.,
  10. nova

Origin of nouvelle vague

literally, new wave
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British Dictionary definitions for nouvelle vague

Nouvelle Vague

noun

films another term for New Wave 1
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