nouvelle vague

[ noo-vel -vag ]

/ nu vɛl ˈvag /

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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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Origin of nouvelle vague

Literally, “new wave”

Words nearby nouvelle vague

nouveauté, nouvelle, Nouvelle-Calédonie, nouvelle cuisine, nouvelles, nouvelle vague, nov., nova, Novachord, novaculite, Nova Iguaçu

How to use nouvelle vague in a sentence

But McCulloch remained vague about the issues that he says we need to address.
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But I think that people who have challenged it sometimes are kind of vague in their reasons for the challenge.
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Vague murmurs of doubt and surprise reached the ears of two of the British magistrates.
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"You seem to be as much at home here as in London," said Mrs. Armine, in a voice that was rather vague.
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Ie ne veux rememorer ce que i'ay crit en mon Histoire de la Nouvelle-France, livre 4.
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He had only very vague ideas of justice as administered by law and, at present, he cared little about that.
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British Dictionary definitions for nouvelle vague

Nouvelle Vague

/ French (nuvɛl vaɡ) /

noun

films another term for New Wave 1

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