Polyglot Dictionary

nouvel an

/nu.vɛl ɑ̃/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. New Year

    • Ils fêtent le nouvel an à Paris.

      They celebrate New Year in Paris.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Neujahr

Neujahr is the German word for the same thing — both mean "New Year."

Practice

1 What does nouvel an mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ils fêtent le ___ an à Paris.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches nouvel an?

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