arriviste
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French arriviste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌæ.ɹɪˈviːst/
Noun
arriviste (plural arrivistes)
- (derogatory) An upstart or newcomer; nouveau riche; parvenu; an ambitious, brash or arrogant person who has yet to integrate with his or her new social group.
- 1920, Bertrand Russell, chapter V, in The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism:
- The second class in the bureaucracy, among whom are to be found most of the men occupying political posts just below the top, consists of arrivistes, who are enthusiastic Bolsheviks because of the material success of Bolshevism.
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Translations
upstart — see upstart
See also
- social climber
- drifter
French
Etymology
arriver + -iste
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʁi.vist/
Audio (file)
Noun
arriviste m or f by sense (plural arrivistes)
- (derogatory) arriviste
Related terms
- arrivisme
Descendants
- → Catalan: arribista
- → English: arriviste
- → Galician: arribista
- → Greek: αριβίστας (arivístas)
- → Italian: arrivista
- → Portuguese: arrivista
- → Spanish: arribista
See also
- parvenu
Further reading
- “arriviste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar.riˈvi.ste/
- Rhymes: -iste
- Hyphenation: ar‧ri‧vì‧ste
Noun
arriviste f
- plural of arrivista
Anagrams
- riavresti, riservati, riversati, rivestirà