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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does parvenus mean?[/quote] A parvenu is someone who is new money. Literally translated, it means "having gotten there". Also, it really is bourgeois (masculine), and not bourgeoise (feminine). It's true that guilt in French is feminine (!): la honte. But translation does not require using the correct gender of the corresponding noun, and OP's phrase is more a facile expression than a literal description. As in "that's too bourgeois", "c'est trop bourgeois". [/quote] Merci beaucoup. And to think I was married to a Frenchman. :)[/quote]
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