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parvenue

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Borrowed from French parvenue, feminine past participle of parvenir (“to arrive”), learned borrowing from Latin parvenire, from per- (“through”) + venire (“to come”).

noun parvenues

feminine Female equivalent of parvenu They have seen women of rank, and parvenues, chaste maidens and anonymas, in a confused and gaudy glare of barbarous splendour.
Similar: parvenuess

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noun feminine equivalent of parvenu

Français	parvenu, parvenue
Italiano	pervenuta, pervenute

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"parvenue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/parvenue. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"parvenue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/parvenue.

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@misc{parvenue_2026,
  title = {parvenue},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parvenue},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}