French word

novateur

Pronunciation

IPA/novatœʁ/

Meaning

  • adjectiveinnovative

Example

Ce projet est novateur.

This project is innovative.

Illustration for novateur (innovative)

More examples

Un produit novateur attire l'attention.

An innovative product attracts attention.

Core concept

A familiar path replaced by a new route that others can follow.

Common phrases

  • un produit novateur

    an innovative product

  • un concept novateur

    an innovative concept

  • un projet novateur

    an innovative project

Similar words

nouveau: New because it did not exist before or has appeared only recently.
innovant: Changing established practices through original methods or technology.
original: Distinctive for ideas or forms that do not resemble existing ones.
créatif: Able to imagine and create new ideas or forms.

Definition in French

Qui propose ou applique des solutions originales, rompant avec les usages habituels.

Word origin

Novateur is a learned borrowing from Latin novator, from novare, "to make new," and ultimately from novus, "new."

Usage tips

  • As an adjective, novateur agrees with the noun: novatrice is the feminine form and novateurs and novatrices are the plural forms.

Other meanings

  • pioneeringadjective

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