Nouveau or neuf

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Nouveau or neuf

As the 'jeu de société' would presumably have been brand new why isn't the adjective 'neuf'?

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

You only use neuf when you want to stress that something is brand new. If you only want to say that something is new, regardless of brand-new or otherwise, you use nouveau.

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Nouveau or neuf

As the 'jeu de société' would presumably have been brand new why isn't the adjective 'neuf'?

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