dernier cri
noun[singular]
uk/ˌdɜː.ni.eɪˈkriː/us/ˌdɝːn.jeɪˈkriː/the dernier cri(alsole dernier cri)
something or someone that is veryfashionable, new, andmodern.Dernier criisFrench,meaning"lastcry":
This isthedernier criinsportsheadgear.
Monet and Pissarro werethedernier cri ofartin 1889.
ThatChristmas,hiringhottubswas le dernier cri.
- At thattime, balsamicvinegarand extra-virginoliveoilwere the dernier cri.
- AT-shirtprintedwithMickeyMousewas the dernier cri amongfashioninsidersthissummer.
- Thisshortsweaterdressis the dernier cri instylishnessforwinter.
Modern & fashionable
- be (all) the rageidiom
- be having a momentidiom
- be the last word insomethingidiom
- get with the programmeidiom
- go ahead
- happening
- high-tech
- hipster
- hypermodern
- snappily
- snappy
- snazzily
- snazzy
- sophisticated
- space-age
- the avant-garde
- up-to-the-minuteidiom
- way-out
- with it
- à la mode
dernier cri
adjective
uk/ˌdɜː.ni.eɪˈkriː/us/ˌdɝːn.jeɪˈkriː/veryfashionable, new, andmodern:
InParis, theworldcapitaloffashion, thebikesquicklybecamedernier cri.
They dodishwasherswithdrawersthat can be set at differenttemperatures—not just dernier cri, but alsoseriouslyuseful.
Modern & fashionable
- be (all) the rageidiom
- be having a momentidiom
- be the last word insomethingidiom
- get with the programmeidiom
- go ahead
- happening
- high-tech
- hipster
- hypermodern
- snappily
- snappy
- snazzily
- snazzy
- sophisticated
- space-age
- the avant-garde
- up-to-the-minuteidiom
- way-out
- with it
- à la mode