new

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Translingual

Symbol

new

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Newar.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Newar terms

English

Etymology

From Middle English newe, from Old English nīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”), from *néwos.

Compare also Old English nū (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo and novuss.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /njuː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /nu/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [n(j)ʉː]
  • (Dialectal) IPA^(key): [nɪu̯]
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /njʉː/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /njʉ/
• (Wales) IPA^(key): /nɪu̯/
• Homophones: gnu, knew, nu
• Rhymes: -uː

Adjective

new (comparative newer, superlative newest)

1. Recently made, or created.
   1. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.

2. Additional; recently discovered.

3. Current or later, as opposed to former.

4. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.

5. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.

6. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.

7. Newborn.

8. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.

9. Recently arrived or appeared.

10. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.

11. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.

Synonyms

• (recently made, created, or appeared): brand new, recent, neo-, ceno-
• (additional, recently discovered): recent
• (current or later): current
• (in original condition, pristine): brand new, brand spanking new, mint, pristine
• (refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed): born-again, reformed, refreshed, reinvigorated, revived
• (newborn): newborn, young
• (of recent origin): fresh
• (strange, unfamiliar): strange, unfamiliar
• (recently arrived or appeared): novel, singular
• (inexperienced, unaccustomed): brand new, green
• See also Thesaurus:new

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “recently made, created, or appeared”): ancient, dated, old
• (antonym(s) of “additional, recently discovered”): dated, old
• (antonym(s) of “current or later”): former, old
• (antonym(s) of “distinguishing something established more recently”): old
• (antonym(s) of “in original condition, pristine”): old, used, worn
• (antonym(s) of “refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed”): old
• (antonym(s) of “young”): old
• (antonym(s) of “of recent origin”): original, previous
• (antonym(s) of “strange, unfamiliar”): familiar, old
• (antonym(s) of “recently arrived or appeared”): established
• (antonym(s) of “inexperienced, unaccustomed”): accustomed, experienced, expert

Hyponyms

• brand new

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

new (comparative more new, superlative most new)

1. Synonym of newly, especially in composition.

   Synonym: freshly

   Near-synonym: recently

   new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown

2. As new; from scratch.

   Synonyms: anew; afresh

Related terms

• new-

Noun

new (countable and uncountable, plural news)

1. (with the, invariable plural only) Things that are new.

3. (Australia, uncountable) A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.

   Antonym: old

4. (UK, naval slang, countable) A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.

Verb

new (third-person singular simple present news, present participle newing, simple past and past participle newed)

1. (programming) Synonym of new up
2. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew.

Derived terms

• benew
• new up
• renew

References

• new on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Wen, wen

German

Adjective

new (strong nominative masculine singular newer, comparative newer, superlative am newesten or am newsten)

1. Obsolete spelling of neu.
   • 1552, Hans Gerle, Ein Newes sehr künstlichs Lautenbuch (printed in Nürnberg)
   • 1581, Ein new Kochbuch / Das ist Ein grundtliche beschreibung […] (printed in Frankfurt am Main)
   • 1629, Johann Deucer, Ein Newes, Schönes, sehr Nützliches Betbuch (printed in Leipzig)

Declension

Japanese

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nye·wi (“four”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnew/, [ˈne̞u˧˦]

Numeral

new (initial root new-)

1. four (in counting)

References

• Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
• LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

new

1. Alternative form of newe

Etymology 2

Noun

new

1. Alternative form of noy

Yurok

Etymology

From root new- (“see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /new/

Verb

new

1. uninflected form of newook'

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa. Related to Persian نه (noh).

Numeral

new

1. nine