English Online Dictionary. What means novelty? What does novelty mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑvəlti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɒvəlti/
- Hyphenation: nov‧el‧ty
Noun
novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)
- The state of being new or novel; newness.
- A new product; an innovation.
- A small mass-produced trinket.
- In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
- (chess) An opening move played for the first time ever (in high-level chess).
Translations
Adjective
novelty (not comparable)
- In the design of a common household item, often impractically large, and meant primarily for display rather than functional use.
Derived terms
- novelty act
- novelty song
- novelty theory
- novelty value