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See also: New, new-, and ñew

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Newar.

Symbol

new

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

See also

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.

Cognates

Cognate with Scots new (“new”), West Frisian nij (“new”), Dutch nieuw (“new”), Low German nee (“new”), German neu (“new”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ny (“new”), Icelandic nýr (“new”), Faroese nýggjur (“new”), Latin novus (“new”), Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”), Welsh newydd (“new”), Russian но́вый (nóvyj, “new”), Armenian նոր (nor, “new”), Persian نو (now, “new”),Northern Kurdish nû (“new”), Hindi नया (nayā, “new”), Tocharian B ñuwe (“new”).

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

new (comparative newer, superlative newest)

  1. Recently made, or created.
    Synonyms: brand new, recent, neo-, ceno-; see also Thesaurus:new
    Antonyms: ancient, dated, old
    This is a new scratch on my car!   The band just released a new album.
    The cookers cost £350 new but £150 secondhand.
    • 2007 January 30, Karen Crouse, “Dash of Success Spices Up Gould’s Neighborhood”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 11 February 2021:
      Within a half-hour, Gould (pronounced GOLD) was stirring in pieces of breaded and sautéed chicken, pouring the finished sauce over fettucini noodles cooked al dente and serving one of the newest entrees from his growing recipe file — rustic chicken — to Tanner, his 9-year-old twin brothers, Colton and Austin, and their parents.
    • 2007 May 24, David Pogue, “How to Make Your Cellphone Act Like a BlackBerry”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 25 February 2021:
      Only a few nonsmart models, primarily newer Razr models and a few Nokia phones, can run Yahoo Go. And once again, no Verizon phones need apply.
    • 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 189, number 6, archived from the original on 5 March 2016, page 18:
      Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
    1. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
      I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new.   Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?
  2. Additional; recently discovered.
    Synonym: recent
    Antonyms: dated, old
    We turned up some new evidence from the old files.
  3. Current or later, as opposed to former.
    Synonym: current
    Antonyms: former, old
    My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older.   We had been in our new house for five years by then.
  4. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
    Antonym: old
    New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.
  5. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
    Synonyms: brand new, brand spanking new, mint, pristine
    Antonyms: old, used, worn
    Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?
  6. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
    Synonyms: born-again, reformed, refreshed, reinvigorated, revived
    Antonym: old
    That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one.   I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep.   After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.
  7. Newborn.
    Synonyms: newborn, young
    Antonym: old
    My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.
  8. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
    Synonyms: strange, unfamiliar
    Antonyms: familiar, old
    • 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
      Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
    The idea was new to me.   I need to meet new people.
  9. Recently arrived or appeared.
    Synonyms: novel, singular
    Antonym: established
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
    Have you met the new guy in town?   He is the new kid at school.
  10. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
    Synonyms: brand new, green
    Antonyms: accustomed, experienced, expert
    Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time.   I'm new at this business, I'm still new to the work.
  11. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
    We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

In toponyms (place names)

Translations

See new/translations § Adjective.

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 hay, new-laid eggs
  2. As new; from scratch.
    Synonyms: anew; afresh
    They are scraping the site clean to build new.

Noun

new (countable and uncountable, plural news)

  1. (with the, invariable plural only) Things that are new.
    Out with the old, in with the 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.
    • 1956, Naval Review (London), volume 44, page 286:
      In the Britannia "news" were worms, to be trodden on […]

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

References

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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)
    • 1653, Ein newes Lied: Welches bey der Römischen Königlichen Crönung Ferdinandi deß Vierten in Regenspürg den 18. Junij 1653 ist musiciert worden:
    • 1706, Moritz Pfleyer, Gedeonische Wunder-Fakel auff ein newes entzündt in dem glorwürdigen heiligen Blut-Zeugen Christi Leontio:

Declension

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of new – see the following entry.
【ニュー】
[noun] (attributive) the state of being new
[noun] nu (name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν)
(This term, new (new), is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Malecite-Passamaquoddy numbers (edit)
40
[a], [b] ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: new
    Ordinal: newewey
    Adverbial: newokehs
    Adnominal: newwok, newonul

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnew/, [ˈne̞u˧˦]

Numeral

new (initial root new-)

  1. four (in counting)

References

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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

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

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