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novice

/ˈnɒvəs/NO-vuhs
/ˈnɑvəs/NAH-vuhs

Meaninga new one

Common meaning: a beginner

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructedbase NU‘of pronominal origin’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 185, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinnovus‘new’
  3. Frenchnovice
  4. Middle Englishnovicesource
  5. Englishnovice‘a beginner’ · today

nov also in: novelnoveltyinnovaterenovate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin novus ‘new’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry novus, p. 1220 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

innovatenovelnoveltyrenovate

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