new

See also: Appendix:Variations of "new"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Newar.

Symbol

new

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

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nu

Proto-Indo-European *néwos

Proto-Germanic *niwjaz

Proto-West Germanic *niwi

Old English nīewe

Middle English newe

English new

From Middle English neowe, neue, new, newe, nywe, from Old English nēowe, nīewe, nīowe, nīwe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos, *néwyos (“new”). Compare also Old English nū (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo, novuss, and neo-.

Cognates

Cognate with Scots new (“new”), North Frisian nai, nei, nii (“new”), Saterland Frisian näi (“new”), West Frisian nij (“new”), Alemannic German nöi, nüüw (“new”), Bavarian neich (“new”), Cimbrian naüge (“new”), Dutch nieuw, nij (“new”), Dutch Low Saxon nij (“new”), German neu, new, neuw (“new”), Low German nee, neei (“new”), Luxembourgish nei (“new”), Vilamovian noj, noü (“new”), Yiddish נײַ (nay, “new”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ny (“new”), Faroese nýggjur (“new”), Icelandic nýr (“new”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niujis, “new”); also Breton nevez (“new”), Cornish nowydh, nowyth (“fresh, new”), Irish nua, nuadh (“new”), Manx noa (“fresh, new”), Scottish Gaelic nuadh (“fresh, new”), Welsh newydd (“new”), Latin novus (“new”), Greek νέος (néos, “young, youthful; modern, new”), Lithuanian naũjas (“new”), Belarusian но́вы (nóvy, “new”), Bulgarian and Macedonian нов (nov, “new”), Czech and Slovak nový (“new”), Polish nowy (“new”), Russian но́вый (nóvyj, “new”), Serbo-Croatian но̏в, nȍv (“new”), Slovene nov (“new”), Ukrainian нови́й (novýj, “new”), Armenian նոր (nor, “new”), Baluchi نوک (nok, “new”), Central Kurdish نوێ (nwê, “new”), Ossetian нӕуӕг (næwæg), ног (nog, “fresh, new; young”), Persian نو (naw / now, “new”), Mazanderani نو (nu, “new”), Northern Kurdish nû (“new”), Pashto نوی (nëway, “new”), Zazaki newe (“new”), Kamkata-viri nuy, nuyĩ (“new”), Prasuni unü (“new”), Hittite 𒉋𒀸 (nēwas, “fresh, new”), Luwian 𒈾𒀀𒌑𒉿𒋾 (nāúwati, “new”), Tocharian A ñu (“new”), Tocharian B ñuwe (“new”), Sanskrit नव (nava, “fresh, modern, new”), नव्य (navya, “new”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /n(j)ʉw/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /njuː/
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(General American) IPA^(key): /nu/
(Canada) IPA^(key): /n(j)u/
- Audio (General American): (file)
- (Dialectal) IPA^(key): [nɪu̯]
(Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /njʉː/
- Audio (Australia): (file)
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /njʉ/
(Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /n(j)ʉ/
(Wales) IPA^(key): /nɪu̯/
Homophones: gnu, knew, nu
Rhymes: -uː

Adjective

new (comparative newer, superlative newest)

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^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], 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?
Additional; recently discovered.
Synonym: recent

Antonyms: dated, old

We turned up some new evidence from the old files.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Newborn.
Synonyms: newborn, young

Antonym: old

My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.
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.
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.
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.
(of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade.

Hyponyms

brand new

Derived terms

in toponyms (place names)

Translations

See new/translations § Adjective.

Adverb

new (comparative more new, superlative most new)

Synonym of newly, especially in composition.
Synonym: freshly

Near-synonym: recently

new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown hay, new-laid eggs
As new; from scratch.
Synonyms: anew; afresh

They are scraping the site clean to build new.

Related terms

new-

Noun

new (countable and uncountable, plural news)

(with the, invariable plural only) Things that are new.
Out with the old, in with the new.
(Australia, uncountable) A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.
Antonym: old
(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)

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

Derived terms

References

new on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Wen, wen

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *nọw / *nọe, from Proto-Celtic *nāwī (“vessel”), from *nāwā (“boat; vessel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”). Cognate with Breton nev and Welsh noe, and more distantly Latin nāvis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɛʊ/

Noun

new f (plural newyow)

sink, washbasin
trough
Synonyms: hester, kawn, kofen

Derived terms

new doos (“trough”) (kneading)
new-dosa (“kneading trough”)
new-droghya (“sheep dip”)

References

“new” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

German

Adjective

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

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

Positive forms of *new*
number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist new	sie ist new	es ist new	sie sind new
strong declension (without article)	nominative	newer	newe	newes	newe
	genitive	newen	newer	newen	newer
	dative	newem	newer	newem	newen
	accusative	newen	newe	newes	newe
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der newe	die newe	das newe	die newen
	genitive	des newen	der newen	des newen	der newen
	dative	dem newen	der newen	dem newen	den newen
	accusative	den newen	die newe	das newe	die newen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein newer	eine newe	ein newes	(keine) newen
	genitive	eines newen	einer newen	eines newen	(keiner) newen
	dative	einem newen	einer newen	einem newen	(keinen) newen
	accusative	einen newen	eine newe	ein newes	(keine) newen

Comparative forms of *new*
number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist newer	sie ist newer	es ist newer	sie sind newer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	newerer	newere	neweres	newere
	genitive	neweren	newerer	neweren	newerer
	dative	newerem	newerer	newerem	neweren
	accusative	neweren	newere	neweres	newere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der newere	die newere	das newere	die neweren
	genitive	des neweren	der neweren	des neweren	der neweren
	dative	dem neweren	der neweren	dem neweren	den neweren
	accusative	den neweren	die newere	das newere	die neweren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein newerer	eine newere	ein neweres	(keine) neweren
	genitive	eines neweren	einer neweren	eines neweren	(keiner) neweren
	dative	einem neweren	einer neweren	einem neweren	(keinen) neweren
	accusative	einen neweren	eine newere	ein neweres	(keine) neweren

Superlative forms of *new*
number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist am newesten er ist am newsten	sie ist am newesten sie ist am newsten	es ist am newesten es ist am newsten	sie sind am newesten sie sind am newsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	newester newster	neweste newste	newestes newstes	neweste newste
	genitive	newesten newsten	newester newster	newesten newsten	newester newster
	dative	newestem newstem	newester newster	newestem newstem	newesten newsten
	accusative	newesten newsten	neweste newste	newestes newstes	neweste newste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der neweste der newste	die neweste die newste	das neweste das newste	die newesten die newsten
	genitive	des newesten des newsten	der newesten der newsten	des newesten des newsten	der newesten der newsten
	dative	dem newesten dem newsten	der newesten der newsten	dem newesten dem newsten	den newesten den newsten
	accusative	den newesten den newsten	die neweste die newste	das neweste das newste	die newesten die newsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein newester ein newster	eine neweste eine newste	ein newestes ein newstes	(keine) newesten (keine) newsten
	genitive	eines newesten eines newsten	einer newesten einer newsten	eines newesten eines newsten	(keiner) newesten (keiner) newsten
	dative	einem newesten einem newsten	einer newesten einer newsten	einem newesten einem newsten	(keinen) newesten (keinen) newsten
	accusative	einen newesten einen newsten	eine neweste eine newste	ein newestes ein newstes	(keine) newesten (keine) newsten

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-)

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

alternative form of newe

Etymology 2

Noun

new

alternative form of noy

Yurok

Etymology

From root new- (“see”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /new/

Verb

new

uninflected form of newook'

Zazaki

Etymology

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

Numeral

new

nine