newness

newness

English

Etymology

From Middle English newnesse, from Old English nīwnes (“newness, novelty”), equivalent to new +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)uːnəs/

  Rhymes: -uːnəs

Noun

newness (countable and uncountable, plural newnesses)

1. The property of being new; novelty; recency.

   The newness of the car meant it still had that funny smell.

Translations

novelty

Armenian: նորություն (hy) (norutʿyun) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: nieuwheid (nl) f Finnish: uutuus (fi) French: nouveauté (fr) f German: Neuheit (de) f Greek: Ancient: νεότης f (neótēs) Irish: nua m, núíosacht f, úire f, úrmhaire f Italian: novità (it) f

Latin: novitās f Latvian: jaunums m Persian: نویی‎ (noyi) Polish: nowość (pl) f Portuguese: novidade (pt) f Romanian: noutate (ro) Russian: новизна́ (ru) f (novizná), новь (ru) f (novʹ) Spanish: novedad (es) f Telugu: కొత్తదనం (kottadanaṃ) Turkish: yenilik (tr)

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