newcomer

See also: Newcomer and new-comer

English

Etymology

From new- +‎ comer. Compare Old English nīwcumen ‎(“new comer, neophyte, novice”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: nyo͞oʹkŭmər, IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːkʌmə/
• (US) enPR: n(y)o͞oʹkŭ'mər, IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)uˌkʌmɚ/, [ˈn(j)uˌkʰʌmɚ]
• Rhymes: -uːkʌmə(ɹ), -ʌmə(ɹ)

Noun

newcomer ‎(plural newcomers)

1. One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
   • 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:

     This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess^[1]:

     As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.

2. A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.

Synonyms

See also: Wikisaurus:beginner

• newbie
• noob, n00b (Internet slang)

Translations

one who has recently arrived in a community

• Armenian: նորեկ (hy) ‎(norek)
• Catalan: nouvingut (ca) m, nouvinguda (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新人 (zh) ‎(xīnrén)

• Czech: příchozí m
• Danish: nybegynder (da)
• Dutch: nieuwkomer (nl) m
• Finnish: noviisi (fi), aloittelija (fi), vasta-alkaja (fi), tulokas (fi)
• French: nouveau venu (fr) m, nouvel arrivé m
• Georgian: ახალმოსული ‎(axalmosuli), ახალჩამოსული ‎(axalčamosuli)
• Greek: νεοφερμένος (el) ‎(neoferménos), νιόφερτος (el) ‎(niófertos)
• Hungarian: jövevény (hu)
• Japanese: 新人 (ja) ‎(しんじん, shinjin), 新入り ‎(shin'iri), 新参 ‎(shinzan), 新参者 ‎(shinzanmono)
• Korean: 신입 (ko) ‎(sinip)
• Latvian: jaunatnācējs m
• Lithuanian: naujai atvykęs m, ateivis m
• Macedonian: новодо́јденец m ‎(novodójdenec)

• Maori: waetapu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nykommer m

  Nynorsk: nykomar m

• Persian: تازه وارد (fa) ‎(tâze vâred)
• Portuguese: recém-chegado m
• Romanian: nou-venit m, nou-venită f
• Russian: прише́лец (ru) m ‎(prišélec), (newbie) новичо́к (ru) m ‎(novičók), но́венький (ru) m ‎(nóvenʹkij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: придошлица f

  Roman: pridošlica (sh) f

• Spanish: recién llegado m, recién llegada f
• Swedish: nykomling (sv)
• Turkish: yeni gelen
• Walloon: novea vnou (wa) m, novele vinowe f
• Zazaki: newamaoğ m, newamaoğe f

new participant in some activity

• Armenian: նորեկ (hy) ‎(norek)
• Catalan: novell (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新手 (zh) ‎(xīnshǒu)

• Czech: nováček m
• Finnish: noviisi (fi), aloittelija (fi), vasta-alkaja (fi), tulokas (fi)
• French: débutant (fr) m, débutante (fr) f
• Georgian: ახალბედა ‎(axalbeda), დამწყები ‎(damc̣q̇ebi)
• German: Neuling (de) m
• Greek: νεοφώτιστος (el) ‎(neofótistos)
• Japanese: 新人 (ja) ‎(shinjin)
• Latvian: jaunatnācējs m

• Macedonian: нова́јлија m ‎(novájlija), но́вак m ‎(nóvak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nykommer m

  Nynorsk: nykomar m

• Portuguese: iniciante m, f
• Romanian: începător (ro) m, începătoare (ro) f, novice (ro) m, debutant (ro) m, debutantă (ro) f
• Russian: новичо́к (ru) m ‎(novičók), неофи́т (ru) m ‎(neofít), начина́ющий (ru) m ‎(načinájuščij)
• Swedish: nybörjare (sv)
• Turkish: yeni gelen

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• German: ^{(please verify)} Neuling m