newfangled

WOTD – 8 October 2009    

English

Alternative forms

• new-fangled

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/
• (US) IPA: /ˌnuˈfæŋ.ɡəld/

Adjective

newfangled (not comparable)

1. (usually derogatory or humorous) Contemptibly modern, unfamiliar, or different.

   newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little

Translations

modern, unfamiliar or different

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新奇的 (cmn), 流行的 (cmn), 新式的 (cmn)

• Danish: nymodens (da)
• Dutch: nieuwerwets (nl), nieuwbakken (nl)
• Finnish: uusi hieno (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: neumodisch (de)

• Hungarian: újkeletű (hu)
• Japanese: 新しもの好きの (ja) (atarashi mono suki no)
• Norwegian: nymotens (no)
• Portuguese: moderninho (pt)
• Russian: новомодный (ru) (novomódnyj) 
• Spanish: moderno (es), ultramoderno (es)