novelty

English

Etymology

Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus.

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Noun

Wikipedia novelty (countable and uncountable; plural novelties)

1. The state of being new or novel; newness.
2. A new product; an innovation.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.

     Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty.

3. A small mass-produced trinket.
4. In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.

Translations

state of being new

Arabic: شئ غير مألوف (ši’ ğer ma’lūf) m. Armenian: նորություն (hy) (norut’yun) Chinese: 新奇 (xīnqí) Dutch: nieuwigheid f. Esperanto: novaĵo (eo) Finnish: uutuus (fi) French: nouveauté (fr) f. German: Neuheit (de) f. Hindi: नवीनता (hi) (navinta) Hungarian: újszerűség, újdonság Italian: novità (it) f.

Japanese: 珍しさ (めずらしさ, mezurashisa) Korean: 신기함 (sin-giham) Latin: novitas (la) Portuguese: novidade (pt) f. Romanian: noutate (ro) Russian: новизна (ru) (novizná) f. Spanish: novedad (es) f. Swedish: nyhet (sv) c. Turkish: yenilik (tr)

new product

Armenian: նորույթ (hy) (noruyt’), նորություն (hy) (norut’yun) Finnish: uutuus (fi) French: nouveauté (fr) f. German: Neuheit (de) f. Greek: καινοτομία (el) f.

Hungarian: újdonság (hu) Italian: novità (it) f. Portuguese: novidade (pt) f. Spanish: novedad (es) f. Swedish: nyhet (sv) c.

Derived terms

• novelty song
• novelty theory