novelty

See also: Novelty

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑvəlti/
• IPA^(key): /ˈnɒvəlti/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: nov‧el‧ty

Noun

novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)

1. The state of being new or novel; newness.
   • 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.

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.

Noun

novelty (comparative more novelty, superlative most novelty)

1. Meant primarily for display rather than functional use. Handheld items are often impractically large.

   My novelty cheque is on display in the hallway, but I couldn't find a frame big enough to fit it.

Derived terms

• novelty act
• novelty song
• novelty theory

Translations

state of being new

• Armenian: նորություն (hy) (norutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: новост (bg) f (novost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新奇 (zh) (xīnqí)

• Czech: novost f
• Dutch: nieuwigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: novaĵo
• Finnish: uutuus (fi)
• French: nouveauté (fr) f
• Friulian: gnovitât f
• Galician: novidade (gl) f
• German: Neuheit (de) f, Neuartigkeit f
• Hindi: नवीनता (hi) (navīntā)
• Hungarian: újszerűség, újdonság (hu)
• Ido: noveso (io)
• Irish: adhnua m, nuacht (ga) f, úrnuacht f
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• Italian: novità (it) f
• Japanese: 珍しさ (ja) (めずらしさ, mezurashisa), 斬新さ (ja) (ざんしんさ, zanshin sa)
• Korean: 신기함 (sin'giham)
• Latin: novitas
• Latvian: jaunums m
• Persian: نوی (fa) (novi), تازگی (fa) (tâzegi)
• Portuguese: novidade (pt) f
• Romanian: noutate (ro)
• Russian: новизна́ (ru) f (novizná)
• Sicilian: nuvitati f
• Spanish: novedad (es) f
• Swedish: nyhet (sv) c
• Turkish: yenilik (tr)
• Ukrainian: новизна (uk) (novyzna)

new product

• Armenian: նորույթ (hy) (noruytʻ), նորություն (hy) (norutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: нововъведение (bg) n (novovǎvedenie)
• Finnish: uutuus (fi)
• French: nouveauté (fr) f
• Galician: novidade (gl) f
• German: Neuheit (de) f, neues Produkt n, Krimskrams (de) m
• Greek: καινοτομία (el) f (kainotomía)
• Hungarian: újdonság (hu)
• Ido: novajo (io)
• Irish: rud nua m
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• Italian: novità (it) f
• Japanese: 新しいもの (ja) (あたらしいもの, atarashii mono)
• Kazakh: жаңалық (kk) (jañalyq)
• Kyrgyz: жаңылык (ky) (jaŋılık)
• Latvian: jaunums m
• Portuguese: novidade (pt) f
• Russian: нови́нка (ru) f (novínka)
• Spanish: novedad (es) f
• Swedish: nyhet (sv) c

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• Arabic: (unknown thing) ^{(please verify)} شَيْء غَيْر مَأْلُوف m (šayʔ ḡayr maʔlūf)
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