neophyte

See also: néophyte

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin neophytus, from Ancient Greek νεόφυτος ‎(neóphutos), from νέος ‎(néos, “new”) + φυτόν ‎(phutón, “plant, child”). Surface analysis is neo- +‎ -phyte.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈni.əˌfaɪt/

Noun

neophyte ‎(plural neophytes)

1. A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
2. A novice (recent convert), a new convert or proselyte, a new monk.
3. (Christianity) A name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those who have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism.
4. (biology) A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:beginner

Translations

beginner

• Danish: begynder (da)
• Dutch: beginner (nl) m
• Finnish: aloittelija (fi)
• French: néophyte (fr)

• German: Beginner (de) m
• Italian: neofita (it) m, f
• Persian: تازه‌کار (fa) ‎(tâze-kâr)
• Spanish: neófito (es) m

novice (recent convert)

• Danish: Nybegynder
• Finnish: vastakastettu, uusi käännynnäinen, noviisi (fi)
• Hungarian: neofita

• Italian: neofita (it) m, f
• Russian: неофи́т (ru) m ‎(neofít)
• Spanish: neófito (es) m

early Christian convert

• Finnish: neofyytti (fi)
• Hungarian: neofita

• Russian: неофи́т (ru) m ‎(neofít), новообращённый (ru) m ‎(novoobraščónnyj)
• Spanish: neófito (es) m
• Swedish: nyomvänd

recently introduced plant species

• Finnish: neofyytti (fi)
• German: Neophyt (de) m

• Hungarian: neofita
• Spanish: planta neófita f

References

• Random House Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1987.

Anagrams

• phytoene

External links

• Neophyte in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Latin

Adjective

neophyte

1. vocative masculine singular of neophytus