news

See also: News

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) +‎ -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs ("news"), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”). Often erroneously said to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports".

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK) enPR: nyo͞oz, IPA^(key): /njuːz/
(US) IPA^(key): /n(j)uz/
Audio (US, California) (file)
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Homophones: gnus, nus (in some dialects)
Rhymes: -uːz
Hyphenation: news

Noun[edit]

news (uncountable)

New information of interest.
Is there any news about the storm?

That was not much news in the press release.
- 1593, anonymous, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
  VVith speede let vs impart the newes vnto my Lord the King,
  The fearefull newes that whilſt the flame doth but begin,
  Sad pollicie may ſerue to quench the fire: […]
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
  Sirrah, your lord and master's married; there's news for you: you have a new mistress.
Information about current events disseminated via media.
Did you hear/read/see the latest news?

The news is that a new leader will be elected in one month.

I heard about the earthquake on the morning news.
(computing, Internet) Posts published on newsgroups

Hyponyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

new information of interest

Afrikaans: nuus (af)
Albanian: lajm (sq) m, kumt (sq) (random bad news)
Amharic: ዜና (zena)
Arabic: أَخْبَار‎ (ar) (ʔaḵbār)أَنْبَاء‎ pl (ʔanbāʔ), خَبَر‎ m (ḵabar)
Egyptian Arabic: خَبَر‎ m (ḵabar)
Armenian: նորություն (hy) (norutʿyun), լուր (hy) (lur), գույժ (hy) (guyž) (bad news), ավետիս (hy) (avetis) (good news)
Assamese: বাতৰি (batori)
Avar: хабар (xabar)
Azerbaijani: xəbər (az), xəbərlər pl, soraq
Balinese: orta, orti
Bashkir: хәбәр (xäbär), яңылыҡ (yaŋılıq)
Basque: berriak
Belarusian: наві́ны f pl (navíny)
Bengali: খবর (bn) (khobor)
Bikol Central: bareta (bcl)
Bole: labar
Bulgarian: новини́ (bg) f pl (noviní), изве́стия (bg) n pl (izvéstija), ве́сти (bg) f pl (vésti), но́вости (bg) f pl (nóvosti)
Burmese: သတင်းစကား (my) (sa.tang:ca.ka:), သတင်း (my) (sa.tang:)
Catalan: notícies (ca) f pl
Chechen: хабар (xabar)
Cherokee: ᎧᏃᎮᏓ (kanoheda)
Chichewa: nkhani
Chinese:
Cantonese: 消息 (siu¹ sik¹)

Mandarin: 消息 (zh) (xiāoxī), 新聞／新闻 (zh) (xīnwén)
Czech: noviny (cs) f pl
Danish: nyt
Dutch: nieuws (nl) n
Esperanto: novaĵoj
Estonian: uudis, uudised (et) pl
Evenki: мэдэвкэ (mədəwkə)
Faroese: tíðindi
Finnish: uutinen (fi)
French: nouvelles (fr) f pl, informations (fr) f pl, actualités (fr) f pl
Galician: novas f pl
Georgian: ცნობა (cnoba), სიახლე (siaxle)
German: Neuigkeiten (de) f pl, Nachricht (de) f, Nachrichten (de) f pl, Neues (de) n
Greek: ειδήσεις (el) (eidíseis), νέα (el) (néa)
Gujarati: સમાચાર (gu) (samācār)
Haitian Creole: nouvèl
Halkomelem: sqwéqwel
Hausa: labari (ha)
Hebrew: חֲדָשׁוֹת‎ (he) f pl (khadashót)
Hindi: ख़बर f (xabar), समाचार (hi) m (samācār), संदेश (hi) m (sandeś), खबर (hi) f (khabar), वार्ता (hi) f (vārtā), बातचीत (hi) f (bātcīt)
Hungarian: újság (hu), hír (hu)
Icelandic: fréttir (is) f pl
Ido: informo (io)
Indonesian: berita (id), kabar (id), warta (id), info (id)
Ingrian: uutiin, noovosti
Ingush: хабар (xabar)
Irish: scéal (ga) m
Italian: novità (it) f pl, notizie (it) f pl, fatto (it) m, avvenimento (it) m
Japanese: 知らせ (ja) (shirase)
Javanese:
Carakan: ꦮꦂꦠ (jv) (warta), ꦮꦂꦠꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (wartos), ꦏꦧꦂ (jv) (kabar)

Roman: warta (jv), wartos, kabar
Kannada: ಸುದ್ದಿ (kn) (suddi)
Kazakh: жаңалық (kk) (jañalyq), хабар (xabar)
Khmer: ព័ត៌មាន (km) (pɔədɑɑmiən), ដំណឹង (km) (dɑmnəng)
Korean: 소식(消息) (ko) (sosik), 소문(所聞) (ko) (somun), 뉴스 (ko) (nyuseu), 알림 (ko) (allim)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەنگوباس‎ (dengubas), ھەواڵ‎ (ckb) (hewall)

Northern Kurdish: nûçe (ku) f
Kyrgyz: жаңылык (ky) (jaŋılık), кабар (ky) (kabar)
Ladino: haber
Lao: ຂ່າວ (lo) (khāo), ຂ່າວສານ (khāo sān)
Latgalian: zine f, zinis f pl, jaunums m, jaunumi m pl
Latvian: ziņas f pl
Lezgi: хабар (χabar)
Lithuanian: naujiena (lt) f
Lü: ᦃᦱᧁᧈ (ẋaaw¹)
Macedonian: вести f pl (vesti), новости f pl (novosti), новини f pl (novini)
Malay: khabar (ms), berita (ms)
Malayalam: വാർത്ത (ml) (vāṟtta), വർത്തമാനം (vaṟttamānaṃ)
Maltese: ġrajjiet kurenti pl, aħbarijiet pl
Maori: rongo, pūrongo (mi), kawepūrongo
Marathi: बातमी (mr) f (bātmī)
Mauritian Creole: nouvel
Mi'kmaq: agnutmaqan inan
Middle English: newes, word, bodeword
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: мэдээ (mn) (medee), сураг (mn) (surag), чимээ (mn) (čimee)
Nanai: мэдэ
Nepali: समाचार (ne) (samācār)
Northern Altai: мэд (med), чаҥынык (čaŋïnïk)
Northern Sami: ođas
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nyhet (no) m or f, nytt n, tidende m

Nynorsk: nyheit f, nyhende n, nytt n, tidend f, nyhending f
Old English: spell n
Old Tupi: pomaranduba
Oriya: ସମ୍ବାଦ (sômbadô)
Ossetian: хабар (xabar)
Pashto: خبر‎ (ps) m (xabar), احوال‎ (ps) m pl (ahwāl)
Persian: اخبار‎ (fa) pl ('axbâr), تازه‌ها‎ (tâze-hâ), خبر‎ (fa) (xabar), خبرها‎ (xabar-hâ)
Polish: nowości f pl, news (pl) m
Portuguese: notícias (pt) f pl
Punjabi: ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ m (xabrā̃), ਖ਼ਬਰ f (xabar)
Romanian: știre (ro) f, noutate (ro) f
Russian: но́вости (ru) f pl (nóvosti), изве́стия (ru) n pl (izvéstija), ве́сти (ru) f pl (vésti)
Scottish Gaelic: fios m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ве̑сти f pl (Ekavian), вије̑сти f pl (Ijekavian)

Roman: vȇsti (sh) f pl (Ekavian), vijȇsti (Ijekavian)
Sicilian: nutizzia (scn) f
Sinhalese: පුවත් (puwat), ප්රවෘත්ති (prawr̥tti)
Slovak: novinky f pl
Slovene: novice (sl) f pl
Somali: war
Sotho: ditaba (st)
Southern Altai: јаҥылык (ǰaŋïlïk), мед (med)
Spanish: noticias (es) f pl
Sranan Tongo: nyunsu
Swahili: habari (sw)
Swedish: nyhet (sv) c, nyheter (sv) c pl
Tagalog: balita (tl)
Tajik: ахбор (tg) (axbor), навӣ (navī), навигарӣ (navigarī), маълумот (tg) pl (maʾlumot), хабар (tg) (xabar)
Tamil: செய்தி (ta) (ceyti)
Tatar: яңалык (tt) (yañalıq), хәбәр (tt) (xäbär)
Telugu: వార్తలు (te) (vārtalu), వార్త (te) (vārta)
Thai: ข่าว (th) (kàao), ข่าวสาร (th) (kàao-sǎan), ข่าวคราว (th) (kàao-kraao)
Tibetan: གསར་འགྱུར (gsar 'gyur)
Tigrinya: ዜና (zena)
Turkish: haber (tr)
Turkmen: habar
Tuvan: чаалык (çaalık), меде (mede)
Ukrainian: нови́ни f pl (novýny), ві́сті f pl (vísti)
Urdu: خبر‎ f (xabar), اخبار‎ m pl (axbār), خبریں‎ f pl (khabrain), سماچار‎ m (samācār)
Uyghur: خەۋەر‎ (xewer), يېڭىلىق‎ (yë'ngiliq), ئاخبارات‎ (axbarat)
Uzbek: xabar (uz), yangilik (uz)
Vietnamese: tin tức (vi), tin (vi)
Walloon: novele (wa) f
Welsh: newyddion (cy) m pl
West Frisian: nijs n
Yagnobi: хапар (xapar)
Yiddish: בשׂורה‎ f (bsure), נײַעס‎ pl (nayes), ידיעה‎ f (yedie)
Zazaki: hewadis c, xeber f
Zhuang: siusik, sinhvwnz
Zulu: izindaba

reports of current events

Afrikaans: nuus (af)
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: أَخْبَار‎ (ar) pl (ʔaḵbār), أَنْبَاء‎ pl (ʔanbāʔ)
Egyptian Arabic: خَبَر‎ m (ḵabar)
Armenian: նորություններ pl (norutʿyunner), լուրեր pl (lurer)
Azerbaijani: xəbərlər pl
Balinese: orta, orti
Bashkir: яңылыҡ (yaŋılıq), хәбәр (xäbär)
Basque: albisteak
Bengali: খবর (bn) (khobor)
Bikol Central: bareta (bcl)
Breton: nevezioù (br)
Catalan: (on television) telenotícies m, (on radio) informatiu (ca) m, (on paper) diari (ca) m
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵏⵖⵎⵉⵙⵏ (inɣmisn)
Chichewa: nkhani
Chinese:
Cantonese: 新聞／新闻 (san¹ man⁴; san¹ man^4-2)

Dungan: бо (bo)

Mandarin: 新聞／新闻 (zh) (xīnwén)
Cornish: nowodhow
Danish: nyheder c
Dutch: (on television) journaal (nl) n, nieuws (nl) n
Esperanto: novaĵoj
Estonian: uudised (et) pl
Farefare: dãmnɛ
Finnish: uutiset (fi) pl
French:informations (fr) f pl, infos (fr) f pl, (on television) téléjournal (fr) m
Galician: noticias f pl, telexornal m (TV)
Georgian: ახალი ამბები (axali ambebi)
German: Nachricht (de) f, Nachrichten (de) f pl
Hebrew: חֲדָשׁוֹת‎ (he) f pl (khadashót)
Hindi: खबर (hi) f (khabar), वार्ता (hi) f (vārtā), बातचीत (hi) f (bātcīt)
Hungarian: hírek (hu), híradó (hu), hírműsor
Icelandic: fréttir (is) f pl
Ido: informo (io)
Indonesian: berita (id)
Ingrian: uutiset, noovosti
Irish: nuacht (ga)
Italian: notizie (it) f pl, telegiornale (it) m (on television)
Japanese: 報道 (ja) (ほうどう, hōdō), ニュース (ja) (nyūsu)
Javanese:
Carakan: ꦮꦂꦠ (jv) (warta), ꦮꦂꦠꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (wartos)

Roman: warta (jv), wartos
Korean: 뉴스 (ko) (nyuseu), 기사(記事) (ko) (gisa), 보도(報道) (ko) (bodo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەنگوباس‎ (dengubas)

Northern Kurdish: nûçe (ku) f
Latgalian: zinis f or pl, jaunumi m or pl
Latin: nuntium n, nuntia n pl
Latvian: ziņas f pl, jaunumi f pl
Lithuanian: naujienos f pl
Macedonian: вести f pl (vesti), дневник m (dnevnik)
Malay: Berita
Malayalam: വാർത്ത (ml) (vāṟtta)
Maltese: aħbarijiet pl
Manx: naight
Maori: kawepūrongo
Marathi: बातमी (bātmī)
Mi'kmaq: agnutmaqan inan
Moore: koɛɛga, bore, kibare sg, kibaya pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nyheter (no) m pl or f pl

Nynorsk: nyheiter f pl, nyhende n pl
Oriya: ଖବର (or) (khôbôrô)
Polish: wiadomości (pl) pl, wiadomość (pl) f
Portuguese: noticiário (pt) m, telejornal (pt) m
Romanian: știre (ro) f, știri f pl
Russian: но́вости (ru) f pl (nóvosti), изве́стия (ru) n pl (izvéstija)
Scottish Gaelic: naidheachdan
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ве̑сти f pl (Ekavian), вије̑сти f pl (Ijekavian)

Roman: vȇsti (sh) f pl (Ekavian), vijȇsti (Ijekavian)
Sicilian: telegiurnali m
Sotho: ditaba (st)
Spanish: telediario m, informativos (es) m pl, noticias (es) f, noticiero m
Sranan Tongo: nyunsu
Swahili: habari (sw)
Swedish: nyheter (sv) c pl
Tagalog: balita (tl)
Tamil: செய்தி (ta) (ceyti)
Telugu: వార్తలు (te) (vārtalu)
Tibetan: གསར་འགྱུར (gsar 'gyur)
Turkish: haberler (tr) pl
Vietnamese: bản tin, tin (vi), thời sự (vi)
Walloon: noveles (wa) f pl (del tévé) (on television), (do posse) (on radio), (del gazete) (on newspapers); djournå (wa) m (on television, on radio), djournå (wa) m, noveles (wa) f pl
Welsh: newyddion (cy) m pl
Zazaki: newey n

Verb[edit]

news (third-person singular simple present newses, present participle newsing, simple past and past participle newsed)

(transitive, archaic) To report; to make known.
- 1874, Robert Cowie, Shetland, page 157:
  This remark was newsed abroad; whereupon the loyal authorities of Lerwick immediately had the revolutionary skipper arrested, on a charge of high treason.

References[edit]

News (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
news on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams[edit]

sewn, snew, wens

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /njuz/

Noun[edit]

news m (plural news)

news magazine or programme

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

nyouz

Etymology[edit]

From English news.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [njuz]

Noun[edit]

news

news, information
Synonyms: nouvel, samachar

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

news

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English news.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɲjus/
Rhymes: -us
Syllabification: news

Noun[edit]

news m anim

(colloquial) news (new information of interest)

Declension[edit]

Declension of news

	singular	plural
nominative	news	newsy
genitive	newsa	newsów
dative	newsowi	newsom
accusative	newsa	newsy
instrumental	newsem	newsami
locative	newsie	newsach
vocative	newsie	newsy

Derived terms[edit]

adjective

newsowy

news

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