novelty

See also: Novelty

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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.

Translations

state of being new

• Armenian: նորություն (hy) (norutʿyun)
• 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
• German: Neuheit (de) f
• Hindi: नवीनता (hi) (navīntā)
• Hungarian: újszerűség, újdonság (hu)
• Ido: noveso (io)
• Irish: adhnua m, nuacht (ga) f, úrnuacht f

• Italian: novità (it) f
• Japanese: 珍しさ (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)

new product

• Armenian: նորույթ (hy) (noruytʿ), նորություն (hy) (norutʿyun)
• Finnish: uutuus (fi)
• French: nouveauté (fr) f
• German: Neuheit (de) f
• Greek: καινοτομία (el) f (kainotomía)
• Hungarian: újdonság (hu)
• Ido: novajo (io)
• Irish: rud nua m

• Italian: novità (it) f
• Japanese: 新しいもの (ja) (あたらしいもの, atarashii mono)
• Latvian: jaunums m
• Portuguese: novidade (pt) f
• Russian: нови́нка (ru) f (novínka)
• Spanish: novedad (es) f
• Swedish: nyhet (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

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

Derived terms

• novelty song
• novelty theory