newcomer

See also: Newcomer, new-comer, and new comer

English

Alternative forms

• new-comer, new comer

Etymology

From Middle English newe-comere, equivalent to new- +‎ comer. Compare Old English nīwcumen (“new comer, neophyte, novice”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: nyo͞oʹkŭmər, IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːkʌmə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: n(y)o͞oʹkŭ'mər, IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)uˌkʌmɚ/, [ˈn(j)uˌkʰʌmɚ]
• Rhymes: -uːkʌmə(ɹ), -ʌmə(ɹ)

Noun

newcomer (plural newcomers)

1. One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
   • 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎^[1], London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 550:

     Welcome, we²l'ku²m. a.
     Received with gladneſs, admitted willingly, grateful […]
     Welcome, we²l'ku²m. interj.
     A form of ſalutation uſed to a new comer.

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.

2. A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.

Synonyms

• (recent arrival): comeling, newling, offcomer; see also Thesaurus:newcomer
• (a new participant): newbie, noob, n00b (Internet slang); see also Thesaurus:beginner

Related terms

• newcoming

Descendants

• → German: Newcomer

Translations

one who has recently arrived in a community

• Afrikaans: aankomeling
• Armenian: նորեկ (hy) (norek), եկվոր (hy) (ekvor)
• Azerbaijani: gəlmə
• Bulgarian: пришелец (bg) m (prišelec)
• Catalan: nouvingut (ca) m, nouvinguda (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新人 (zh) (xīnrén)

• Czech: příchozí (cs) m
• Danish: nybegynder (da)
• Dutch: nieuwkomer (nl) m
• Finnish: noviisi (fi), aloittelija (fi), vasta-alkaja (fi), tulokas (fi)
• French: nouveau venu (fr) m, nouvel arrivé m
• Georgian: ახალმოსული (axalmosuli), ახალჩამოსული (axalčamosuli)
• German: Neuankömmling (de) m, Newcomer (de) m, Newcomerin (de) f
• Greek: νεοφερμένος (el) (neoferménos), νιόφερτος (el) (niófertos)
• Hungarian: jövevény (hu)
• Italian: nuovo arrivato
• Japanese: 新人 (ja) (しんじん, shinjin), 新入り (ja) (shin'iri), 新参 (ja) (shinzan), 新参者 (ja) (shinzanmono)
• Korean: 신입 (ko) (sinip)
• Latvian: jaunatnācējs m
• Lithuanian: naujai atvykęs m, ateivis m
• Macedonian: новодо́јденец m (novodójdenec)
• Maori: waetapu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nykommer m

  Nynorsk: nykomar m

• Occitan: nòuvengut
• Persian: تازه وارد (tâze vâred)
• Polish: przybysz (pl) m, przybyszka f
• Portuguese: recém-chegado m
• Romanian: nou-venit m, nou-venită f
• Russian: прише́лец (ru) m (prišélec), (newbie) новичо́к (ru) m (novičók), но́венький (ru) m (nóvenʹkij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: придошлица f

  Roman: pridošlica (sh) f

• Spanish: recién llegado m, recién llegada f
• Swedish: nykomling (sv)
• Turkish: yeni gelen
• Ukrainian: нове́нький m (novénʹkyj), нове́нька f (novénʹka), новачо́к (uk) m (novačók)
• Walloon: novea vnou (wa) m, novele vinowe f
• Welsh: gŵr dyfod m
• Zazaki: newamaoğ m, newamaoğe f

new participant in some activity

• Afrikaans: aankomeling
• Armenian: նորեկ (hy) (norek)
• Bulgarian: новак (bg) m (novak), новодошъл (bg) m (novodošǎl)
• Catalan: novell (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新手 (zh) (xīnshǒu)

• Czech: nováček m
• Finnish: noviisi (fi), aloittelija (fi), vasta-alkaja (fi), tulokas (fi)
• French: débutant (fr) m, débutante (fr) f
• Georgian: ახალბედა (axalbeda), დამწყები (damc̣q̇ebi)
• German: Neuling (de) m, Newcomer (de) m, Newcomerin (de) f
• Greek: νεοφώτιστος (el) (neofótistos)
• Italian: esordiente (it), debuttante (it)
• Japanese: 新人 (ja) (shinjin)
• Latvian: jaunatnācējs m
• Macedonian: нова́јлија m (novájlija), но́вак m (nóvak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nykommer m

  Nynorsk: nykomar m

• Portuguese: iniciante (pt) m or f
• Romanian: începător (ro) m, începătoare (ro) f, novice (ro) m, debutant (ro) m, debutantă (ro) f
• Russian: новичо́к (ru) m (novičók), неофи́т (ru) m (neofít), начина́ющий (ru) m (načinájuščij)
• Swedish: nybörjare (sv)
• Turkish: yeni gelen
• Ukrainian: новачо́к (uk) m (novačók), той, хто почина́є (toj, xto počynáje)

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• German: ^{(please verify)} Neuling (de) m