The newcomer sat down at the foot of the table.
Source: tatoeba (269252)
Newcomer
//ˈn(j)uˌkʌmɚ//
Synonyms for "newcomer" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (46)
Related word relations
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9 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 38 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- aankomeling noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- aankomeling noun (new participant in some activity)
Armenian
3 entries- եկվոր noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- նորեկ noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- նորեկ noun (new participant in some activity)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gəlmə noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Bulgarian
3 entries- новак noun (new participant in some activity)
- новодошъл noun (new participant in some activity)
- пришелец noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Catalan
3 entries- nouvinguda noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- nouvingut noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- novell noun (new participant in some activity)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 新人 noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- 新手 noun (new participant in some activity)
Czech
2 entries- nováček noun (new participant in some activity)
- příchozí noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Danish
1 entries- nybegynder noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Dutch
2 entries- nieuweling noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- nieuwkomer noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Finnish
4 entries- aloittelija noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- aloittelija noun (new participant in some activity)
- noviisi noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- noviisi noun (new participant in some activity)
French
4 entries- débutant noun (new participant in some activity)
- débutante noun (new participant in some activity)
- nouveau venu noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- nouvel arrivé noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Georgian
4 entries- ახალბედა noun (new participant in some activity)
- ახალმოსული noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- ახალჩამოსული noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- დამწყები noun (new participant in some activity)
German
4 entries- Neuankömmling noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- Neuling noun (new participant in some activity)
- Newcomer noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- Newcomer noun (new participant in some activity)
Greek
3 entries- νεοφερμένος noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- νεοφώτιστος noun (new participant in some activity)
- νιόφερτος noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Hungarian
1 entries- jövevény noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Italian
3 entries- debuttante noun (new participant in some activity)
- esordiente noun (new participant in some activity)
- nuovo arrivato noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Japanese
4 entries- 新人 noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- 新人 noun (new participant in some activity)
- 新入り noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- 新参 noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Korean
1 entries- 신입 noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Latvian
2 entries- jaunatnācējs noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- jaunatnācējs noun (new participant in some activity)
Lithuanian
2 entries- ateivis noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- naujai atvykęs noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Macedonian
3 entries- но́вак noun (new participant in some activity)
- нова́јлија noun (new participant in some activity)
- новодо́јденец noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Māori
1 entries- waetapu noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- nykommer noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- nykommer noun (new participant in some activity)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- nykomar noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- nykomar noun (new participant in some activity)
Occitan
1 entries- nòuvengut noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Persian
1 entries- تازه وارد noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Polish
2 entries- przybysz noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- przybyszka noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Portuguese
2 entries- iniciante noun (new participant in some activity)
- recém-chegado noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Romanian
4 entries- debutant noun (new participant in some activity)
- debutantă noun (new participant in some activity)
- nou-venit noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- nou-venită noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Russian
4 entries- начина́ющий noun (new participant in some activity)
- неофи́т noun (new participant in some activity)
- но́венький noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- новичо́к noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pridošlica noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- придошлица noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Spanish
3 entries- recental (adjectve) noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- recién llegada noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- recién llegado noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Swedish
2 entries- nybörjare noun (new participant in some activity)
- nykomling noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Turkish
2 entries- yeni gelen noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- yeni gelen noun (new participant in some activity)
Ukrainian
4 entries- новачо́к noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- новачо́к noun (new participant in some activity)
- нове́нька noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- нове́нький noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Walloon
2 entries- novea vnou noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- novele vinowe noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Welsh
1 entries- gŵr dyfod noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Zazaki
2 entries- newamaoğ noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
- newamaoğe noun (one who has recently arrived in a community)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The newcomer fell short of our expectation.
Source: tatoeba (269306)
It will be your job to acquaint the newcomer with the rules of the office.
Source: tatoeba (269347)
Acquaint a newcomer with the rules of the club.
Source: tatoeba (269355)
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