I'm a novice at programming, but I learn quickly.
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Novice
//ˈnɒvɪs//
Synonyms for "novice" (75 found)
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Related words (37)
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38 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- послушник adj (new member of a religious order)
- послушница adj (new member of a religious order)
Catalan
2 entries- novici adj (new member of a religious order)
- novícia adj (new member of a religious order)
Czech
2 entries- novic adj (new member of a religious order)
- novicka adj (new member of a religious order)
Danish
1 entries- novice adj (new member of a religious order)
Esperanto
1 entries- novico adj (new member of a religious order)
Finnish
1 entries- noviisi adj (new member of a religious order)
Galician
2 entries- noviza adj (new member of a religious order)
- novizo adj (new member of a religious order)
Georgian
1 entries- ახალბედა adj (new member of a religious order)
German
2 entries- Novize adj (new member of a religious order)
- Novizin adj (new member of a religious order)
Greek
2 entries- δόκιμη adj (new member of a religious order)
- δόκιμος adj (new member of a religious order)
Hungarian
3 entries- jelölt adj (new member of a religious order)
- novícius adj (new member of a religious order)
- papnövendék adj (new member of a religious order)
Lao
1 entries- ຈົວ adj (new member of a religious order)
Macedonian
3 entries- иску́шеник adj (new member of a religious order)
- по́слушник adj (new member of a religious order)
- ѓак adj (new member of a religious order)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- novise adj (new member of a religious order)
- novise adj (new member of a religious order)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- novise adj (new member of a religious order)
- novise adj (new member of a religious order)
Polish
2 entries- nowicjusz adj (new member of a religious order)
- nowicjuszka adj (new member of a religious order)
Portuguese
2 entries- noviça adj (new member of a religious order)
- noviço adj (new member of a religious order)
Russian
2 entries- послу́шник adj (new member of a religious order)
- послу́шница adj (new member of a religious order)
Spanish
2 entries- novicia adj (new member of a religious order)
- novicio adj (new member of a religious order)
Swedish
1 entries- novis adj (new member of a religious order)
Turkish
1 entries- çömez adj (new member of a religious order)
Ukrainian
1 entries- неофі́т adj (new member of a religious order)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
At first, the missile designers would not talk to him because they thought of him as an inexperienced novice.
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The boys served as novice monks to give thanks for their survival and to show their gratitude to all those who helped them.
Source: tatoeba (7042932)
With their heads bowed and wearing orange robes, the members of the boys soccer team rescued from almost three weeks trapped in a cave in northern Thailand on Saturday completed their time as novice Buddhist monks.
Source: tatoeba (7042933)
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