news

See also: News

English

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

bad news
benews
breaking news
fake news
good news
hard news
local news
national news
soft news
world news

Derived terms

Translations

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)
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)
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

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

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

Anagrams

sewn, snew, wens

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /njuz/

Noun

news m (plural news)

news magazine or programme

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

nyouz

Etymology

From English news.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [njuz]

Noun

news

news, information
Synonyms: nouvel, samachar

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English news.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

news m anim

(colloquial) news (new information of interest)

Declension

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

adjective

newsowy

news

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Verb

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

Mauritian Creole

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Noun

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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