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new year

/ˈnjuː ˌjɪə/US/ˈnu ˌjɪɹ/

new year noun: the next year; the year following the current year, especially the early part of it.

Noun (1)

new year (uncountable)

  1. The next year; the year following the current year, especially the early part of it.
    • We hoped that things would be better in the new year.

Noun (2) capitalized: New Year

New Year (plural New Years)

  1. A period covering the first few days of a calendar year.
    • We never go away at the New Year because on New Year’s Day the whole family gets together.
  2. In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.

new year meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

new year in Hindi

the new year, coming year
साल-ए-नौ sāl-e-nau
New Year
नववर्ष navvarṣ

new year in Tamil

year following the current year
புது ஆண்டு putu āṇṭu, புது வருடம் putu varuṭam

new year in Urdu

نیا سال, سال نو

new year in Bengali

new year
নববর্ষ noboborśo
More languagesFewer languages
new year in Malayalam
പുതുവത്സരം putuvatsaraṁ
new year in Kannada
ಹೊಸ್ತೊಡಗು, ಹೊಸ್ತೊಡ್ಕು, ವರ್ಸ್ತೊಡಕು, ಹೊಸ ವರುಷ
new year in Gujarati
નવવર્ષ navavarṣ
new year in Sanskrit
नववर्ष navavarṣa
new year in Pashto
نوی کال nëway kāl
new year in Malay
tahun baru
new year in Thai
ปีใหม่ bpii-mài
new year in Vietnamese
năm mới, tân niên

Forms of new year

pluralNew Years

Origin of new year

From new (adjective) + year (noun).

From new + year.

Words formed from new year

Questions about new year

What does new year mean?
New year means the next year; the year following the current year, especially the early part of it.
What is new year in Hindi?
New year in Hindi is साल-ए-नौ (sāl-e-nau), नववर्ष (navvarṣ). See New year meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is new year?
New year is a noun.
How do you pronounce new year?
New year is pronounced /ˈnjuː ˌjɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of new year?
The plural of new year is New Years.

Words near new year in the dictionary

  1. New World wine
  2. New World wines
  3. New Worlder
  4. New Worlders
  5. New Yawk
  6. new year
  7. New Year's
  8. New Year's bottle
  9. New Year's Day
  10. New Year's Days
  11. New Year's Eve

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Adapted from Wiktionary: new year (page history and authors); New Year (page history and authors); नववर्ष (Hindi) (page history and authors); new year (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); নববর্ষ (Bengali) (page history and authors); പുതുവത്സരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); new year (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); નવવર્ષ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); नववर्ष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); نوی کال (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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