novice
/ˈnɒvɪs/US/ˈnɑvɪs/
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novice noun: a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
Noun
novice (plural novices)
- A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
- I'm only a novice at coding, so my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.
- We made a redstone system earlier, but Stump was behind that. He had to help me explain it when I was writing about it in here. And that system wasn't very complicated, by the way. Not nearly as complex as some of the things I've seen the humans make. Stump may be ahead of me in this regard, but...2017, Cube Kid (alias dictus Erik Gunnar Taylor), Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Path of the Diamond, page 87
- A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
- Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead […]1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 1137
Adjective
novice (comparative more novice, superlative most novice)
- Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.
novice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
novice in Hindi
- नौसिखिया, नौसिखिए
novice in Tamil
- அனுபவமற்றவர், கத்துக்குட்டி, தொழில் பழகுநர், புகுமுக நிலையாளர்
novice in Urdu
- مبتدی, ناتجربہ کار, نوآموز, نومرید, نووارد
novice in Bengali
- novice, beginner
- নবিস nobiś
More languagesFewer languages
- novice in Malayalam
- അനുഭവസമ്പത്തില്ലാത്ത ആൾ, പുതുതായി മതത്തിൽ ചേർന്നവൻ
- novice in Kannada
- ಆರಂಭಿಗ, ಅನನುಭವಿ, ನುರಿತಿಲ್ಲದವನು, ಹೊಸಬ
- novice in Punjabi
- ਨੌਸਿਖਿਯਾ, ਨੌਸਿਖਿਆ
- novice in Gujarati
- શિખાઉ
- novice in Nepali
- नौसिखिया
Examples of novice in a sentence
- Even though Jack is a novice, he manages his team with great success.
- The novice archer fired a wild shot and hit her opponent's target.
- The ineptness of the novice jugglers was apparent as they frequently dropped their juggling pins.
Synonyms of novice
Forms of novice
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | novices |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more novice |
| superlative | most novice |
Origin of novice
From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin novīcius, later novitius (“new, newly arrived”) (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”)), from novus (“new”).
Words formed from novice
Questions about novice
- What does novice mean?
- Novice means a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
- What is novice in Hindi?
- Novice in Hindi is नौसिखिया, नौसिखिए. See Novice meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is novice?
- Novice can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce novice?
- Novice is pronounced /ˈnɒvɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of novice?
- The plural of novice is novices.
Words near novice in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: novice (page history and authors); novice (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); novice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); novice (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); নবিস (Bengali) (page history and authors); novice (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); novice (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); novice (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); novice (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); novice (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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