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 Definitions of novelty  [ˈnɒv əl ti]  

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Definition of 'novelty' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) novelty
the state or quality of being novel, new, or unique.

2.  novelty
a novel occurrence, experience, etc.

3.  novelty
a small decorative or amusing article, usu. mass-produced.

4. (adj.) novelty
(of a weave) consisting of a combination of basic weaves.

5.  novelty
(of a fabric or garment) having a pattern produced by a novelty weave.

6.  novelty
(of yarn) made of fibers with an irregular or unusual surface, texture, or color.

7.  novelty
of or pertaining to novelties as articles of trade.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; < MF novelete < LL novellitās newness )

Definition of 'novelty' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) freshness, novelty
originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

2. (noun) novelty, freshness
originality by virtue of being new and surprising

3. (noun) knickknack, novelty
a small inexpensive mass-produced article

4. (noun) bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing


Definition of 'novelty' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) novelty
the state of being new and different, or sth that is new or different
the novelty of his performance style; a country where women's soccer is still a novelty


Definition of 'novelty' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) novelty
the quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction

2. (noun) novelty
something novel; a new or strange thing


Translation of 'novelty' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: newness and strangeness
It took her a long time to get used to the novelty of her surroundings.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nuwigheid Arabic flag Arabic: جِدَّةٌ وَغَرابَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: новост
Brazilian flag Brazilian: novidade Czech flag Czech: novost German flag German: die Neuheit
Danish flag Danish: det nye Greek flag Greek: το πρωτόγνωρο, το ξένο Spanish flag Spanish: novedad
Estonian flag Estonian: uudsus Farsi flag Farsi: تازگى؛ نوظهورى Finnish flag Finnish: uutuus
French flag French: étrangeté Hebrew flag Hebrew: חִידוּש Hindi flag Hindi: नवीनता
Croatian flag Croatian: nedavan, još nedoživljen Hungarian flag Hungarian: újszerűség Indonesian flag Indonesian: keasingan, sesuatu yang b
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nÿbreytni, nÿjung Italian flag Italian: novità, originalità Japanese flag Japanese: 新奇さ
Korean flag Korean: 새로움, 신기함 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: naujumas, neáprastumas Latvian flag Latvian: neierastība
Malay flag Malay: pembaharuan Dutch flag Dutch: nieuwigheid Polish flag Polish: nowość
Persian flag Persian: تازگى؛ نوظهورى Pashto flag Pashto: په تازګى او نوى توګه Portuguese flag Portuguese: novidade
Romanian flag Romanian: nou­tate; ciudăţenie Russian flag Russian: новизна Slovak flag Slovak: novota
Slovenian flag Slovenian: neobičajnost Serbian flag Serbian: neobičnost Swedish flag Swedish: det nya (ovanliga)
Thai flag Thai: ความใหม่ Turkish flag Turkish: yenilik Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 新奇
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нововведення Urdu flag Urdu: ندرت، انوکھاپن Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tính mới lạ
Chinese flag Chinese: 新奇

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