newbie

Etymology

 * perhaps an alteration of with intrusive  (compare ), possibly a, or perhaps a shortening of   or.

Noun

 * 1)  A newcomer, someone new to something.
 * 2)  A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.
 * 3)  Anything recently introduced into a setting, especially something that replaces an older version.

Usage notes

 * The term "newbie" was greatly popularized with the advent of the Internet, but was in use before then.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:beginner
 * See also Thesaurus:beginner
 * See also Thesaurus:beginner
 * See also Thesaurus:beginner
 * See also Thesaurus:beginner

Translations

 * Arabic: مُبْتَدِئ
 * Egyptian Arabic: ابن امبارح, محدث
 * Belarusian: нава́к, навачо́к, навічо́к
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: nováček
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician: anovao, anová
 * Georgian: გამოუცდელი, ახალბედა, დამწყები
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, 今道心, 若僧
 * Kazakh: үйренбеген
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: новајлија
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: nováčik
 * Slovene: novinec
 * Spanish:, usuario nuevo,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, ,