news

English

Alternative forms

newes (obsolete)

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”), though unlike the English word, these originated as genitives, not plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed 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/
Audio (California): (file)
Audio: (file)
Homophones: gnus, nus (in some dialects)
Hyphenation: news
Rhymes: -uːz

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 author, 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 Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 239, column 1:
  Sirra, your Lord and maſters married, there's newes for you: you haue a new Miſtris.
- a. 1630, David Hume of Godscroft, The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, Edinburgh: […] Evan Tyler, […], published 1644, page 302:
  When theſe news were brought to him, ſome counſelled him to go to Stirlin, where the King was, and where he would be the ſtronger.
Information about current events disseminated by the 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.
(Internet) Messages posted on newsgroups.
- 2012, Christopher Lueg, Danyel Fisher, From Usenet to CoWebs, page 207:
  The Usenet news system brings people together from around the world and forms social groups on the basis of common interest. Usenet news is a domain that is suffering badly from information overload.

Usage notes

Formerly plural (e.g., “these news are” instead of “this news is”).
Whilst the British pronunciation has traditionally been /njuːz/, in recent years /nuːz/ has gained a foothold.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sranan Tongo: nyunsu

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) (norutʻyun), 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 (xəbər), яңылыҡ (yañılıq)
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
Cebuano: balita
Chechen: хабар (xabar)
Cherokee: ᎧᏃᎮᏓ (kanoheda)
Chichewa: nkhani
Chinese:
Cantonese: 消息 (siu¹ sik¹)

Mandarin: 消息 (zh) (xiāoxi), 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)
Ingrian: uutiin, noovosti
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)

Rumi: warta (jv), wartos, kabar
Kannada: ಸುದ್ದಿ (kn) (suddi)
Kazakh: жаңалық (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 (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
Leonese: ñuncias, nnuncias
Lezgi: хабар (χabar)
Lithuanian: naujiena (lt) f
Lü: ᦃᦱᧁᧈ (ẋaaw¹)
Macedonian: вести f pl (vesti), новости f pl (novosti), новини f pl (novini)
Malagasy: vaovao (mg)
Malay: khabar (ms), berita (ms)
Malayalam: വാർത്ത (ml) (vāṟtta), വർത്തമാനം (vaṟttamānaṁ)
Maltese: ġrajjiet kurenti pl, aħbarijiet pl
Maori: rongo, pūrongo (mi), kawepūrongo
Marathi: बातमी 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 (mede)
Nepali: समाचार (ne) (samācār)
Northern Altai: мэд (med), чаҥынык (čaŋïnïk)
Northern Sami: ođas
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nyhet (no) m or f, nytt (no) n, tidende m

Nynorsk: nyheit f, nyhende n, nytt n, tidend f, nyhending f
Occitan: nòva (oc) f, novèla (oc) f
Odia: ସମ୍ବାଦ (sambāda)
Old English: spell n
Old Tupi: pomaranduba
Ossetian: хабар (xabar)
Pashto: خبر (ps) m (xabar), احوال (ps) m pl (ahwāl)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: اَخْبار (fa) (axbâr), تازِه‌ها (tâze-hâ), خَبَر (fa) (xabar), خَبَرْها (xabarhâ)
Polish: nowości f pl, news (pl) m, nowina (pl) f aktualności f pl
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: fattu (scn) m, nova (scn) f, nutizzia (scn) f, nuvità 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 (navi), навигарӣ (navigari), маълумот (tg) pl (maʾlumot), хабар (tg) (xabar)
Talysh: xəbə
Tamil: செய்தி (ta) (ceyti)
Tat: xəbər
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), salık (tr)
Turkmen: habar
Tuvan: чаалык (çaalık), меде (mede)
Ukrainian: нови́ни f pl (novýny), ві́сті f pl (vísti)
Urdu: خَبَر f (xabar), اَخْبار m pl (axbār), سَماچار 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 (fy) 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 (norutʻyunner), լուրեր pl (lurer)
Azerbaijani: xəbərlər pl
Balinese: orta, orti
Bashkir: яңылыҡ (yañılıq), хәбәр (xəbər)
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 (hu)
Icelandic: fréttir (is) f pl
Ido: informo (io)
Indonesian: berita (id)
Ingrian: uutiset, noovosti
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)

Rumi: 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
Leonese: ñuncias, nnuncias
Lithuanian: naujienos f pl
Macedonian: вести f pl (vesti), дневник m (dnevnik)
Malay: berita (ms)
Malayalam: വാർത്ത (ml) (vāṟtta)
Maltese: aħbarijiet pl
Manx: naight
Maori: kawepūrongo, rongo kōrero
Marathi: बातमी f (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
Odia: ଖବର (or) (khabara)
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: jurnali (scn) m, nutizziaru m, teligiurnali 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

Unadapted borrowing from English news.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [njuz]

Noun

news

news, information
Synonyms: nouvel, samachar

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

news

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English news.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

news m animal

(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

Contents

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

References

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading