neophyte

English

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Etymology

From Latin neophytus, from Ancient Greek νεόφυτος (neophutos), from νέος (neos, “new”) + φυτόν (phuton, “plant, child”). Surface analysis is neo- + -phyte.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈni.əˌfaɪt/

Noun

neophyte (plural neophytes)

1. A beginner.
2. A novice (recent convert), a new convert or proselyte, a new monk.
3. (Christianity) A name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those who have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism.
4. (biology) A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:beginner

Translations

beginner

• Danish: begynder (da)
• Dutch: beginner (nl) m
• Finnish: aloittelija (fi)
• French: néophyte (fr)

• German: Beginner (de) m
• Italian: neofita (it) m and f
• Spanish: neófito (es) m

novice (recent convert)

• Danish: Nybegynder (da)
• Finnish: vastakastettu (fi), uusi käännynnäinen, noviisi (fi)
• Hungarian: neofita (hu)

• Italian: neofita (it) m and f
• Russian: новичок (ru) (novičók) m
• Spanish: neófito (es) m

early Christian convert

• Finnish: neofyytti (fi)
• Hungarian: neofita (hu)

• Russian: неофит (ru) (neofít) m, новообращённый (ru) (novoobraščónnyj) m
• Spanish: neófito (es) m

recently introduced plant species

• Finnish: neofyytti (fi)
• German: Neophyt (de) m

• Hungarian: neofita (hu)
• Spanish: planta neófita (es) f

References

• Random House Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1987.

Anagrams

• phytoene

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Latin

Adjective

neophyte

1. vocative masculine singular of neophytus