noviço

See also: novico

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese noviço, borrowed from Late Latin novīcius, novītius, from Latin novus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /noˈvi.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /noˈvi.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /noˈvi.so/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈvi.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈvi.su/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈbi.su/ [nuˈβi.su]

Noun

noviço m (plural noviços)

1. (religion) novice (new member of a religious order)
2. (by extension) beginner; novice (inexperienced person)

   Synonyms: iniciante, novato, principiante, calouro

   Antonym: veterano

Adjective

noviço (feminine noviça, masculine plural noviços, feminine plural noviças)

1. inexperienced

   Synonyms: inexperiente, novato, principiante, iniciante

   Antonym: experiente

Related terms

• novo