beginner en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English begynner, equivalent to begin + -er. Cognate with West Frisian begjinner (“beginner”), Dutch beginner (“beginner”), Low German begünner (“beginner”), Danish nybegynder (“beginner, novice”, literally “new-beginner”).
Meanings
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Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
I'm new to learning Finnish: I'm just a beginner.
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Someone who sets something in motion.
The beginner of the games lit the ceremonial torch.
This method, it is thought, stands a very good chance of becoming legalized in Maryland, the State which has some fame for being a beginner of things. Maryland received the first telegraphic message in the world; it had the first electric railway in the world, and formed the first steam railway company in America.
1906 September 8, “Tempering Justice in America; Making it Cruel Abroad: What is being Done in Many Lands to Cure the Criminal”, in The Sun, volume 30, number 205, St. John, New Brunswick, page 13:
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An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.
On the stage, the beginners for the first piece had taken their places — the chorus were there, scared but determined, and in the wings waited Harlequin, in the person of Charles Lyall […]
1949, Walter Macqueen-Pope, Gaiety: Theatre of Enchantment, page 60:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beginners | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
trouper · specialist · expert · old sweat · cognoscente · maven · oldbie · connoisseur · journeyman · campaigner · veteran · skilled person · knowbie · oldtimer · master · old hand
Deriveds
beginnerish · beginner's trap · prebeginner · begintermediate · beginner slope
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
frosh · punter · Johnny Raw · sprog · novi · catechumen · neofan · fanling · new bug · fresher · baby trans · debutante · rick · cheechako · neo · teejay · landlubber · baby gay · baby queer
Relateds
naive · inexperienced · unskilled person · new
Synonyms
greener · tyro · pup · newb · novice · probie · newcomer · apprentice · fledgling · greenhorn · newbro · learner · nozzer · newbie (recent starter) · puny · beginner · new chum · homo novus · novitiate · trainee · inceptor · bun · abecedarian · tyrone · fresh meat · colt · newfriend · younker · freshman · newling · Johnny-come-lately · stranger · first-timer · noob · recruit · neophyte · probationist · tenderfoot · amateur (recent starter) · n00b · alphabetarian · greenie · nubcake · rookie · nub · newfag · initiate · FNG · probationer
Translations (153)
cy dechreuwr (someone who just recently started) · la tīrō (someone who just recently started) · pl adeptka (someone who just recently started) · pl debiutant (someone who just recently started) · lv iesācēja (someone who just recently started) · tr toy (someone who just recently started) · be нава́к (someone who just recently started) · it novellino (someone who just recently started) · tr çömez (someone who just recently started) · ota ملازم (someone who just recently started) · bn নবিস (someone who just recently started) · yi אָנהייבער (someone who just recently started) · sk nováčik (someone who just recently started) · el αρχάριος (someone who just recently started) · es novel (someone who just recently started) · hi नौसिखिया (someone who just recently started) · ca principiant (someone who just recently started) · uk новачо́к (someone who just recently started) · sh pòčetnīk (someone who just recently started) · gl novato (someone who just recently started) · de Anfänger (someone who just recently started) · cmn 初學者 /初学者 (someone who just recently started) · eo novulo (someone who just recently started) · fa-ira نُوچِه (someone who just recently started) · cs začátečnice (someone who just recently started) · fi noviisi (someone who just recently started) · ka ახალბედა (someone who just recently started) · ne नयाँ (someone who just recently started) · eo komencanto (someone who just recently started) · pt principiante (someone who just recently started) · tr çaylak (someone who just recently started) · it neofita (someone who just recently started) · sq fillestar (someone who just recently started) · ja 新参 (someone who just recently started) · ur مُبْتَدی (someone who just recently started) · lad adjami (someone who just recently started) · cs nováček (someone who just recently started) · pt calouro (someone who just recently started) · ko 초보자 (someone who just recently started) · es novillo (someone who just recently started) · fr débutant (someone who just recently started) · it novizio (someone who just recently started) · ca novici (someone who just recently started) · fa-ira مُبْتَدی (someone who just recently started) · la inceptor (someone who just recently started) · he מַתְחִיל (someone who just recently started) · pt novato (someone who just recently started) · sv novis (someone who just recently started) · ka დამწყები (someone who just recently started) · es bisoño (someone who just recently started) · sh по̀четнӣк (someone who just recently started) · be пачатко́вец (someone who just recently started) · gl novata (someone who just recently started) · lad empesante (someone who just recently started) · fa-ira نُوآموز (someone who just recently started) · fi mopo (someone who just recently started) · yi אָנפֿאַנגער (someone who just recently started) · xal эклгч (someone who just recently started) · bg наче́ващ m нова́к (someone who just recently started) · nb nybegynner (someone who just recently started) · nn nybegynnar (someone who just recently started) · uk нова́к (someone who just recently started) · hu kezdő (someone who just recently started) · ro debutant (someone who just recently started) · hu újonc (someone who just recently started) · vo jipriman (someone who just recently started) · fi avaaja (someone who sets something in motion) · tg мубтадӣ (someone who just recently started) · it debuttante (someone who just recently started) · nl starter (someone who sets something in motion) · ru дебюта́нт (someone who just recently started) · fi aloittaja (someone who sets something in motion) · pl nowicjusz (someone who just recently started) · tl singki (someone who just recently started) · eu hasiberri (someone who just recently started) · gl principiante (someone who just recently started) · es novato (someone who just recently started) · mk почетник (someone who just recently started) · fi vasta-alkaja (someone who just recently started) · be нава́чка (someone who just recently started) · it esordiente (someone who just recently started) · mi tauhou (someone who just recently started) · vi người mới học (someone who just recently started) · el πρωτάρης (someone who just recently started) · nl beginnelinge (someone who just recently started) · ca novençà (someone who just recently started) · ru начина́ющий (someone who just recently started) · tg навомӯз (someone who just recently started) · vo priman (someone who just recently started) · he טִירוֹן (someone who just recently started) · pl początkujący (someone who just recently started) · ru дебюта́нтка (someone who just recently started) · gd neach-tòiseachaidh (someone who just recently started) · nl beginneling (someone who just recently started) · tg навкор (someone who just recently started) · sl začetnica (someone who just recently started) · ca novell (someone who just recently started) · th มือใหม่ (someone who just recently started) · vi người bắt đầu (someone who just recently started) · be навачо́к (someone who just recently started) · ru новичо́к (someone who just recently started) · fi aloittelija (someone who just recently started) · es iniciador (someone who sets something in motion) · sk začiatočníčka (someone who just recently started) · ja 初学者 (someone who just recently started) · fi keltanokka (someone who just recently started) · nn nybyrjar (someone who just recently started) · lv iesācējs (someone who just recently started) · ja ビギナー (someone who just recently started) · cs začátečník (someone who just recently started) · de Anfängerin (someone who just recently started) · es principiante (someone who just recently started) · cmn 新手 (someone who just recently started) · mi ihu hūpē (someone who just recently started) · ar مُبْتَدِئَة (someone who just recently started) · lt naujokas (someone who just recently started) · fi käynnistäjä (someone who sets something in motion) · tr acemi (someone who just recently started) · txb ñwetstse (someone who just recently started) · id pemula (someone who just recently started) · ja 初心者 (someone who just recently started) · fa-ira تازِهکار (someone who just recently started) · et alustaja (someone who sets something in motion) · be навічо́к (someone who just recently started) · pl adept (someone who just recently started) · nl beginner (someone who just recently started) · mi ika tauhou (someone who just recently started) · pt iniciante (someone who just recently started) · uk початкі́вець (someone who just recently started) · fr débutante (someone who just recently started) · nrf c'menchant (someone who just recently started) · de Neuling (someone who just recently started) · uk нова́чка (someone who just recently started) · ro începător (someone who just recently started) · ko 초심자 (someone who just recently started) · es novicio (someone who just recently started) · ar مُبْتَدِئ (someone who just recently started) · et algaja (someone who just recently started) · it principiante (someone who just recently started) · tr çöne (someone who just recently started) · tg навқалам (someone who just recently started) · ro inițiator (someone who sets something in motion) · pdt Aunfenja (someone who just recently started) · sk začiatočník (someone who just recently started) · vo hipriman (someone who just recently started) · tg навшогирд (someone who just recently started) · ro începătoare (someone who just recently started) · sl začetnik (someone who just recently started) · hy սկսնակ (someone who just recently started) · sv nybörjare (someone who just recently started) · da begynder (someone who just recently started) · bg начина́ещ (someone who just recently started) · pl nowicjuszka (someone who just recently started)