Neophyte — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously

any new participant in some activity

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˈiːoʊfˌaɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/nˈiːəʊfˌaɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˈiːəʊfˌaɪt/

2 syllables Say it as /nˈiːoʊfˌaɪt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fledgling starter fledgeling freshman catechumen newcomer entrant newbie

Word Forms

fledgling	adjective	young and inexperienced
start	verb	bring into being

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Neophyt

eine Pflanze, die in einem Gebiet gefunden wird, in dem sie zuvor nicht nachgewiesen wurde

🇫🇷French

néophyte

une plante trouvée dans une zone où elle n'avait pas été enregistrée auparavant

🇪🇸Spanish

neófito

una planta que se encuentra en un área donde no se había registrado previamente

🇮🇹Italian

neofita

una pianta che si trova in una zona dove non era stata segnalata in precedenza

🇳🇱Dutch

neofiet

een plant die wordt aangetroffen in een gebied waar deze nog niet eerder was geregistreerd

🇵🇹Portuguese

neófito

uma planta que é encontrada em uma área onde não havia sido registrada anteriormente

🇷🇺Russian

неофит

растение, встречающееся на территории, где оно ранее не встречалось

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नवजात

एक पौधा जो ऐसे क्षेत्र में पाया जाता है जहां इसे पहले दर्ज नहीं किया गया था

🇧🇩Bengali

নিওফাইট

একটি উদ্ভিদ যা এমন একটি এলাকায় পাওয়া যায় যেখানে এটি আগে রেকর্ড করা হয়নি

🇮🇳Tamil

நியோபைட்

முன்னர் பதிவு செய்யப்படாத ஒரு பகுதியில் காணப்படும் ஒரு ஆலை

🇮🇳Telugu

నియోఫైట్

ఇంతకుముందు నమోదు చేయని ప్రాంతంలో కనిపించే మొక్క

🇮🇳Marathi

निओफाइट

एक वनस्पती जी अशा भागात आढळते जिथे त्याची पूर्वी नोंद झाली नव्हती

🇮🇳Gujarati

નિયોફાઇટ

એક છોડ જે એવા વિસ્તારમાં જોવા મળે છે જ્યાં તે અગાઉ નોંધાયેલ ન હતો

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಯೋಫೈಟ್

ಈ ಹಿಂದೆ ದಾಖಲಾಗದ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡುಬರುವ ಸಸ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നവജാതശിശു

മുമ്പ് രേഖപ്പെടുത്തിയിട്ടില്ലാത്ത ഒരു പ്രദേശത്ത് കാണപ്പെടുന്ന ഒരു ചെടി

🇵🇰Urdu

نوفائٹ

ایک پودا جو کسی ایسے علاقے میں پایا جاتا ہے جہاں اس کا پہلے ریکارڈ نہیں کیا گیا تھا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

新手

在以前没有记录过的地区发现的植物

🇯🇵Japanese

初心者

これまで記録されていなかった地域で発見された植物

🇰🇷Korean

초보자

이전에 기록되지 않은 지역에서 발견된 식물

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người mới theo đạo

một loại cây được tìm thấy ở một khu vực mà trước đây nó chưa được ghi nhận

🇹🇭Thai

นักบวช

พืชที่พบในบริเวณที่ไม่เคยมีการบันทึกมาก่อน

🇮🇩Indonesian

orang baru

tumbuhan yang ditemukan di suatu daerah yang belum pernah tercatat sebelumnya

🇵🇭Filipino

baguhan

isang halaman na matatagpuan sa isang lugar kung saan hindi pa ito naitala dati

🇲🇾Malay

orang baru

tumbuhan yang terdapat di kawasan yang tidak pernah direkodkan sebelum ini

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مبتدئ

نبات يوجد في منطقة لم يتم تسجيله فيها من قبل

🇮🇷Persian

نئوفیت

گیاهی که در منطقه ای یافت می شود که قبلاً ثبت نشده بود

🇹🇷Turkish

acemi

daha önce kaydedilmemiş bir bölgede bulunan bir bitki

🇮🇱Hebrew

טִירוֹן

צמח שנמצא באזור בו לא תועד קודם לכן

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