news

• newes (obsolete)

From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) +‎ -s (plural suffix). 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, those cognates originated as genitives, not as plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports". (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nyo͞oz, IPA^(key): /njuːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /nuːz/, [nɪu̯z]

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• (General American, yod-dropping) IPA^(key): /nuz/

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• (North India) IPA^(key): /n(j)uz/, (affricated) /n(j)udʒ/
• (South India) IPA^(key): /njus/, [ɲus]
• Homophones: gnus, nus (in some dialects)
• Hyphenation: news
• Rhymes: -uːz

news (uncountable)

1. 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 […], →OCLC, 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.

2. 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.

3. (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.

• Formerly plural (e.g., “these news are” instead of “this news is”). See data for a similar case of massification.
• While the British pronunciation has traditionally been /njuːz/, in recent years /nuːz/ has gained a foothold.

• Sranan Tongo: nyunsu

news (third-person singular simple present newses, present participle newsing, simple past and past participle newsed)

1. (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.

news

1. plural of new

• News (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• news on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “news”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “news”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “news”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “news”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

• sewn, snew, wens

• IPA^(key): /njuz/

news m (invariable)

1. news magazine or programme

• nyouz

Unadapted borrowing from English news.

• IPA^(key): [njuz]

news

1. news, information

   Synonyms: nouvel, samachar

Unadapted borrowing from English news.

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

news m animal

1. (colloquial) news (new information of interest)

• “news”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “news”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)