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Meaning of jaunums | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. newness, youth (the quality of being new, young; syn. jaunība)
    declension-1, masculine
  2. news, novelty (something recently invented, discovered, created, composed, published, something that happened recently)
    declension-1, masculine
  3. something new, novelty (something that didn't exist before)
    declension-1, masculine
  4. news (new facts, information)
    declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Български новост
Bosanski новост
Català novetat
Ελληνικά καινοτομία
English Newness novelty
Esperanto novaĵo
Español novedad
فارسی تازگی نوی
Suomi uutuus
Français nouveauté
Gaeilge adhnua nua nuacht
Galego novidade
Hrvatski новост
Magyar újdonság
Italiano novità
Қазақша жаңалық
한국어 신기함
Кыргызча жаңылык
Latina novitas
Nederlands nieuwheid nieuwigheid
Português novidade
Română noutate
Српски новост
Svenska nyhet nymodighet
தமிழ் புதுமை
Türkçe yenilik
Українська новизна новинка

Examples

“meitenes jaunums”

the girl's youth

“zinātnes jaunumi”

science news, new scientific advances

“tehnikas jaunumi”

technical, technological news, new technical, technological advances

“kora mūzikas jaunumi”

choir music news, new works

“viņš visu brīvo laiku klaiņoja pa grāmatu veikaliem, meklēdams literārus jaunumus”

he spent all his free time wandering through bookstores, looking for literary novelties

“jaunums “Vaidelotes” izrādē ir tas, ka pieccēlienu lugu teātris rāda ar vienu starpbrīdi”

what is new, the novelty in this performance of “Vaidelotes” is that the theater presented a five-act play with (only) one interval

“viņš apsprieda avīzē izlasītos sporta jaunumus”

he discussed sports news read on a newspaper

“a, tātad nu viņu ieliņā būs zobārste; tas ir liels jaunums”

ah, so now there will be a (female) dentist in their little street; this is big news

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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