Meaning of jaunums | Babel Free

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

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

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