noviço

See also: novico

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese noviço, borrowed from Late Latin novīcius, novītius, from Latin novus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /noˈvi.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /noˈvi.so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈvi.su/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈbi.su/ [nuˈβi.su]

Noun

noviço m (plural noviços)

(religion) novice (new member of a religious order)
(by extension) beginner; novice (inexperienced person)
Synonyms: iniciante, novato, principiante, calouro

Antonym: veterano

Adjective

noviço (feminine noviça, masculine plural noviços, feminine plural noviças)

inexperienced
Synonyms: inexperiente, novato, principiante, iniciante

Antonym: experiente

Related terms

novo

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