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]
- Hyphenation: no‧vi‧ço
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