Phrase guide

New Year

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː ˌjɪə/
  • General-American: /ˈnu ˌjɪɹ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A period covering the first few days of a calendar year.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We never go away at the New Year because on New Year’s Day the whole family gets together.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The next year; the year following the current year, especially the early part of it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • We hoped that things would be better in the new year.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the calendar year just begun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: year, twelvemonth, yr

History

Etymology

From new + year.

From new (adjective) + year (noun).

Across languages

Translations

204 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Nuwe Jaar — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Asturian: añu nuevu — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Bulgarian: Но́ва годи́на (Nóva godína) — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Dutch: Nieuwjaar — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Finnish: uusivuosi — the first few days of a calendar year
  • German: Neujahr — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Greek: Πρωτοχρονιά (Protochroniá) — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Hebrew: שָׁנָה חֲדָשָׁה (shaná khadashá) — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Indonesian: Tahun Baru — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Ingrian: Uus Voos — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Low German: Nijaohr n/Niejaohr — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Low German: Nijohr — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Low German: Niejohr — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Low German: Neejohr — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Malay: Tahun Baru — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Malay: Tahun Baharu — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nyttår — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nyår — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nyttår — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nyår — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Pashto: نوی کال (nëway kāl) — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Polish: Nowy Rok — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Quechua: musuq wata — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Russian: Но́вый год (Nóvyj god) — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Scottish Gaelic: a' Bhliadhna Ùr — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Sranan Tongo: nyunyari — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Swedish: nyår — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Turkish: yılbaşı — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Udmurt: Выль ар (Vyľ ar) — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Vietnamese: năm mới — the first few days of a calendar year
  • Afrikaans: Nuwe Jaar — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Albanian: Viti i Ri — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Southern Altai: Јаҥы јыл (J̌aŋï ǰïl) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Arabic: السَّنَة الْجَدِيدَة — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Armenian: Նոր Տարի (Nor Tari) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Assamese: নৱবৰ্ষ (nowoborxo) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Asturian: añu nuevu — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Azerbaijani: Yeni il — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Azerbaijani: Yeni il bayramı — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Bashkir: яңы йыл (yañı yıl) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Basque: urte berri — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Belarusian: Но́вы год (Nóvy hod) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Belarusian: Но́вы рок (Nóvy rok) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Bengali: নববর্ষ (nobborśo) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Bengali: নতুন বছর (notun bochor) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Central Bikol: Bagong Taon — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Bulgarian: Но́ва годи́на (Nóva godína) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Burmese: နှစ်သစ် (hnacsac) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Catalan: cap d'any — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Catalan: any nou — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Cebuano: Bag-ong Tuig — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Chinese Cantonese: 新年 (san1 nin4) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Chinese: 新年 (zh-min-nan) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新年 (xīnnián) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Chuvash: ҫӗнӗ ҫул (śĕnĕ ś̬ul) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Czech: Nový rok — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Danish: nytår — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Dutch: Nieuwjaar — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Esperanto: novjaro — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Estonian: uusaasta — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Faroese: nýggjár — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Finnish: uusivuosi — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • French: le nouvel an — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • French: le jour de l'an — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Galician: aninovo — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Georgian: ახალი წელი (axali c̣eli) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Georgian: კალანდა (ḳalanda) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • German: Neujahr — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Greek: Πρωτοχρονιά (Protochroniá) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Gujarati: નવું વર્ષ (navũ varṣ) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Haitian Creole: new ane — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (rósh hashaná) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Hebrew: סִילְבֶסְטֶר (silvéster) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Hiligaynon: Bag-ong Tuig — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Hindi: नया साल (nayā sāl) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • White Hmong: xyoo tshiab — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Hunsrik: Neijoher — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Icelandic: nýár — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Icelandic: nýtt ár — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Ido: nov-yaro — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Ilocano: Baro a Tawen — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Ingrian: Uus Voos — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Irish: bliain nua — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Italian: capodanno — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Japanese: 新年 (shinnen) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Javanese: warsa enggal — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Kannada: ಹೊಸವರ್ಷ (hosavarṣa) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Kapampangan: Bayung Banua — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Karelian: Uuzi vuozi — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Kazakh: жаңa жыл (jaña jyl) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Khmer: ឆ្នាំថ្មី (chhnăm thmei) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Kinaray-a: Bag-ong Tuig — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Korean: 새해 (saehae) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Korean: 신년 (sinnyeon) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Kyrgyz: жаңы жыл (jaŋı jıl) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Lao: ປີໃຫມ່ (pī mai) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Latin: annus faustus — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Latin: annus novus — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Latvian: jaunais gads — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Laz: წანაღანი (ǯanağani) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Lithuanian: naujieji metai — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • : ᦔᦲᦺᦖᧈ (ṗiiṁay1) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Luxembourgish: Neijoerschdag — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Macedonian: Но́ва го́дина (Nóva gódina) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Malagasy: taom-baovao — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Malay: Tahun Baru — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Malay: Tahun Baharu — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Malayalam: പുതുവത്സരം (putuvatsaraṁ) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Maltese: sena ġdida — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Māori: Tau Hou — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Mapudungun: We Tripantu — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Marathi: नवीन वर्ष (navīn varṣa) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Mingrelian: ახალ წანა (axal c̣ana) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Mingrelian: კალანდა (ḳalanda) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Mongolian: шинэ он (šine on) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Mongolian: шинэ жил (šine žil) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Nahuatl: Yancuīc xihuitl — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Nepali: नयाँ वर्ष (nayā̃ varṣa) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Nheengatu: Akayú Pisasú — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Norman: Nouvel An — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nyttår — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nyår — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nyttår — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nyår — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Odia: ନୂତନ ବର୍ଷ (nutana barṣa) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Pashto: نوی کال (nëway kāl) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Persian: سَالِ نَوْ (sāl-i naw) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Iranian Persian: سالِ نُوْ (sâl-e now) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Polabian: nüvă ľotü — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Polish: Nowy Rok — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Portuguese: Ano Novo — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Portuguese: ano-bom — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Quechua: musuq wata — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Rapa Nui: matahiti 'āpī — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Rapa Nui: Ta'u Hō'ou — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Romanian: Anul Nou — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Russian: Но́вый год (Nóvyj god) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Lule-Sami: ådå̄jahke — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Northern Sami: ođđajahki — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Scottish Gaelic: a' Bhliadhna Ùr — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Serbo-Croatian: Но̏ва го̏дина — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Serbo-Croatian: Nȍva gȍdina — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Shona: gore ritsva — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Shor: Наа чыл (Naa çıl) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Sinhalese: නව වසර (nawa wasara) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Slovak: Nový rok — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Slovene: Novo leto — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Slovincian: Nôwy Rôk — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Somali: ciida sanadka cusub — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Spanish: año nuevo — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Sranan Tongo: nyunyari — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Sundanese: pabaru — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Svan: ზა̈ჲმახე (zäymaxe) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Svan: ზომხა (zomxa) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Svan: კალანდა (ḳalanda) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Swahili: mwaka mpya — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Swedish: nytt år — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Swedish: nyår — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Tagalog: Bagong Taon — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Tajik: Соли Нав (Sol-i Nav) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Tamil: புத்தாண்டு (puttāṇṭu) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Tamil: வருடப்பிறப்பு (varuṭappiṟappu) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Tatar: яңа ел (yaña yıl) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Telugu: కొత్త సంవత్సరం (kotta saṁvatsaraṁ) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Telugu: సంవత్సరాది (saṁvatsarādi) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Telugu: నూతన సంవత్సరం (nūtana saṁvatsaraṁ) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Thai: ปีใหม่ (bpii-mài) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Turkish: yeni sene — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Turkish: yeni yıl — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Ottoman Turkish: ییل باشی — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Turkmen: Täze Ýyl — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Ukrainian: Нови́й рік (Novýj rik) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Urdu: نَیا سال (nayā sāl) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Uyghur: يېڭى يىل (yë'ngi yil) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Uzbek: yangi yil — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Vietnamese: năm mới — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Vietnamese: tết — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Vietnamese: Tết dương lịch — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Waray-Waray: Bag-ong Tuig — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Welsh: Blwyddyn Newydd — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Yakut: Саҥа Дьыл (Saŋa Jïl) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Yiddish: נײַ יאָר (nay yor) — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Zhuang: yenzdan — January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
  • Chinese Cantonese: 新年 (san1 nin4) — year following the current year
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新年 (xīnnián) — year following the current year
  • Finnish: uusi vuosi — year following the current year
  • Georgian: ახალი წელი (axali c̣eli) — year following the current year
  • Hungarian: új év — year following the current year
  • Icelandic: nýár — year following the current year
  • Irish: athbhliain — year following the current year
  • Japanese: 新年 (shinnen) — year following the current year
  • Korean: 새해 (saehae) — year following the current year
  • Lao: ປີໃຫມ່ (pī mai) — year following the current year
  • Malay: tahun baru — year following the current year
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nyttår — year following the current year
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nyår — year following the current year
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nyttår — year following the current year
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nyår — year following the current year
  • Inari-Sami: uđđâivemáánu — year following the current year
  • Tamil: புது ஆண்டு (putu āṇṭu) — year following the current year
  • Tamil: புது வருடம் (putu varuṭam) — year following the current year
  • Thai: ปีใหม่ (bpii-mài) — year following the current year
  • Vietnamese: năm mới — year following the current year
  • Vietnamese: tân niên — year following the current year