name · noun · 5 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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/ˈn(j)uːspiːk/
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name
Meaning 1
The fictional language devised to meet the needs of Ingsoc and designed to restrict the words, and thereby the thoughts, of the citizens of Oceania in the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
A highly dynamic and reflective programming language descended from Smalltalk, supporting both object-oriented and functional programming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From new + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The programming language was so named because of its “shrinkable” design, following Orwell's idea of a continually diminishing vocabulary in Newspeak.
From Newspeak, coined by George Orwell in 1949. Equivalent to new + speak.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
gjuha e re
— fictional language
Armenian:
նորալեզու
(noralezu)
— fictional language
Belarusian:
навамо́ўе
(navamówje)
— fictional language
Bulgarian:
новго́вор
(novgóvor)
— fictional language
Catalan:
novaparla
— fictional language
Chinese Mandarin:
新語 /新语
(xīnyǔ)
— fictional language
Chinese Mandarin:
新話 /新话
(xīnhuà)
— fictional language
Czech:
newspeak
— fictional language
Danish:
nysprog
— fictional language
Dutch:
Newspeak
— fictional language
Esperanto:
novparolo
— fictional language
Estonian:
uuskeel
— fictional language
Finnish:
uuskieli
— fictional language
French:
novlangue
— fictional language
Georgian:
ახალმეტყველება
(axalmeṭq̇veleba)
— fictional language
German:
Neusprech
— fictional language
Hebrew:
שִׂיחָדָשׁ
(siaḥadásh)
— fictional language
Hungarian:
újbeszél
— fictional language
Icelandic:
nýlenska
— fictional language
Italian:
neolingua
— fictional language
Japanese:
ニュースピーク
(nyūsupīku)
— fictional language
Japanese:
新語
(shingo)
— fictional language
Korean:
신어
(sineo)
— fictional language
Korean:
뉴스피크
(nyuseupikeu)
— fictional language
Lithuanian:
naujakalbė
— fictional language
Macedonian:
нового́вор
(novogóvor)
— fictional language
Norwegian Bokmål:
nytale
— fictional language
Polish:
nowomowa
— fictional language
Portuguese:
novilíngua
— fictional language
Portuguese:
novafala
— fictional language
Portuguese:
novidioma
— fictional language
Romanian:
novlimbă
— fictional language
Russian:
новоя́з
(novojáz)
— fictional language
Serbo-Croatian:
новоговор
— fictional language
Serbo-Croatian:
novogovor
— fictional language
Slovene:
novorek
— fictional language
Spanish:
neolengua
— fictional language
Swedish:
nyspråk
— fictional language
Ukrainian:
новомо́ва
(novomóva)
— fictional language
Welsh:
Newyddiaith
— fictional language
Catalan:
novaparla
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Chinese Mandarin:
新話 /新话
(xīnhuà)
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Czech:
newspeak
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Czech:
novořeč
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Dutch:
Nieuwspraak
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Finnish:
uuskieli
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
French:
novlangue
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
German:
Neusprech
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Hebrew:
שִׂיחָדָשׁ
(siẖádash)
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Italian:
neolingua
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Macedonian:
новоговор
(novogovor)
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Polish:
nowomowa
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Portuguese:
novilíngua
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Russian:
новоя́з
(novojáz)
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Serbo-Croatian:
novogovor
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Spanish:
neolengua
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
Swedish:
nyspråk
— use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
