noun · verb · 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈnjuːt/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈn(j)ut/
Australian, New-Zealand:/ˈnjʉːt/
rhymes with -uːt
CMU ARPABET:N UW1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To turn (someone) into a newt, especially by magic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To (usually temporarily) expel a user from a MUD or similar system
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: triton
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: salamander
Narrower terms: common newt, Triturus vulgaris, red eft, Notophthalmus viridescens, Pacific newt, eft
History
Etymology
From Middle English newte, newete, from rebracketing of Middle English an ewte as a newte (for similar misdivisions compare adder, nickname, apron, umpire, etc.). Middle English evete, eute, euete, ewte (“newt”), derives from Old English efete (“lizard; newt”). Doublet of eft.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
triton
— type of salamander
Arabic:
سَمَنْدَل
(samandal)
— type of salamander
Armenian:
տրիտոն
(triton)
— type of salamander
Assamese:
নিউট
(niut)
— type of salamander
Asturian:
tritón
— type of salamander
Asturian:
guardafontes
— type of salamander
Azerbaijani:
triton
— type of salamander
Azerbaijani:
səməndər
— type of salamander
Basque:
uhandre
— type of salamander
Belarusian:
трыто́н
(trytón)
— type of salamander
Breton:
gweronell
— type of salamander
Bulgarian:
дъждо́вник
(dǎždóvnik)
— type of salamander
Bulgarian:
трито́н
(tritón)
— type of salamander
Catalan:
tritó
— type of salamander
Chinese Cantonese:
蠑螈 /蝾螈
— type of salamander
Chinese Mandarin:
蠑螈 /蝾螈
(róngyuán)
— type of salamander
Czech:
mlok
— type of salamander
Czech:
čolek
— type of salamander
Danish:
salamander
— type of salamander
Dutch:
salamander
— type of salamander
Erzya:
ведьметьказ
(veďmeťkaz)
— type of salamander
Esperanto:
trituro
— type of salamander
Estonian:
vesilik
— type of salamander
Estonian:
triiton
— type of salamander
Finnish:
vesilisko
— type of salamander
French:
triton
— type of salamander
Galician:
tritón
— type of salamander
Georgian:
ტრიტონი
(ṭriṭoni)
— type of salamander
German:
Molch
— type of salamander
Greek:
τρίτωνας
(trítonas)
— type of salamander
Ancient Greek:
κορδύλος
(kordúlos)
— type of salamander
Hebrew:
טרִיטוֹן
(triton)
— type of salamander
Hindi:
सरटिका
(sarṭikā)
— type of salamander
Hungarian:
gőte
— type of salamander
Irish:
niút
— type of salamander
Irish:
earc
— type of salamander
Italian:
tritone
— type of salamander
Japanese:
イモリ
(imori)
— type of salamander
Japanese:
井守
(imori)
— type of salamander
Japanese:
蠑螈
(imori)
— type of salamander
Kazakh:
тритон
(triton)
— type of salamander
Korean:
영원
(yeong'won)
— type of salamander
Kyrgyz:
тритон
(triton)
— type of salamander
Latin:
stelliō
— type of salamander
Latvian:
tritons
— type of salamander
Lithuanian:
tritonas
— type of salamander
Macedonian:
до́ждовник
(dóždovnik)
— type of salamander
Norman:
lêzarde dg'ieau
— type of salamander
Persian:
سمندرک
(samandarak)
— type of salamander
Plautdietsch:
Äajdakjsel
— type of salamander
Polish:
traszka
— type of salamander
Portuguese:
tritão
— type of salamander
Romanian:
triton
— type of salamander
Russian:
трито́н
(tritón)
— type of salamander
Russian:
салама́ндра
(salamándra)
— type of salamander
Scottish Gaelic:
dearc-uisge
— type of salamander
Scottish Gaelic:
dearc-luachrach
— type of salamander