rookie

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• /ˈɹʊki/
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• rhymes with -ʊki
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• CMU ARPABET: R UH1 K IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Thought to be an alteration of recruit + -ie, or from rook (“a cheat”) + -ie. Another possible origin is Dutch broekie (short for broekvent (“a boy still in short trousers”)), a common term for a shipmate. Also suggested is Irish rúca (“an inexperienced person”).

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Spanish: bisoño — amateur
• Spanish: novato — amateur
• Spanish: novel — amateur
• Bulgarian: новобра́нец (novobránec) — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Chinese Mandarin: 菜鳥 /菜鸟 (càiniǎo) — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Czech: bažant — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Dutch: schacht — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Estonian: noor — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Estonian: roheline — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Finnish: alokas — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Finnish: mopo — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• French: bleu — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Galician: anovao — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Galician: pistolo — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Galician: pipiolo — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• German: Frischling — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Italian: recluta — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Macedonian: гуштер (gušter) — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Polish: kot — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Portuguese: novato — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Romanian: răcan — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Russian: сала́га (salága) — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Russian: новобра́нец (novobránec) — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Spanish: novato — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Spanish: bisoño — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Turkish: çaylak — inexperienced recruit in military or police
• Bulgarian: но́вак (nóvak) — novice
• Czech: zelenáč — novice
• Czech: nováček — novice
• Dutch: beginneling — novice
• Dutch: nieuwkomer — novice
• Estonian: algaja — novice
• Estonian: roheline — novice
• Estonian: noor — novice
• Estonian: kollanokk — novice
• Estonian: junga — novice
• Finnish: aloittelija — novice
• Finnish: noviisi — novice
• Finnish: keltanokka — novice
• French: bleu — novice
• Galician: anovao — novice
• Galician: codio — novice
• Galician: garamufo — novice
• German: Anfänger — novice
• German: Neuling — novice
• Italian: principiante — novice
• Macedonian: новајлија (novajlija) — novice
• Macedonian: новак (novak) — novice
• Polish: żółtodziób — novice
• Portuguese: principiante — novice
• Portuguese: novato — novice
• Portuguese: novata — novice
• Romanian: boboc — novice
• Russian: новичо́к (novičók) — novice
• Russian: зелёный (zeljónyj) — novice
• Spanish: novato — novice
• Spanish: novicio — novice
• Spanish: bisoño — novice
• Spanish: novel — novice
• Turkish: çaylak — novice
• Estonian: rebane — athlete new to the sport or to a team
• Estonian: uustulnuk — athlete new to the sport or to a team
• Finnish: tulokas — athlete new to the sport or to a team
• German: Neuzugang — athlete new to the sport or to a team
• German: Neuling — athlete new to the sport or to a team
• Japanese: ルーキー (rūkī) — athlete new to the sport or to a team
• Japanese: 新人 (shinjin) — athlete new to the sport or to a team
• Korean: 루키 (ruki) — athlete new to the sport or to a team
• Korean: 신인 (sinin) — athlete new to the sport or to a team