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The latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
- We send out a newsletter to our clients every week to tell them what's new in the company.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An informal greeting asking the other person what has recently happened in their life. A typical response might be "Not much; you?". The greeting is not always literal and may just be used to say hello.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hello, hi, what's up
Antonyms: none provided
A rhetorical request for some real news, on hearing a report that was not news because it represents a continuing predictable and unsatisfactory situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, rhetoric
Examples
- You're still having problems with that idiot you employed last year? So, what's new?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: what else is new
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
kuulumiset
— the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
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French:
nouveautés
— the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
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Galician:
novidades
— the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
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Hungarian:
újdonság
— the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
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Hungarian:
(...hogy) mi újság
(van)
— the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
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Macedonian:
што има ново
(što ima novo)
— the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
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Macedonian:
што е ново
(što e novo)
— the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
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Polish:
coś nowego
— the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
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Portuguese:
novidades
— the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
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Portuguese:
o que há de novo
— the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
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Spanish:
novedades
— the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
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Abkhaz:
иҟеи
(iqʼej)
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Azerbaijani:
nə var, nə yox
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Chinese Mandarin:
最近怎麼樣? /最近怎么样?
(zuìjìn zěnmeyàng?)
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Danish:
noget nyt?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Finnish:
mitä uutta?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Finnish:
mitä kuuluu?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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French:
quoi de neuf?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Galician:
que hai de novo?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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German:
was gibt's Neues?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Greek:
τι νέα;
(ti néa?)
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Hungarian:
mi újság?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Hungarian:
mi újság van?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Hungarian:
mi a helyzet?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Irish:
cén scéal?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Italian:
novita?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Japanese:
お変わりありませんか?
(o-kawari arimasen ka?)
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Japanese:
最近、何かあった?
(saikin, nani-ka atta?)
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Korean:
별일없이 지내세요?
(byeorireopsi jinaeseyo?)
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Korean:
별일 없니?
(byeoril eomni?)
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Lithuanian:
kas naujo?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Macanese:
qui nova?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Persian:
چه خبر؟
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Polish:
co nowego?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Portuguese:
quais as novas?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Portuguese:
quais as novidades?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Russian:
что но́вого?
(što nóvovo?)
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Spanish:
¿qué pasa?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Spanish:
¿qué te cuentas?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Spanish:
¿qué es de tu vida?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Spanish:
¿quihubo?
— informal greeting asking what has happened recently
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Finnish:
onko mitään uutta
— implies that the situation is and always has been unsatisfactory
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Polish:
a coś nowego?
— implies that the situation is and always has been unsatisfactory
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Portuguese:
qual a novidade?
— implies that the situation is and always has been unsatisfactory
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Portuguese:
qual é a novidade?
— implies that the situation is and always has been unsatisfactory
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Portuguese:
qual que é a novidade?
— implies that the situation is and always has been unsatisfactory
