Meaning

3 senses
  1. Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.

    I'm new to learning Finnish: I'm just a beginner.

    Anfänger, Anfängerin, Neuling

    дебюта́нтdebjutánt, дебюта́нткаdebjutántka, начина́ющийnačinájuščij

    початкі́вецьpočatkívecʹ, новачо́кnovačók, нова́кnovák

  2. Someone who sets something in motion.

    The beginner of the games lit the ceremonial torch.

  3. An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.

More definitions
  • a person who founds or establishes some institution
  • someone new to a field or activity

Examples

214 sentences
  1. Tom doesn't look like a beginner.

    Том не схожий на новачка. — deniko

    ruТом не похож на начинающего. — marafon

  2. Tom is a beginner, isn't he?

    Том початківець, правда? — deniko

    deTom ist noch Anfänger, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

  3. I know Tom isn't a beginner.

    Я знаю, що Том не початківець. — deniko

  4. I know Tom is a beginner.

    Я знаю, що Том — початківець. — deniko

  5. I know that Tom isn't a beginner.

    Я знаю, що Том не початківець. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
someone who just recently started:
Русский
By meaning 1
someone who just recently started:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
someone who just recently started:

Origin

From Middle English begynner, equivalent to begin + -er. Cognate with West Frisian begjinn

From Middle English begynner, equivalent to begin + -er. Cognate with West Frisian begjinner (“beginner”), Dutch beginner (“beginner”), Low German begünner (“beginner”), Danish nybegynder (“beginner, novice”, literally “new-beginner”).

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