newt (redirected from Newts)

newt  (nt, nyt)

n.

Any of several small, slender, often brightly colored salamanders of the European genus Triturus or the North American genera Notophthalmus and Taricha, living chiefly on land but becoming aquatic during the breeding season.

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[Middle English neute, from a neute, alteration of an eute, variant of evete, from Old English efete.]

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newt [njuːt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small semiaquatic urodele amphibians, such as Triturus vulgaris (common newt) of Europe, having a long slender body and tail and short feeble legs

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Chiefly Brit any other urodele amphibian, including the salamanders

[from a newt, a mistaken division of an ewt; ewt, from Old English eveta eft¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

newt - small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia triton family Salamandridae, Salamandridae - salamanders salamander - any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed common newt, Triturus vulgaris - small semiaquatic salamander Notophthalmus viridescens, red eft - red terrestrial form of a common North American newt Pacific newt - any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America eft - a newt in its terrestrial stage of development

Translations

newt [njuːt] N → tritón m
see also pissed

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newt [ˈnjuːt] n (= animal) → triton m
New Testament n
the New Testament → le Nouveau Testament
new town n (British) → ville f nouvelle
new wave

n → nouvelle vague f
the new wave of satirical comedy → la nouvelle vague de la comédie satirique

modif [cinema] → nouvelle vague; [music] → new wave
new wave music → la musique new wave
New World n
the New World → le Nouveau Monde
New Year n

(= festival) → nouvel an m
Happy New Year! → Bonne année!
to wish sb a happy New Year → souhaiter la bonne année à qn
to celebrate New Year → fêter le nouvel an
the New Year → le nouvel an
He returned home each year to celebrate Christmas and the New Year with his family → Il revenait à la maison chaque année pour fêter Noël et le nouvel an en famille.
The restaurant was closed over the New Year → Le restaurant était fermé pour le nouvel an.

(= next year) in the New Year → au début de l'année prochaine
New Year resolution New Year's resolution n → résolution f pour la nouvelle année
She made a New Year's resolution to get fit → Comme résolution pour la nouvelle année, elle avait décidé d'entretenir sa forme.
New Year's n (US) (= day) → jour m de l'an (= eve) → Saint-Sylvestre f
New Year's Day n → jour m de l'an, premier m de l'an
I always spend New Year's Day with the family → Je passe toujours le jour de l'an or le premier de l'an en famille.
on New Year's Day → le jour de l'an, le premier de l'an
on New Year's Day in 2002 → le premier de l'an 2002
New Year's Eve n → Saint-Sylvestre f
on New Year's Eve → le soir de la Saint-Sylvestre New Year's Eve party
New Year's Eve party n → réveillon m de la Saint-Sylvestre
New York [ˌnjuːˈjɔː^rk] n → New York
New Yorker [ˌnjuːˈjɔː^rkə^r] n → New-Yorkais(e) m/f

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newt

n → Wassermolch m; as pissed as a newt (Brit inf) → voll wie eine Strandhaubitze (inf), → stockbesoffen (inf)

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newt [njuːt] n → tritone m

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newt

n newt [njuːt]

a type of small animal which lives on land and in water. paddavis سَمَنْدَل الماء: حَيوان بَرْمائي тритон čolek salamander der Wassermolch σαλαμάνδρα tritón vesilik سوسمار ابى vesilisko triton סָלַמנַדרָה सरटिका daždevnjak tarajos gőte kadal kambsalamandra tritone いもり 소형 도롱뇽의 총칭 tritonas tritons neut watersalamander salamander traszka tritão triton, sala­man­dră de apă тритон mlok pupek daždev vattenödla สัตวประเภทจิ้งจกซึ่งอาศัยอยู่ได้ทั้งบนบกและในน้ำ su kertenkelesi, semender 蠑螈 тритон ايک قسم کا آبی جانور جو خشکي ميں بھي رہتا ہے con sa giông 蝾螈

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newt → سَمندل الماء mlok salamander Wassermolch τρίτων tritón vesilisko triton daždevnjak salamandra イモリ 영원 watersalamander salamander tryton salamandra, tritão тритон vattenödla สัตว์ประเภทจิ้งจกอาศัยได้ทั้งบนบกและในน้ำ su keleri con sa giông 蝾螈