newt

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈnjuːt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/nut, njut/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(no̅o̅t, nyo̅o̅t)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
newt /nut, nyut/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Reptilesa brightly colored salamander that can live on land and in water.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
newt  (no̅o̅t, nyo̅o̅t),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Reptilesany of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, esp. those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
  2. Reptilesany of various other small salamanders.
  • 1375–1425; late Middle English newte, for ewte (the phrase an ewte being taken as a newte; compare nickname), variant of evet, Old English efete eft1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
newt / njuːt/
  1. 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
Etymology: 15th Century: from a newt, a mistaken division of an ewt; ewt, from Old English eveta eft1
'newt' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Gingrich - eft - nickname - nuncle
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