novicio
Spanish, noun/noˈbiθjo/
novicio is spelled N-O-V-I-C-I-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,042nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Novicio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “novice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que, en la religión donde tomó el hábito, no ha profesado todavía”.
What does novicio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenovice
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que, en la religión donde tomó el hábito, no ha profesado todavía. 2. Principiante en cualquier arte o facultad. 3. Persona muy compuesta y arreglada en sus acciones, especialmente en la modestia, por ser esto lo que de ordinario se ve en los novicios de las religiones.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of novicio
- novicios plural
- novicia feminine
- novicias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce novicio?
- /noˈbiθjo/
- [noˈβ̞i.θjo]
- /noˈbisjo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to novicio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is novicio in Spanish?
novicio appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).