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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɹʊki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rookie.wav Forms: rookier [comparative], rookiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊki Etymology: Thought to be an alteration of recruit + -ie, or from rook (“a cheat”) + -ie. Another possible origin is Dutch broekie (short for broekvent (“a boy still in short trousers”)), a common term for a shipmate. Also suggested is Irish rúca (“an inexperienced person”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ie}} + -ie, {{af|en|rook|-ie|t1=a cheat}} rook (“a cheat”) + -ie, {{uder|en|nl|broekie}} Dutch broekie, {{der|en|ga|rúca||an inexperienced person|nocat=1}} Irish rúca (“an inexperienced person”) Head templates: {{en-adj|rookier}} rookie (comparative rookier, superlative rookiest)
  1. Non-professional; amateur
    Sense id: en-rookie-en-adj-AmfaZmCI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 7 1 32 16 2 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 29 7 2 24 18 6 15 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 8 1 22 20 4 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 6 2 23 16 6 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 4 1 25 17 4 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 3 1 29 16 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 36 5 7 16 17 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 8 6 17 17 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 39 7 2 18 14 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 39 5 6 16 18 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 7 3 17 13 6 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 39 5 6 16 18 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 6 2 17 15 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 43 5 1 19 14 4 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 43 5 1 19 14 4 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 40 7 7 16 16 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 33 8 1 14 24 5 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 36 5 6 16 18 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 41 8 6 17 15 4 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 39 5 6 16 18 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 43 5 1 19 14 4 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 40 5 1 21 15 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 39 4 6 16 19 4 11

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹʊki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rookie.wav Forms: rookies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊki Etymology: Thought to be an alteration of recruit + -ie, or from rook (“a cheat”) + -ie. Another possible origin is Dutch broekie (short for broekvent (“a boy still in short trousers”)), a common term for a shipmate. Also suggested is Irish rúca (“an inexperienced person”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ie}} + -ie, {{af|en|rook|-ie|t1=a cheat}} rook (“a cheat”) + -ie, {{uder|en|nl|broekie}} Dutch broekie, {{der|en|ga|rúca||an inexperienced person|nocat=1}} Irish rúca (“an inexperienced person”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} rookie (plural rookies)
  1. An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces. Translations (inexperienced recruit in military or police): новобра́нец (novobránec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 菜鳥 (Chinese Mandarin), 菜鸟 (càiniǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), bažant (Czech), schacht [masculine] (Dutch), alokas (Finnish), mopo [slang] (Finnish), bleu [masculine] (French), anovao [masculine] (Galician), pistolo [masculine] (Galician), pipiolo [masculine] (Galician), Frischling [masculine] (German), recluta (Italian), гуштер (gušter) [masculine] (Macedonian), kot [masculine] (Polish), novato [masculine] (Portuguese), сала́га (salága) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), новобра́нец (novobránec) [masculine] (Russian), novato [masculine] (Spanish), çaylak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-rookie-en-noun-BI~wVFTW Disambiguation of 'inexperienced recruit in military or police': 80 5 9 5
  2. A novice. Translations (novice): но́вак (nóvak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), zelenáč (Czech), nováček [masculine] (Czech), beginneling [masculine] (Dutch), nieuwkomer [masculine] (Dutch), aloittelija (Finnish), noviisi (Finnish), keltanokka (Finnish), bleu [masculine] (French), anovao [masculine] (Galician), codio [masculine] (Galician), garamufo [masculine] (Galician), Anfänger [masculine] (German), Neuling [masculine] (German), principiante (Italian), новајлија (novajlija) [masculine] (Macedonian), новак (novak) [masculine] (Macedonian), żółtodziób [masculine] (Polish), principiante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), novato [masculine] (Portuguese), novata [feminine] (Portuguese), boboc [masculine] (Romanian), новичо́к (novičók) [masculine] (Russian), зелёный (zeljónyj) (english: green) [masculine] (Russian), novato (Spanish), novicio [masculine] (Spanish), bisoño [masculine] (Spanish), çaylak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-rookie-en-noun-6vKW8h2B Disambiguation of 'novice': 3 93 2 1
  3. An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his/her first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players. Translations (athlete new to the sport or to a team): tulokas (Finnish), ルーキー (rūkī) (Japanese), 新人 (shinjin) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-rookie-en-noun-oKxQA49Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 7 1 32 16 2 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 29 7 2 24 18 6 15 Disambiguation of 'athlete new to the sport or to a team': 3 5 86 5
  4. (British) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks. Tags: British
    Sense id: en-rookie-en-noun-HXBM3xKe Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 7 1 32 16 2 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 29 7 2 24 18 6 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beginner, newbie, noob, tyro, novice Derived forms: rookie card, rookie numbers

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹʊki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rookie.wav Forms: rookies [present, singular, third-person], rookying [participle, present], rookied [participle, past], rookied [past]
Rhymes: -ʊki Etymology: Thought to be an alteration of recruit + -ie, or from rook (“a cheat”) + -ie. Another possible origin is Dutch broekie (short for broekvent (“a boy still in short trousers”)), a common term for a shipmate. Also suggested is Irish rúca (“an inexperienced person”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ie}} + -ie, {{af|en|rook|-ie|t1=a cheat}} rook (“a cheat”) + -ie, {{uder|en|nl|broekie}} Dutch broekie, {{der|en|ga|rúca||an inexperienced person|nocat=1}} Irish rúca (“an inexperienced person”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} rookie (third-person singular simple present rookies, present participle rookying, simple past and past participle rookied)
  1. (intransitive) To be a rookie; to go through one's inexperienced learning period in a job, team, or organization. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-rookie-en-verb-qzTvPTnT
  2. (transitive, chiefly sports) To haze one or more rookies as an initiation ritual. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-rookie-en-verb-M3cDQTib Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 7 1 32 16 2 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 29 7 2 24 18 6 15 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: naive, rooky (alt: homophone)

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈruki/, [ˈru.ki] Forms: rookies [plural]
Rhymes: -uki Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English rookie. Etymology templates: {{ubor|es|en|rookie}} Unadapted borrowing from English rookie Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} rookie m or f by sense (plural rookies)
  1. rookie Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine

Inflected forms

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    },
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    }
  ],
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      "name": "af"
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        "plural"
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        ],
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          "police"
        ],
        [
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        ]
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "новобра́нец"
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          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "word": "菜鳥"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "word": "菜鸟"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "word": "bažant"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "schacht"
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          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "word": "alokas"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "mopo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bleu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anovao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pistolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pipiolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Frischling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "word": "recluta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "gušter",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гуштер"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "novato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "salága",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сала́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "novobránec",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "новобра́нец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "novato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 5 9 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "inexperienced recruit in military or police",
          "word": "çaylak"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "A novice."
      ],
      "id": "en-rookie-en-noun-6vKW8h2B",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nóvak",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "но́вак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "novice",
          "word": "zelenáč"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nováček"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beginneling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nieuwkomer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "novice",
          "word": "aloittelija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "novice",
          "word": "noviisi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "novice",
          "word": "keltanokka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bleu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anovao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "codio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "garamufo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Anfänger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Neuling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "novice",
          "word": "principiante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "novajlija",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "новајлија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "novak",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "новак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "żółtodziób"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "principiante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "novato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "novata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boboc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "novičók",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "новичо́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "green",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zeljónyj",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "зелёный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "novice",
          "word": "novato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "novicio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "novice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bisoño"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "novice",
          "word": "çaylak"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "27 7 1 32 16 2 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 7 2 24 18 6 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ie",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his/her first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players."
      ],
      "id": "en-rookie-en-noun-oKxQA49Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "athlete",
          "athlete"
        ],
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ],
        [
          "basketball",
          "basketball"
        ],
        [
          "hockey",
          "hockey"
        ],
        [
          "American football",
          "American football"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 86 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "athlete new to the sport or to a team",
          "word": "tulokas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 86 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rūkī",
          "sense": "athlete new to the sport or to a team",
          "word": "ルーキー"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 86 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shinjin",
          "sense": "athlete new to the sport or to a team",
          "word": "新人"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        "Spanish 2-syllable words",
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        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish feminine nouns",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish nouns with multiple genders",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from English",
        "Spanish terms derived from English",
        "Spanish terms spelled with K",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish unadapted borrowings from English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rookie"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rookie",
          "rookie#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈruki/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈru.ki]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uki"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rookie"
}

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