né

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"

English

Etymology 1

From French né < Old French né < Latin nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”).

Adjective

né (not comparable)

  1. (rare, usually italicised) Used to specify the original name of a man.
    Sting, né Gordon Sumner

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans [Term?].

Particle

né

  1. (South Africa) Yeah? not so? hey?
    so I saw this girl né, and I wanted to talk to her...

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

From Latin natus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ne/
  • Rhymes: -e

Verb

né m (feminine singular née, masculine plural nés, feminine plural nées)

  1. past participle of naître

Etymology 2

Hispanic pronunciation.

Particle

né

  1. Eye dialect spelling of ne.

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

Shorter form of nézd (of the Hungarian verb néz - subjunctive, definite, 2nd person sg.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈneː]
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Interjection

né

  1. look!, see! (expressing surprise or wanting to get attention)

See also

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse né, from Proto-Germanic *nehw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /njɛː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛː

Conjunction

né

  1. nor (used with hvorki meaning "neither")
    Ég er hvorki svangur né þyrstur.
    I'm neither hungry nor thirsty.
    Maðurinn hennar er hvorki klár né hnyttinn.
    Her husband is neither smart nor witty.

Derived terms

Isthmus Zapotec

Preposition

né

  1. with

Italian

Alternative forms

  • nè (misspelling)

Etymology

From Latin nec.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈne/

Conjunction

né

  1. nor
  2. neither...nor
  3. either...or

References

  1. ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951; headword né

Mandarin

Romanization

né (Zhuyin ㄋㄜˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 哪
  2. Pinyin transcription of 那

Norman

Etymology 1

Noun

né f (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey) snow
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

né m

  1. Alternative form of nièr

Old French

Verb

né (oblique and nominative feminine singular nee)

  1. past participle of naistre

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”). Cognate with Old English ne, Old Frisian ne, ni, Old Saxon ne, ni, Old Dutch ne, Old High German ni, Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni).

Conjunction

né

  1. nor

Descendants

  • Icelandic: né

Portuguese

Etymology

Contraction of não é

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛ/

Contraction

né?

  1. (colloquial, interrogatory) Contraction of não é. Used as a tag question to ask for someone's opinion: isn't it (so); innit; right
    Você já comeu, né?
    You have already eaten, right?
  2. (colloquial, often interrogatory) Expresses that something is obvious: duh; obviously
    Do que é feito um anel de diamante? De diamantes, né?!
    What a diamond ring is made of? Diamonds, obviously!

Venetian

Conjunction

né

  1. neither, nor

Adverb

né

  1. from

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

né

  1. (colloquial) to avoid; to dodge

Derived terms

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