nef

See also: nèf and nêf

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛf/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French nef.

Noun

nef (plural nefs)

  1. An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.

Synonyms

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Etymology 2

Short for numerically effective; introduced by Miles Reid.

Adjective

nef (not comparable)

  1. (algebraic geometry) Of a line bundle on a complete algebraic variety over a field: such that the degree of its restriction to every algebraic curve in the variety is non-negative.
Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French nef, from Old French nef, from Latin nāvis, nāvem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Displaced by bateau and navire in the sense of "boat".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛf/

Noun

nef f (plural nefs)

  1. (obsolete or poetic) barque, boat
  2. nave

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Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nef, from Proto-Germanic *nabją.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛːv/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːv

Noun

nef n (genitive singular nefs, nominative plural nef)

  1. nose
  2. beak

Declension

Derived terms

Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : nef
    Ordinal : neviem

Etymology

From French neuf.

Numeral

nef

  1. (cardinal) nine

Adjective

nef

  1. new

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French nef, from Latin nāvis, nāvem.

Noun

nef f (plural nefs or nefz)

  1. boat; ship; watercraft

Descendants

  • French: nef (obsolete or poetic)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin nāvis, nāvem.

Noun

nef f (oblique plural nés, nominative singular nef, nominative plural nés)

  1. boat; ship; watercraft

Descendants

  • Middle French: nef
    • French: nef (obsolete or poetic)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nabją.

Noun

nef n (genitive nefs, plural nef)

  1. nose
  2. beak

Declension

Descendants

Volapük

Noun

nef (plural nefs)

  1. nephew
  2. niece

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh nef, from Old Welsh nem, from Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

Noun

nef f (plural nefoedd)

  1. heaven

Synonyms

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