net

See also: Net, nét, .net, and .NET

English

A fishing net
A net of a dodecahedron

Pronunciation

  • enPR: nĕt, IPA(key): /nɛt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From Middle English nett, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). Cognate with West Frisian net, Low German Nett, Dutch net, German Netz, Danish net, Swedish nät.

Noun

net (plural nets)

  1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
    a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net
  2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
  3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
  4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
    Petri net
  5. (by extension) A trap.
    • Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5
      A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
    caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
  6. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
  7. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
    a computer network; a road network; an electricity distribution network
    1. (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
  8. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
    • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:
      Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.
    The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.
  9. (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
  10. (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
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Verb

net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

  1. (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
  3. To enclose or cover with a net.
    to net a tree
  4. (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
    Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
    • 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves
      Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
  5. (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
    • 2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport‎:
      Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.
  6. To form network or netting; to knit.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English net, nette, borrowed from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Compare nitid, neat.

Alternative forms

Adjective

net (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xii:
      Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]
  2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
    net wine
  3. Remaining after expenses or deductions.
    net profit; net weight
  4. Final; end.
    net result; net conclusion
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Adverb

net (not comparable)

  1. After expenses or deductions.
    You'll have $5000 net.
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Noun

net (plural nets)

  1. The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.
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Verb

net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

  1. (transitive) To receive as profit.
    The company nets $30 on every sale.
  2. (transitive) To yield as profit for.
    The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
  3. To fully hedge a position.
    Every party is netting their position with a counter-party
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Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch net.

Adverb

net

  1. only, just

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan, from Old Occitan, from Latin nitidus, contracted to a Vulgar Latin *nittus. Doublet of nèdol, which came through a different Old Catalan form nèdeu. Compare also French net, Italian netto.

Adjective

net (feminine neta, masculine plural nets, feminine plural netes)

  1. clean
  2. net

Adverb

net

  1. cleanly

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German niowiht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /net/, /nət/

Adverb

net

  1. (most dialects) not
    Dat es jar net wohr!
    That’s not true at all!

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). Compare West Frisian net, Low German Nett, English net, German Netz, Danish net, Swedish nät.

Noun

net n (plural netten, diminutive netje n)

  1. net (mesh)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch net, which is borrowed from Old French net, from Latin nitidus.[1]

Adjective

net (comparative netter, superlative netst)

  1. clean, tidy
  2. decent, proper
Inflection
Inflection of net
uninflected net
inflected nette
comparative netter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial netnetterhet netst
het netste
indefinite m./f. sing. nettenetterenetste
n. sing. netnetternetste
plural nettenetterenetste
definite nettenetterenetste
partitive netsnetters—
Derived terms

Adverb

net

  1. tidily, neatly
  2. decently, properly
  3. just, nearly, barely
  4. just recently
Derived terms

Anagrams

References

  1. ↑ net; in: J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

Elfdalian

Noun

net n

  1. net

Inflection

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n (genitive singular nets, plural net)

  1. (fowling, sports) mesh, the material to make a "nót" (fishing net)
  2. A network (computing)
  3. A net for carrying hay

Declension

Declension of net
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative net netið net netini
accusative net netið net netini
dative neti netinum netum netunum
genitive nets netsins neta netanna

Derived terms

  • eiturkoppanet

Finnish

Pronoun

net

  1. (Kven, personal) they

Synonyms

French

Etymology

From Old French net, inherited from Latin nitidus (“shiny”) through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *nittus. Doublet of nitide, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛt/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Homophones: nets, nette, nettes

Adjective

net (feminine singular nette, masculine plural nets, feminine plural nettes)

  1. clean, tidy
  2. clear
  3. neat
  4. net (as opposed to gross).

Derived terms

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nittus, from Latin nitidus.

Adjective

net

  1. clean, neat

Derived terms

Gallo

Adverb

net

  1. completely, entirely

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛt/, /nət/
  • Audio (Bavarian)(file)

Adverb

net

  1. (colloquial, regional, Austria, southern Germany, parts of central Germany) Alternative form of nicht (“not”)
    Hab ich’s dir net erzählt?
    Have I not told you?

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛt]
  • Hyphenation: net

Noun

net (plural netek)

  1. (computing) Internet

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative net netek
accusative netet neteket
dative netnek neteknek
instrumental nettel netekkel
causal-final netért netekért
translative netté netekké
terminative netig netekig
essive-formal netként netekként
essive-modal — —
inessive netben netekben
superessive neten neteken
adessive netnél neteknél
illative netbe netekbe
sublative netre netekre
allative nethez netekhez
elative netből netekből
delative netről netekről
ablative nettől netektől
Possessive forms of net
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. netem neteim
2nd person sing. neted neteid
3rd person sing. nete netei
1st person plural netünk neteink
2nd person plural netetek neteitek
3rd person plural netük neteik

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːt

Noun

net n (genitive singular nets, nominative plural net)

  1. net
  2. (computing) network
  3. (computing, usually definite) the Internet

Declension

Synonyms

Latin

Verb

net

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of nō

References

  • net in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • net in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“thing, being”), from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wiht- (“thing”). Compare English not, German nicht, Dutch niet, West Frisian net.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /net/, [nət]
    • Rhymes: -ət

Adverb

net

  1. not

Meänkieli

Pronoun

net

  1. they

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French net, from Vulgar Latin *nittus, from Latin nitidus (“shiny”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Adjective

net m

  1. (Jersey) clean

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *natją, whence also Old Frisian nette, nitte, Old Saxon net, nett, netti, Old High German nezzi, Old Norse net, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). Perhaps related to Albanian neth (“sprout, bud”) and Russian нить (nitʹ, “thread”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /net/

Noun

net n

  1. net

Descendants

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nisdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

Noun

net m

  1. nest

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

References

  • “net” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *natją, whence also Old English net, nett, Old Frisian nette, nitte, Old Saxon net, nett, netti, Old High German nezzi, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n

  1. net

Descendants

References

  • net in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • net in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German nicht, Dutch niet, English not.

Adverb

net

  1. not

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English net.

Noun

net f (uncountable)

  1. Net; the Internet

Synonyms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French net, itself from Latin nitidus. Doublet of the inherited neted.

Adjective

net

  1. net
  2. clear, clear-cut, plain

Synonyms

Adverb

net

  1. clearly, distinctly
  2. plainly, flatly
  3. directly, bluntly, point blank, crisply
  4. avowedly

Turkish

Adjective

net (comparative daha net, superlative en net)

  1. clear
  2. manifest

Noun

net (definite accusative neti, plural netler)

  1. (sports) The net used in ping-pong or tenis.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative net
Definite accusative neti
Singular Plural
Nominative net netler
Definite accusative neti netleri
Dative nete netlere
Locative nette netlerde
Ablative netten netlerden
Genitive netin netlerin
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular netim netlerim
2nd singular netin netlerin
3rd singular neti netleri
1st plural netimiz netlerimiz
2nd plural netiniz netleriniz
3rd plural netleri netleri

West Frisian

Etymology 1

Compare Saterland Frisian nit, English not, Dutch niet, German nicht

Adverb

net

  1. not

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian nette, nitte, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). Compare English net, Dutch net, Low German Nett, German Netz, Danish net, Swedish nät.

Noun

net

  1. net
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