nu

Etymology 1

Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yiddish נו‎ (nu).

Etymology 3

Phonetic respelling of new.

Anagrams

• 'un, -un-, UN, Un, un, un-

Verb

nu

1. to drink

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Related to ni. Compare Ancient Greek νῦν (nûn), Old High German nu (“now”)^[1].

Adverb

nu

1. when

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Noun

nu

1. house

Etymology

From Latin nōn. Compare Daco-Romanian nu.

Adverb

nu

1. no
2. not

Interjection

nu

1. no

Etymology

From Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnu/
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

nu (feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

1. nude, naked
2. (of things, such as trees, mountains, houses, etc.) barren, bare

Etymology 1

From Latin novem.

Etymology 2

From Latin nōs.

Etymology

From Old Norse nú (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/, [nu]

Noun

nu n (singular definite nuet, not used in plural form)

1. now (present time), present (current time)
2. moment
3. instant

Adverb

nu

1. now

Conjunction

nu

1. now

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nu, from Old Dutch nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny/

• audio

  (file)

Adverb

nu

1. now, at the present moment

   Kom je nu of morgen?

   Will you be coming now or tomorrow?

2. now, this time (indicating a certain amount of impatience)

   Wat is er nu weer dan?

   What is it now?

Conjunction

nu

1. now (that)

   Nu je het zegt, weet ik het weer.

   Now you're saying it, I do remember it.

Etymology

From Sorbian or Czech. Cf. no.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɵ/

Adverb

nu

1. (Upper Saxony) yes

Etymology

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu. Cognate with Swedish nu.

Adverb

nu

1. now, at this time

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Interjection

nu

1. well (as in “Well, I think...”)

Noun

nu

1. mouth

Etymology

From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny/

• audio

  (file)

Adjective

nu (feminine singular nue, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

1. (person): naked, nude
2. (body, tree): bare

Noun

nu m (plural nu or nus)

1. nu (Greek letter)

Further reading

• “nu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• un

Etymology

From Old Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

Adjective

nu m (feminine singular núa, masculine plural nus, feminine plural núas)

1. naked, nude
2. bare, barren

Etymology 1

From Middle High German nu, nuo. The form without final -n remained common in dialects and was reinforced by German Low German nu, from Middle Low German nû.

Etymology 2

From a Slavic dialect, probably Sorbian. Compare Czech ano (“yes”), Polish no (“yeah; well”), Russian ну (nu, “yeah; well”). In the sense of a filled pause touching on etymology 1 above.

Romanization

nu

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌿

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

nu m, f (invariable)

1. The name of the letter N

Anagrams

• un, un'

Romanization

nu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ヌ

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñiuʀ. Compare Pohnpeian nih, Fijian niu, Tongan niu, Hawaiian niu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Noun

nu

1. coconut

Particle

nu

1. well

   Nu labi! ― Very well!

2. now

   Ko nu? ― What now?

Interjection

nu

1. well

   Nu, kas notika? ― Well, what happened?

Romanization

nu

1. Nonstandard spelling of nú.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nǔ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of nù.
4. Nonstandard spelling of nǚ.
5. Nonstandard spelling of nǜ.

Pronoun

nu

1. Alternative spelling of nou

See also

Etymology

From Old Dutch nu, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nu

1. now, currently
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Si maken bekent die nu sien ende wesen selen

     They make known to those who are now and will be

2. today
3. here
4. just now

Conjunction

nu

1. now that
2. since, because

Further reading

• “nu”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “nu (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Etymology

Cognate with Vietnamese nâu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuː¹/

Adjective

nu

1. brown

Alternative forms

• 'nu
• n'

Etymology

From Latin ūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Article

nu m sg

1. a, an

Etymology

From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus.

Adjective

nu m

1. (Jersey) bare

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː/

Adverb

nū

1. so, thus, like that
2. so, to that extent

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nū

1. now

   wat unbīdan we nū?

   what are we waiting for now?

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nū

1. now

Etymology

From Latin nūdus.

Adjective

nu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nue)

1. naked

Adverb

nu m (feminine nue)

1. naked

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nū

1. now

Etymology

From Sanskrit नु (nu), from Proto-Indo-European *nu.

Particle

nu

1. then, now

Alternative forms

Noun

nu

1. tumour; abscess

References

1. 2010, Isaac Costa de Souza, A Phonological Description of “Pet Talk” in Arara (MA), SIL Brazil, page 42.

Interjection

nu

1. quick!, forward!

See also

• nuże

Alternative forms

• nú (obsolete, now a common misspelling)
• nù (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu/
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

nu (feminine singular nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nuas, comparable)

1. naked, nude

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Adverb

nu

1. no
2. not

Interjection

nu

1. well

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nǫ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Conjunction

nu (Cyrillic spelling ну)

1. (Croatia) but
2. (Croatia) however

Article

nu m sg

1. (indefinite) a, an

See also

Etymology

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʉː/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʉː

Adverb

nu (not comparable)

1. now, at this moment

Etymology

From English new.

Adjective

nu

1. new
2. fresh

Adverb

nu

1. now

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Pronoun

nu

1. me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)

   Pinyanka nu! Katsa umawiu? Nama!

   Tell me! What did [he] say? Come on!

   Puputatain nu kuapi.

   Give me a little [bit of] cotton thread.

References

• E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by a native speaker.

Pronoun

nu

1. we (first-person plural object pronoun)