nue

See also: nüe, nu'e, nüè, and nü

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ny/

Etymology 1

Adjective

nue

feminine singular of nu

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *nūba, from Latin nūbes, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Compare Occitan niu, Portuguese nuve, Spanish nube.

Noun

nue f (plural nues)

(archaic, chiefly poetic) cloud

Usage notes

Very rare outside of the expressions porter aux nues and tomber des nues; the more common literary term is now nuée while the common usage is nuage.

Related terms

nuage
nuée

Anagrams

une

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

nue

Rōmaji transcription of ぬえ

Norman

Adjective

nue

feminine singular of nu

Unua

Noun

nue

water

Further reading

Elizabeth Pearce, A Grammar of Unua (2015)

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