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English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From French

Adjective [edit]

(not comparable)

  1. (rare, usually italicised) Used to specify the original name of a man.
    Sting, Gordon Sumner
Related terms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Afrikaans

Particle [edit]

  1. (South Africa) yeah? not so? hey?
    • “So I saw this girl , and I wanted to talk to her...”
Usage notes [edit]

The word is a direct import from Afrikaans and is used informally as a marker in conversation.

Anagrams [edit]


French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin natus.

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

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

  1. Past participle of naître

Anagrams [edit]


Hungarian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

Interjection [edit]

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

See also [edit]


Icelandic [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Conjunction [edit]

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

Derived terms [edit]


Isthmus Zapotec [edit]

Preposition [edit]

  1. with

Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin nec.[1]

Conjunction [edit]

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

References [edit]

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

Jèrriais [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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Noun [edit]

f (usually uncountable)

  1. snow
Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Adjective [edit]

m (feminine néthe or naithe, masculine plural nés, feminine plural néthes or naithes)

  1. Alternative form of nièr.

Mandarin [edit]

Romanization [edit]

(form of ne2 with diacritic)

  1. See
  2. See

Old French [edit]

Verb [edit]

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

  1. Past participle of naistre

Portuguese [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Contraction [edit]

né?

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of não (not) + é (is) (in other words: isn't it, innit), used as a tag question to ask for someone's opinion; comparable to English right.
    Você já comeu, ?
    You have already eaten, right?

Venetian [edit]

Conjunction [edit]

  1. neither, nor

Adverb [edit]

  1. from