né

See also Appendix:Variations of "ne"

English

Etymology 1

From French

Adjective

né (not comparable)

1. (rare, usually italicised) Used to specify the original name of a man.

   Sting, né Gordon Sumner

Related terms

• nés
• née
• nées

Etymology 2

Afrikaans

Particle

né

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

Usage notes

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

Anagrams

• en

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French

Etymology

From Latin natus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ne/, X-SAMPA: /ne/

Verb

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

1. Past participle of naître

Anagrams

• en

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /neː/

Interjection

né

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

See also

• -né (suffix)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /njɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Conjunction

né

1. nor (used with hvorki meaning "neither")

   Ég er hvorki svangur né þyrstur.

   I'm neither hungry nor thirsty.

   Maðurinn hennar er hvorki klár né hnyttinn.

   Her husband is neither smart nor witty.

Derived terms

• hvorki fugl né fiskur
• hvorki fyrr né síðar
• geta hvorki hrært legg né lið
• hvorki tangur né tetur
• gera hvorki til né frá
• hvorki æmta né skræmta

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Isthmus Zapotec

Preposition

né

1. with

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin nec.

Conjunction

né

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

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Jèrriais

Etymology 1

Noun

né f (usually uncountable)

1. snow

Derived terms

• boule dé né
• né fondue

Etymology 2

Adjective

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

1. Alternative form of nièr.

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Mandarin

Romanization

né (form of ne2 with diacritic)

1. See 哪
2. See 那

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Old French

Verb

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

1. Past participle of naistre

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɛ/

Contraction

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, né?

   You have already eaten, right?

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Venetian

Conjunction

né

1. neither, nor

Adverb

né

1. from