né

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Adjective 1.1.1.1 Related terms 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Particle 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.3 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb 2.3 Anagrams 3 Icelandic 3.1 Conjunction 3.1.1 Derived terms 4 Isthmus Zapotec 4.1 Preposition 5 Italian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Conjunction 5.3 References 6 Mandarin 6.1 Pinyin 7 Portuguese 7.1 Contraction

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

French

[edit] Adjective

né

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

   Sting, né Gordon Sumner

[edit] Related terms

• née

[edit] Etymology 2

Afrikaans

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ne

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

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: en

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ne/, SAMPA: /ne/

[edit] Verb

né

1. Past participle of naître. born

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• Alphagram: en

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[edit] Icelandic

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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.

[edit] 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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[edit] Isthmus Zapotec

[edit] Preposition

né

1. with

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin nec.^[1]

[edit] Conjunction

né

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

[edit] References

• Notes:

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin

né (form of ne2 with diacritic)

1. 哪: which? where? how?
2. 那: that, that one, those

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Contraction

né

1. (colloquial) Contraction of não + é, used at the end of sentences to ask for someone's opinion; comparable to English right.

   Você já comeu, né?

   You have already eaten, right?