neat
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English nēat. Cognate with Dutch noot, dialectal German Noß, Swiss German Nooss, Swedish nöt.
[edit] Noun
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neat (plural neats or neat)
[edit] Translations
cow, bovine
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old (and modern) French net, from Latin nitidus ‘gleaming’, from nitēre ‘to shine’.
[edit] Adjective
neat (comparative neater, superlative neatest)
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- Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted.
- I like my whisky neat.
- (Chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent
- The Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat.
- The molecular beam was neat acetylene.
- (archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net.
- Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
- The front room was neat and carefully arranged for the guests.
- Well-executed or delivered; clever, skilful, precise.
- Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch.
- (colloquial) Good, excellent, desirable.
- Hey, neat convertible, man.
[edit] Translations
free from dirt, etc.
clean, tidy
[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nautam. Cognate with Old Frisian nāt, Old Saxon nōt (Dutch noot), Old High German nōz (dialectal German Nos), Old Norse naut.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /næːɑt/
[edit] Noun
nēat n.
[edit] Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
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| nominative | nēat | nēat |
| accusative | nēat | nēat |
| genitive | nēates | nēata |
| dative | nēate | nēatum |
[edit] Descendants
- English: neat
[edit] West Frisian
[edit] Pronoun
neat
