nu

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Ν ν   –   Greek: νι
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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Interjection 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Adjective 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Danish 3.1 Adverb 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Adverb 4.2.1 Synonyms 5 Esperanto 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Interjection 6 Ewe 6.1 Noun 7 French 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Etymology 7.3 Adjective 8 German 8.1 Interjection 8.1.1 Synonyms 9 Italian 9.1 Noun 10 Japanese 10.1 Romaji 11 Lojban 11.1 Cmavo 11.1.1 See also 12 Mandarin 12.1 Pinyin syllable 12.1.1 Usage notes 13 Old English 13.1 Etymology 13.2 Adverb 14 Polish 14.1 Interjection 14.1.1 See also 15 Portuguese 15.1 Pronunciation 15.2 Adjective 16 Romanian 16.1 Pronunciation 16.2 Adverb 17 Saterland Frisian 17.1 Interjection 18 Sicilian 18.1 Article 18.1.1 Usage notes 19 Swedish 19.1 Pronunciation 19.2 Adverb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /njuː/, SAMPA: /nju:/
• (US) IPA: /nuː/, SAMPA: /nu:/

  Rhymes: -uː

[edit] Noun

nu (uncountable)

1. Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.
2. A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Yiddish נו.

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• (US) IPA: /nu/, SAMPA: /nu/

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nu

1. (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.

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[edit] Etymology 3

Corruption of new.

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nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)

1. (slang spelling) new

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[edit] Catalan

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From Latin nūdus

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nu m. (feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

1. nude, naked
2. (of things, such as trees, mountains, houses, etc.) barren, bare

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• nuesa
• nudista

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[edit] Danish

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nu

1. now

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ny/, SAMPA: /ny/
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[edit] Adverb

nu

1. now

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• thans
• heden

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu/

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nu

1. well (as in “Well, I think...”)

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[edit] Ewe

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nu

1. mouth

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ny/, SAMPA: /ny/
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Latin nudus.

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nu m. (f. nue, m. plural nus, f. plural nues)

1. (person): naked, nude
2. (body, tree): bare

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[edit] German

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nu

1. well, well now

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• na

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

nu m. and f. inv.

1. The name of the letter N

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[edit] Japanese

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nu

1. ぬ: hiragana letter nu

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[edit] Lojban

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nu (rafsi nun)

1. Event abstractor, similar in meaning to an infinitive or gerund. klama go, goes, went. lo klama a goer. lo nu klama a going.

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• du'u
• kei

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[edit] Mandarin

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nu

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, nú, nǔ, or nù, or having an additional diacritic and one of two tones, nǚ or nǜ.

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English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *nu.

[edit] Adverb

nū

1. now

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[edit] Polish

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nu

1. quick!, forward!

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• nuże

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu/, /'nu.a/

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nu m. (feminine nua)

1. naked, nude

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu/

[edit] Adverb

nu

1. no

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[edit] Saterland Frisian

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nu

1. well

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[edit] Sicilian

[edit] Article

nu m. (indefinite article, singular)

1. a, an

The Sicilian Indefinite Article
	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	un, nu	na

[edit] Usage notes

Nu is used only before words beginning with the letter z or s and a consonant, like the Italian uno

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adverb

nu (not comparable)

1. now, at this moment