nue

See also: nüe, nüè, and nü

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny/

Etymology 1

Adjective

nue

1. feminine singular of nu

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nūba, from Latin nūbēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Compare Occitan niu; Portuguese nuve; Spanish and Italian nube.

Noun

nue f (plural nues)

2. (archaic, chiefly poetic) cloud

Usage notes

Very rare outside of the expressions porter aux nues and tomber des nues; the more common literary term is now nuée while the common usage is nuage.

Related terms

• nuage
• nuer
• nuée

Further reading

• “nue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• une

Japanese

Romanization

nue

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬえ

Mandarin

Romanization

nue

1. Nonstandard spelling of nüè.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

nue

1. Alternative form of noy

Etymology 2

Verb

nue

1. Alternative form of noyen

Norman

Adjective

nue

1. feminine singular of nu

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin nūbēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnue/

Noun

nue f (plural nues)

1. cloud

Unua

Noun

nue

1. water

Further reading

• Elizabeth Pearce, A Grammar of Unua (2015)