né

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"

English

Etymology 1

From French né < Old French né < Latin nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”).

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

Borrowed from Afrikaans nee.

Particle

né

1. (South Africa) Yeah? not so? hey?

   so I saw this girl né, and I wanted to talk to her...

Anagrams

• -en, EN, en, en-

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French

Etymology 1

From Old French né, from Latin nātus, from earlier gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“begotten, produced”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne/
• Rhymes: -e

Verb

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

1. past participle of naître

Etymology 2

Hispanic pronunciation.

Particle

né

1. Eye dialect spelling of ne.

Anagrams

• en

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈneː]

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Interjection

né

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

See also

• -né (suffix)

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse né, from Proto-Germanic *nehw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

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

 

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Isthmus Zapotec

Preposition

né

1. with

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Italian

Alternative forms

• nè (misspelling)

Etymology

From Latin nec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈne/

Conjunction

né

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

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Lashi

Pronoun

né

1. your (second possessive pronoun singular)

References

• https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Luk_Hkaw_Thesis2017.pdf

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Mandarin

Romanization

né (ne², Zhuyin ㄋㄜˊ)

1. Template:pinyin reading of
2. Template:pinyin reading of

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Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French noi and its variants, from Latin nix, nivem.

Noun

né f (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) snow

Alternative forms

• neis (Guernsey)

Derived terms

• boule dé né
• né fondue

Etymology 2

Adjective

né m

1. Alternative form of nièr

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin nātus.

Verb

né (oblique and nominative feminine singular nee)

1. past participle of naistre

Descendants

• French: né

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”). Cognate with Old English ne, Old Frisian ne, ni, Old Saxon ne, ni, Old Dutch ne, Old High German ni, Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni).

Conjunction

né

1. nor

Descendants

• Icelandic: né

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Portuguese

Etymology

Contraction of não é.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛ/

Contraction

né?

1. (colloquial, interrogatory) Contraction of não é. Used as a tag question to ask for someone's opinion: isn't it (so); innit; right

   Você já comeu, né?

   You have already eaten, right?

2. (colloquial, often interrogatory) Expresses that something is obvious: duh; obviously

   Do que é feito um anel de diamante? De diamantes, né?!

   What a diamond ring is made of? Diamonds, obviously!

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Venetian

Conjunction

né

1. neither, nor

Adverb

né

1. from

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɛ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɛ˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [nɛ˦˥]

Verb

né

1. (colloquial) to avoid; to dodge

Derived terms

Derived terms

• né tránh
• tránh né