né
English
Etymology 1
From French né < Old French né < Latin nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”).
Adjective
né (not comparable)
- (rare, usually italicised) Used to specify the original name of a man.
- Sting, né Gordon Sumner
Related terms
Etymology 2
Particle
né
- (South Africa) Yeah? not so? hey?
- so I saw this girl né, and I wanted to talk to her...
Anagrams
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
Verb
né (feminine née, masculine plural nés, feminine plural nées)
- past participle of naître
Etymology 2
Hispanic pronunciation.
Particle
né
- Eye dialect spelling of ne.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Shorter form of nézd (of the Hungarian verb néz - subjunctive, definite, 2nd person sg.)
Pronunciation
Interjection
né
See also
- -né (suffix)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse né, from Proto-Germanic *nehw.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
né
- nor (used with hvorki meaning "neither")
- Ég er hvorki svangur né þyrstur.
- I'm neither hungry nor thirsty.
Derived terms
Isthmus Zapotec
Preposition
né
Italian
Alternative forms
- nè (misspelling)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Conjunction
né
References
- ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951; headword né
Lashi
Pronoun
né
- your (second possessive pronoun singular)
References
Mandarin
Romanization
Norman
Etymology 1
From Old French noi and its variants, from Latin nix, nivem.
Noun
né f (uncountable)
Alternative forms
- neis (Guernsey)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
né m
- Alternative form of nièr
Old French
Etymology
Verb
né (oblique and nominative feminine singular nee)
Descendants
- French: né
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
Descendants
- Icelandic: né
Portuguese
Etymology
Contraction of não é.
Pronunciation
Contraction
né?
- (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?
- (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!
Venetian
Conjunction
né
Adverb
né
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Verb
né
- (colloquial) to avoid; to dodge
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