nef

See also: nèf and nêf

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛf/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French nef.

Noun

nef (plural nefs)

1. An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.

Synonyms

• cadenas

See also

• navicula

Etymology 2

Short for numerically effective; introduced by Miles Reid.

Adjective

nef (not comparable)

1. (algebraic geometry) Of a line bundle on a complete algebraic variety over a field: such that the degree of its restriction to every algebraic curve in the variety is non-negative.
   • 1983, Miles Reid, “Minimal Models of Canonical 3-Folds”, in Advanced Studies in Pure Mathematics, volume 1, page 131:

     […] this condition is the numerical consequence of the condition that for some $m>0$, the linear system $|mD|$ is effective and free; thus nef = "numerically (effective and free)".

Derived terms

• nefness

Anagrams

• ENF, fen

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French

Etymology

From Middle French nef, from Old French nef, from Latin nāvis, nāvem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Displaced by bateau and navire in the sense of "boat".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛf/

Noun

nef f (plural nefs)

1. (obsolete or poetic) barque, boat
2. nave

Related terms

• nacelle
• naval
• navire

See also

• barque
• vaisseau

Further reading

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

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nef, from Proto-Germanic *nabją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛːv/
• Rhymes: -ɛːv

Noun

nef n (genitive singular nefs, nominative plural nef)

1. nose
2. beak

Declension

declension of nef

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nef	nefið	nef	nefin
accusative	nef	nefið	nef	nefin
dative	nefi	nefinu	nefjum	nefjunum
genitive	nefs	nefsins	nefja	nefjanna

Derived terms

• taka í nefið (to take snuff)
• fitja upp á nefið (to turn up one's nose)
• með nefið ofan í hvers manns koppi (nosy)
• stökkva upp á nef sér (to flare up, to get angry)
• neflaus
• hafa bein í nefinu

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Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nef     Ordinal : neviem

Etymology

From French neuf.

Numeral

nef

1. nine

Adjective

nef

1. new

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French nef, from Latin nāvis, nāvem.

Noun

nef f (plural nefs or nefz)

1. boat; ship; watercraft

Descendants

• French: nef (obsolete or poetic)

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin nāvis, nāvem.

Noun

nef oblique singular, f (oblique plural nés, nominative singular nef, nominative plural nés)

1. boat; ship; watercraft

Related terms

• nacele

Descendants

• Middle French: nef
  • French: nef (obsolete or poetic)

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nabją.

Noun

nef n (genitive nefs, plural nef)

1. nose
2. beak

Declension

  Declension of nef (strong ja-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nef	nefit	nef	nefin
accusative	nef	nefit	nef	nefin
dative	nefi	nefinu	nefjum	nefjunum
genitive	nefs	nefsins	nefja	nefjanna

Descendants

• Danish: næb
• Faroese: nev
• Icelandic: nef

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Volapük

Noun

nef (nominative plural nefs)

1. nephew
2. niece

Declension

declension of nef

	singular	plural
nominative	nef	nefs
genitive	nefa	nefas
dative	nefe	nefes
accusative	nefi	nefis
vocative 1	o nef!	o nefs!
predicative 2	nefu	nefus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh new, from Old Welsh nem, from Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognate with Breton neñv, Cornish nev and Irish neamh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːv/

Noun

nef f (plural nefoedd, not mutable)

1. heaven

Synonyms

• nen