neu

See also: Neu, nèu, nếu, and neu-

English

Etymology

The name of this oncogene is abbreviated from a neuroglioblastoma cell line, from which it was originally isolated in rats.

Abbreviation

neu

1. neuroglioblastoma cell line

Noun

neu (uncountable)

1. (oncology) Synonym of HER-2

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Basque

Pronoun

neu

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin nix, nivem, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs. Compare Occitan nèu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnew]

Noun

neu f (plural neus)

1. snow

Derived terms

• llevaneu

Related terms

• nevar
• nevós

Further reading

• “neu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “neu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “neu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “neu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• nei (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German niuwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nøy̯/

Adjective

neu (masculine neue, feminine neu, comparative neuer, superlative et neuste)

1. (Ripuarian) new

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Esperanto

Verb

neu

1. imperative of nei

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German

Alternative forms

• new, neuw (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old High German niuwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Compare Dutch nieuw, English new, Danish ny, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niujis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔʏ̯/

• audio (Germany):

  (file)

• audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯

Adjective

neu (comparative neuer, superlative am neuesten or am neusten)

1. new

   neue Mode ― new fashion

   neueste Mode ― latest fashion, latest style

   was gibt's Neues? ― what's the latest news?

   etwas neu machen ― to renovate

2. modern, recent, latest

   die neue Geschichte ― modern history, recent history

Derived terms

• erneuern
• Neuanfang
• neuartig
• Neuauflage
• Neuausrichtung
• Neuauszählung
• Neubau
• Neubesetzung
• Neubildung
• Neudruck
• Neue Deutsche Härte
• Neue Deutsche Welle
• Neueinstellung
• Neuengland
• Neuerung
• Neues Testament
• Neugestaltung
• Neugier
• Neugierde
• neugierig
• Neuheit
• neuhochdeutsch
• Neuhochdeutsch
• Neuigkeit
• Neuigkeiten
• Neujahr
• Neuland
• Neulatein
• neulich
• Neuling
• Neumann
• neumodisch
• Neumond
• Neuschnee
• Neuschottland
• neusprachlich
• Neusprech
• neustarten
• Neuwahl
• Neuzeit
• Neuzucht
• Neuzüchtung
• Neuzugang

 

Further reading

• “neu” in Duden online

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Latin

Etymology

Apocope

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neu̯/, [nɛu̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neu̯/, [nɛːu̯]

Conjunction

neu

1. Alternative form of nēve

References

• “neu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “neu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• neu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Montagnais

Numeral

neu

1. four

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Norman

Alternative forms

• neuf (Guernsey)

Etymology

From a variant of Old French nuef, from Latin novus, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

neu m

1. (Jersey) new

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin nodus.

Noun

neu oblique singular, m (oblique plural neus, nominative singular neus, nominative plural neu)

1. knot

Descendants

• French: nœud
• Norman: noeud

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Sardinian

Etymology

Compare Italian neo.

Noun

neu

1. mole (on skin)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɨ̯/
• IPA^(key): /nei̯/, /nɛ/

Conjunction

neu (triggers soft mutation)

1. or