nen
See also: -nen, n'en, 'nen, nên, nèn, nền, nến, and nën
English
Pronoun
nen
- (Tyneside) none
Anagrams
- NNE
Abinomn
Noun
nen
- elder brother
Ainu
Etymology
From ne (“interrogatory root”) + n (“person”). See nep, nekon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ne̞n]
Pronoun
nen (Kana spelling ネン)
- (interrogative) who
Synonyms
- hunna
See also
Ainu interrogative pronouns
Personal | Qualitative | Quantitative | Temporal | Spacial | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
what? | who? | which? | what kind of? how? | how many? | when? | where? |
hemanta, nep | hunna, nen | inan | mak, makanak, nekon | henpak | henpara | hunak |
Catalan
Alternative forms
- nin (Majorcan)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *ninnus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈnən/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈnɛn/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈnen/
Audio (file)
Noun
nen m (plural nens, feminine nena)
- boy, male child
- Synonym: nano
Further reading
- “nen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “nen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish
Noun
nen
- ceiling
References
- http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/
Dutch
Article
nen
- (Brabant) Alternative form of ne
- nen boom
- a tree
Usage notes
See usage notes at ne.
German
Article
nen
- Nonstandard form of 'n.
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French nez (“nose”).
Noun
nen
- nose
Japanese
Romanization
nen
- Rōmaji transcription of ねん
Ladin
Pronoun
nen
- some
Mandarin
Romanization
nen
- Nonstandard spelling of nèn.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle Low German
Etymology
Probably shortened from Old Saxon nihen (“not one”).
Pronunciation
- Stem vowel: ê²
- (originally) IPA(key): /nɛːn/
Article
nên
- no, none; used and inflected in the same way as the article ên.
- ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra̅ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:
- Gy ſynt de ſnodeſte vn̅ de groteſte thiran. den men vinden mach in alle der werlnde[sic]. vn̅ ik hebbe nene̅ minſche̅ ny gheſeen noch ghehort de iuw ye wat gudes na ſecht heft.
- You are the vilest and greatest tyrant that one might find in all the world, and I have not seen nor heard one human, that has ever said a good thing about you.
- Gy ſynt de ſnodeſte vn̅ de groteſte thiran. den men vinden mach in alle der werlnde[sic]. vn̅ ik hebbe nene̅ minſche̅ ny gheſeen noch ghehort de iuw ye wat gudes na ſecht heft.
- ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra̅ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:
Old French
Etymology
From Latin nōn (“not”), with the -n surviving intervocalically.
Adverb
nen
- (before vowels) Alternative form of ne (“not”)
- c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland, lines 7–9:
- Li reis Marsilie la tient, ki Deu nen aimet; / Mahumet sert e Apollin recleimet: / Nes poet guarder que mals ne l'i ateignet.
- The king Marsile rules it [Zaragoza], [he] who doesn't love God; he worships Mohammed and prays to Apollin: he cannot escape from the evil that approaches him.
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Usage notes
Mainly used to metric reasons in poems, to gain a syllable.
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- nān
Etymology
Blend of ne (“not”) + ēn (“one”). Akin to Old English nān.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneːn/, [ˈnɛːn]
Determiner
nēn
- no, not one
Pronoun
nēn
- none, no-one, nobody
Descendants
- Saterland Frisian: neen, naan
- West Frisian: neen
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin nec.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnẽ/
Adverb
nen
- not even (introduces an emphatic negation or exclusion)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 30 (facsimile):
- Nen ela outroſſi anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q̇ nõ rogue de coraçõ
- Not even she can’t tell us, if God helps me, that one shouldn’t beg heartily
- Nen ela outroſſi anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q̇ nõ rogue de coraçõ
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Conjunction
nen
- nor (introduces each except the first term of a series, indicating that none of them is true)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 6 (facsimile):
- Porend a ſant eſcritura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn̈ miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ſanta maria.
- However, the Holy Scripture, which doesn’t lie nor err, tells of a great miracle that Virgin Holy Mary worked in England.
- Porend a ſant eſcritura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn̈ miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ſanta maria.
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Descendants
- Fala: nin
- Galician: nin
- Portuguese: nem
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnen/ [ˈnẽn]
- Rhymes: -en
- Syllabification: nen
Conjunction
nen
- Obsolete form of ni (“neither, nor”).
Further reading
- “nen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English name.
Noun
nen
- name
Derived terms
- deinen
Volapük
Preposition
nen
- without
Welsh
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Noun
nen f (plural nennau or nennoedd, not mutable)
- heaven
Synonyms
- nef