nue
See also: nüe, nüè, and nü
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ny/
Adjective
nue
- feminine singular of nu
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin *nūba, from Latin nūbēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Compare Occitan niu; Portuguese nuve; Spanish and Italian nube.
Noun
nue f (plural nues)
- (archaic, chiefly poetic) cloud
Usage notes
Very rare outside of the expressions porter aux nues and tomber des nues; the more common literary term is now nuée while the common usage is nuage.
Related terms
- nuage
- nuée
Further reading
- “nue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- une
Japanese
Romanization
nue
- Rōmaji transcription of ぬえ
Mandarin
Romanization
nue
- Nonstandard spelling of nüè.
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 English
Noun
nue
- Alternative form of noy
Verb
nue
- Alternative form of noyen
Norman
Adjective
nue
- feminine singular of nu
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- nuve (“Nuorese”)
Etymology
From Latin nūbēs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnue/
Noun
nue f (plural nues)
- cloud
Unua
Noun
nue
- water
Further reading
- Elizabeth Pearce, A Grammar of Unua (2015)