né
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
- Homophones: nay, neigh
Etymology 1
From French né < Old French né < Latin nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”). Doublet of nada.
Adjective
né (not comparable)
- (rare, usually italicised) Used to specify the original name of a man.
- Coordinate terms: nés, née, nées
- Sting, né Gordon Sumner
- 1987, Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, William Heinemann Ltd, page 23:
- It remained in the custody of Mr Svlad, or "Dirk", Gently, né Cjelli.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Afrikaans nee.
Particle
né
- (South Africa) Yeah? not so? hey?
- so I saw this girl né, and I wanted to talk to her...
Anagrams
- -en, EN, en, en-
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne/
- Rhymes: -e
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”).
Participle
né (feminine née, masculine plural nés, feminine plural nées)
- past participle of naître
Etymology 2
Hispanic pronunciation.
Particle
né
- (nonstandard) Alternative form of ne
Further reading
- “né”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- en
Hungarian
Etymology
Clipping of nézd, the second-person singular subjunctive definite of néz (“to look”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈneː]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -neː
Interjection
né
- (folksy) look!, see! (expressing surprise or wanting to get attention)
See also
- -né (“Mrs, wife of”, suffix)
Further reading
- (“look!”): né in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (regional form of the interjection ne): né , usually as part of the phrase Ne te ne, ne te né, or né te né!, redirecting to (3): ne in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse né, from Proto-Germanic *nehw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /njɛː/
- Rhymes: -ɛː
Conjunction
né
- nor (used with hvorki meaning "neither")
- Ég er hvorki svangur né þyrstur.
- I'm neither hungry nor thirsty.
- Maðurinn hennar er hvorki klár né hnyttinn.
- Her husband is neither smart nor witty.
Derived terms
- gera hvorki til né frá
- geta hvorki hrært legg né lið
- hvorki fugl né fiskur
- hvorki fyrr né síðar
- hvorki tangur né tetur
- hvorki æmta né skræmta
Isthmus Zapotec
Preposition
né
- with
Italian
Alternative forms
- nè (misspelling)
Etymology
From Latin nec.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne/*
- Rhymes: -e
Conjunction
né
- nor
- neither...nor
- 2015, “Gaetano”, in Mainstream, performed by Calcutta:
- Volevo avere dei figli, né troppi né pochi, né tardi né domani
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
-
- either...or
References
- Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951; headword né
Lashi
Etymology
Related to nang (“you”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne/
Pronoun
né
- thy, your (singular)
Synonyms
- ná
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- ne (nonstandard)
Romanization
né (ne2, Zhuyin ㄋㄜˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哪.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 那.
Norman
Etymology 1
From Old French noi and its variants, from Latin nix, nivem.
Noun
né f (uncountable)
- (Jersey) snow
Alternative forms
- neis (Guernsey)
Derived terms
- boule dé né
- né fondue
Adjective
né m
- Alternative form of nièr
Old French
Etymology
From Latin nātus.
Verb
né (oblique and nominative feminine singular nee)
- past participle of naistre
Descendants
- French: né
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Norse ᚾᛁ (ni), from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), among others.
Particle
né
- (archaic) not
- Synonyms: eigi, ekki
Usage notes
As can be seen in the Vǫluspá line Ǫnd þau né átto, óð þau né hǫfðo (Spirit they possessed not, sense they had not), né precedes the verb it modifies. This is unlike the synonyms ei, eigi and ekki, which follow it (Ek veit eigi = I know not), but just like the cognates in the other old Germanic languages.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *nehw (“nor”), cognate with Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih). From *ne (“not”) + *-hw (“and”). The simple negation Proto-Norse ᚾᛁ (ni) has disappeared in the later Scandinavian languages, including Classical Old Norse (although it is seen in the oldest poems, and in fossilized forms like nǫkkurr, neinn). It is found in the other older Germanic languages: Old English ne, Old Frisian ne, ni, Old Saxon ne, ni, Old Dutch ne, Old High German ni, Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni).
Conjunction
né
- nor
Descendants
- Icelandic: né
Portuguese
Etymology
Contraction of não é.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnɛ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈnɛ/
- Hyphenation: né
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 is a diamond ring made of? Diamonds, obviously!
Venetian
Conjunction
né
- neither, nor
Adverb
né
- from
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nɛ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [nɛ˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [nɛ˦˥]
Verb
né
- (colloquial) to avoid; to dodge
Derived terms
- né tránh
- tránh né