née

See also: Nee, nee, neé, neë, and ñee

English

Alternative forms

• nee

Etymology

From French née (“born”, feminine singular).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: nay, neigh, né

• Audio (US), pronounced /neɪ/

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Adjective

née (not comparable)

1. Used when giving the maiden name of a woman.

   Mrs Smith, née Jones

   • 1891, A Scandal in Bohemia, Arthur Conan Doyle

     Irene Norton, née Adler.

2. Used when giving a former name. Originally known as.

   Since the name change, Butch (née Frances) seems more tough and self-assured.

Usage notes

• In the original French, the masculine form né should be used when the subject is masculine. In English, this distinction is usually followed.

Translations

used to indicate maiden name of a woman

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 娘家姓氏 (niángjiaxìngshì), 原姓 (yuánxìng), 本姓 (zh) (běnxìng), 舊姓／旧姓 (zh) (jiùxìng)

• Czech: rozená (cs) f
• Danish: født, f.
• Esperanto: nasknome, fraŭlinnome
• Finnish: omaa sukua, o.s. (fi); syntyään (fi), syntyjään (fi), synt. (fi)
• French: née (fr) f
• German: geborene f, geb. (de)
• Greek: γένος (el) n (génos)
• Hungarian: született (hu) (literally “born”), leánykori neve/nevén (literally “[by] her maiden name”)
• Italian: nata (it) f
• Japanese: 旧姓 (ja) (きゅうせい, kyūsei)
• Polish: z domu (pl)
• Russian: урождённая (ru) f (uroždjónnaja), в деви́честве (ru) (v devíčestve)
• Slovene: rojena (sl) f, roj.
• Spanish: de soltera
• Swedish: född (sv) (often shortened f.)
• Thai: สกุลเดิม (sà-gun-dəəm)

used to indicate a former name

• Esperanto: nasknome
• Finnish: syntyään (fi), syntyjään (fi), synt. (fi)
• Japanese: 旧名 (ja) (kyūmei)
• Swedish: född (sv) (often shortened f.), tidigare (sv)
• Thai: นามเดิม (naam-dəəm), ชื่อเดิม (chʉ̂ʉ-dəəm)

Anagrams

• -een, -ene, ENE, e'en, een

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -e

Participle

née f sg

1. feminine singular of né ("to be born")

Further reading

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