nu

See also Appendix:Variations of "nu"

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← mu		→ xi
Ν ν Ancient Greek: νῦ
Wikipedia article on nu

Etymology 1

Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /njuː/, X-SAMPA: /nju:/
• (US) IPA: /nuː/, X-SAMPA: /nu:/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

nu (uncountable)

1. Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.
2. A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.

Translations

name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν

• Arabic: نو (ar) (nuu) m
• Catalan: ni (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紐 (cmn), 纽 (cmn) (niǔ)

• Czech: ný (cs) n
• Danish: ny (da) n
• Dutch: nu (nl) m and f
• French: nu (fr) m
• German: Ny (de) n

• Greek: νι (el) (ni) n
• Hungarian: nű (hu)
• Japanese: ニュー (ja) (nyū), ニ (ja) (ni)
• Korean: 뉴 (ko) (nyu)
• Malay: nu (ms)
• Persian: نو (fa) (nu)
• Portuguese: ni (pt) m
• Russian: ню (ru) (nju) n (indeclinable)

Etymology 2

From Yiddish נו.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /nu/, X-SAMPA: /nu/

Interjection

nu

1. (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.

Translations

exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt etc.

• Yiddish: נו (yi) (nu)

Etymology 3

Corruption of new.

Adjective

nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)

1. (slang spelling) new

Anagrams

• un, 'un, UN

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Ama

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu/

Noun

nu

1. house

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin nōn. Compare Daco-Romanian nu.

Adverb

nu

1. no
2. not

Interjection

nu

1. no

Antonyms

• ie

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nūdus

Adjective

nu m (feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

1. nude, naked
2. (of things, such as trees, mountains, houses, etc.) barren, bare

Derived terms

• nuesa
• nudista

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Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin novem.

Numeral

nu

1. nine

Etymology 2

From Latin nōs.

Pronoun

nu

1. (second-person plural pronoun) we

Related terms

• noi

See also

• ju
• te
• jal, jala
• vu
• jali, jale

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse nú (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu/, [nu]

Noun

nu n (singular definite nuet, not used in plural form)

1. now (present time), present (current time)
2. moment
3. instant

Adverb

nu

1. now

Conjunction

nu

1. now

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nu, from Old Dutch nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ny/, X-SAMPA: /ny/

• audio

  (file)

Adverb

nu

1. now, at the present moment

   Kom je nu of morgen?

   Will you be coming now or tomorrow?

2. now, this time (indicating a certain amount of impatience)

   Wat is er nu weer dan?

   What is it now?

Synonyms

• nou
• thans
• heden

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Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nu

1. now, at this time

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu/

Interjection

nu

1. well (as in “Well, I think...”)

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Ewe

Noun

nu

1. mouth

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ny/, X-SAMPA: /ny/

• audio

  (file)

Etymology

From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus.

Adjective

nu m (feminine nue, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

1. (person): naked, nude
2. (body, tree): bare

Noun

nu m (invariable)

1. nu (Greek letter)

Anagrams

• un

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German

Interjection

nu

1. well, well now

Synonyms

• na

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Gothic

Romanization

nu

1. See 𐌽𐌿

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

nu m and f (invariable)

1. The name of the letter N

Anagrams

• un, un'

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Japanese

Romanization

nu

1. See ぬ
2. See ヌ

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus.

Adjective

nu m (feminine nue, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

1. bare

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Lojban

Cmavo

nu (rafsi nun, selma'o NU)

1. Event abstractor, similar in meaning to an infinitive or gerund.
   • 2005, Ben Goertzel, Potential Computational Linguistics Resources for Lojban

     mi djica le nu mi klama le zarci

     I want to go to the store.

   klama — go, goes, went.

   lo klama — a goer.

   lo nu klama — a going.

Usage notes

• A sumti phrase begun with nu ends with the elidable terminator kei unless no ambiguity results (in which case the terminator is elided).

Derived terms

• lenu

See also

• du'u
• kei
• su'u
• za'i

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Mandarin

Romanization

nu

1. Nonstandard spelling of nú.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nǔ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of nù.
4. Nonstandard spelling of nǚ.
5. Nonstandard spelling of nǜ.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mauritian Creole

Pronoun

nu

1. Alternative spelling of nou.

See also

Mauritian Creole personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			mo mwa (objective)	nou
2nd person			to (informal), ou (formal) twa (objective)	zot
3rd person			li	zot, bann-la

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Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• 'nu

Etymology

From Latin unus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu/

Article

nu m sg

1. a, an

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nū

1. now

   wat unbīdan we nū?

   what are we waiting for now?

Descendants

• Dutch: nu, nou

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nū

1. now

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin nūdus.

Adjective

nu m (feminine nue)

1. naked

Adverb

nu m (feminine nue)

1. naked

Descendants

• French: nu

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nū

1. now

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Polish

Interjection

nu

1. quick!, forward!

See also

• nuże

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nūdus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu/, /ˈnu.a/

Adjective

nu m (feminine nua)

1. naked, nude

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu/

Adverb

nu

1. no
2. not

Antonyms

• da

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Saterland Frisian

Interjection

nu

1. well

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Sicilian

Article

nu m (indefinite article, singular)

1. a, an

The Sicilian Indefinite Article
	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	un, nu	na

Usage notes

Nu is used only before words beginning with the letter z or s and a consonant, like the Italian uno

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nǫ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu/

Conjunction

nu (Cyrillic spelling [[{{{2}}}#Serbo-Croatian|{{{2}}}]])

1. (Croatia) but
2. (Croatia) however

Synonyms

• ali, no, nut

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nʉː/

• audio

  (file)

Adverb

nu (not comparable)

1. now, at this moment

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English new.

Adjective

nu

1. new
2. fresh

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Volapük

Adverb

nu

1. now

Derived terms

• nuik