nue
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
nue
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited 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 edit
nue f (plural nues)
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Further reading edit
- “nue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
nue
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
nue
- Nonstandard spelling of nüè.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
nue
- Alternative form of noy
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
nue
- Alternative form of noyen
Norman edit
Adjective edit
nue
Sardinian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nue f (plural nues)
Unua edit
Noun edit
nue
Further reading edit
- Elizabeth Pearce, A Grammar of Unua (2015)