nef

See also: nèf and nêf

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /nɛf/

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French nef.

NounEdit

nef (plural nefs)

1. An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.

SynonymsEdit

• cadenas

See alsoEdit

• navicula

Etymology 2Edit

Short for numerically effective; introduced by Miles Reid.

AdjectiveEdit

nef (not comparable)

1. (algebraic geometry) Of a line bundle on a complete algebraic variety over a field: such that the degree of its restriction to every algebraic curve in the variety is non-negative.
   • 1983, Miles Reid, “Minimal Models of Canonical 3-Folds”, in Advanced Studies in Pure Mathematics, volume 1, page 131:

     […] this condition is the numerical consequence of the condition that for some $m>0$, the linear system $|mD|$ is effective and free; thus nef = "numerically (effective and free)".

Derived termsEdit

• nefness

AnagramsEdit

• fen

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French nef, from Old French nef, from Latin nāvis, nāvem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Displaced by bateau and navire in the sense of "boat".

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /nɛf/

NounEdit

nef f (plural nefs)

1. (obsolete or poetic) barque, boat
2. nave

Related termsEdit

• nacelle
• naval
• navire

See alsoEdit

• barque
• vaisseau

Further readingEdit

• “nef” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse nef, from Proto-Germanic *nabją.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /nɛːv/
• Rhymes: -ɛːv

NounEdit

nef n (genitive singular nefs, nominative plural nef)

1. nose
2. beak

DeclensionEdit

declension of nef

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nef	nefið	nef	nefin
accusative	nef	nefið	nef	nefin
dative	nefi	nefinu	nefjum	nefjunum
genitive	nefs	nefsins	nefja	nefjanna

Derived termsEdit

• taka í nefið (to take snuff)
• fitja upp á nefið (to turn up one's nose)
• með nefið ofan í hvers manns koppi (nosy)
• stökkva upp á nef sér (to flare up, to get angry)
• neflaus
• hafa bein í nefinu

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Mauritian CreoleEdit

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nef     Ordinal : neviem

EtymologyEdit

From French neuf.

NumeralEdit

nef

1. (cardinal) nine

AdjectiveEdit

nef

1. new

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Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French nef, from Latin nāvis, nāvem.

NounEdit

nef f (plural nefs or nefz)

1. boat; ship; watercraft

DescendantsEdit

• French: nef (obsolete or poetic)

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nāvis, nāvem.

NounEdit

nef f (oblique plural nés, nominative singular nef, nominative plural nés)

1. boat; ship; watercraft

Related termsEdit

• nacele

DescendantsEdit

• Middle French: nef
  • French: nef (obsolete or poetic)

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Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *nabją.

NounEdit

nef n (genitive nefs, plural nef)

1. nose
2. beak

DeclensionEdit

  Declension of nef (strong ja-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nef	nefit	nef	nefin
accusative	nef	nefit	nef	nefin
dative	nefi	nefinu	nefjum	nefjunum
genitive	nefs	nefsins	nefja	nefjanna

DescendantsEdit

• Danish: næb
• Faroese: nev
• Icelandic: nef

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VolapükEdit

NounEdit

nef (plural nefs)

1. nephew
2. niece

DeclensionEdit

declension of nef

	singular	plural
nominative	nef	nefs
genitive	nefa	nefas
dative	nefe	nefes
accusative	nefi	nefis
predicative	nefu	nefus
vocative	o nef!	o nefs!

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WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Welsh nef, from Old Welsh nem, from Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

NounEdit

nef f (plural nefoedd)

1. heaven

SynonymsEdit

• nen