See also: nèf and nêf

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Etymology 1

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A 1500s nef from Germany

Borrowed from French nef. Doublet of nave and nau.

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nef (plural nefs)

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

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Etymology 2

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Short for numerically effective; introduced by Miles Reid.

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nef (not comparable)

 
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  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  , the linear system   is effective and free; thus nef = "numerically (effective and free)".
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French

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

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nef f (plural nefs)

  1. (obsolete or poetic) vessel, ship
  2. (architecture) nave

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  • Breton: nev
  • English: nef

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse nef, from Proto-Germanic *nabją. Cognate with English neb.

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nef n (genitive singular nefs, nominative plural nef)

  1. nose
  2. beak

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Mauritian Creole

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Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : nef
    Ordinal : neviem

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From French neuf.

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nef

  1. nine

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nef

  1. new

Middle French

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From Old French nef, from Latin nāvis, nāvem.

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nef f (plural nefs or nefz)

  1. boat; ship; watercraft

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  • French: nef (obsolete or poetic)
    • Breton: nev
    • English: nef
  • Norman: nef

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from Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (cloud).

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nef

  1. Heaven, Sky

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From Latin nāvis, nāvem.

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

  1. boat; ship; watercraft
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  • Middle French: nef, nau (Parisian dialect)
    • French: nef (obsolete or poetic)
      • Breton: nev
      • English: nef
    • Norman: nef
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: nau

Old Norse

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From Proto-Germanic *nabją.

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nef n (genitive nefs, plural nef)

  1. nose
  2. beak

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nef (nominative plural nefs)

  1. nephew
  2. niece

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Welsh

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From Middle Welsh new, from Old Welsh nem, from Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (cloud). Cognate with Breton neñv, Cornish nev and Irish neamh.

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nef f (plural nefoedd, not mutable)

  1. (frequently in the plural with singular meaning) heaven
    Synonym: nen
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  • nwyfre (firmament, the ether)
  • nyfel (firmament, the ether)
  • nyfelwy (firmament, the ether)

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nef”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies