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net

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nete.

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 
A fishing net
 
A net of a dodecahedron

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  • enPR: nĕt, IPA(key): /nɛt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

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    Proto-Indo-European *neHd-
    Proto-Indo-European *-yós
    Proto-Germanic *natją
    Proto-West Germanic *nati
    Old English nett
    Middle English net
    English net

    From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

    Cognate with West Frisian net, Low German Nett, Dutch net, German Netz, Danish net, Swedish nät.

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    net (plural nets)

    1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
      a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net
    2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
      • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
        Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
    3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
      • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 190:
        The nets have to be checked to make sure that they are not tangled up and therefore useless, and the carcasses of the dead sharks are removed.
    4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
      Petri net
    5. (by extension) A trap.
      caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
    6. (geometry) Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.
    7. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
      1. (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
    8. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
      • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:
        Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.
      The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.
    9. (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
    10. (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
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    net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

    1. (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
    2. (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
    3. To enclose or cover with a net.
      to net a tree
    4. (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
      Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
      • 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves‎[3]:
        Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
    5. (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
      • 2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport‎[4]:
        Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.
    6. To form a netting or network; to knit.
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    Etymology 2

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    From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid.

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    net (not comparable)

    1. (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
    2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
      net wine
    3. Remaining after expenses or deductions.
      net profit; net weight
    4. Final; end.
      net result; net conclusion
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    Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final
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    net (not comparable)

    1. After expenses or deductions.
      You'll have $5000 net.
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    net (plural nets)

    2. The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.
      Hyponyms: net profit, net earnings, net weight; net net
      Coordinate term: gross
      Our net on that transaction was only fourteen dollars.
      The net on that container was only fourteen tons.
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    net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

    1. (transitive) To receive as profit.
      The company nets $30 on every sale.
    2. (transitive) To yield as profit for.
      The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
    3. To fully hedge a position.
      Every party is netting their position with a counter-party.
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    Etymology 3

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    Borrowed from Middle French nettoyer (“to cleanse”).

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    net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)[1][2]

    1. (dialectal) To clean, wash, rinse.
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    1. ^ Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 254
    2. ^ “netting, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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    Afrikaans

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    From Dutch net.

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    net

    1. only, just

    Bavarian

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    From Middle High German nicht, from Old High German niowiht. Cognates include German nicht and Luxembourgish net.

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    • IPA(key): /ned̥/, /nɛd̥/
    • Hyphenation: net

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    net

    1. not
      • 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Sieg der Provinz:
        I waaß net, es gibt so vü' Dichter in Wien,
        und ålle geehrt und berühmt.
        I didn't know there were so many poets in Vienna,
        and all honorable and famous.

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    • Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “ned, nęd, net, nęt”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
    • Petr Šubrt (2010) Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 62

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Catalan net, from Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus (“bright, clear”). Doublet of nèdol ('pasturage'), from Old Catalan nèdeu (“clean”), from nitidus- but without the early syncope. Compare also French net, Italian netto.

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    net (feminine neta, masculine plural nets, feminine plural netes)

    1. clean
      Antonyms: brut, sutze
    2. net
    3. (castells) (of a castell) built without a pinya, or without a folre or manilles when it would normally have these
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    net

    1. cleanly

    Etymology 2

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    Derived in masculine from the feminine neta, from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis (“granddaughter”). Compare Portuguese neto and Spanish nieto.

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    net m (plural nets, feminine neta)

    1. grandson
      Coordinate term: nebot

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    Central Franconian

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    From Old High German niowiht.

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    net

    1. (most dialects) not
      Dat es jar net wohr!
      That’s not true at all!

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    Danish

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    From German nett, from Old French net (“neat”), from Latin nitidus (“shining”).

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    net (plural and definite singular attributive nette)

    1. visually pleasing and proper; well-groomed
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    Inflection of net
    positive comparative superlative
    indefinite common singular net nettere nettest2
    indefinite neuter singular net nettere nettest2
    plural nette nettere nettest2
    definite attributive1 nette nettere netteste

    1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
    the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
    2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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    Older ned, from Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, cognate with Swedish nät, English net, German Netz. The modern Danish form, with -t instead of regular -d, is influenced by Low German Nett.

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    net n (singular definite nettet, plural indefinite net)

    1. net, web
    2. Abbreviation of internet.
    3. tote bag
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    Declension of net
    neuter
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative net nettet net nettene
    genitive nets nettets nets nettenes

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    Etymology 1

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    From Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

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    net n (plural netten, diminutive netje n)

    1. net (mesh)
    2. net (device for catching and trapping)
    3. television channel
      Synonyms: kanaal, zender
    4. television network (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    5. omentum, caul
    6. a network, especially the Internet
      Synonyms: internet, web
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    • Negerhollands: net
    • → Indonesian: net
    • → Lokono: nete
    • → Papiamentu: nèt

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    From Middle Dutch net, which is borrowed from Old French net, from Latin nitidus.[1]

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    net (comparative netter, superlative netst)

    1. clean, tidy
    2. decent, proper
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    Declension of net
    uninflected net
    inflected nette
    comparative netter
    positive comparative superlative
    predicative/adverbial net netter het netst
    het netste
    indefinite m./f. sing. nette nettere netste
    n. sing. net netter netste
    plural nette nettere netste
    definite nette nettere netste
    partitive nets netters —
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    • Negerhollands: net
    • → Papiamentu: nèt

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    net

    1. tidily, neatly
    2. decently, properly
    3. just, nearly, barely
    4. just recently, just now
      Synonyms: zonet, zojuist, zo-even, zopas
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    1. ^ net; in: J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

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    Elfdalian

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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). Cognate to Swedish nät.

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    net n

    1. net

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    Declension of net
    neuter singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative net netið net netę
    accusative net netið net netę
    dative neti netį netum netum(e)
    genitive — — — —

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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

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    net n (genitive singular nets, plural net)

    1. (fowling, sports) mesh, the material to make a "nót" (fishing net)
    2. A network (computing)
    3. A net for carrying hay

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    n3 singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative net netið net netini
    accusative net netið net netini
    dative neti netinum netum netunum
    genitive nets netsins neta netanna

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    Finnish

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    Etymology

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    From ne (“they”) +‎ -t (nominative plural). Compare Estonian need.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈnet/, [ˈne̞t̪]
    • Rhymes: -et
    • Hyphenation(key): net

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    net

    1. (now dialectal, demonstrative) Alternative form of ne.
    2. (dialectal, personal) Alternative form of he.

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    Same as ne except for the nominative plural form.

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    French

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    Etymology

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    From Old French net, inherited from Latin nitidus (“shiny”) through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *nittus. Doublet of nitide, a borrowing.

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    net (feminine nette, masculine plural nets, feminine plural nettes)

    1. clean, tidy
    2. clear
    3. net (as opposed to gross)

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    • → Romanian: net
    • → Spanish: neto
    • → Turkish: net

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    Friulian

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    Etymology

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    From Vulgar Latin *nittus, from Latin nitidus.

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    net

    1. clean, neat

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    net

    1. completely, entirely

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    net

    1. (Austria, Southern Germany, parts of Central Germany, colloquial) Alternative form of nicht (“not”)
      Hab ich’s dir net erzählt?
      Have I not told you?

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    net (plural netek)

    1. (informal, computing, Internet) Internet
      Synonym: internet

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    Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative net netek
    accusative netet neteket
    dative netnek neteknek
    instrumental nettel netekkel
    causal-final netért netekért
    translative netté netekké
    terminative netig netekig
    essive-formal netként netekként
    essive-modal — —
    inessive netben netekben
    superessive neten neteken
    adessive netnél neteknél
    illative netbe netekbe
    sublative netre netekre
    allative nethez netekhez
    elative netből netekből
    delative netről netekről
    ablative nettől netektől
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		neté neteké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		netéi netekéi
    Possessive forms of net
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. netem neteim
    2nd person sing. neted neteid
    3rd person sing. nete netei
    1st person plural netünk neteink
    2nd person plural netetek neteitek
    3rd person plural netük neteik

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    • nët (Wiesemann spelling system)

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    From Middle High German nicht, from Old High German niowiht. Cognates include German nicht and Luxembourgish net.

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    net

    1. not
      Die Blum is net rod.
      The flower is not red.
      De Hund laafd net schnell.
      The dog does not run fast.
      De Mann essd de Eppel net.
      The man does not eat the apple.
      • 2018, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Cléo V. Altenhofen, Der Moint om Stricke:
        En Hoohn alleen strickt noch net en Moint
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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

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    net n (genitive singular nets, nominative plural net)

    1. net
    2. (computing) network
    3. (computing, usually definite) the Internet
      Synonym: Internet
      Ég þoli þetta ekki, ég kemst ekki á netið.
      I can't stand it, I can't connect to the internet.

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    Declension of net (neuter)
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative net netið net netin
    accusative net netið net netin
    dative neti netinu netum netunum
    genitive nets netsins neta netanna

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    Etymology

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    From Dutch net, from Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

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    • IPA(key): [ˈnɛt̚]
    • Hyphenation: nèt

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    net (plural net-net)

    1. (sports) net, a mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc
      Hyponym: jaring

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    Kven

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    Etymology

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    From Finnish ne, from Proto-Finnic *nek. Cognates include Meänkieli net.

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    net

    1. these, those

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    net

    1. these, those
    2. they

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    Declension of net
    singular plural
    nominative se net
    genitive sen niitten, niinen
    partitive sitä niitä
    illative siihen niihin
    inessive siinä niissä
    elative siitä, siittä niistä
    allative sille, sillet niile, niilet
    adessive sillä niilä
    ablative siltä niiltä
    translative sinä niinä
    essive siksi niiksi

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    Kven demonstratives
    proximal neutral distal
    singular tämä se tuo
    plural nämät net nuot
    Kven personal pronouns
    first second third anim third anim or inan
    singular mie sie hän se
    plural met tet het net

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    • Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk‎[5], Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 278

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    net

    1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of nō
    2. third-person singular present active indicative of neō

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    Etymology

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    From ne (“no”) + a particle -t of indeterminate origin, perhaps formed similarly to bèt (“but, yet”).[1][2]

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    nèt

    1. even
      net jis verkė ― even he cried
      jis net verkė ― he even cried

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    1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “nèt”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 423-4
    2. ^ “net”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

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    • “net”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
    • “net”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

    Luxembourgish

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    Etymology

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    From Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“thing, being”), from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wiht- (“thing”). Compare English not, German nicht, Dutch niet, West Frisian net.

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    net

    1. not

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Finnic *nek +‎ -t (“nominative plural suffix”). Compare Finnish ne, net.

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    net

    1. they

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    Borrowed from Anglo-Norman neit, a variant of Old French net, nette, from Latin nitidus (“gleaming”).[1]

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    net

    1. worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant
    2. net
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    Etymology 2

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      Inherited from Old English nett.[2]

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      net

      1. net (a mesh of string, cord or rope)
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      1. ^ “nē̆t, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
      2. ^ “net, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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      From Old French net, from Vulgar Latin *nittus, from Latin nitidus (“shiny”).

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      net m

      1. (Jersey) clean
        Synonym: propre
        • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎[6], page 515:
          Tout neû g'nêt néquie net.
          A new broom sweeps clean.

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      net n (definite singular netet, indefinite plural net, definite plural neta or neti)

      1. (pre-2012) alternative form of nett

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      net n

      1. Alternative form of nett

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      Etymology

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      From Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”).

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      net m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nete)

      1. clean

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      Case masculine feminine neuter
      singular subject nez, nes nete net
      oblique net nete net
      plural subject net netes net
      oblique nez, nes netes net

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      • Anglo-Norman: neit
      • French: net (see there for further descendants)
      • → Breton: néat
      • → Middle Dutch: net
        • Dutch: net
        • → Middle High German: nett (Lower Rhenish)
      • → Middle English: net, nette
        • English: net (obsolete)
      • → Spanish: neto (if not from Catalan)

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Celtic *nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

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      net m (genitive nit, nominative plural nit)

      1. nest

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      Masculine o-stem
      singular dual plural
      nominative net netL nitL
      vocative nit netL nituH
      accusative netN netL nituH
      genitive nitL net netN
      dative netL netaib netaib
      Initial mutations of a following adjective:
      • H = triggers aspiration
      • L = triggers lenition
      • N = triggers nasalization

      Descendants

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      • Irish: nead
      • Scottish Gaelic: nead
      • Manx: edd (“nest”)

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      Old Norse

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Germanic *natją, whence also Old English net, nett, Old Frisian nette, nitte, Old Saxon net, nett, netti, Old High German nezzi, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

      Noun

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      net n

      1. net

      Declension

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      Declension of net (strong ja-stem)
      neuter singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative net netit net netin
      accusative net netit net netin
      dative neti netinu netjum netjunum
      genitive nets netsins netja netjanna

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      Further reading

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      • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “net”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

      Pennsylvania German

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      Etymology

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      From Middle High German niwiht, niweht, niht, a contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), the last from Proto-Germanic *wihtą.

      Compare German nicht, Dutch niet, English not.

      Adverb

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      net

      1. not

      Portuguese

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      Etymology

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      Clipping of internet.[1][2]

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      • Hyphenation: net

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      net f (usually uncountable, plural nets)

      1. (colloquial) Net; the Internet
        Synonyms: rede, Internet, web
      2. (colloquial, by extension) Internet connection
        Fiquei sem net por uma hora.
        I lost my Internet connection for one hour.

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      1. ^ “net”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
      2. ^ “net”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

      Romanian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French net, itself from Latin nitidus. Doublet of the inherited neted.

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      net m or n (feminine singular netă, masculine plural neți, feminine and neuter plural nete)

      1. net
      2. clear, clear-cut, plain

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      Declension of net
      singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative       		indefinite net netă neți nete
      definite netul neta neții netele
      genitive-
      dative       		indefinite net nete neți nete
      definite netului netei neților netelor

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      net

      1. clearly, distinctly
      2. plainly, flatly
      3. directly, bluntly, point blank, crisply
      4. avowedly

      Turkish

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      Pronunciation

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      Etymology 1

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      From French net, from Latin nitidus.

      Adjective

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      net

      1. clear
      2. manifest
      3. (of an amount) net
        Antonym: brüt
      Declension
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      Predicative forms of net
      present tense
      positive declarative positive interrogative
      ben (I am) netim net miyim?
      sen (you are) netsin net misin?
      o (he/she/it is) net / nettir net mi?
      biz (we are) netiz net miyiz?
      siz (you are) netsiniz net misiniz?
      onlar (they are) net(ler) net(ler) mi?
      past tense
      positive declarative positive interrogative
      ben (I was) nettim net miydim?
      sen (you were) nettin net miydin?
      o (he/she/it was) netti net miydi?
      biz (we were) nettik net miydik?
      siz (you were) nettiniz net miydiniz?
      onlar (they were) nettiler net miydiler?
      indirect past
      positive declarative positive interrogative
      ben (I was) netmişim net miymişim?
      sen (you were) netmişsin net miymişsin?
      o (he/she/it was) netmiş net miymiş?
      biz (we were) netmişiz net miymişiz?
      siz (you were) netmişsiniz net miymişsiniz?
      onlar (they were) netmişler net miymişler?
      conditional
      positive declarative positive interrogative
      ben (if I) netsem net miysem?
      sen (if you) netsen net miysen?
      o (if he/she/it) netse net miyse?
      biz (if we) netsek net miysek?
      siz (if you) netseniz net miyseniz?
      onlar (if they) netseler net miyseler?

      For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

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      Etymology 2

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      From English net.

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      net (definite accusative neti, plural netler)

      1. (sports) The net used in ping-pong or tennis.
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      Declension of net
      singular plural
      nominative net netler
      definite accusative neti netleri
      dative nete netlere
      locative nette netlerde
      ablative netten netlerden
      genitive netin netlerin
      Possessive forms
      nominative
      singular plural
      1st singular netim netlerim
      2nd singular netin netlerin
      3rd singular neti netleri
      1st plural netimiz netlerimiz
      2nd plural netiniz netleriniz
      3rd plural netleri netleri
      definite accusative
      singular plural
      1st singular netimi netlerimi
      2nd singular netini netlerini
      3rd singular netini netlerini
      1st plural netimizi netlerimizi
      2nd plural netinizi netlerinizi
      3rd plural netlerini netlerini
      dative
      singular plural
      1st singular netime netlerime
      2nd singular netine netlerine
      3rd singular netine netlerine
      1st plural netimize netlerimize
      2nd plural netinize netlerinize
      3rd plural netlerine netlerine
      locative
      singular plural
      1st singular netimde netlerimde
      2nd singular netinde netlerinde
      3rd singular netinde netlerinde
      1st plural netimizde netlerimizde
      2nd plural netinizde netlerinizde
      3rd plural netlerinde netlerinde
      ablative
      singular plural
      1st singular netimden netlerimden
      2nd singular netinden netlerinden
      3rd singular netinden netlerinden
      1st plural netimizden netlerimizden
      2nd plural netinizden netlerinizden
      3rd plural netlerinden netlerinden
      genitive
      singular plural
      1st singular netimin netlerimin
      2nd singular netinin netlerinin
      3rd singular netinin netlerinin
      1st plural netimizin netlerimizin
      2nd plural netinizin netlerinizin
      3rd plural netlerinin netlerinin

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      Vietnamese

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from English net.

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      Noun

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      net

      1. (colloquial) Short for quán net (“Internet cafe”).
        đi net ― to go to an Internet cafe

      West Frisian

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      Pronunciation

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      Etymology 1

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      Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wihtą (“thing”).

      Adverb

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      net

      1. not
      Inflection
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      • “net (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

      Etymology 2

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      From Old Frisian nette, nitte, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

      Noun

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      net n (plural netten, diminutive netsje)

      1. net
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      • “net (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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