net
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English nett, 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.
NounEdit
net (plural nets)
- A mesh of string, cord or rope.
- a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net
- A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- 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.
- 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.
- Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
- Petri net
- (by extension) A trap.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs xxix:5:
- A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
- caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
- (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.
- A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
- (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
- (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.
- (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
- (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
SynonymsEdit
- (mesh): mesh, network
- (used for catching or trapping):
- (figurative: a trap): snare, trap
- (anything that has the appearance of a net): reticulation
- (in geometry): development
- (in computing): network
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)
- (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
- (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
- 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
- To enclose or cover with a net.
- to net a tree
- (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
- Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
- 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [1]
- Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
- (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[2]:
- 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.
- To form a netting or network; to knit.
- 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
- I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Compare nitid, neat.
Alternative formsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
net (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]
- Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
- net wine
- Remaining after expenses or deductions.
- net profit; net weight
- Final; end.
- net result; net conclusion
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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AdverbEdit
net (not comparable)
- After expenses or deductions.
- You'll have $5000 net.
TranslationsEdit
NounEdit
net (plural nets)
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)
- (transitive) To receive as profit.
- The company nets $30 on every sale.
- (transitive) To yield as profit for.
- The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
- To fully hedge a position.
- Every party is netting their position with a counter-party
TranslationsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- net at OneLook Dictionary Search
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdverbEdit
net
BavarianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German nicht, from Old High German niowiht. Cognates include German nicht and Luxembourgish net.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
net
- 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.
- I didn't know there were so many poets in Vienna,
ReferencesEdit
- 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
CatalanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
net (feminine neta, masculine plural nets, feminine plural netes)
- clean
- net
- (castells) (of a castell) built without a pinya, or without a folre or manilles when it would normally have these
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
AdverbEdit
net
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
net m (plural nets, feminine neta)
- (2016 spelling reform) Alternative spelling of nét (“grandson”)
Further readingEdit
- “net” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “net”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “net” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “net” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Central FranconianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- nit (Kölsch)
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German niowiht.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
net
- (most dialects) not
- Dat es jar net wohr!
- That’s not true at all!
- Dat es jar net wohr!
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From German nett, from Old French net (“neat”), from Latin nitidus (“shining”).
AdjectiveEdit
net (plural and definite singular attributive nette)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of net | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | net | nettere | nettest2 |
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. |
Etymology 2Edit
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.
NounEdit
net n (singular definite nettet, plural indefinite net)
DeclensionEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).
NounEdit
net n (plural netten, diminutive netje n)
- net (mesh)
- net (device for catching and trapping)
- television channel
- television network (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- omentum, caul
- a network, especially the Internet
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch net, which is borrowed from Old French net, from Latin nitidus.[1]
AdjectiveEdit
net (comparative netter, superlative netst)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of net | ||||
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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 | — |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
AdverbEdit
net
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ net; in: J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)
AnagramsEdit
ElfdalianEdit
NounEdit
net n
InflectionEdit
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).
NounEdit
net n (genitive singular nets, plural net)
- (fowling, sports) mesh, the material to make a "nót" (fishing net)
- A network (computing)
- A net for carrying hay
DeclensionEdit
Declension of net | ||||
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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 |
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From ne (“they”) + -t (nominative plural). Compare Estonian need.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
net
- (now dialectal, demonstrative) Alternative form of ne.
- (dialectal, personal) Alternative form of he.
DeclensionEdit
Same as ne except for the nominative plural form.
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French net, inherited from Latin nitidus (“shiny”) through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *nittus. Doublet of nitide, a borrowing.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
net (feminine nette, masculine plural nets, feminine plural nettes)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “net”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *nittus, from Latin nitidus.
AdjectiveEdit
net
Derived termsEdit
GalloEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
AdverbEdit
net
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
net
- (Austria, Southern German, parts of central Germany, colloquial) Alternative form of nicht (“not”)
- Hab ich’s dir net erzählt?
- Have I not told you?
Alternative formsEdit
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
net (plural netek)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
HunsrikEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
net
- 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
Further readingEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
net n (genitive singular nets, nominative plural net)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (Internet): Internet
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
net (first-person possessive netku, second-person possessive netmu, third-person possessive netnya)
- (sports) net, a mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
- Hyponym: jaring
Further readingEdit
- “net” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
KvenEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Finnish ne, from Proto-Finnic *nek. Cognates include Meänkieli net.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
net
PronounEdit
net
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (they): het
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk, Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 278
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
net
LithuanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)[1]
ParticleEdit
nèt
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- “net”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
- “net”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023
LuxembourgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
net
MeänkieliEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *nek + -t (“nominative plural suffix”). Compare Finnish ne, net.
PronounEdit
net
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman neit, a variant of Old French net, nette, from Latin nitidus (“gleaming”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
net
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “nē̆t, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
NormanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- naette (Guernsey)
EtymologyEdit
From Old French net, from Vulgar Latin *nittus, from Latin nitidus (“shiny”).
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
net m
Derived termsEdit
- netti (“to clean”)
Related termsEdit
- nettisseux m (“cleaner”)
- nettithie f (“cleaning”)
Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
net n (definite singular netet, indefinite plural net, definite plural neta or neti)
Old EnglishEdit
NounEdit
net n
- Alternative form of nett
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
net m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nete)
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Anglo-Norman: neit
- French: net (see there for further descendants)
- → Breton: néat
- → Middle Dutch: net
- → Middle English: net, nette
- English: net (obsolete)
- → Spanish: neto (if not from Catalan)
ReferencesEdit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “nĭtĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 151
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.
NounEdit
net m (genitive nit, nominative plural nit)
InflectionEdit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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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:
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “net”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
NounEdit
net n
DescendantsEdit
- Icelandic: net
- Faroese: net
- Norwegian: nett, net
- Old Swedish: næt
- Swedish: nät
- Danish: net
- Westrobothnian: net
ReferencesEdit
- net in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
AdverbEdit
net
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
net f (usually uncountable, plural nets)
- (colloquial) Net; the Internet
- (colloquial, by extension) Internet connection
- Fiquei sem net por uma hora.
- I lost my Internet connection for one hour.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “net” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- ^ “net” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French net, itself from Latin nitidus. Doublet of the inherited neted.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
net m or n (feminine singular netă, masculine plural neți, feminine and neuter plural nete)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (clear): clar
AdverbEdit
net
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From French net, from Latin nitidus.
AdjectiveEdit
net
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
net (definite accusative neti, plural netler)
DeclensionEdit
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Dative | nete | netlere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | nette | netlerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | netten | netlerden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ReferencesEdit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “net1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “net2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
West FrisianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wihtą (“thing”).
AdverbEdit
net
InflectionEdit
- “net (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Frisian nette, nitte, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).
NounEdit
net n (plural netten, diminutive netsje)
Further readingEdit
- “net (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011