Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin nexus (the act of binding together; bond), from nectō (bind).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nexe m (plural nexes)

  1. nexus, connection, link
    El nexe comú d'aquestes cooperatives és el consum de productes ecològics.
    The common link between these cooperatives is the consumption of ecologically-friendly products.
  2. (linguistics) link, connector, linking word
    Determina si el nexe destacat en cursiva en cadascuna de les oracions següents és una preposició o una conjunció.
    Determine if the italicised linking word in each of the following sentences is a preposition or a conjunction.

Further reading edit

Latin edit

Participle edit

nexe

  1. vocative masculine singular of nexus

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German necken.

Verb edit

nexe

  1. to tease
  2. to chaff