né
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From French né < Old French né < Latin nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”). Doublet of nada.
Adjective edit
né (not comparable)
- (rare, usually italicised) Used to specify the original name of a man.
- 1987, Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, William Heinemann Ltd, page 23:
- It remained in the custody of Mr Svlad, or "Dirk", Gently, né Cjelli.
Etymology 2 edit
Particle edit
né
- (South Africa) Yeah? not so? hey?
- so I saw this girl né, and I wanted to talk to her...
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French né, from Latin nātus, from earlier gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“begotten, produced”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”).
Participle edit
né (feminine née, masculine plural nés, feminine plural nées)
- past participle of naître
Etymology 2 edit
Hispanic pronunciation.
Particle edit
né
- (nonstandard) Alternative form of ne
Further reading edit
- “né”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of nézd, the second-person singular subjunctive definite of néz (“to look”).
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
né
See also edit
- -né (“Mrs, wife of”, suffix)
Further reading edit
- (“look!”): né in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (regional form of the interjection ne): né , usually as part of the phrase Ne te ne, ne te né, or né te né!, redirecting to (3): ne in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse né, from Proto-Germanic *nehw.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
né
- nor (used with hvorki meaning "neither")
- Ég er hvorki svangur né þyrstur.
- I'm neither hungry nor thirsty.
Derived terms edit
Isthmus Zapotec edit
Preposition edit
né
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
- nè (misspelling)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
né
- nor
- neither...nor
- 2015, “Gaetano”, in Mainstream, performed by Calcutta:
- Volevo avere dei figli, né troppi né pochi, né tardi né domani
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- either...or
References edit
- ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951; headword né
Lashi edit
Etymology edit
Related to nang (“you”).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
né
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Mandarin edit
Alternative forms edit
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哪
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 那
Norman edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French noi and its variants, from Latin nix, nivem.
Noun edit
né f (uncountable)
Alternative forms edit
- neis (Guernsey)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
né m
- Alternative form of nièr
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
né (oblique and nominative feminine singular nee)
Descendants edit
- French: né
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Norse ᚾᛁ (ni), from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”). This simple negation has disappeared in the later Scandinavian languages, including Classical Old Norse (although it is seen in the oldest poems, and in fossilized forms like nǫkkurr, neinn). It is found in the other older Germanic languages: Old English ne, Old Frisian ne, ni, Old Saxon ne, ni, Old Dutch ne, Old High German ni, Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni).
Particle edit
né
Usage notes edit
As can be seen in the Vǫluspá line Ǫnd þau né átto, óð þau né hǫfðo (Spirit they possessed not, sense they had not), né precedes the verb it modifies. This is unlike the synonyms eigi and -at, which follow it, but just like the cognates in the other old Germanic languages.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *nehw (“nor”), cognate with Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih). From *ne (“not”) + *-hw (“and”).
Conjunction edit
né
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: né
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of não é.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: né
Contraction edit
né?
- (colloquial, interrogatory) Contraction of não é; used as a tag question to ask for someone's opinion: isn't it (so); innit; right
- Você já comeu, né?
- You have already eaten, right?
- (colloquial, often interrogatory) Expresses that something is obvious: duh; obviously
- Do que é feito um anel de diamante? De diamantes, né?!
- What is a diamond ring made of? Diamonds, obviously!
Venetian edit
Conjunction edit
né
Adverb edit
né
Vietnamese edit
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Verb edit
né
- (colloquial) to avoid; to dodge