nen
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nen"
English edit
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nen
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nen
Ainu edit
Etymology edit
From ne (“interrogatory root”) + n (“person”). See nep, nekon.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
nen (Kana spelling ネン)
- (interrogative) who
Synonyms edit
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Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Variant of nyjë.
Noun edit
nen m (plural nenë)
- numbered subdivision of a law: paragraph, article, section (of a statute);
- clause (of a contract/statute)
Further reading edit
- “nen”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *ninnus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nen m (plural nens, feminine nena)
Further reading edit
- “nen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “nen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish edit
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nen
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Audio (file)
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nen
Usage notes edit
See usage notes at ne.
German edit
Article edit
nen
- Nonstandard form of 'n.
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
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nen
Japanese edit
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nen
Ladin edit
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nen
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
nen
- Nonstandard spelling of nèn.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle Low German edit
Etymology edit
Probably shortened from Old Saxon nihen (“not one”).
Pronunciation edit
- Stem vowel: ê²
Article edit
nên
- no, none; used and inflected in the same way as the article ên.
- ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra̅ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:
- Gy ſynt de ſnodeſte vn̅ de groteſte thiran. den men vinden mach in alle der werlnde[sic]. vn̅ ik hebbe nene̅ minſche̅ ny gheſeen noch ghehort de iuw ye wat gudes na ſecht heft.
- You are the vilest and greatest tyrant that one might find in all the world, and I have not seen nor heard one human, that has ever said a good thing about you.
- Gy ſynt de ſnodeſte vn̅ de groteſte thiran. den men vinden mach in alle der werlnde[sic]. vn̅ ik hebbe nene̅ minſche̅ ny gheſeen noch ghehort de iuw ye wat gudes na ſecht heft.
- ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra̅ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin nōn (“not”), with the -n surviving intervocalically.
Adverb edit
nen
- (before vowels) Alternative form of ne (“not”)
- c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland[2], lines 7–9:
- Li reis Marsilie la tient, ki Deu nen aimet; / Mahumet sert e Apollin recleimet: / Nes poet guarder que mals ne l'i ateignet.
- The king Marsile rules it [Zaragoza], [he] who doesn't love God; he worships Mohammed and prays to Apollin: he cannot escape from the evil that approaches him.
Usage notes edit
Mainly used to metric reasons in poems, to gain a syllable.
Old Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Blend of ne (“not”) + ēn (“one”). Akin to Old English nān.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
nēn
Pronoun edit
nēn
Descendants edit
References edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
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nen
- not even (introduces an emphatic negation or exclusion)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 30 (facsimile):
- Nen ela outroſſi anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q̇ nõ rogue de coraçõ
- Not even she can’t tell us, if God helps me, that one shouldn’t beg heartily
- Nen ela outroſſi anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q̇ nõ rogue de coraçõ
Conjunction edit
nen
- nor (introduces each except the first term of a series, indicating that none of them is true)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 6 (facsimile):
- Porend a ſant eſcritura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn̈ miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ſanta maria.
- However, the Holy Scripture, which doesn’t lie nor err, tells of a great miracle that Virgin Holy Mary worked in England.
- Porend a ſant eſcritura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn̈ miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ſanta maria.
Descendants edit
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nen
Further reading edit
- “nen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo edit
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nen
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nen
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Noun edit
nen f (plural nennau or nennoedd, not mutable)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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