né
English
Etymology 1
From French né < Old French né < Latin nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”).
Adjective
né (not comparable)
- (rare, usually italicised) Used to specify the original name of a man.
- Sting, né Gordon Sumner
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Afrikaans [Term?].
French
Etymology 1
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne/
- Rhymes: -e
Verb
né m (feminine singular née, masculine plural nés, feminine plural nées)
- past participle of naître
Etymology 2
Hispanic pronunciation.
Hungarian
Etymology
Shorter form of nézd (of the Hungarian verb néz - subjunctive, definite, 2nd person sg.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈneː]
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse né, from Proto-Germanic *nehw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /njɛː/
- Rhymes: -ɛː
Conjunction
né
Derived terms
- gera hvorki til né frá
- geta hvorki hrært legg né lið
- hvorki fugl né fiskur
- hvorki fyrr né síðar
- hvorki tangur né tetur
- hvorki æmta né skræmta
Isthmus Zapotec
Italian
Alternative forms
- nè (misspelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈne/
References
- Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951; headword né
Lashi
Norman
Etymology 1
From Old French noi and its variants, from Latin nix, nivem.
Alternative forms
- neis (Guernsey)
Derived terms
Old French
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”). Cognate with Old English ne, Old Frisian ne, ni, Old Saxon ne, ni, Old Dutch ne, Old High German ni, Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni).
Portuguese
Etymology
Contraction of não é.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛ/
Contraction
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 a diamond ring is made of? Diamonds, obviously!
Vietnamese
Derived terms
- né tránh
- tránh né