nen

nen

1. (Geordie) none

• NNE

nen

1. elder brother

• nin (“Mallorca”)

From Vulgar Latin *ninus.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈnən/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛn/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnen/

nen m (plural nens, feminine nena)

1. boy, male child

• “nen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nen” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

nen

1. ceiling

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

nen

1. (Brabantian) Alternative form of ne

   nen boom

   a tree

See usage notes at ne.

nen

1. Nonstandard form of 'n.

nen

1. Rōmaji transcription of ねん

nen

1. some

nen (Zhuyin ˙ㄋㄣ)

1. Nonstandard spelling of nèn.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Probably shortened from Old Saxon nihen (“not one”).

• Stem vowel: ê²
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /nɛːn/

nên

1. 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.

From Latin nec.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnẽ/

nen

1. not even (introduces an emphatic negation or exclusion)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, 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

1. nor (introduces each except the first term of a series, indicating that none of them is true)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, 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.

• Fala: nin
• Galician: nin
• Portuguese: nem

From English name.

nen

1. name

• deinen

nen

1. without

nen f (plural nennau)

1. heaven

• nef