nou

• IPA^(key): /nœu/

From Dutch nauw, from Middle Dutch nauwe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

nou (attributive noue, comparative nouer, superlative nouste)

1. narrow

From Dutch nou, from Middle Dutch nou, variant of nu.

nou

1. now

nou

1. louse

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From French nous.

nou

1. we
2. us

• nueu

From Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

nou

1. (cardinal) nine

• nãu, não

From Latin novus. Compare Daco-Romanian nou.

nou m (feminine noauã, masculine plural noi, feminine plural noauã or nali/nale)

1. new

• veclju

• noauã

• nãutati

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔw/
• Hyphenation: nou
• Rhymes: -ɔw

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan nòu), from Latin novus (compare French nouveau, Spanish nuevo), from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

nou (feminine nova, masculine plural nous, feminine plural noves)

1. new

• novetat
• novell
• novel·la
• innovar
• renovar

From Old Occitan nou, from Latin novem (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

nou m or f

1. (cardinal) nine

nou m (plural nous)

1. nine

From a variant of Old Occitan (compare Occitan notz), from Latin nux, nucem (compare French noix, Spanish nuez), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

nou f (plural nous)

1. nut, as the fruit of a tree

nou

1. third-person singular present indicative form of noure
2. second-person singular imperative form of noure

From Middle Dutch nou, a variant of nu, from Old Dutch *nu, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

• IPA^(key): /nɑu̯/

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• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

nou

1. now; alternative form of nu

   Wat is er nou weer dan?

   What is it now?

2. come on; modal particle indicating a certain degree of urgency or impatience on behalf of the speaker.

   Ga nou! Straks kom je nog te laat!

   Come on and get going! Or you'll be late!

nou

1. so, well; when pressing someone

   Nou, vertel me de waarheid dan!

   So tell me the truth then!

2. well; indicates a certain degree of doubt.

   Nou, ik weet het nog niet zo zeker.

   Well, I'm not so sure about that.

3. wow; indicates amazement or surprise.

   Nou, het waait toch wel hard hoor!

   Wow, it's still pretty windy!

From French nous (“we”), from Latin nōs (“we”)

nou

1. we
2. us
3. you pl

nou

1. yours, for you (second person singular)

• Applied to o-type possessions.

• kou

nou

1. (transitive) to throw, pitch

nou

1. Nonstandard spelling of nóu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nǒu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of nòu.

• 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.

From French nous.

nou

1. we; us (first-person plural personal pronoun)

From Latin novus, from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

• IPA^(key): /now/

nou m or n (feminine singular nouă, plural noi)

1. new

• vechi

• înnoi

• inova
• noutate
• nova
• nuia
• renova

• nobu, novu

Ultimately from Latin novus. Compare Catalan nou, Italian nuovo.

nou

1. (Campidanese) new

From Proto-Tai *ʰnuːᴬ (“mouse; rat”). Cognate with Thai หนู (nǔu), Lao ໜູ (nū), Saek หนู่.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /nou˨˦/
• Tone numbers: nou¹
• Hyphenation: nou

nou (old orthography nou, Sawndip forms 狃, 𮮬, 𧉭)

1. mouse; rat

• aennou
• noucoengz