English

Proper noun

Net

1. (computing) The Internet.

   The Web is just part of the Net.

Synonyms

• (the Internet): the Web (loosely), the World Wide Web (loosely)

Derived terms

• netiquette
• netizen

Anagrams

• ent , ENT, ten

Dutch

Etymology

From net.

Proper noun

Net n

1. (astronomy) Reticulum

English

A fishing net

A net of a dodecahedron

Noun

net ‎(plural nets)

1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.

   a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net‎

2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.

3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

   Petri net‎

5. (by extension) A trap.
   • Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5

     A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

   caught in the prosecuting attorney's net‎

6. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
7. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them, e.g. computer ~, road ~, electricity distribution ~.
8. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
   • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:

     Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.

   The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.‎

9. (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
10. (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).

Synonyms

• (mesh): mesh, network
• (used for catching or trapping):
• (figurative: a trap): snare, trap
• (anything that has the appearance of a net): reticulation
• (in geometry): development
• (in computing): network

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

net ‎(third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

1. (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     And now I am here, netted and in the toils.

3. To enclose or cover with a net.

   to net a tree

4. (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).

   Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.

   • 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves

     Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.

5. (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
   • 2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport:

     Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.

6. To form network or netting; to knit.

Synonyms

• (catch by means of a net): catch
• (to trap): catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trap

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Compare nitid, neat.

Alternative forms

• nett

Adjective

net ‎(not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xii:

     Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]

2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.

   net wine

3. Remaining after expenses or deductions.

   net profit; net weight

4. Final; end.

   net result; net conclusion

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

net ‎(not comparable)

1. after expenses or deductions

   You'll have $5000 net.‎

Translations

Noun

net ‎(plural nets)

1. The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.

Translations

Verb

net ‎(third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

1. (transitive) To receive as profit.

   The company nets $30 on every sale.

2. (transitive) To yield as profit for.

   The scam netted the criminals $30,000.

3. To fully hedge a position.

   Every party is netting their position with a counter-party

Translations

Anagrams

• ent, ENT, ten

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nitidus.

Adjective

net m ‎(feminine neta, masculine plural nets, feminine plural netes)

1. clean
2. net

Adverb

net

1. cleanly

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• nit (Kölsch)

Etymology

From Old High German niowiht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net/, /nət/

Adverb

net

1. (most dialects) not

   Dat es jar net wohr!

   That’s not true at all!

Derived terms

• nemmieh (contraction with mieh)

Related terms

• nüüs, neist, nix

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- ‎(“to turn, twist, knot”). Compare West Frisian net, Low German Nett, English net, German Netz, Danish net, Swedish nät.

Noun

net n ‎(plural netten, diminutive netje n)

1. net (mesh)

Derived terms

• netvlies

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch net, which is borrowed from French net, from Latin nitidus.^[1]

Adjective

net ‎(comparative netter, superlative netst)

1. clean, tidy
2. decent, proper

Inflection

Derived terms

• netheid
• netjes

Adverb

net

1. tidily, neatly
2. decently, properly
3. just, nearly, barely
4. just recently

Derived terms

• net als

Anagrams

• ent, ten

References

1. ↑ net; in: J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

Elfdalian

Noun

net n

1. net

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- ‎(“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n (genitive singular nets, plural net)

1. (fowling, sports) mesh, the material to make a "nót" (fishing net)
2. A network (computing)
3. A net for carrying hay

Declension

Derived terms

• eiturkoppanet

Related terms

• tráður
• silkitráður
• lokkanet

Finnish

Pronoun

net

1. (Kven, personal) they

Synonyms

• het (Kven)

French

Etymology

From Latin nitidus ‎(“shiny”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Homophones: nets, nette, nettes

Adjective

net m ‎(feminine singular nette, masculine plural nets, feminine plural nettes)

1. clean, tidy
2. clear
3. neat
4. net (clarification of this French definition is being sought)

Derived terms

• nettement
• netteté

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin nitidus.

Adjective

net

1. clean, neat

Derived terms

• netâ

Gallo

Adverb

net

1. completely, entirely

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛt/, /nət/

Adverb

net

1. (colloquial, regional, Austria, southern Germany, parts of central Germany) Alternative form of nicht ‎(“not”)

   Hab ich’s dir net erzählt?‎

   Have I not told you?

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛt]
• Hyphenation: net

Noun

net ‎(plural netek)

1. (computing) Internet

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- ‎(“to turn, twist, knot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛːt/
• Rhymes: -ɛːt

Noun

net n

1. net
2. (computing) network
3. (computing, usually definite) the Internet
   • Ég þoli þetta ekki, ég kemst ekki á netið.‎

     I can't stand it, I can't connect to the internet.

Declension

Synonyms

• (Internet): Internet

Latin

Verb

net

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of nō

References

• net in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• net in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German niowiht, from nio ‎(“never”) + wiht ‎(“thing, being”), from Proto-Germanic *ne ‎(“not”) + *aiw- ‎(“ever”) + *wiht- ‎(“thing”). Compare English not, German nicht, Dutch niet, West Frisian net.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nət/
  • Rhymes: -ət

Adverb

net

1. not

Meänkieli

Pronoun

net

1. they

Norman

Alternative forms

• naette (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Latin nitidus ‎(“shiny”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

net m

1. (Jersey) clean

Synonyms

• propre

Derived terms

• netti ‎(“to clean”)

Related terms

• nettisseux m ‎(“cleaner”)
• nettithie f ‎(“cleaning”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• nett

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *natją, whence also Old Frisian nette, nitte, Old Saxon net, nett, netti, Old High German nezzi, Old Norse net, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 ‎(nati). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ned- ‎(“to turn, twist, knot”). Perhaps related to Albanian neth ‎(“sprout, bud”) and Russian нить ‎(nitʹ, “thread”).

Noun

net n

1. net

Descendants

• Middle English: nett
  • English: net
  • Scots: net

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nisdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

Noun

net m

1. nest

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: nead
• Scottish Gaelic: nead

References

• “net” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *natją, whence also Old English net, nett, Old Frisian nette, nitte, Old Saxon net, nett, netti, Old High German nezzi, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 ‎(nati). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ned- ‎(“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n

1. net

Descendants

References

• net in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• net in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Noun

net f (uncountable)

1. Net; the Internet

Synonyms

• rede, Internet, web

Turkish

Adjective

net ‎(comparative daha net, superlative en net)

1. clear
2. manifest

Noun

net ‎(definite accusative neti, plural netler)

1. (sports) The net used in ping-pong or tenis.

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology 1

Compare Saterland Frisian nit, English not, Dutch niet, German nicht

Adverb

net

1. not

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian nette, nitte, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- ‎(“to turn, twist, knot”). Compare English net, Dutch net, Low German Nett, German Netz, Danish net, Swedish nät.

Noun

net

1. net