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Webster 1913 Edition
ne
ne
(nē)
, adv.
[AS.
ne
. See No
.] Not; never.
[Obs.]
He never yet no villany
ne
said. Chaucer.
☞ Ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of negation, and survives in certain compounds, as never (= ne ever) and none (= ne one). Other combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as nad, nam, nil. See
Negative
, 2. ne
,c
onj.
[See ]
Ne
, adv.
Nor.
[Obs.]
Shak.
No niggard
ne
no fool. Chaucer.
Ne . . . ne
, neither . . . nor.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ne
NE
, not, is obsolete. We find it in early English writers, prefixed to other words; as nill, for ne will, will not; nas, for ne has, has not; nis for ne is, is not.Definition 2024
né
né
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"
English
Adjective
né (not comparable)
- (rare, usually italicised) Used to specify the original name of a man.
- Sting, né Gordon Sumner
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Afrikaans [Term?].
Particle
né
- (South Africa) Yeah? not so? hey?
- so I saw this girl né, and I wanted to talk to her...
Anagrams
French
Etymology 1
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.
Particle
né
- Eye dialect spelling of ne.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Shorter form of nézd (of the Hungarian verb néz - subjunctive, definite, 2nd person sg.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈneː]
Interjection
né
See also
- -né (suffix)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse né, from Proto-Germanic *ne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /njɛː/
- Rhymes: -ɛː
Conjunction
né
Derived terms
Terms derived from né
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Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /'ne/
Conjunction
né
References
- ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951; headword né
Norman
Etymology 1
Noun
né f (uncountable)
Alternative forms
- neis (Guernsey)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
né m
- Alternative form of nièr
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, Old High German 𐌽𐌹 (ni).
Conjunction
né
Descendants
- Icelandic: né
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?
- Você já comeu, né?
- (colloquial, often interrogatory) duh; obviously (expresses that something is obvious)
- Do que é feito um anel de diamante? De diamantes, né?!
- What a diamond ring is made of? Diamonds, obviously!
- Do que é feito um anel de diamante? De diamantes, né?!