English

Proper noun

Nu

1. Numbers, a book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
2. Alternative spelling of NU, Nunavut

Anagrams

• un, 'un, UN

German

Etymology

Substantivation of nu ‎(“now”), alternative form of nun ‎(“now”).

Noun

Nu n, m

1. used in im Nu ‎(“immediately, in no time”, literally “in the now”)

Usage notes

The masculine gender is more recent. The noun has traditionally been used with the neuter gender.

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← mu		→ xi
Ν ν Ancient Greek: νῦ
Wikipedia article on nu

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /njuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

nu ‎(uncountable)

1. Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν ‎(N) and ν ‎(n).
2. A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Yiddish נו ‎(nu).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /nu/

Interjection

nu

1. (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.

Translations

Etymology 3

Phonetic respelling of new.

Adjective

nu ‎(comparative more nu, superlative most nu)

1. (slang spelling) new

Derived terms

• nu-disco
• nu-house
• nu jazz
• nu metal

Anagrams

• un, 'un, UN

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu ‎(“now”). Related to ni. Compare Ancient Greek νῦν ‎(nûn), Old High German nu ‎(“now”)^[1].

Adverb

nu

1. when

Related terms

• ni

References

1. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V. Orel, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden 2000

Ama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Noun

nu

1. house

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin nōn. Compare Daco-Romanian nu.

Adverb

nu

1. no
2. not

Interjection

nu

1. no

Antonyms

• ie

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈnu/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈnu/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnu/
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

nu m ‎(feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

1. nude, naked
2. (of things, such as trees, mountains, houses, etc.) barren, bare

Derived terms

• nuesa
• nudista

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin novem.

Numeral

nu

1. nine

Etymology 2

From Latin nōs.

Pronoun

nu

1. (second-person plural pronoun) we

Related terms

• noi

See also

• ju
• te
• jal, jala
• vu
• jali, jale

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse nú ‎(“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nu ‎(“now”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/, [nu]

Noun

nu n (singular definite nuet, not used in plural form)

1. now (present time), present (current time)
2. moment
3. instant

Adverb

nu

1. now

Conjunction

nu

1. now

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nu, from Old Dutch nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nu

1. now, at the present moment

   Kom je nu of morgen?‎

   Will you be coming now or tomorrow?

2. now, this time (indicating a certain amount of impatience)

   Wat is er nu weer dan?‎

   What is it now?

Synonyms

• nou
• thans
• heden

Conjunction

nu

1. now (that)

   Nu je het zegt, weet ik het weer.

   Now you're saying it, I do remember it.

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu. Cognate with Swedish nu.

Adverb

nu

1. now, at this time

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Interjection

nu

1. well (as in “Well, I think...”)

Ewe

Noun

nu

1. mouth

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny/

Etymology

From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

Adjective

nu m ‎(feminine singular nue, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

1. (person): naked, nude
2. (body, tree): bare

Noun

nu m ‎(plural nu)

1. nu (Greek letter)

Anagrams

• un

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

Adjective

nu m (feminine singular núa, masculine plural nus, feminine plural núas)

1. naked, nude
2. bare, barren

Related terms

• nudez

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German nu, nuo. The form without final -n remained common in dialects and was reinforced by German Low German nu, from Middle Low German nū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuː/

Adverb

nu

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of nun

Derived terms

• im Nu

Interjection

nu

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of nun

Etymology 2

From a Slavic dialect, most probably Sorbian. Compare Czech ano ‎(“yes”), Polish no ‎(“yeah”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɵ]

Interjection

nu

1. (colloquial, regional, Upper Saxonian) yes; yeah; expresses agreement or understanding

Gothic

Romanization

nu

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌿

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

nu m, f ‎(invariable)

1. The name of the letter N

Anagrams

• un, un'

Japanese

Romanization

nu

1. rōmaji reading of ぬ
2. rōmaji reading of ヌ

Latvian

Particle

nu

1. well

   Nu labi!‎ ― Very well!

2. now

   Ko nu?‎ ― What now?

Interjection

nu

1. well

   Nu, kas notika?‎ ― Well, what happened?

Lojban

Cmavo

nu ‎(rafsi nun, selma'o NU NU)

1. Event abstractor, similar in meaning to an infinitive or gerund.
   • 2005, Ben Goertzel, Potential Computational Linguistics Resources for Lojban

     mi djica le nu mi klama le zarci

     I want to go to the store.

   klama‎ ― go, goes, went.

   lo klama‎ ― a goer.

   lo nu klama‎ ― a going.

Usage notes

• A sumti phrase begun with nu ends with the elidable terminator kei unless no ambiguity results (in which case the terminator is elided).

Derived terms

• lenu

See also

• du'u
• kei
• su'u
• za'i

Mandarin

Romanization

nu

1. Nonstandard spelling of nú.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nǔ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of nù.
4. Nonstandard spelling of nǚ.
5. Nonstandard spelling of nǜ.

Usage notes

• 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.

Mauritian Creole

Pronoun

nu

1. Alternative spelling of nou

See also

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• 'nu
• n'

Etymology

From Latin ūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Article

nu m sg

1. a, an

Norman

Etymology

From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus.

Adjective

nu m

1. (Jersey) bare

Northern Sami

Adverb

nu

1. so, thus, like that
2. so, to that extent

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nū

1. now

   wat unbīdan we nū?

   what are we waiting for now?

Descendants

• Dutch: nu, nou

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nū

1. now

Old French

Etymology

From Latin nūdus.

Adjective

nu m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular nue)

1. naked

Adverb

nu m ‎(feminine nue)

1. naked

Descendants

• French: nu

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nū

1. now

Pali

Particle

nu

1. then, now

Pará Arára

Alternative forms

Noun

nu

1. tumour; abscess

References

1. 2010, Isaac Costa de Souza, A Phonological Description of “Pet Talk” in Arara (MA), SIL Brazil, page 42.

Polish

Interjection

nu

1. quick!, forward!

See also

• nuże

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• nú (obsolete, now a common misspelling)
• nù (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu/
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

nu ‎(feminine singular nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nuas, comparable)

1. naked, nude

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Adverb

nu

1. no
2. not

Antonyms

• da

Saterland Frisian

Interjection

nu

1. well

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nǫ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Conjunction

nu

1. (Croatia) but
2. (Croatia) however

Synonyms

• ali, no, nut

Sicilian

Article

nu m sg

1. (indefinite) a, an

See also

Usage notes

Nu is used only before words beginning with the letter z or s and a consonant, like the Italian uno

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʉː/
• Rhymes: -ʉː

Adverb

nu (not comparable)

1. now, at this moment

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English new.

Adjective

nu

1. new
2. fresh

Upper Saxon

Adverb

nu

1. yes

Volapük

Adverb

nu

1. now

Derived terms

• nuik

Wauja

Pronoun

nu

1. me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)

   Pinyanka nu! Katsa umawiu? Nama!

   Tell me! What did [he] say? Come on!

   Puputatain nu kuapi.

   Give me a little [bit of] cotton thread.

Related terms

• natu (I,me, my, mine)

References

• E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by a native speaker.