né

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: nay, neigh

Etymology 1

From French né < Old French né < Latin nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”). Doublet of nada.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans nee.

Anagrams

• -en, en-, en, EN, En

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne/
• Rhymes: -e

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French né, from Latin nātus, from earlier gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“begotten, produced”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”).

Etymology 2

Hispanic pronunciation.

Further reading

• “né”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• en

Etymology

Clipping of nézd, the second-person singular subjunctive definite of néz (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈneː]

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• Rhymes: -neː

Interjection

né

1. (folksy) look!, see! (expressing surprise or wanting to get attention)

See also

• -né (“Mrs, wife of”, suffix)

Further reading

• (“look!”): né in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (regional form of the interjection ne): né , usually as part of the phrase Ne te ne, ne te né, or né te né!, redirecting to (3): ne in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Etymology

From Old Norse né, from Proto-Germanic *nehw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /njɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Conjunction

né

1. nor (used with hvorki meaning "neither")

   Ég er hvorki svangur né þyrstur.

   I'm neither hungry nor thirsty.

   Maðurinn hennar er hvorki klár né hnyttinn.

   Her husband is neither smart nor witty.

Preposition

né

1. with