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Latest revision as of 21:36, 7 March 2013
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.
[edit] Pronunciation
nu (uncountable)
- Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.
- A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.
[edit] Translations
name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν
[edit] Etymology 2
From Yiddish נו.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Interjection
nu
- (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
[edit] Translations
exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt etc.
[edit] Etymology 3
Corruption of new.
[edit] Adjective
nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)
- (slang spelling) new
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Pronunciation
nu
- house
[edit] Aromanian
[edit] Etymology
From Latin nōn. Compare Daco-Romanian nu.
[edit] Adverb
nu
- no
- not
[edit] Interjection
nu
- no
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Catalan
[edit] Etymology
From Latin nūdus
[edit] Adjective
nu m (feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)
- nude, naked
- (of things, such as trees, mountains, houses, etc.) barren, bare
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Dalmatian
[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin novem.
[edit] Numeral
nu
- nine
[edit] Etymology 2
From Latin nōs.
[edit] Pronoun
nu
- (second-person plural pronoun) we
[edit] Related terms
[edit] See also
[edit] Danish
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse nú ("now"), from Proto-Indo-European *nu ("now").
[edit] Pronunciation
nu n (singular definite nuet, not used in plural form)
- now (present time), present (current time)
- moment
- instant
[edit] Adverb
nu
- now
[edit] Conjunction
nu
- now
[edit] Etymology
From Middle Dutch nu, from Old Dutch nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adverb
nu
- now, at the present moment
- Kom je nu of morgen?
- Will you be coming now or tomorrow?
- now, this time (indicating a certain amount of impatience)
- Wat is er nu weer dan?
- What is it now?
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Elfdalian
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu.
[edit] Adverb
nu
- now, at this time
[edit] Esperanto
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Interjection
nu
- well (as in "Well, I think...")
nu
- mouth
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus.
[edit] Adjective
nu m (f nue, m plural nus, f plural nues)
- (person): naked, nude
- (body, tree): bare
nu m inv
- nu (Greek letter)
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] German
[edit] Interjection
nu
- well, well now
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Gothic
[edit] Romanization
nu
- Romanization of 𐌽𐌿
[edit] Italian
[edit] Pronunciation
nu m and f inv
- The name of the letter N
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Syllable
nu
- The hiragana syllable ぬ (nu) or the katakana syllable ヌ (nu) in Hepburn romanization.
[edit] Romaji
nu
- ぬ: hiragana letter nu
[edit] Jèrriais
[edit] Etymology
From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus.
[edit] Adjective
nu m (f nue, m plural nus, f plural nues)
- bare
[edit] Lojban
nu (rafsi nun, selma'o NU)
- Event abstractor, similar in meaning to an infinitive or gerund.
- klama — go, goes, went.
- lo klama — a goer.
- lo nu klama — a going.
[edit] 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).
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] See also
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Romanization
nu
- Nonstandard spelling of nú.
- Nonstandard spelling of nǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of nù.
- Nonstandard spelling of nǚ.
- Nonstandard spelling of nǜ.
[edit] Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
[edit] Mauritian Creole
[edit] Pronoun
nu
- Alternative spelling of nou.
[edit] See also
Mauritian Creole personal pronouns
[edit] Neapolitan
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Etymology
From Latin unus.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Article
nu m sg
- a, an
[edit] Old Dutch
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nu.
[edit] Adverb
nū
- now
- wat unbīdan we nū?
- what are we waiting for now?
[edit] Descendants
[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nu.
[edit] Adverb
nū
- now
[edit] Old French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin nūdus.
[edit] Adjective
nu m (feminine nue)
- naked
[edit] Adverb
nu m (feminine nue)
- naked
[edit] Descendants
[edit] Old Saxon
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nu.
[edit] Adverb
nū
- now
[edit] Polish
[edit] Interjection
nu
- quick!, forward!
[edit] See also
[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Etymology
From Latin nūdus.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
nu m (feminine nua)
- naked, nude
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Etymology
From Latin nōn.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adverb
nu
- no
- not
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Saterland Frisian
[edit] Interjection
nu
- well
[edit] Sicilian
[edit] Article
nu m (indefinite article, singular)
- a, an
| The Sicilian Indefinite Article |
| Masculine | Feminine |
| Singular | un, nu | na |
[edit] Usage notes
Nu is used only before words beginning with the letter z or s and a consonant, like the Italian uno
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adverb
nu (not comparable)
- now, at this moment
[edit] Tok Pisin
[edit] Etymology
From English new.
[edit] Adjective
nu
- new
- fresh
[edit] Volapük
[edit] Adverb
nu
- now
[edit] Derived terms