née

• nee

From French née (“born”, feminine singular).

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

• Audio (US); /neɪ/:

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née (not comparable)

1. Used when giving the maiden name of a woman.

   Mrs Smith, née Jones

   • 1891, A Scandal in Bohemia, Arthur Conan Doyle

     Irene Norton, née Adler.

2. Used when giving a former name. Originally known as.

   Since the name change, Butch (née Frances) seems more tough and self-assured.

• In the original French, the masculine form né should be used when the subject is masculine. In English, this distinction is not always followed.

• -een, -ene, ENE, e'en, een

• IPA^(key): /ne/

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• Rhymes: -e

née f sg

1. feminine singular of né ("to be born")

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