nazi

See also: Nazi, nazí, nazī, and naži

English

Etymology

See Nazi.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

nazi (comparative more nazi, superlative most nazi)

  1. Alternative form of Nazi.
    Auschwitz was a nazi concentration camp.

Translations

Noun

nazi (plural nazis)

  1. Alternative form of Nazi.
    The most prominent and well-known nazi was Adolf Hitler.
    I tried to get into the club, but the door nazi threw me out.

Translations

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Catalan

Noun

nazi m or f by sense (plural nazis)

  1. Nazi

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaː.zi/, /ˈnaː.tsi/
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  • Homophone: natie (one pronunciation)

Noun

nazi m (plural nazi's, diminutive nazi'tje n)

  1. Nazi, member of the NSDAP
  2. a member of similar movements, whether Nazi, fascist, neo-Nazi or in any other way ultranationalist
  3. (slang, derogatory, offensive) an authoritarian, strict or nitpicky person

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from German Nazi.

Adjective

nazi (feminine nazie, masculine plural nazis, feminine plural nazies)

  1. Nazi

Noun

nazi m (plural nazis, feminine nazie)

  1. Nazi

Etymology 2

Probably from dialectal nase ("snot"). Compare German Nase (nose).

Adjective

nazi (plural nazis)

  1. (obsolete, slang) alternative form of nasi (syphilitic)

Noun

nazi m (plural nazis)

  1. (obsolete, slang) alternative form of nasi (syphilitic)

Further reading

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnazi/

Noun

nazi

  1. plural of nazo

Latvian

Noun

nazi m

  1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of nazis

Ngazidja Comorian

Noun

nazi class 9 (plural nazi class 10)

  1. coconut
  2. coconut milk

References

  • nazi” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnasi/

Noun

nazi m (definite singular nazien, indefinite plural naziar, definite plural naziane)

  1. a Nazi
  2. a person, who fanatically follows very strict rules (but not necessary enforcing them for others)

References

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

naz (wet) +‎

Noun

nazī f

  1. wetness

Declension

Declension of nazī (īn-stem)
case singular plural
nominative nazī
accusative nazī
genitive nazī
dative nazī

Descendants

  • Middle High German: neʒʒe

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: na‧zi

Noun

nazi m or f by sense (plural nazis)

  1. (Portugal, historical) Nazi (member of the Nazi party)
  2. Nazi (a person showing (neo-)Nazi or xenophobic behaviour)

Adjective

nazi m or f (plural nazis)

  1. (Portugal, historical) Nazi (relating to Nazis, the Nazi party or Nazi Germany)
  2. Nazi (somewhat resembling (neo-)Nazi behaviour); xenophobic; hateful

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Nazi, a shortening of Nationalsozialist (National Socialist).

Pronunciation

Noun

nazi m or f by sense (plural nazis)

  1. Nazi

Adjective

nazi m or f (masculine and feminine plural nazis)

  1. Nazi

Derived terms

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

Found throughout Sabaki and in nearby languages, like Yao naasi (coconut), although this may be due to borrowing. Other cognates refer to different palms, e.g. Luhya munazi (oil palm) and Tooro omunazi (date palm), leaving the origin and meaning unknown, although a nebulous connection to Proto-Bantu *ngàdí (palm oil) has been suggested.

Pronunciation

Noun

nazi class IX (plural nazi class X)

  1. coconut (especially a mature coconut)

Derived terms

  • mnazi (coconut palm)

See also

  • dafu (young coconut)
  • mbata (old coconut used for copra)
  • koroma (ripening coconut)