nou

nou (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of noh (“classical Japanese music drama”).

• Nuo, ONU, UNO, Uno

• IPA^(key): /nœu/

From Dutch nou, variant of nu.

nou

1. now (at this time)

• nou-nou

From Dutch nauw, from Middle Dutch nauwe, from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz.

nou (attributive nou or noue, comparative nouer, superlative nouste)

1. narrow

• noute
• vernou

From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *na u, from earlier *na kulu, from Proto-Oceanic *na kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

nou

1. louse

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

From French nous.

nou

1. we
2. us

• nueu

From Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnou̯/
• Syllabification: nou
• Rhymes: -ou̯

nou

1. nine

• nãu, não

From Latin novus. Compare Romanian nou.

nou m (feminine noauã, masculine plural noi, feminine plural noauã or nali/nale)

1. new

• veclju

• noauã

• nãutati

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnɔw]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Hyphenation: nou
• Rhymes: -ɔw

Inherited from Old Catalan nou, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Compare Occitan nòu, French neuf, Spanish nuevo.

nou (feminine nova, masculine plural nous, feminine plural noves)

1. new

   Antonym: vell

Catalan numbers ^(edit)

	90
[a], [b] ←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: nou     Ordinal (Central): novè     Ordinal (Valencian): nové     Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 9è     Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 9é     Multiplier: nònuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on 9

Inherited from Latin novem (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Compare Occitan nòu.

nou m or f

1. (cardinal number) nine

nou m (plural nous)

1. nine

• noranta
• novè

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nŏcem, alteration of Latin nucem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Compare Occitan nòtz, Spanish nuez, Portuguese noz.

nou f (plural nous)

1. nut (a hard-shelled seed)
2. walnut

• nou moscada

• noguera, noguer

nou

1. inflection of noure:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “nou”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “nou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Middle Dutch nou, a variant of nu, from Old Dutch *nu, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

• IPA^(key): /nɑu̯/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

nou (Northern)

1. come on; modal particle indicating a certain degree of urgency or impatience on behalf of the speaker.

   Ga nou! Straks kom je nog te laat! ― Come on now! Or you'll be late!

2. modal particle expressing a certain contrast or disjuncture

   Dat is nou ook weer overdreven! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (informal) alternative form of nu: now, at the present time

   Wat is er nou weer dan? ― What is it now then?

• Not used in Belgium. In the (northern) Netherlands there is to a large extent a functional split between the forms nou (modal particle and interjection) vs. nu (temporal adverb). Temporal nou is informal and not used by all speakers.

• Afrikaans: nou
• Berbice Creole Dutch: nau
• Negerhollands: noe, nou, nu
• Skepi Creole Dutch: nou
• → Caribbean Javanese: na

nou (Northern)

1. so, well; when pressing someone

   Nou, vertel me de waarheid dan! ― So tell me the truth then!

2. well; indicates a certain degree of doubt.

   Nou, ik weet het nog niet zo zeker. ― Well, I'm not so sure about that.

3. wow; indicates amazement or surprise.

   Nou, het waait toch wel hard hoor! ― Wow, it's still pretty windy!

• nou ja

From French nous (“we”), from Latin nōs (“we”).

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nou (contracted form n)

1. we
2. us
3. you pl

nou

1. yours, for you (second person singular)

• Applied to o-type possessions.

• kou

nou

1. (transitive) to throw, pitch

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably from French "nous" or a clipping of Louisiana Creole "nouzòt" and/or French "nous autres".”)

• IPA^(key): /nu/
• Rhymes: -u

nou

1. alternative form of nouzòt (“we, us; our”)

nou

1. nonstandard spelling of nóu
2. nonstandard spelling of nǒu
3. nonstandard spelling of nòu

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From French nous.

nou

1. we; us (first-person plural personal pronoun)

• noue, nowe, nu, no, neue, niu, noug, nough, nuge

From Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

• IPA^(key): /nuː/

nou

1. now

• English: now
• Geordie English: noo
• Scots: nou, noo
• Yola: neow, nowe, now

• “nǒu, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Inherited from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

• IPA^(key): /now/
• Rhymes: -ow

• Audio:

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nou m or n (feminine singular nouă, plural noi)

1. new

   Antonym: vechi

Nou is one of the adjectives which, following the French model, are often preposited to nouns instead of the usual Romanian postposition. This is typical of more literary language.

It is possible, but not necessary, for this to introduce subtle distinctions in meaning. For example, o nouă carte could mean “a newly published book”, while o carte nouă would be “a newly bought or newly printed book”.

• din nou
• înnoi

• inova
• noutate
• nova
• renova

• “nou”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• novu, nobu

From Latin novus.

nou

1. new

nou (not comparable)

1. alternative spelling of noo (“now”)

From Proto-Tai *ʰnuːᴬ (“mouse; rat”). Cognate with Thai หนู (nǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩪ, Lao ໜູ (nū), Lü ᦐᦴ (ṅuu), Tai Dam ꪘꪴ, Shan ၼူ (nǔu), Saek หนู่.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /nou˨˦/
• Tone numbers: nou¹
• Hyphenation: nou

nou (Sawndip forms 狃 or 𮮬 or 𧉭, 1957–1982 spelling nou)

1. mouse; rat

   Synonym: duznou

• aennou
• noucoengz