nue
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ny/
Etymology 1
Adjective
nue
- feminine singular of nu
Etymology 2
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nūba, from Latin nūbēs. Compare Occitan niu; Portuguese nuvem; Spanish and Italian nube.
Noun
nue f (plural nues)
- (archaic, chiefly poetic) cloud
Usage notes
Very rare outside of the expressions porter aux nues and tomber des nues; the more common literary term is now nuée while the common usage is nuage.
Related terms
Further reading
- “nue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
nue
Mandarin
Romanization
nue
- nonstandard spelling of nüè
Usage notes
- 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.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
nue
- alternative form of noy
Etymology 2
Verb
nue
- alternative form of noyen
Norman
Adjective
nue
- feminine singular of nu
Sardinian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnue/
Noun
nue f (plural nues)
Unua
Noun
nue
Further reading
- Elizabeth Pearce, A Grammar of Unua (2015)