nu

Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /njuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

nu (uncountable)

1. The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
2. A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.

Borrowed from Yiddish נו‎ (nu).

• (US) IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

1. (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.

Phonetic respelling of new.

nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)

1. (slang spelling) new

• nu-disco
• nu-house
• nu jazz
• nu metal

• 'un, -un-, UN, Un, un, un-

nu

1. to drink

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From Proto-Albanian *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Related to ni. Compare Ancient Greek νῦν (nûn), Old High German nu (“now”)[1].

nu

1. when

• ni

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

1. house

From Latin nōn. Compare Daco-Romanian nu.

nu

1. no
2. not

nu

1. no

• ie

nu

1. tree

• Scorza, David. Au language word, phrase, clause. Ms. 82pp. (1976)

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

1. one

• W. A. L. Stokhof, Preliminary notes on the Alor and Pantar languages (East Indonesia) (1975)
• Internet Archive, The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List

From Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnu/
• Rhymes: -u

nu (feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

1. nude, naked
2. (of things, such as trees, mountains, houses, etc.) barren, bare

• nuesa
• nudista

From Latin novem.

nu

1. nine

From Latin nōs.

nu

1. (second-person plural pronoun) we

• noi

• ju
• te
• jal, jala
• vu
• jali, jale

From Old Norse nú (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”).

• IPA^(key): /nu/, [nu]

nu n (singular definite nuet, not used in plural form)

1. now (present time), present (current time)
2. moment
3. instant

nu

1. now

nu

1. now

From Middle Dutch nu, from Old Dutch nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

• IPA^(key): /ny/

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• Rhymes: -y

nu

1. now, at the present moment

   Kom je nu of morgen?

   Will you be coming now or tomorrow?

2. now, this time (indicating a certain amount of impatience)

   Wat is er nu weer dan?

   What is it now?

• nou
• thans
• heden

nu

1. now (that)

   Nu je het zegt, weet ik het weer.

   Now you're saying it, I do remember it.

From Sorbian or Czech. Cf. no.

• IPA^(key): /nɵ/

nu

1. (Upper Saxony) yes

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu. Cognate with Swedish nu.

nu

1. now, at this time

• IPA^(key): /nu/

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nu

1. well (as in “Well, I think...”)

nu

1. mouth

From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

• IPA^(key): /ny/

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nu (feminine singular nue, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

1. (person): naked, nude
2. (body, tree): bare

nu m (plural nu or nus)

1. nu (Greek letter)

• “nu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• un

From Old Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

nu m (feminine singular núa, masculine plural nus, feminine plural núas)

1. naked, nude
2. bare, barren

• nudez

From Middle High German nu, nuo. The form without final -n remained common in some dialects and was reinforced by German Low German nu, from Middle Low German nû.

• IPA^(key): /nuː/

nu

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of nun

• im Nu

nu

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of nun

From a Slavic dialect, probably Sorbian. Compare Czech ano (“yes”), Polish no (“yeah; well”), Russian ну (nu, “yeah; well”). In the sense of a filled pause touching on etymology 1 above.

• IPA^(key): [nɵ]

nu

1. (colloquial, regional, Saxony) yes; yeah; expresses agreement or understanding
2. (colloquial, regional, Saxony) well; fills pause

nu

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌿

• Rhymes: -u

nu m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the letter N

• un, un'

nu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ヌ

From French nous.

nu

1. we, us

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñiuʀ. Compare Pohnpeian nih, Fijian niu, Tongan niu, Hawaiian niu.

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

1. coconut

nu

1. cow

• https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Luk_Hkaw_Thesis2017.pdf

nu

1. well

   Nu labi! ― Very well!

2. now

   Ko nu? ― What now?

nu

1. well

   Nu, kas notika? ― Well, what happened?

nu

1. Nonstandard spelling of nú.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nǔ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of nù.
4. Nonstandard spelling of nǚ.
5. Nonstandard spelling of nǜ.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

nu

1. Alternative spelling of nou

From Old Dutch nu, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

nu

1. now, currently
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Si maken bekent die nu sien ende wesen selen

     They make known to those who are now and will be

2. today
3. here
4. just now

• Dutch: nu
• Limburgish: noe

nu

1. now that
2. since, because

• Dutch: nu
• Limburgish: noe

• “nu”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “nu (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Cognate with Vietnamese nâu.

• IPA^(key): /nuː¹/

nu

1. brown

• 'nu
• n'

From Latin ūnus.

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu m sg

1. a, an

From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus.

nu m

1. (Jersey) bare

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː/

nū

1. so, thus, like that
2. so, to that extent

• Álgu database

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

nū

1. now

   wat unbidan we nu?

   what are we waiting for now?

• Middle Dutch: nu
  • Dutch: nu
  • Limburgish: noe

• “nū (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

nū

1. now

From Latin nūdus.

nu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nue)

1. naked

nu m (feminine nue)

1. naked

• French: nu

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

nū

1. now

From Sanskrit नु (nu), from Proto-Indo-European *nu.

nu

1. then, now

nu

1. tumour; abscess

1. 2010, Isaac Costa de Souza, A Phonological Description of “Pet Talk” in Arara (MA), SIL Brazil, page 42.

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

1. quick!, forward!
2. (dialectal) Alternative form of no.

• nuże

• nu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• nú (obsolete, now a common misspelling)
• nù (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu/
• Rhymes: -u

nu (feminine singular nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nuas, comparable)

1. naked, nude

From Latin nōn.

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

1. no
2. not

• da

nu

1. well

From Proto-Slavic *nǫ.

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu (Cyrillic spelling ну)

1. (Croatia) but
2. (Croatia) however

• ali, no, nut

nu m sg

1. (indefinite) a, an

Nu is used only before words beginning with the letter z or s and a consonant, like the Italian uno

nu

1. that, those

• Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

• IPA^(key): /nʉː/

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• Rhymes: -ʉː

nu (not comparable)

1. now, at this moment

From English new.

nu

1. new
2. fresh

nu

1. now

• nuik

• IPA^(key): /nu/

nu

1. me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)

   Pinyanka nu! Katsa umawiu? Nama!

   Tell me! What did [he] say? Come on!

   Puputatain nu kuapi.

   Give me a little [bit of] cotton thread.

• natu (I,me, my, mine)

• E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by a native speaker.

nu

1. we (first-person plural object pronoun)