née

See also: nee and ñee

English

Alternative forms

nee

Etymology

From French née (“born”, feminine singular)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /niː/, /neɪ/
Homophones: knee, nay, neigh
Audio (US), pronounced /niː/ (file)
Audio (US), pronounced /neɪ/ (file)

Adjective

née (not comparable)

Used when giving the maiden name of a woman.
Mrs Smith, née Jones
Used when giving a former name. Originally known as.
Since the name change, Butch (née Francis) seems more tough and self-assured.

Translations

used to indicate maiden name of a woman

Chinese:
Mandarin: 娘家姓氏 (niángjiaxìngshì), 原姓 (yuánxìng), 本姓 (zh) (běnxìng), 舊姓 (zh), 旧姓 (zh) (jiùxìng)
Czech: rozená (cs) f
Finnish: omaa sukua, o.s. (fi); syntyään, syntyjään, synt. (fi)
French: née (fr) f
German: geborene f, geb. (de)
Greek: γένος (el) n (génos)
Hungarian: született (hu)

Italian: nata (it) f
Japanese: 旧姓 (きゅうせい, kyūsei)
Polish: z domu (pl)
Russian: урождённая (ru) f (uroždjónnaja), в деви́честве (ru) (v devíčestve)
Slovene: rojena (sl) f, roj.
Spanish: de soltera
Swedish: född (sv) (often shortened f.)

used to indicate a former name

Finnish: syntyään, syntyjään, synt. (fi)

Swedish: född (sv) (often shortened f.), tidigare (sv)

Usage notes

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

Anagrams

-een, -ene, ENE, e'en, een

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ne/
Rhymes: -e

Verb

née f

feminine singular of the past participle of naître

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