nee

From French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.

• IPA^(key): /neɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: nay, neigh, né, Neagh

nee (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of née

• As some speakers do not regard it as a fully naturalised word in English, nee is often italicised.

From Old English ne or nā (“no”). Cognate with Standard English no.

• IPA^(key): /niː/

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: knee

nee

1. (Geordie) no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na.

   Nee way man! ― No way

   Thor's nee watter! ― There's no water!

• nee way

• -een, -ene, ENE, e'en, een

• IPA^(key): /ˈneː/ [ˈneː]
• Hyphenation: nee

née

1. Full form of né

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 237
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

From Dutch nee, from Middle Dutch neen, nee, from Old Dutch *nēn.

• IPA^(key): /niəː/

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nee

1. no

• een

• neen

From Middle Dutch neen, nee, from Old Dutch *nēn (“none, not one”), from *ne ēn, from Proto-Germanic *ne + *ainaz.

• IPA^(key): /neː/
  • (Belgium) IPA^(key): [neː]
  • (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [neɪ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: nee
• Rhymes: -eː

nee

1. no

   Antonym: ja

   • 1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 23:

     Nee, de stemming zat er goed in.

     No, the atmosphere was great.

   Nee heb je al, ja kan je krijgen. ― The only way to find out if someone agrees (with/to something) is to ask. (literally, “You already have "no", but you may still get "yes".”)

• Nee is used to show disagreement or negation.

  Nee, je vergist je. ― No, you are mistaken.

  Nee, je mag nu geen televisie kijken ― No, you are not allowed to watch television now.

• Nee has an alternative form, neen. In Belgium, it functions as a stressed variant of nee. In the Netherlands, it is an archaic, formal form in spoken language, but was quite common in written language until recently.

• Afrikaans: nee
• Javindo: nee
• Skepi Creole Dutch: ne

• een, één, ene

Ultimately cognate to German nein.

nee

1. (in some dialects) no

From ne (“no”) +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnee]
• Rhymes: -ee
• Hyphenation: ne‧e

nee

1. rejectingly, denyingly, with the word no

   respondi nee ― to reply no

   voĉdoni nee ― to vote no

   nee kapskui ― to shake one's head no

   decidi nee ― to decide no

• jese (“affirmatively, with the word yes”)

• nea (“negative, denying, rejecting”)

< neljä, specifically the initial syllable

• IPA^(key): /ˈneː/, [ˈne̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Hyphenation^(key): nee

nee (colloquial)

1. (counting) four

• neljä (“four”)

• een

• ne

Of dialectal origin, particularly German Low German nee (“no”). Cognate to Dutch nee, English no.

• IPA^(key): /neː/

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nee

1. (colloquial, regional) Alternative form of nein (“no”)

• Nee is the most common colloquial word for “no” in northern and central Germany. It has also come to be used quite regularly in southern Germany, but is not used in Austria or Switzerland.

• “nee” in Duden online
• “nee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /neː/

nee

1. no

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Ultimately cognate to German nein, Dutch nee and neen, English no and none.

• nei, nää, nä (Low Prussian)
• ne, neh, nej (various dialects)

nee

1. (in some dialects) no

From Middle Low German nîe, nige, neye, nîwe, from Old Saxon niuwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”). Compare Dutch nieuw, West Frisian nij, English new, German neu.

• ni, nie, nige, nig

nee (comparative ne'er, superlative neest)

1. new

• Neeheit

• IPA^(key): /neː/

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nee

1. Alternative form of neen

From Old Irish do·gní.

• IPA^(key): /nʲiː/

nee

1. future independent analytic form of jean

   Nee eh jannoo eh. ― He will do it. (literally, “He will do do it.”)

   Quoi nee eh agh mish? ― Who will do it but me?

From Old Irish ní.

• IPA^(key): /nʲeː/

nee

1. negative and interrogative form of she

   Nee uss y fer lhee? ― Are you the doctor?

   Cha nee eshyn ren eh. ― It's not him that did it.

• re (dependent form used with dy, nagh)

Cognate with Balantak ngoor.

nee

1. nose

nee

1. with you, by means of you

nee

1. no

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈneː/, [ˈneː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Hyphenation: nee

nee

1. Alternative form of need

• IPA^(key): /neː/

nee

1. no

• “nee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011