Abbreviation of English Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak.

nee

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kumak.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kumak terms

• IPA^(key): /neɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US); /neɪ/:

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• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: né, Neagh; nay, neigh (toe–tow merger)

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

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 French née (“(f)”) and né (“(m)”), past participle of naître, to be born. Mix of both gendered terms due to their homophony, resulting in a unisex term in English.

• née

nee (not comparable)

1. (North American English, unisex) Used when giving a former name. Originally known as.

   Coordinate terms: née (f), né (m)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /niː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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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/

• Audio:

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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): [neɪ̯]

• 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

From ne (“no”) +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnee/
• Rhymes: -ee
• Syllabification: 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”)

• “nee”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Finnish numbers ^(edit)

40
[a], [b] ←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: neljä     Colloquial counting form: nee, nel     Ordinal: neljäs     Colloquial ordinal: nelkki (regional)     Ordinal abbreviation: 4., 4:s     Digit name: nelonen     Adverbial: neljästi     Multiplier: nelinkertainen     Distributive: nelittäin     Fractional: neljäsosa, neljännes
Finnish Wikipedia article on 4

< neljä, specifically the initial syllable

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

nee (colloquial)

1. (counting) four

   yy, kaa, koo, nee ― one, two, three, four

• neljä (“four”)

• een

• ne

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

• IPA^(key): /neː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “nee”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

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, including Low Prussian) no

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

• ni, nie, nige, nig, neei
• nij (Gronings)
• niej (Dutch Low Saxon)

nee (comparative ne'er, superlative neest)

1. (in many dialects) new

• Neeheit

• IPA^(key): /neː/

• Audio:

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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)

nee

1. (Catholicon Anglicum) alternative form of neyen

Cognate with Balantak ngoor.

nee

1. nose

• “nee” in Webonary.org

nee

1. with you, by means of you

nee

1. No.

• nǃooʻi (Western)

• ee
• cee

1. Shah, S. & Brenzinger, M. (2016). Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town.
2. Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary.

nee

1. no

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

nee

1. alternative form of need

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “ne”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Tallinn

• IPA^(key): /neː/

nee

1. no

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

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